Queen of Hearts takes the crown at Agri Expo

There was a buzz among exhibitors and visitors alike at this year’s Carlisle Borderway Agri Expo, with heifers leading the beef championship for the third consecutive year

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
clock • 6 min read
Cattle judging underway at this year's Borderway Agri-Expo event at Carlisle.
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Cattle judging underway at this year's Borderway Agri-Expo event at Carlisle.

This year's overall beef championship at Agri Expo went to the heifer champion, Queen of Hearts, a 582kg Limousin cross heifer from Hugh and Stewart Dunlop, Ayrshire. By the AI bull Huntershall Nutcracker...

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