22nd - 24th September 2009

Crawford Brothers travelled for the first time to the National Ploughing Championships in Athy with 5 Limousin cattle from their farm in Co. Monaghan.

Sarkley Bikita and her Sauvignon sired calf at foot which was 1st in class and reserve female champion

In all they lifted 3 firsts, third reserve female champion, champion group of three and best trade stand.

Champion group of three by the one exhibitor

Curraghree Collette is no stranger to the show ring she won her class at the Beef Expo in Kilkenny last year and 1st in Tyadvent and Trim shows this year

Minster of Agriculture visting the Crawford stand to welcome them to the ploughing event

Sarkley Bikita again won a lot of shows as a heifer last year and this year won at Balmoral and various shows throughout the season. At the ploughing match she took 1st place young cow, and reserve female champion and was also a member of the prize winning group of three and she was accompied by her outstanding heifer calf produced from female sexed semen by Sauvignon.

Dan Tynan, Dublin won the champion group of three by same sire Sauvignon

Erne Diana won the baby heifer class, out of one of the top cows in the herd she has a bright future ahead of her.

Curraghree Amazing also no stranger to the show ring came third in her class.

Crawfords sold over 300 doses of semen during the event including one commercial farmer buying 200 doses of female sexed semen to use in his suckler herd to breed replacements.

Crawford Brothers commented "The southern shows were always a place where, if you have quality stock, there was no problem in doing business. Out from all those years ago at the Royal Dublin show, the next most sucessful has been the National Ploughing Championships."

This event brings to a close a long but very sucessful show year for the Crawfords.