Cracker Noel Ex 90 was named as the leading individual production cow in the Dorset and Somerset Annual competitions, she is a daughter of Shalford Luxury and out of a Pedigree Jersey bred by Mrs Emma Crouch’s parents.
Noel is a sixth calver and has regularly given over 9000 litres and has a H85 three quarter bred daughter Cracker Noel 4 that has given over 7000 kg as a heifer.
Number 4 in this Series is Clay Hill Alice. She was one of a number of in calf heifers bred in East Kent by the Solley’s. She was purchased by Phil and Poppet Foord for their Clay Hill herd and is now milking in her 7th lactation.
Sunninghill Park Royal Oak who was one of the first Bulls released in 2001 has 6 daughters classified Excellent, . He has 12 other VG daughters. He had 100 registered daughters and his only son to be used in AI Beechgrove Cornelius gained his first proof in April 09.There is semen …
These 29 cows and heifers are taken from the April 2009 Dairy Co list of top cows and have a £PLI score of more than +£150.
The average for the 29 is as follows
Dairy Co released the revised proofs in early April 09 and there are 25 heifers listed in the Top 1000 with a GMI of +350, 6 of these were in the January list but their figures have all risen.
For the first time there are heifers with GMI’s of over +500 and heading the list is Brymor Peggy 24 whose GMI has risen by +65 to +554 GMI. This daughter of Helium is a granddaughter of Brymor Peggy 9 EX90 who was probably the best daughter of Sagittarius. Peggy 24 is the 4th generation of the cow family to be Good Plus or better.
The second heifer with a GMI of over +500 is Blacknor Margaret 160, a Tiresford Pedro daughter classified H86 and she was Heifer Champion at the Bath & West in 2008 and is the third generation VG, her GMI +541.
April 09 Guernsey Bull Proofs from Dairy Co were released on 7th April 2009.
The top 2 bulls have both improved their figures since the Jan 09 proof run and I have added both sets of figures to the tables included.