Digby Gribble Hi Scott, Definately worth a visit and to find an enthusiastic Guernsey breeder in Canada, I have written a report on the Ontario visits but have been having trouble getting it on to the website. It will hopefully appear shortly, but in it I comment on your Vespa cow who …
Great report, just wondering how many speakers run herds of their own?
Hi Digby, it was very nice to meet you and the rest of the international guests. Although our herd is small I hope it was worth stopping for. Excellent analysis of the conference. Hopefully we can all work together to get a genomic profile for the Guernsey cow done quickly …
The 13th Guernsey World Conference has just finished in Toronto and as at the last two that I attended the general feeling is of an opportunity missed, but there did seem to be more awareness of the challenges around to our breed.
The Royal Norfolk Show took place on the 30th June & 1st July 2010 at the Norfolk showground just off the A47. (Make a date for next years show being held on the 29th & 30th June 2011!)
The Championship for the third year running went to Jason & Katherine Salisbury from Suffolk Farmhouse Cheeses. This was won with Shanford Mr Luck Marigold.
Results are as follows:-
Hi David, No chance of getting me in the canoe, having been entertained so well on all of the farms, I should struggle to get in and then struggle even more to get out.
Digby, Have enjoyed reading and looking at the pictures of your tour. Hope you’re having a good time. Was wondering which canoe you are in, in the photo of Emerald Lake Revelstoke! Cheers, David
The Ontario part of the tour gave the chance to get back among Guernsey cows and it is a joy to be looking at cows in the company of some real Guernsey heroes from around the world. The judging competition started in British Columbia resumed but with the addition of a Canadian team Peter White and Canadian Guernsey Field Officer Rob Forster. Also the American Dream team of Seth Johnson and Brian Schnebly the two outstanding young men who are employed by AGA. After each visit I would total up the points from each of the 10 competitors and also of the teams and it became a keenly contested competition with the “wild colonial boys” from Australia taking an early lead and never being headed although the “dream team” did eventually win the final round.
Whilst travelling across Canada, we have seen several good dauighters of Coulee Crest Luxury Skipper in the herds that we have visited. Skipper was mainly tested in Canada by Semex, whilst his full brother Coulee Crest Luxury Spider was used in the USA. This calf was spotted in the shed …
The “Pre-tour” has now ended with the Americans in the party leaving at Calgary, but having arrived in Toronto, several couples who were in Australia in 2007 have joined the tour, as well as the Guernsey Island representatives.