Digby Gribble The 2009 Herd Competition results were announced on Weds.24th March and Colin Gleed was pleased to announce his winners with 26 herds involverd he inspected more than 4000 Guernsey cows ,heifers and calves,with herds from Cornwall,Devon,Dorset,Gloucester,Isle Of Wight and Wiltshire.
The Classifiers are out and about and two of the young cows that have sons on the ground have both been upgraded to Excellent. Tredinnick Anneka 3 has been scored Ex 90 and becomes the 7th daughter of Sunninghill Park Royal Oak to reach the top grade. She has an …
Hi Rob, I am not aware of 5 Gens VG/Ex as yet but the Hamps Valley Beauty’s and the Beechgroves Elinors have 4 gens,you have acquired an Elinor already, perhaps you should make time for a trip to Grindon Staffs, where the views from high on the hill are spectacular …
I visited Gideon Lacey at Lane End, Marlow last week and was greatly impressed by the Elinor family where three generations are milking in the herd all of whom have calved again in November, the irony is that Beechgroves Elinor 12 (Re-Classified Ex 90),is a daughter of the bull that is said to have the worst fertility score in the breed and has just calved her eighth calf in under 8 years and has averaged over 8000, kgs per lactation.
Her daughter Elinor 13 (Re-classified Ex 90),whilst not quite as high yeilding is also just as regular a breeder now in her fifth lactation and both she and her dam have Yogibear sons at Beechgroves.
In the holstein world I beleive that 5 gens VG/EX is the marker by which a familiy shows consistent type. Do we have any 5 gen cow families in the breed?
An established part of the National Holstein Show has been the Genetic Elite Sale and this year 20 Lots were offered including one Dairy Shorthorn. Studying the catalogue whilst at the show what struck me was that the entries offered more by way of outstanding type rather than production, but met a ready trade with a top price of 6,000 gns for a heifer that had been Reserve Junior Champion the day before whilst the Dairy Shorthorn sold for 3,600 gns and she had been the Breed Junior Champion.
Our Guernsey Junior Champion Eavesford Onwards Molly, whilst not offered for sale is in fact potentially third generation Excellent and that got me thinking as to
The long established National Holstein show at Stoneleigh, for the first time included the other UK dairy breeds and was in my view a success as the other Coloured breeds embraced the opportunity and produced some very attractive competitive classes with cattle from all regions including Cornwall, Kent, Pembrokeshire and Fife with several herds in particular from Wales making a welcome reappearance after TB restrictions.
There were 7 Guernseys forward from 4 exhibitors with President-Elect Elsie Fallows and her family producing the Junior Champion with Eavesford Onwards Molly, what a pleasure it is to have the enthusiasm of Elsie within our ranks and it is to hoped that 2011 will mark a turnaround in Guernsey fortunes.
The January 2010 proof run published by Dairy Co includes a listing of the top 1000 Guernsey females from England and Wales and Guernsey Island. The Top 10 heifers from England & Wales all have a £PLI of more than £+105 and the 7 that have been classified have an …
Beechgroves Cornelius ( +360 GMI) has risen to the top of the UK rankings based on GMI, rising above Aaron ( +353) ,Tiller Khan (+320) and Pedro (+313). Boskenna Junes Royal Oak is ranked at No 13 with a GMI of +256, this is his first proof. The Genetic base …