Guernsey milk from Olive Farm ( David Paull) will be tasted on the BBC One Show at 7pm on Wednesday 30th November, when studio guest Jeremy Clarkson will be asked to give his opinion on the Guernsey milk as compared to ordinary milk. The milk from the Hurdlebrook Guernsey herd …
Simon Matthews from Cornwall has asked how a cow that he used to own Trezelah Karen 5 would score under the new awards. Karen 5 was sold as an old cow at his sale and was bought by the Mann family where she bred a daughter Trewey Karen Ex 91 and Trewey Karen in …
EGCS Council agreed at its recent meeting to introduce a Gold Star Award for Guernsey cows with points gained by female progeny for Inspection and for Production. The qualifying standards have been agreed to be awarded for Good Plus or Better daughters with 1 point for Good Plus, 2 points …
Guernseys made a welcome return to the Welsh Dairy Show after an absence of three years thanks to the effort made by Richard Norman and Catherine Mills to bring their cows from Somerset and they were in competition with Daffyd and Helen Cox and Colin and Hilary Evans from Laugharne …
This years Dairy Show at Shepton Mallet maintained its reputation for quality but quantity across all breeds, but the Jersey, was much reduced, this undoubtedly reflects the problems caused by TB and the economic pressures that beset the industry. It dissapoints me that exhibitors attend shows with just a single animal when I know that they have left quality animals at home.
Our Judge David Mann made as always a first class job of placing his classes and also impressed during the Interbreed classes.
The 2011 show at the NEC at Birmingham saw the National All Breeds Show that was last staged at Stoneleigh in Feb 2010 merged with the Dairy Event and Livestock Show. Whilst the DELS is well established as the premier trade show, with most of those who deliver goods and services to the UK Dairy Industry represented and launching their new products at the show, the new format with the judging spread over two days and with small numbers forward in most of the breeds did not match up to the expectation or the opportunity.
This years show saw 14 Guernseys forward from 7 exhibitors and also 4 new competitors in the FGB classes. The 14 animals were however to be found in only two classes with a strong class of 8 Maiden heifers giving David Mann his first challenge.
Cara’s Conqueror of Les Jaonnets has risen to first place in the International Bull rankings published by Dairy Co yesterday, his £PLI has climbed to +£143 and he has a remarkable Mammary Score of +3.5 based on 13 milking daughters on Guernsey Island. James Warren was prepared to take the risk of …