Beef Shorthorn Journal 2011

“The Functional Suckler Cow” Beef Breed of the Future native breed, natural grazers

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The Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society Contents List of Directors and Staff

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Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal

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Secretary’s Report

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President’s Report

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Remembering Past Friends: Sandy Scarth

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Come Blow Your Vuvuzela - 13th World Shorthorn Conference

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Shorthorn World Conference Message

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Judging Day at the Grafton Herd, Northants

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North of England Beef Shorthorn Club

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Herd Visit

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North of England - Herd Competition

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The Central Club Visits Northern Ireland

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Central England Beef Shorthorn Club - 2010 Herd Competition

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South West Beef Shorthorn Breeders Club

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SWBSBC 2010 Herd Competition Results

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Northern Ireland Beef Shorthorn Club Reflects on a Successful Year 35 Herd Visit to Craigfaddock Shorthorns

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All Roads Lead to the People

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Northern Ireland's First Beef Expo

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The Southern Beef Shorthorn Club 2010

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Herd Competition Results for Southern Club 2010

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Shorthorn Strategy

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Looking for the Ultimate, Functional Suckler Cow ?

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Scottish bulls leave their mark upon German Shorthorns

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The Buccleuch Estates, Bowhill Estate - The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry

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The Price of Pride

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Slow-grown Native Beef Proves Healthier

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Beef Shorthorn Society takes Lead on Herd Health Status

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A Challenging Start for a Couple with a Passion for Beef Shorthorn 57 New Record Prices Set yet again at the sale reports - Perth Bull Sales February 2010 61 Carlisle Spring Sale - May 21st 2010

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Chelford Summer Sale June 2010

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Perth Bull Sale (Stirling) October 2010 - Stirling Beef Shorthorn bulls peak at 12,000 67 Spirited Trade at Chelford’s Beef Shorthorn Society Sale

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Skipton Beef Shorthorns peak at 2,900gns twice

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East of England Winter Fair Beef Shorthorns sell to 3,800gns

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13th World Conference Tour starts at the Royal Highland Show with a terrific turnout of cattle 76 Presentations to the Winners at the Gala Dinner in the President’s Marque

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Great Yorkshire Show

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Royal Welsh Show

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Local Shows

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Meonhill Highland Captain Secures Supreme Agri-Expo Award

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Beef Shorthorn Breeders Directory

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New members & prefixes 2010

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Society Information

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Cover Picture: Malcolm Douglas of Australia entertains HRH The Princess Royal at the World Conference reception at St. James’s Palace beef shorthorn

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The Beef Shorthorn Society Directors Patron: HRH The Princess Royal

List of Directors for 2010

Society Staff Members “Who to contact and for what�

President Mr James Playfair-Hannay

President - James Playfair-Hannay tel: email:

01573 440364 james.playfair@btconnect.com

tel: email:

01733 270247 charles@horrell-podehole.co.uk

Morebattle Tofts, Kelso, Roxburghshire. TD5 8AD

Vice President Charles Horrell

tel: 01573 440364 email: james.playfair@btconnect.com

Members for North Scotland Major John Gibb

tel: email:

01575 582736 glenislashorthorns@hotmail.co.uk

Vice-President - Mr Charles Horrell Pode Hole Farm, Thorney, Peterborough. PE6 0QH

John Redpath

tel: email:

01575 560233 redpathknowehead@aol.com

tel: 01733 270247 email: charles@horrell-podehole.co.uk

Members for South Scotland Donald Biggar Douglas McMillan

tel: email:

01556 660205 djbiggar@aol.com

tel: email:

01285 721050 md.mdm@btinternet.com

Secretary - Frank Milnes email: frankmilnes@shorthorn.co.uk

Members for North England and Wales Rob Paisley

tel: email:

01943 816068 rob@westmoor.plus.com

Steve Johnson

tel: email:

01347 810980 gil7venshorthorns@tesco.net

tel: email:

01768 881343 sandwickfarm.ousby@hotmail.co.uk

Mrs C Ivinson

Sue Walters PA to Secretary & Dairy Registrations email: suewalters@shorthorn.co.uk

Members for South England

Caroline Burbidge

Mark Holmes

tel: email:

07973115103 mark@meerebarn.com

Mr Simon Farmer

tel: email:

01730 823003 simontxl@aol.com

Dan Bull

tel: email:

01573 440364 dannybull@btconnect.com

Beef Registrations & General Enquiries email: registrations@shorthorn.co.uk

Sue Watkins

Member for Northern Ireland James Nelson

Accounts & Membership Enquires

tel:

028 28273295

tel: email:

01733 270247 sally@horrell-podehole.co.uk

email: suewatkins@shorthorn.co.uk

Co-opted Member Mrs Sally Horrell

Roger Kelley

Past Presidents Mr David Macleod

Accountant tel:

01397 712668

tel: email:

02476 696549 frankmilnes@shorthorn.co.uk

email: rogerkelley@shorthorn.co.uk

Secretary Frank R Milnes

4th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

CV8 2LG tel: 02476 696549 fax: 02476 696729 email: shorthorn@shorthorn.co.uk web: 2

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I am delighted to welcome delegates from around the world to the 13th World Shorthorn Conference here in the UK, from where the Shorthorn breed originated. The influence of the breed in global genetics has been immense, stretching to all corners of the world and your attendance at this Conference is testament to that worldwide popularity. During your stay here you will see some wonderful herds of Shorthorn cattle in a variety of different environments and you will also experience some of our great culture and heritage. The resurgence of the native breeds is a welcome change to the decline suffered in the 60's and 70's and many of the herds featured in this brochure which you will visit have been at the forefront of that revival.

The agricultural industry is continually battling the ever increasing bureaucracy but the need to feed an increasing global population remains a fundamental requirement which cannot be overlooked.

The Royal Family has been involved with Shorthorns for many generations both as breeders of Shorthorn cattle and as Patrons of the Society, and I am very pleased, as Patron of the Shorthorn Society, to continue that association.

Coates's Herd Book first published in 1822 is the oldest pedigree cattle herdbook in the world but far from dwelling in the past the breed is looking forward to the future with renewed vigour and enthusiasm. I hope you enjoy your stay in the UK and I look forward to meeting you all at St James's Palace on July 6th

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Secretary’s Report World Shorthorn Conference Reports on the 13th World Shorthorn Conference appear throughout this journal but I would like to put my thanks on record for the people who helped to make it such a success. Our Chairman James Playfair-Hannay and all the organising committee, our travel agent Carolyne Cree, our conference organiser Lesley Lewin, our interpreter Theresa Duggan, our coach commentator Catriona Henderson, and all our sponsors. It was a great team effort which gave a very positive view of Beef Shorthorns to people both from here and abroad.

Office At home we continue to see a steady increase in membership and registration numbers. We have seen an 18% increase in registrations over the past 12 months to 2,700 and we now have over 600 members. With the number of females being sold throughout the year I am sure we will see that number increasing and I look forward to registering over 3,000 animals per year in the near future.

Sales Sales of beef shorthorns have been very good throughout the year finishing with a record average of £1906 for the 68 females sold at Stirling in October.

The new venue of Skipton for the Northern Club sale in November proved to be a very positive move. There was a good entry of cattle which were well presented and which sold well with an average of £1311. We need to support and consolidate our existing sales to ensure a large enough entry at each sale to attract the buyers and it is important to remember that selling good animals is the surest way to attract repeat buyers.

The Society's mandatory health testing of all animals at Society sales has been welcomed by our buyers and by the vast majority of sellers. Please ensure that the correct tests are carried out on all animals bound for sale as it is very disappointing to turn up at a sale and not be able to sell your animals.

Shows The highlight of the show season was undoubtedly the Royal Highland Show. Beef Shorthorns had the largest entry of cattle of any breed with over 100 cattle forward. It was a pleasure to see the packed ringside for the judging and congratulations to Geoff Riby for bringing out the Breed Champion on his first visit to Ingliston.

Next year we are looking to organise a National Beef Shorthorn Show and we are currently speaking to the East of England Show with the intention of holding our inaugural National Show at the East of England show on 17th June 2011.

The RASE have agreed to allow us to use the prestigious Royal Show trophies for this event so we look forward to a big display of Beef Shorthorns at this new event.

In October we held our first ever calf show at Agri Expo in Carlisle and what a success it turned out to be.

We had 50 calves entered from all over the Country and the championship went to Meonhill Highland Captain from LEP farms who had travelled from Hampshire for the show. We also had our young handlers competition with 5 young handlers taking part. I am sure we can expand the young handlers competition next year and I would like to see 20 entries in that section. There are plenty of young people out there and we need to foster their enthusiasm.

EBVs I recently attended a workshop in Edinburgh organised by SAC on the use of maternal EBVs. A geneticist from SAC, Dr Kirsty Moore presented a paper on research she had undertaken entitled “Do maternal EBVs work?” Her conclusions were a very positivie indication that yes they do work and I have invited Dr Moore to give her presentation at our AGM at Stirling Market on Sunday 6th February.

We currently have over 50 herds performance recording and commercial buyers are increasingly looking at the figures when choosing a bull. Can you afford not to performance record? The Society is also giving two free registrations per year to all performance recording members who scan their cattle.

The more information we receive the more accurate the information will be. The weighbands have proved to be a convenient and reliable way of determining calf weights at birth so please keep submitting the information.

My thanks as ever go to the Directors and staff in the office who work hard to ensure the continuing progress of the Society.

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President’s Report 2010 has been a very eventful year, dominated by our hosting of the 13th World Shorthorn Conference (WSC). With great support from my fellow committee members we truly raised the bar in making the WSC a professional event that stimulated debate, raised awareness of our breed and promoted the history of our heritage, both cattle and people.

The tour started with a very successful Royal Highland Show, where the largest and best display of modern Beef Shorthorn Cattle was presented to the judge Finlay McGowan. Special thanks must go to the exhibitors who travelled from far and wide to attend the show and promote their wares.

The tour continued, visiting several herds and businesses demonstrating the strengths and attributes of the breed. Every venue had a real story to tell about the benefits of Shorthorn genetics and how they significantly contributed to the different businesses involved.

The Conference was held in Stratford, and was a great success where we achieved good press coverage promoting the virtues of our breed along with industry recognition. The stimulating and thought provoking speakers at the WSC prompted a number of delegates on their return home to make strategic changes to their businesses as a result.

The whole event has been a real life time highlight and I know many delegates have fantastic memories which include the Royal Highland Show Gala dinner, lunch in Upsall Castle and the Gala dinner at Stratford.

The abiding highlight was our visit to St James' palace and giving all the delegates the opportunity to speak personally to our patron HRH Princess Royal. An experience that will never be forgotten, especially by the Aussies (are they still republicans)?

The responses we have since received from delegates have shown that the WSC has been a great success.

Visitors from overseas have admired our cattle, some have, and others are in the process of purchasing UK genetics. Our thanks go to the organising committee and the major sponsors - Crystalix, Morrisons, and Eblex along with all our other numerous sponsors.

Special thanks must go to Michael Foljambe who provided funding for our celebratory book. To one and all many thanks for making this 13th World Shorthorn Conference the outstanding success that it has been.

Meanwhile back home it is great to see our breed still expanding with new herds; members' females sell to advantage and achieve high clearance rates. We have had record bull sales, both prices and averages, which has been backed up by commercial suckler units investing in Shorthorn genetics. The initiative that the Society started with health testing at Society sales is being recognised by purchasers investing in our breed.

As we approach the uncertainty of CAP reform in 2013 we are very aware that if the suckler cow industry is to survive, we must continue to strive to 6

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breed efficient, functional suckler cows - this is our breed's future and is now our marketing strategy. We welcome to our team - Liz Snaith who is now managing our PR and communication.

As we go to print, we are optimistic that branded Shorthorn beef will return to the supermarket shelves in the New Year. The Beef Shorthorn has a proud history, over time it has survived challenges of fashion and commercial demands and now faces a great future full of opportunity - maybe we can still develop a global Shorthorn brand for maternal traits as well as beef. Good luck -face the future with confidence we have much to offer.

James Playfair-Hannay

Remembering Past Friends:

Sandy Scarth I was first introduced to Sandy by the redoubtable Mary Durno at a Shorthorn Dinner. Her opening words being come and sit next to me I want you to meet a very interesting man. This turned out to be an understatement as she looked at this shy and retiring man and told me the he was chairman of Westland Mart, Director of the very successful Orkney Meat and was on the NFU National Livestock Committee and he had very good quality beef shorthorns.

Sandy took over the farm from his father but his passion for beef shorthorns came from his Aunt Anna.

Not only did he travel the world looking at and discussing his favourite breed but also bred some very fine shorthorns himself, winning the Dounby Show with Laura, the supreme champion in 1982. In due course his “Cavans” Herd became well known and respected for all the right reasons and indeed you will see in the 13th World Conference Edition of the Journal, his influence has been very substantial.

Sandy also became a very respected judge of cattle, judging the Royal in 2004 amongst others.

What of Sandy the man? Married to Lesley with daughters Sarah and Rachel and sons Robert and David, a proud family man! He was a great supporter of Orkney, being involved with Young Farmers Club, speech making competition coach, training many teams with great success. He fished and shot and had a great interest in many things throughout the world, being an avid reader.

Sandy was a quiet man with many passions, a caring man who gave his time to helping others achieve, successful in promoting Orkney as well as a Shorthorn breeder of note. Above all he was a man to be admired, a gentleman and was definitely one of the “good guys”.

We will miss him and our kind thoughts and condolences go to Lesley and the family.

David MacLeod

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Come Blow Your Vuvuzela Over 2 years of planning eventually came to fruition on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 when delegates from 10 Countries arrived in Edinburgh for the start of the 13th World Shorthorn Conference. It was good to meet up with many old friends as well as many others people I hadn't met previously.

Thanks to the sterling efforts of our travel agent Carolyne Cree, all the delegates were met and transferred from their various arrival places to the hotel. Carolyne's organisational skills ensured that the following two weeks with delegate joining and leaving all over the place, went without a hitch, thank you Carolyne.

Scottish Parliament - The first evening we all attended a reception at the Scottish Parliament hosted by the MEP John Lamont followed by a buffet at the Holiday Inn Edinburgh which was to be our home for the next 6 days.

Highland Show - Thursday morning was the first day of the Royal Highland Show and the judging of the Beef Shorthorn Classes. The Beef Shorthorns provided the largest entry of any cattle breed at the show with 115 entries and there was quality cattle throughout the classes finishing with the judge Finlay McGowan selecting as his champion the senior bull Elliott Bodaceous owned by Geoff Riby from Stonehills, Bridlington.

Beef Shorthorns - The crowd of spectators round the ring for the judging was a pleasure to see. It was Geoff's first time showing at the Royal Highland and obviously he hadn't been counting his chickens before they hatched but we did manage to find him accommodation for the night, tickets for the prize presentation the following night and a respectable Beef Shorthorn tie to wear! Congratulations Geoff. Later in the afternoon in the Pentland Pavilion we were pleased to introduce Mike Keeble who spoke for a few minutes about his book “Shorthorn A Breed of Influence in a World of Opportunity� which he had written specially for the World Conference and which had been generously sponsored by Mr Michael Foljambe of Osberton Estates. A copy of the book with a personal plaque had been given to all delegates to remind them of their participation in the 13th World Shorthorn Conference.

Dairy Shorthorns - The next day was the judging of the Dairy Shorthorn classes and again the exhibitors had provided a wonderful display of Dairy Shorthorn cattle with over 50 entries. The judge Gwyndaf James eventually finding his champion in Graham Madeley's Rodway Sonnchein 15th. Graham then went on to further honours by winning the inter breed progeny class for animals by the same sire with his group of 3 sired by Kingsdale Libby's Rebel. Libby's Rebel is an American bred bull so David Kendall, Secretary of the American Milking Shorthorn Society must have been feeling very pleased with the outcome. David was over for the first part of the World Conference tour and had earlier in the week judged the Cheshire County show.

Delegates at the Scottish Parliament Building

Beef Shorthorns at the Royal Highland Show

Dairy Interbreed Group

Gala Dinner - On the Friday evening we held the opening gala dinner and prize presentation in the President's marquee on the Royal Highland Showground. We were welcomed by pipers from the Scots Guard Association who then piped in the haggis which Arthur Lawrence duly addressed with great gusto. We were delighted to welcome some of our sponsors to the dinner and what a great sight it was to see over 230 people sitting down at a Shorthorn dinner. We were very grateful to the Royal Highland Show who had very kindly provided the use of the President's Marquee for this prestigious event.

Saturday was a slightly more leisurely day with delegates free to explore the sights of Edinburgh. Catriona Henderson provided some of the delegates with an interesting tour of the city whilst some of the more dedicated showgoers spent another day at the show.

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Arthur Lawrence addressing the Haggis

Shorthorn at Morebattle Tofts

Buccleuch Estate - Sunday June 27th saw us hit the road for the start of our farm tours. The first stop was Buccleuch Estates, home of the Earl of Buccleuch and a very extensive and interesting farming operation. The Bowhill Estate runs to 8,000 acres with 500 suckler cows including 100 Angus cross Shorthorn cows put to the Beef Shorthorn bull. The Estate manager Drew Guthrie gave us a conducted coach tour round the estate and his knowledge of the operation was very impressive. Our President James Playfair Hannay had devised a cunning way of getting people back on the bus. He had recently returned from a visit to South Africa with a present of a Vuvuzela. His initial feeble attempt to blow it was a sufficient call to return to the coaches. It wasn't the last time we heard the vuvuzela over the following 10 days and James's lungs obviously got stronger as the week progressed.

Tofts Herd - We then continued on to Morebattle Tofts, home of the World Shorthorn President Mr James Playfair-Hannay. Following our first hog roast lunch of the tour we were treated to a ride up the foothills of the Cheviot hills to see Playfair farms' Angus and Shorthorn cattle grazing the steep hillsides and also to see the breathtaking views across the Kale valley. This is very much a family affair and Debbie, Anna and Robert made us very welcome.

The Magical Glamis Castle

Shorthorns at Glenisla

Dunsyre Shorthorns

The afternoon visit did spare we little Englanders the agony of having to watch the World Cup live on the television but the erratic 3G phone signal was enough to inform us of the dreadful news being played out in Bloemfontein. Germany 4 England 1 and a swift exit from the World Cup. Our feelings of deflation and dejection elicited little sympathy from our Scottish counterparts. Our Colleagues from Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil meanwhile were celebrating their continued success towards the Quarter finals.

Glamis Castle and Glenisla - Monday 28th June and we headed north from Edinburgh to visit Glamis Castle the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and reputedly the castle where Macbeth murdered King Duncan. Leaving the castle we travelled further north towards Glenisla and the well known herd of Shorthorns owned by Major John Gibb and his daughter Catriona. You would never pass this farm on the way to anywhere else you have to go specifically to find it as the road past the farm meanders further up the glen. The sun shone, the scenery was breathtaking and the cattle were a picture Major Gibb's protestations of drought conditions and lack of grass met with smiles of disbelief from our Southern Continent visitors. A team of helpers provided us with a very welcome lunch and a competition to guess the weight of one of the Glenisla cows provided some interesting answers before the winner, Mr David Dickie accepted his prize with his weight of 784 Kg. On our way back to Edinburgh we stopped off to view the Reekie Linn falls and were joined by the Royal Highland Show judge, Finlay McGowan who showed us some of his Luing cattle on the roadside. We stopped at the Queensferry Hotel overlooking the Forth railway bridge for dinner before wending our way back to Edinburgh.

Tuesday 29th June and time to depart Edinburgh.

Dunsyre and Lochawe - After checking out and loading the luggage we left for the short journey South to Lanark to the Dunsyre herd of Carey and Hilary Coombs. Carey keeps 100 Beef shorthorn cows on a very commercial basis, calving his heifers at 21/2 years of age The farm sees 40 to 50 inches of rainfall but the cows are still outwintered and fed grass silage.

Chapelton Shorthorns

Chapelton - After lunch we headed west towards Castle Douglas, the home of the famous Chapelton herd of Beef Shorthorns. The old established Chapelton herd which had exported Shorthorns all over the world had been wiped out by foot and mouth disease in 2001 but Donald set about restocking the herd with embryos from Canada helped by the Canadian breeder Rolly Bateman. beef shorthorn

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The rapid rise of the Chapelton herd back to the top is a testament to Donald's commitment, his herdsman Robert Grierson's stockmanship and his friend Rolly Bateman's embryo programme.

It was a pleasure to see this herd looking so well with the dark days of 2001 way behind us The evening hospitality was superb with Emma and the rest of the family providing a wonderful meal.

During the vote of thanks Charles Dawney recalled how when he was a student one of his friends invited him to see Jim (Donald's father) Biggar's farm and how impressed he had been by the cattle and the farmer - both had been incredibly good natured. Charles then went back to Argentina and started his own Shorthorn herd and was now back at Chapelton after all those years. It is stories like this which make the importance of the World Shorthorn Conference so real and worthwhile.

We departed at the end of another beautiful sunny day for our overnight stay at Carlisle.

Lowther Shorthorns - Wednesday morning was a short drive down the road to the Lowther Estates where we were greeted with bucks fizz, croissants and home made cakes before looking at the relatively new herd of Beef Shorthorns in the beautiful parkland of the Lowther estate.

Shorthorns had been on the estate from 1820 to 1950 and following Foot and Mouth in 2001 Charles Lowther decided to re stock the farm with Beef Shorthorns.

Donald and family with Grace and Charles Dawney

Lowther Shorthorns Grazing the Estate

Charles has made an impressive start with his new herd and is already making his presence felt in the showring and at Beef Shorthorn sales.

The unusual architecture of some of the old farm buildings was something to admire and added to the beauty of this old farm steading.

Hadrians Wall - We left Lowther to travel eastwards along the line of Hadrian's wall, built in AD 122 by the Roman Emperor Hadrian to keep out the marauding Pictish tribes. Lunch was taken early at the Twice Brewed Inn close to Housteads Fort and the excellent steak pie was for some just a mouthful too much after the recently consumed home made cakes. A short visit to Housteads Fort was just long enough for the Secretary and his wife to briefly remember their honeymoon here on Hadrian's wall some 30 years ago - whoever said romance was dead!.

Marleycote Herd - We were met at Housteads by David Baynes who escorted us from there to his dairy farm at Hexham, Northumberland.

David and his family have recently shown their total commitment to the dairy industry with a massive investment in a dairy processing unit, pasteurising and bottling milk from their Dairy Shorthorn herd to sell to retail outlets throughout Northumberland and in a recently completed cattle shed and robot milking unit for the 120 cow herd.. The new cattle shed was built with the comfort of the cows a prime consideration and rubber mats are used in all the cubicles.. The whole operation is very much a family affair with son Richard looking after the dairy herd and his brother Paul looking after the milk processing unit. David overseas the whole operation and lends his hand to anything which needs doing (at least that's what he told us). Richard has very definite views about the type of cows he wants to breed with good udders, good feet and dairy character of prime importance. The cattle at Marleycote were certainly displaying these characteristics. A very interesting visit was completed with another hog roast on another beautiful summer's evening.. We journeyed on to our overnight stay at York.

Hadrians Wall

Marleycote Herd's New Facilities

Upsall Herd - The following morning we visited the oldest Beef Shorthorn herd in the Country at Upsall Castle, Thirsk, owned by the Honourable Gerald Turton.

The herd was established in 1909 by Gerald's great uncle, Sir Edmund Turton. Gerald, a former North Yorkshire County Councillor, comes from a political family his father being Sir Robin Turton, Lord Tranmire who was a Conservative MP for 45 years representing Thirsk and Malton.

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Cattle at Upsall

Gerald's cattle have been sold throughout the length and breadth of the country and have been responsible for the creation of several new herds. He is very keen on the use of performance recording as a means to select the best genetics in his herd and last year won the EBLEX award for the most improved Beef Shorthorn herd in the Country awarded to the herd showing the greatest genetic gain for commercial traits over a 12 month period. Gerald's cattle were a picture grazing the lush grassland round the castle.

The Hon Gerald Turton and delegates

Michael Foljambe enjoying one of Thaymars ice creams

Lunch was an occasion not to be missed as Gerald and Alex hosted all the delegates in the splendour of Upsall Castle. It is a tribute to Gerald and his family that Upsall Castle, part of our Country's rich heritage has been maintained in such splendid condition. Our Canadian delegates informed us that this was in fact a National holiday for them as it was Canada Day and they duly gave us a rendition of “O Canada“ on the steps of Upsall Castle. This was another of those moments which make these trips so memorable and personal. The afternoon was free time for people to explore the old city of York.

Osberton Estate - Friday 2nd July saw us depart York to travel to East Anglia. We stopped en route at Thaymars Ice Cream parlour. The farm business diversified over 20 years ago and started producing ice cream from some of the milk produced from their 90 cow herd. The ice cream business proved so successful that the farm and cows were eventually sold and the ice cream is now made from milk supplied by the local Dairy Shorthorn herd of Mr John Hayward.

It was here that we were also pleased to meet Mr Michael Foljambe of the Osberton Estate who had so generously sponsored the production of the book “Shorthorn a Breed of Influence”.

Judging the Heifers at Podehole

Podehole Shorthorns - We continued our journey down Country to arrive at Podehole Farm, Peterborough the home of the Horrell family.

Charles and Sally provided us with two classes of heifers to judge which allowed all the different Countries to have their say on what type of cattle best suited their different systems. Whilst the fundamental structural correctness of an animal is the same whatever the system there are considerable variations in the type of animal people are looking for.

There was a noticeable variation in the overall size, degree of muscling, and thickness of bone which delegates were looking for but sometimes the variation was more pronounced between individual delegates rather than between different Countries.

After another delicious lunch we looked round the impressive Podehole Herd, established in 1977, has quickly established itself as a leading herd in the breed and the top priced bull at last year's Stirling sale, sold for 14,000gns, was Podehole Beefeater from the Podehole Herd.

Shorthorns from the Podehole Herd

It was another interesting afternoon as we saw the gravel extraction taking place on the farm and the 6 miles of hedges and 10,000 trees which have been planted on the farm as part of their conservation programme. We moved on from Podehole just a few miles down the road, en route to the East of England Showground, to see James Coward's impressive collection of vintage agricultural machines.

The East of England showground and the Horrell family provided us with a sumptuous evening meal and the evening entertainment was provided, in a degree of self indulgence from the Secretary, by the Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir, of which I have been a member for over 40 years.

It was a very special night for me personally to bring together two of my greatest interests in life, Shorthorn cattle and Male Voice Choir singing and I have to admit to a tear in my eye when I very proudly introduced the choir.

Frank and the Bolsterstone Choir entertain

I hope the delegates enjoyed the concert as much as I enjoyed being part of the performance. It also proved to be an exciting and emotional night for our Uruguayan delegates as Uruguay eventually beat Ghana on penalties to progress to the semi finals of the World Cup. beef shorthorn

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We left the East of England Showground after a very long but enjoyable day for the short journey to the hotel at Huntingdon.

Twells Herd - The next morning, Saturday 3rd July, we travelled to Snetterton to see the famous Twells herd of dairy Shorthorns owned by Tim and Anne Wyatt and son Jonathon. Genetics from the Twells herd have been used all over the world and some of the dairy delegates were very interested to see the descendants of animals they themselves had used.

Like many of our other host farmers the Wyatts had other livestock interests as well as cattle and they were celebrating a recent winner at the Newmarket races. The horses also proved popular with some of the delegates.

Twells Dairy Shorthorns

Groveland Shorthorns - After another splendid lunch we departed further East towards Norwich and the Groveland farm of Brian Filby.

Brian farms 600 acres of land in East Anglia with pedigree Beef Shorthorns and pedigree Simmentals as well as 300 cross bred suckler cows run on a very commercial basis. Brian also farms 5000 acres of land in Australia.

Part of the land he farms in Norfolk is rented from Lord and Lady Walpole of the Wolterton Estate the seat of our first Prime Minister Robert Walpole in 1721. As well as the cattle and arable Brian and his family also have a fruit farm and retail outlet selling meat and fruit produced on the farm direct to the consumer.

Wolterton Hall

After a trailer ride around the stock and a look round Wolterton Hall escorted by the current Lord Walpole we drove back to Groveland Fruit farm to where the strawberries are produced in huge poly tunnels. As well as a pick your own enterprise, the Filby's also supply local supermarkets with fresh strawberries. From start to finish it was a very impressive operation and yes we sampled some of the very fresh strawberries before heading back to Huntingdon for the night.

The 4th of July as everyone knows is Independence Day and after some free time to look round Cambridge and have a punt on the river, a visit to the only American War Cemetry in the UK at Madingley seemed a fitting way to celebrate this event. The attempt by the Secretary to lead the singing of the Star Spangled Banner was probably better in the conception than the delivery but it was a brave attempt by our US delegates.

Strawberry lines at Groveland Farm

Croxton Park - We left the War Cemetary for the short journey to Croxtonpark to see the Beef Shorthorn herd owned by Alan and Joy Bowkett and managed by Estate Manager Dan Bull. The estate is organically farmed and supports native breeds of sheep and pigs as well as the pedigree herd of Beef shorthorns.

After looking round the cattle in the beautiful grounds surrounding the house we enjoyed some welcome refreshment and then a surprise trip round the formal gardens of Croxtonpark. Our host Joy Bowkett showed us round the three walled gardens which were a delight to see and beautifully tended by the three full time gardeners.

Cows and Calves at Croxton Park

Wavendon Herd - We left Huntingdon the next morning and made our way to Olney, Buckinghamshire, to the farm of Christopher Marler.

Christopher's enthusiasm for his animals, both domestic and exotic is infectious. The pride he has in his Beef Shorthorns is evident in the cattle we saw which grazed over the fence from some more exotic creatures.

Our antipodean friends were obviously surprised to see white wallabies flourishing in Buckinghamshire. The Gayale cows, white yaks and Llamas showed almost as much interest in their visitors as we did in them. Directly opposite the house Christopher's waterfowl were proudly preening themselves for the visitors, and the array of birds in the aviary was certainly a sight to see with the Scarlet Ibis and the Bald Eagle being particularly photogenic.

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The Beautiful Walled Garden at Croxton Park

Our visit concluded with a look round Christopher's office and private museum. His enthusiasm and pride were here for all to see and what a privilege it was to see it.

After a lovely lunch in the village hall we left for our afternoon visit to Woburn Abbey House and Deer Park before continuing on to Stratford upon Avon which was to be our final resting place for the tour.

Rodway Herd - Tuesday 6th July was going to be a special day by any stretch of the imagination. A morning visit to Graham Madeley's organic dairy herd followed by a trip to London for a reception at St James's Palace hosted by our Patron Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal.

Scarlet Ibis at Christopher Marlers Collection

Dairy Shorthorns grazing at Rodway

The coaches were greeted at Rodway Manor by a guard of honour from The Light Company of the Loyal Newport Volunteers and the ladies were entertained with a floral demonstration by Graham's sister Jean Madeley.

Graham's organic milk is sold to the local cheese making factory at Belton and samples of the product were on offer. The Royal Highland champion could be seen in her working clothes grazing with the other members of this fine dairy herd. Graham has successfully introduced Danish Red Swedish Red, Illawarra, Ayrshire and Red Holstein blood in to his herd to achieve the type of dairy cow he is looking to breed. After an early lunch provided by Shirley Madeley and helpers the coaches left for the trip back to the hotel for a quick change before moving on to London for the evening reception.

St James's Palace

The Newport Light Infantry

Whilst the coaches were travelling to London James Playfair-Hannay and myself were travelling by train in the advance party to prepare for the visit to St James's Palace - a journey not without incident. After leaving my briefcase in the taxi taking us to the station we had to call another taxi very swiftly with the immortal words “follow that cab”. After successfully retrieving the case we turned round back to the station where James, in his kilt and sporran, and me in my whistle and flute hotfooted it into Leamington Spa station and caught the train in the nick of time. The coaches arrived spot on time and the delegates enjoyed a glass of wine and canapés, listening to the Oberon String Quartet, whilst waiting for Her Royal Highness to arrive.

After introductions to the organising committee and the introductory speeches, Her Royal Highness was introduced to all the delegates individually. Her knowledge of cattle and of the Countries of our delegates was truly impressive and she seemed very much at ease chatting to everyone. One of our delegates Malcolm Douglas from Australia had kept the party entertained for the previous two weeks and wasn't about to let a small thing like a title of Her Royal Highness get in the way of a good story. Princess Anne was suitably amused.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal welcomes the Delegates

As we left the Palace for an evening meal the euphoria of meeting Princess Anne turned to consternation for the Uruguyan delegates who needed to find a television to Watch Uruguay play The Netherlands in the World Cup Semi Final. It might not have been a very big screen but Apple's iphone came to the rescue. Unfortunately Uruguay lost 3:2 to the Netherlands. We arrived back in Stratford very late at night after a truly memorable day.

Conference

Malcolm entertains Her Royal Highness

Wednesday 7th July was the opening day of the actual Conference at the Alveston Manor Hotel Stratford upon Avon. Lesley Lewin our Conference organiser had supervised the setting up of the conference hall which had been done overnight. The graphics alongside the screen, produced by Alan Peedle of Acstede Design gave a very professional look to the Conference stage. The high quality of the speakers interspersed with Country reports from member organisations provided a very

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interesting two days Conference which is reported in more detail elsewhere in this journal.

Gala Dinner Following the gala dinner on Thursday evening we had the opportunity to dance the night away to the music from “Big Agenda.� Caroline Burbidge who is responsible for Beef Shorthorn registrations in the office is the vocalist and provided us with a wonderful finish to the 13th World Shorthorn Conference. We had two weeks without a drop of rain, the sun shone, the cattle grazed and the shorthorns looked a picture in some of the wonderful settings we visited.

We were very grateful to the organising committee and all the other people, too numerous to mention who worked so hard to make this Conference such a success. All the host farmers provided us with such interesting and varied visits as well as some incredible hospitality. Theresa Duggan provided a first class translation service for our South American delegates and Catriona Henderson made the coach journeys much more interesting with her commentaries on route.

Conference Venue, Alverston Manor

We are also indebted to our sponsors without who this could not have happened. It was a pleasure to welcome so many delegates here to the UK and very encouraging to see so many young people amongst those delegates. I hope they enjoyed their visit and I look forward to seeing everyone again in New Zealand in 2013.

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Shorthorn World Conference Message Genetics and health issues were high on the agenda at the World Shorthorn Congress in Stratford.

The quest continues for the functional suckler cow, and the Beef Shorthorn has the real potential to fit the bill, said SAC's beef specialist, Gavin Hill.

“The Beef Shorthorn offers attributes to meet with today's crucial market requirements - milk, fertility, docility, low maintenance and easy calving. The breed is also suitable calving at two or three years of age.

“Furthermore, the Beef Shorthorn can survive in a harsh environment producing females which can be crossbred further down and that then produce the right cattle for the market place,” he explained.

“The breed has various attributes that others do not have, and it should avoid being a jack of all trades and master of none. Remember, this is a dam line and breeders can depend on a terminal sire to confer the growth, muscle and scale and leave the type of progeny wanted in the market place. There may even be an opportunity to consider developing partnerships with these terminal sire breeds,” he said.

“The ability to perform everything, actually leads to complications in how the breed is recognized. It's a factor the society and its supporters got to grips with 30 years ago and there in no way it should back track today. Competition is fierce out there with most breeds being specialised.”

He also warned commercial suckled calf producers to take care when observing Estimated Breed Value data on milk. “Figures cannot be compared across breeds; a Beef Shorthorn average rated for milk will have considerably more than the average for many other breeds. If a Beef Shorthorn bull is rated below average for milk, it is a reflection of where it sits within that breed rather than other breeds.”

All breed societies were urged to take a leaf out of the Beef Shorthorn's book and adopt a health policy, by SAC vet, George Caldow. “The Beef Shorthorn Society is exemplary in being the first UK breed organisation to insist that all animals sold at all official society sales are blood tested within three months prior to the sale for BVD, Lepto and IBR. Only cattle from herds already accredited free of BVD, IBR and Lepto are exempt from this requirement. To aid clarity all results must be presented on the Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHeCS) pen cards” he said.

“The society took a decision more than two years ago to introduce the new testing policy and it has to be commended for taking such a positive lead. Health management is crucial in the production of fertile long-lived breeding replacements for the beef suckler herd.

“The cost of a planned approach to the prevention of these diseases is small in comparison to the potential damage an infected animal could bring to the herd to which it is introduced. For example, a 100 cow suckler herd infected with Johne's and with a 5% cull could suffer losses of at least £4,500 per year in disposal and replacement costs alone.”

He added: “The Beef Shorthorn breed society members are encouraged to join one of the seven CHeCSs schemes which will enable them to work towards accreditation for the major diseases, including Johne's disease.”

Commercial suckler producers should select the appropriate genetic package to suit their unit, according to EBLEX's Dr Duncan Pullar. “The two vital elements for the long-term viability of a suckler herd are matching cow size and type to the available quantity and quality of feed resources, and taking full advantage of different breeds and crossing systems available.

“Size of cow does matter and must be carefully chosen in the light of available natural resources and system of management. Increasing pressure on profit margins means a greater reliance on grazed grass and homeproduced forage, so matching cow size to feed resources becomes a significant part of the management equation.”

When it came to genetics, Dr Pullar argued that pedigree breeding offered simplicity, branding and continuity, but fertility, output and the ability to respond quickly to market forces may be limited.

Alternatively crossbreeding introduced flexibility through breed substitution, higher outputs and higher fertility but was more complex to manage.

Crossbreeding introduced hybrid vigour, for example if the cow was a Shorthorn cross native hill breed put to a terminal sire, then the output would benefit by up to 23% more weight of weaned calf per cow put to the bull, and bring together a much better mix of beef finishing and maternal traits for an upland farm.

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Judging Day at the Grafton Herd, Northants

A small contingent from the South West Club drove up to Trevor and Alison Brown's Hootens Farm, Towcester, Northants for the Society's Annual Judging Day and herd visit on May 15th 2010.

Some had travelled from farther afield than ourselves and with a good turnout from north, south, east and west, there were more than Alison had catered for.

This was in part because, although I had told Trevor how many of us would be coming, he had not told Alison!

Coffee and small-talk over the assembled company settled down to hear Dan Bull detail how the Americans judge cattle on a points system with a total of 31 points. He demonstrated this by placing the group of cattle before him, then over the microphone in a clear, concise and accurate way explained his logic, giving only positive reasons.

Having listened and hopefully learned from this we discussed the reasoning at length - we would have the opportunity to practice this later when judging three classes of Shorthorns.

Alison had done wonders in rustling-up more food, and the hospitality at lunchtime was excellent. A big thank you to Trevor and Alison and their helpers.

After lunch we had 3 classes to judge all hand-picked and with considerable variation within each class. • Bulls, • Cows and calves • Bulling heifers After listening to peoples' reasoning over the microphone it proved what we all believed to be true; different people prefer different animals, and which animal is awarded 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th depends on the judge's decision on the day. This led to some lively discussions Now it was time to view the Grafton Herd on home pasture. The day was fine and dry, ideal for being outside.

Alison and Trevor acquired the farm over 12 years ago. It had been formerly tenanted and was very run down. The acquisition comprised the farmhouse, some derelict buildings and 75 acres. There was no surfaced farm drive, no concrete and the largest farm product was an abundance of mud.

The first few years were spent remodelling the house, renovating the buildings adding another 10000 sq ft of stock quarters, erecting many miles of stock fencing, planting several miles of hedges and creating five spinneys with 12000 trees

It was then back into the shed for a talk on Johne's Disease and an eradication regime, given by Towcester Veterinary Practice, Trevor and Alison's local veterinary surgery. I think we all learned something, and that is what these gatherings are all about - you are never too old to learn a little every day

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The farm has now been extended to 150 acres of which 130 are permanent grass.

There have been no artificial fertilizers used for over a decade with one third of the grass receiving a good mucking every third year. Chemicals are restricted to spot treatment of weeds.

The Grafton flock of Wiltshire Horn Sheep at 100 breeding ewes, is one of the largest such flocks in the country. The Wiltshire is the original self-shedding sheep, now coming back into vogue for its easy care characteristics. Half of the flock is put to a pedigree ram to produce stock for the main breeding sales with the remainder put to a Berrichon De Cher to produce very quick maturing lambs There are a number of Gloucester Old Spot weaners raised each year for sausage production. There are also 400 pheasants and 50 partridges raised for restocking of the local shoot, which takes in the farm, plus two neighbouring farms.

The farm is run with conservation at the fore. There are great crested newts in two ponds, together with an abundance of frogs, toads and snakes. Birds of prey include a pair of Tawny owls, a pair of Barn owls, sparrow hawks and several buzzards.

The farm had a 75-strong herd of Dexters until Suckler Cow and Beef Premium subsidies were withdrawn and they were replaced with Beef Shorthorns with the purchase of two cows with calves at foot from Bob Howard. These were quickly followed by heifer purchases direct from John Dunlop and then regular visits to the main Society sales.

The Shorthorns look very well out on good grazing, but to prevent poaching in wet weather, with the new buildings and plenty of hard-standing the cattle can be housed as soon as the weather turns, leaving the Wiltshire Horns to graze the grass to keep it in very good heart.

Having seen Alison and Trevor's cattle in the ring and now at home several times they always seem placid and docile. They are not just a credit to the breed, but to Alison, Trevor and their stockman, Gordon.

Once again this was another well-organised judging day and herd visit, well supported and well worth going to. We look forward to 2011's event.

In a 48-month TB area the two setts of badgers are still welcome.

Eddy Mills

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North of England Beef Shorthorn Club Chairman: Rob Paisley - 01943 816068 Secretary: Andrew Ivinson - 01768 881343 The club has had a fairly good year, membership is growing as interest in the breed increases in our region.

The year began with the AGM being postponed a month due to the snow in January so we all convened on the 14th of Feb for a 'romantic' meeting, Robs idea of killing two birds with one stone.

The main topic on the agenda was the future of the autumn sale. Eventually it was decided to move it to Skipton.

Afterwards Mr James Playfair spoke about the future for the breed and entertained members with stories.

Prizes were then handed out for the herd competition.

The main (only) event of the summer was the herd visit to Geoff Ribys Stonehills herd . It was decided not to have any other events so members could hopefully attend the judging day and world conference visits.

Herd Visit Over 40 existing and potential breeders met up at Geoff Ribys, Stonehills farm on 8th August for our annual herd visit. Stonehills is located on the east coast near Bridlington, although down near sea level it is exposed to some bitter winds off the North Sea. The Shorthorns arrived after a bout of cattle withdrawal symptoms following the dispersal of the dairy herd. The farm is mainly arable but there is some grazing land in a country side stewardship scheme on which the cattle are kept.

The day started with a discussion led by Rob Paisley where he related the characteristics of the herd sire to the final product of beef on the hook. Knowing your market and choosing a bull to produce that 'type' of stock is key to any success.

We then set off for a tour of the cattle which obviously all looked fit and well and very much at home in their surroundings. The foundation cows were of a uniform type and Elliot Bodacious was leaving his stamp and a legacy of improvement.

The afternoon was a very social affair and concluded with beer and a barbecue, and a chance for members to catch up, and also admire the silverware and trophies won by Geoff at the Royal Highland Show.

Many thanks to Geoff and family for hosting an interesting, educational and thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.

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More of our members entered shows this summer; Geoffs success at the Royal Highland was great to see while Paul Braithwaite and Mark & Tracy Severn also enjoyed a lot of successes. Steve & Gilly Johnson won the club trophy for best yearling heifer at the Great Yorkshire show.

The 2010 herd competition was well supported and saw some fresh herds entered. Many thanks to John and Margaret Faragher for coming over from the Isle of Man to judge us.

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North of England Herd Competition 19/20/21/22 August 2010 Many thanks to all those who entered this year especially to those entering for the first time. We travelled many hundreds of miles this year as our Club covers such a vast area, I would especially like to thank John and Margaret Faragher who travelled from the beautiful Isle of Man to come and judge the Herds for us, they certainly saw a lot of very differing countryside. Again I feel that all should be congratulated for the time and effort taken to enter the competition which proved a great success for all involved.

Congratulations to Rob Paisley on his third year of success in the large herd competition and to Paul

Braithwaite Winner of the Bull Class with Tarrant Arnie for the second year. A new Class entry for this year was for Heifer born on or after 1st Jan 2009 the standard of entries were very high, both this Class and the Bull Class certainly left our Judge with a difficult decision! Once again we found every herd, no matter how large or small, that entered had something we would all like to see in our own herd and it was a pleasure to see the enthusiasm towards the breed.

Thank you again to all those who entered, I hope that you will do so next year the Competition certainly seems to be going from strength to strength.

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JUDGES REPORT It was a great honour and pleasure to be asked to Judge your Herd Competition. I saw outstanding cattle in every herd, all were owned by great enthusiasts for the breed. I would like to thank Steve and Gilly for looking after my wife and I over the weekend.

John Faragher Large Herd Winner: J & R PAISLEY - WESTMOOR Good Herd of Cows and Calves, well balanced throughout.

Runner-Up: I & J BARKER - BANKFOOT Some very good cows with a lot of good Calves.

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Small Herd Winner: DAVID GRAVESTON - RIBBLESDALE Good Herd of beefy well put together Cows.

Runner-Up: P BRAITHWAITE - ALBION Good Cows and some very good Calves coming on.

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Heifer Born on or after 1st Jan 2009 Winner: R S & G JOHNSON with GILVEN SAPPHIRE CACTUS Beautiful young Heifer, promising for the future.

Runner-Up: MARK & TRACY SEVERN with HIGHLEE BLACKBROOK DIPSY Good Heifer with potential.

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Cow with Calf at Foot Winner: MARK & TRACY SEVERN with SANDWICK DUCHESS ZOE HIGHLEE TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS Excellent well balanced Cow and Calf.

Runner-Up: J & R PAISLEY with AYLWARD ROTHES QUEEN 29th WESTMOOR UK123660-500266 Very good Cow and Calf.

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Bull Winner: P BRAITHWAITE with TARRANT ARNIE Tarrant Arnie is a impressive Bull with excellent mobility.

Runner-Up: MARK & TRACY SEVERN with VULCAN OF UPSALL Good strong Bull.

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The Central Club Visits Northern Ireland The Club is just back from its trip to Northern Ireland - perhaps our most ambitious yet. Flights were coordinated more or less and most of us met up at Belfast City Airport, with young Ted Everitt flying and passported for the first time at the age of 82!

We met up with our driver and minibus, a rather small service bus gently rusting at the rivets complete with hard bench seats, no seat belts and a stop bell button in the roof; no in-coach microphone so when our driver wanted to point out a sight to us he had to pull over, get out of his seat and call his commentary down the bus, then off we'd set again.

But it went like a train and had huge all round windows which was ideal because the scenery is gorgeous - small fields surrounded by hedges or some magnificent stone walling containing impressively massive boulders.

After checking in at the Londonderry Arms in C we headed up north, following the beautiful coastal road through County Antrim. We stopped for lunch on the way at a pub eatery at the foot of a picturesque valley called Glenariff. Of course we have a member of this club with a strong connection to that name, so we couldn't resist a group photograph for Nick, Annalain, Andrew and David. It is a beautiful spot with a stunning waterfall.

The Club Discover “Glenariff”

Continuing northwards we were surprised to see the Scottish coastline looking only a short boat trip away. The local accent sometimes sounds very Scottish.

Next stop was the Bushmills distillery. We know a bit more now about making whisky - malting barley, huge vats of spring water and imported sherry barrels (?) but to be honest our guide was on autopilot, set to take us on a whistlestop tour - at 4.30 on a Friday afternoon, not surprising.

We did linger quite a long time at the bar sampling their different whiskeys and our trusty little bus was the last one out of the car park.

On to the Giants Causeway; a windswept walk down a coastal road to see this extraordinary feat of natural architecture. Wishing to pose for a scenic shot right at the end of it, with the waves lapping just behind me I took up position only to be drenched from the thigh down by not one but two freak waves who had obviously been lying in wait, much to the hilarity of my husband - Graham and Linda also witnessed the incident.

Fair play, as we walked, or as some of us squelched, our way back, Graham read the notice recommending people not to stand at the end of the causeway as the occasional high wave was a danger. Mmm, life's always so easy in hindsight. There was a bit of waiting around for our bus back in the car park. The driver had been reluctant to pay the £7.50 parking fee, so had dropped us off and gone to wait down the road for us to call him on his mobile. Unfortunately when we did we couldn't get through. A few of us retired to the local hotel bar to sample the Guinness - I needed a warm radiator to stand against. Eventually driver and bus turned up. It transpired he had been trying to ring a restaurant to confirm a supper booking for 17 on the way home and had noticed he had no signal, so was sitting waiting for our call…. One of the surreal and entertaining moments of our trip - more material for the shared jokes and banter as we sped around the countryside.

First herd visit on Saturday morning was just up the road from our hotel, to Kate and Tom Maddans' Ballyvaddy herd. It was interesting hearing the ups and downs of the herd's evolution. They have used a lot of flushing and AI to speed up progress. We met the current stock bull Watchman of Upsall and the two young bulls destined for the Stirling sale were paraded for us. Kate and Tom are also interested in rare breeds - Kate is the Northern Ireland Secretary, so it was no surprise to see a recently imported white shorthorn cow with heifer calf at foot, still in an isolation paddock. Numbers of this strain of our breed are low enough to put it on the endangered list, so good to see someone is looking out for their future.

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Almost Lost at Sea

Kate and Tom Madden with their Chapelton Cow

Brian Wilson discusses the Commercial Herd

Next stop was nearby at the Glenarm Estate, where Chapelton Yardley and a Tofts bull are being used on their 120 Lim X organic sucklers.

Some of the heifers are being retained as herd replacements and the rest are all marketed as quality organic beef to top hotels and restaurants.

Marbling is what's required and more of it! So Brian Wilson, the farm manager, has taken the right decision and introduced Beef Shorthorns.

It's exciting when commercial men come on board like this, it is after all what underpins all us pedigree breeders' businesses.

Our morning tour completed Kate produced a wonderful lunch of home sourced Beef Stew and Moroccan (Wiltshire Horn) lamb curry and cous cous, with copious amounts of apple pie and cream provided by David, rounded off with a tot of Bushmills whiskey.

So we were well set up for our next stop with David Alexander's Craigfadddock herd at Clough. It's always a slight relief when you're in unknown territory looking for the next destination and someone spots the Shorthorns - in this case some lovely heifers posing on a rocky outcrop taking in the stunning view below them. A moment or two later some farmer passing in a pickup pulling a stock box waves in a friendly manner and we know we're there! David only has about twelve cows, his other job is with the Department of Agriculture. The herd was established in 1997 and most of the replacements are home bred. He used AI, including in the past bulls from Uppermill, Dunsyre, Kilkelly and Balmyle Zeus, and more recently Deerpark bulls, Chapleton Wildfire and homebred bulls. Young Tom helped show us round. The cattle looked good especially the yearling heifers who understandably has won the best group of heifers in the NI Club's herd competition this year. The Beef Shorthorn breed are renowned for their docile temperament and this group were exceptionally laid back. Bill and I were also interested to look at some of David's Lleyn sheep, the ram and ewe lambs - I know quite a few folks who keep this combination, Lleyns and Beef Shorthorns - both having such excellent maternal traits, I suppose. There was a definite nip in the air by now, so we retreated to a warm kitchen for a hearty tea of home made scones and biscuits

Tom, Trevor and a Bottle of Bushmills

James, and his line up of Smart Heifers

So back to the hotel to get ready for supper and we were very pleased that Kate, Tom, David and Carol could join us and we could repay some hospitality. There was just a moment of drama when one of our party accidentally set light to his napkin setting off the smoke alarms, but by the time management swept in it was dowsed and things were under control - if rowdy!

Next morning after another good full Irish breakfast we set off in our trusty bus for James Porter's Uppermill herd at Lisburn. The herd of course needs no introduction and although officially dispersed in 2008 it has been a fantastic stroke of good fortune that it has remained intact, just a few miles across the water. We began by visiting the cows and calves a few miles away from the homestead on some land recently purchased by the family. The cows looked well rearing some cracking calves by Uppermill Jinks. James' father, Bill, joined us after a few minutes, arriving in the field by helicopter, which the cattle took completely in their stride. We returned to the farm to be greeted by the fine sight of 15 heifers destined for the forthcoming Stirling sale, prepared and tied up in a line, with the two young bulls at the end. The pale roan heifer Uppermill Skylark was a stunner, but the young cattle all looked super and generated a lot of interest from club members - I suspect there will be one or two more at the forthcoming Stirling sale in the running for a purchase. The cattle were a credit to James and his herdsman, Ian Rea.

Young Bulls at James Nelson's

Tea back at the Yard

Back to the house then for lunch, and certainly not the 'bit of a barbecue' that James had talked of, but a full on banquet of beef and chicken dishes, followed by an array of puds which usually one can only fantasise about.

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So, well wined and dined, it was farewell to the Porters, including their massive Irish wolfhound pup, back on board the bus, and onwards to our final destination, James Nelson's Glenbrae herd in Larne.

Established in 1990 the herd only numbers about 15 cows but we're certainly talking quality if not quantity. Uppermill Raeburn is the stock bull who has put his stamp on this herd. The final part of the visit was to see two young bulls, one destined for Stirling - again he generated interest amongst members - perhaps this is a good time to have a herd visit, seeing bulls on farm before the sales.)

Cattle viewing over it was back to the farmyard for a welcome home On the trusty rusty bus! made tea of scones and cakes in the late afternoon sun, before heading back to the hotel for dinner - you're getting the gist of our itinerary now - fairly heavyweight stuff‌ We were delighted to host James Nelson for We meet again on Sunday 5th December for our supper, James Porter couldn't come as he was busy planting seeds - the Christmas get together and announcement of the week had been the driest they had seen for some time. club herd competition herd results by Clive Roads, Next morning it was back to the airport for our flights home. What a this year's judge. fantastic weekend! A wonderful warm welcome and hospitality at all New members are always welcome. We are an our hosts (and I'm sorry we couldn't fit in the visit to Duncan as was informal, friendly group whose main aims are to hoped), great Irish 'craich', some tremendous and inspiring cattle, and share our interest, knowledge and enthusiasm for lovely coastline and countryside. We made some new friends, and had a the Beef Shorthorn and to enjoy the friendship lot of laughs. and support network which that brings.

We are already planning ahead for next year and wondering whether Julia Evans, Chair - 01886 821431 importing the trusty rusty little bus is a viable plan for next autumn, when southern Scotland is in our sights. Probably not, but dreaming Trevor Brown, Secretary & Treasurer on‌.

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Central England Beef Shorthorn Club 2010 Herd Competition - Judged by Mr Clive Roads SMALL HERD 1st 2nd

G Towers Lynda Robson

SENIOR BULL Greenley Lynthorpe

MEDIUM HERD 1st 2nd 3rd

T & A Brown Julia Evans R Leach

Grafton Longlands Warmington

LARGE HERD 1st 2nd 3rd

H Horrell SS Horton & Sons Croxton Park

Podehole Hannington Croxtonpark

COW AND CALF 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

H Horrell - Podehole Phantasy Aurora & heifer calf Croxton Park - Croxtonpark Jewell & bull calf G Towers - Grafton Broadhooks Amber & heifer calf Julia Evans - Longlands Robyn Zandra & heifer calf

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

H Horrell NJ & AM Barrett SS Horton & Sons ES Everitt

Trojan of Craigessie Glenarriff Brave Bonnar Hannington Balthazar Warmington Patrick

JUNIOR BULL 1st 2nd 3rd

H Horrell R Leach T & A Brown

Podehole Commander Warmington Azlan Grafton Bombadier

GROUP OF HEIFERS 1st 2nd 3rd

Croxton Park Julia Evans SS Horton & Sons

CHAMPION HERD:

H Horrell - Podehole

RES. CHAMPION HERD:

T & A Brown - Grafton

JUDGES REPORT: Being invited to judge any competition is always a privilege and causes the heart to "quicken pace" in anticipation of doing the task impartially, efficiently, hopefully with "some" knowledge and certainly constructively.

The opportunity to judge the Central Region Herds Competition was particularly pleasing to me not only because I have an "inbuilt" interest in the Shorthorn breed having been born on a farm where they reigned supreme but being involved with livestock of whatever

breed, origin or type is not only my bread and butter but one of the loves of my life.

The trip around the region was not only a trip through history, but an enjoyable experience inspecting and discussing the various herds with the breeders, many on different scales, management techniques, production systems and so on, but also their individual expectations for the future.

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South West Beef Shorthorn Breeders Club Again the past year has been a busy one for Club members in the South West. A variety of Club and area events has kept most members busy.

January, amidst the trials of snow to amazing depths in the South West brought the annual Inter-Breed Club Quiz. This is an event that is now becoming a firm social fixture and enjoyed by all participants, representing approximately seven breeds from within the area. Last year we finished a creditable second place and this year our members took first place.

Congratulations on a stirling effort by all - answering a bemusing and sometimes “catchy” array of questions. We have to try to keep our record intact for the 2011 competition!

April brought the inaugural Pedigree Multi-Breed Show and Sale organised by Greenslade Taylor Hunt at Sedgemoor. This promises to be a real opportunity for breeders in the South West to bring their stock forward, however the first sale was disappointing.

Obviously the format still needs “tweaking” and GTH are working with various breed societies in the area to

Alison Ruby with Ashwater Bella at Devon County 2010

achieve a sale that will attract both vendors and purchasers to what we all hope will be a major sale date in the future.

At our AGM we were delighted to welcome Mr and Mrs Denis Brinicombe, of Tubby Bucket fame as guest speakers. This was a delightfully fascinating insight into the determination of a family to meet the challenges and rewards of manufacture, sales and distribution of their animal nutrition products. The Club was subsequently invited to visit the Brinicombe factory at Crediton as an evening event in July, which proved to be an opportunity to experience their expertise and dedication first-hand.

The usual show calendar commenced in May with the North Somerset Show and, with several members exhibiting at both area and shows further afield.

It was particularly good to see the breed so well represented at the Frome show this year.

Serious successes were consistently achieved throughout the season by the Ashwater and Stonmour herds.

Mrs TC Blake with Stonmour Thunder Cloud at Devon County 2010

The sun came out to play on the day of our herd visit, across the water, to Martin Reynolds in Wales. This was a combined visit with his local Dairy Shorthorn Group and we were treated to visiting two herds in one day, starting with the Reader's Wenvoe dairy herd then proceeding to Martin's Vale herd after a wonderful luncheon.

What a day it was! Thoroughly enjoyed by all and both the Reader's family and Martin are to be sincerely thanked for their exceptional hospitality.

Throughout the year, preparations had been going on for the Beef SW Event, to be held at Exeter. Thanks go to Frank for providing not only the breed stand, but also for making the trek South West to promote the breed at this new venue. We were also very fortunate to be able to exhibit excellent examples of the breed adjacent to the breed stand: Stonmour

Martin Reynold's Vale herd

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It proved to be a very busy and successful day with a valuable amount of interest in the breed, fielding many enquiries from both pedigree and commercial breeders. Thunder Cloud attracted an enviable amount of interest. His semen is in strong demand both in the UK and abroad, particularly in South America and Brazil; from where Mrs Blake received a visit from one of the prime breeders and speaker at this year's World Conference.

From those with the commercial interest, the Peeke's were answering many enquiries on performance of cross-breds.

So to the Herd Competition - as ever a massive task for organisers and judges alike, with well over 100 entries to judge spread over the five counties. At the time of writing, we are eagerly awaiting the results of Jane and Bill Lander's judging. Our sincere thanks go to them for making the huge trek to the South West and giving up their valuable time to be our judges. We hope that they enjoyed their first visit to the area (albeit something of a whistle-stop tour, cramming in all the competitors!) I know they will have made many new friends and will be more than welcome to visit South West breeders again - hopefully to be able to enjoy the views and company at a more leisurely pace.

As the year closes, the Club has a healthy membership list, new friends have been made amongst joining members and m o r e importantly new herds are being created.

The breed appears to be slowly growing across the area and the Club continues to promote it not only via the membership, but also using our promotional material - we now have mugs as well as our clothing range on offer, and of course our annual calendar available, showing a variety of herds in the area.

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SWBSBC 2010 Herd Competition Results

Judges: Julia & Bill Landers

Class 1. Large Herd - Lloyds TSB Trophy

Class 2. Senior Bull - Turner Trophy

1st 2nd 3rd

Medium Herd - Philby Trophy

1st 2nd 3rd Class 3.

Stonmour Thunder Cloud TC Blake Llanarth Dafydd T & A Ruby Trevarrick Zack RT Grose Junior Bull - George Shield

Woolcombe Herd Trevarrick Herd Polden Herd

1st 2nd 3rd

Woolcombe Bundaberg Charlie M & M Christian Ashwater Cavalier T & A Ruby Forever Lancaster Challenger D & L Holton

1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd

Wash Valley Herd Wivey Herd Forever Herd

R & E Peeke K & G Turner D & L Holton M & M Christian R Grose J & A Locke

Small Herd - Agricentre Trophy

Class 4. Homebred Cow - Hamilton Trophy

Ashwater Herd Rowfold Herd Wilbury Herd

1st 2nd 3rd

T & A Ruby A & E Poole-Warren G & J Chedgey

Wivey Mary Zola K & G Turner Woolcombe Valley Mignonette 2nd M & M Christian Trevarrick Z Rose RT Grose

Class 5. Any Prefix Cow - Hentley Trophy

Class 9a. Suckled calf (male) - H&H Trophy

1st 2nd 3rd

1st 2nd 3rd

Fanthill Winnie Glenisla Foxglove Tansy Forever Tanzy Peony

K & G Turner M & M Christian D & L Holton

Class 9b. Suckled calf (female) - Peppercorn Trophy

Class 6. 100% Cow - Blake Trophy 1st

Stonmour Barrington 19th

TC Blake

Class 7. Heifer in calf/calf at foot - Polden Trophy 1st 2nd 3rd

Trevarrick A True Gem Tessa x584 of Upsall Wivey Nonpareil Aneika

UK362833 700066 (un-named) T & A Ruby Rowfold Bright Darcy A & E Poole-Warren UK340881 400560 (un-named) M & M Christian

R Grose T & A Ruby K & G Turner

1st 2nd 3rd

Rowfold Bright Demelza Polden Broadhooks Bunny Carvinick Dainty Marigold

Champion Suckled Calf:

A & E Poole-Warren J & A Locke T & J Bunney

Rowfold Bright Demelza

Reserve Champion Suckled Calf: Woolcombe Bundaberg Charlie

Class 8. Maiden Heifer - Christian Trophy

Class 10. Butcher's Beast - Connie Plate

1st 2nd 3rd

1st 2nd 3rd

Wash Valley Apple Candy Forever Nonpareil Cosmos Stonmour Musical Lara

R & E Peeke D & L Holton TC Blake

Polden Junior Wilbury Blizzard Rowfold Celebrity

J & A Locke G & J Chedgey A & E Poole-Warren

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2011 DIARY DATES 7th APRIL - AGM & DINNER Oake Manor Golf Club Taunton Somerset 15th SEPTEMBER - The SWCSBA Annual Show & Sale In conjunction with the South West Multi Beef Breeders Sale at Sedgemoor Auction Centre North Petherton Bridgwater Somerset. Junction 24 of M5.

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Northern Ireland Beef Shorthorn Club Reflects on a Successful Year The interest in Beef Shorthorn cattle in Northern Ireland is escalating at a dramatic rate as commercial producers see first hand the merits the breed has to offer.

Local Breeder's held their Annual General Meeting recently to review the year's activities and appoint committee for the 2010/11 season.

Chairman: Vice Chairman: Secretary: Treasurer: Publicity:

David Hammond Tom McGuigan Karen Carson David Alexander Libby Clarke

Committee: Duncan McDowell, Wilson Dickey, Thomas Madden, Paddy McGuigan and Fred Duncan.

John Moore, guest speaker

which was held in July. This attracted a great entry of stock, and was attended by a huge crowd of farming enthusiasts.

Success from this show case, and the Annual Herds Competition was reflected upon at the Club's Annual Dinner which was held at Hanover House in Coagh.

Chairman David Hammond, Vice Chair T McGuigan and Sec Karen Carson

Club Chairman David Hammond congratulated breeders on a successful year, and thanked them for supporting local events throughout the calendar. The highlight of the year was the Glenarm Castle Show

Following the official part of the evening local Simmental breeder John Moore gave a very interesting talk on the preparation and showing of pedigree livestock. John has a wealth of experience having secured Supreme Champion at Perth with Ormoga Sampson and realising the fantastic sale price of 22,000 guineas.

If you are interested in Beef Shorthorn cattle please get in touch with the secretary, Karen Carson 07766933733

Herd Visit to Craigfaddock Shorthorns There was a terrific turnout for the Beef Shorthorn open day held at the Craigfaddock herd of the Alexander family, Ballymena. Host David Alexander put on a super show of his Beef Shorthorns.

Peter Mackle kindly put up a voucher as a prize for the competition.

The Craigfaddock open day was organised by the NI Beef Shorthorn Club.

The Alexander Family Host the Farm Walk

We would wish to thank the Alexander family for hospitality in welcoming visitors to their Ballymena farm to view their herd of Beef Shorthorns. Visitors to the herd were highly impressed with the quality of stock on view. Tom Alexander demonstrated how quiet the cattle are and Jordan McConachie (10) was the winner of "guess the weight of the heifer".

Visitors were highly impressed by the stock

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Jordan McConachie 10 yrs old was the winner of the “Guess the Weight of the heifer”

A typical Cow and Calf at Craigfaddock

Tom Alexander demonstrates how quiet the cattle are

All Roads Lead to the People All roads led to the People's Park Portadown at the weekend for the Inaugural Native Breeds Championships which saw an outstanding entry of Aberdeen Angus, Beef Shorthorn and Hereford cattle battle it out for the coveted Supreme Award.

Each section had strong entries representing breeder's the length and breadth of the country, who braved one of the wettest days this season to put on a first class show.

It was a clean sweep for the husband and wife partnership of William & Jill McAllister, Ballymena when they picked up both the Champion and Reserve Champion ribbons in the Beef Shorthorn section. The top entry here was the June 2009 born bull “Burnside Caveman” who is destined for the spring sales at Stirling in 2011. In reserve spot was the very stylish two year old heifer “Burnside Bluebell”.

James Graham, Director of Agriculture was delighted with how the Inaugural event fared “The quality of stock in every section was top notch, and represented some of the largest classes for native breeds seen this year. We are indebted to the support of our sponsors and in particular Ulster Bank and the Donnelly Group who have given us their backing from day one. The result was fantastic with a unique show case for Aberdeen Angus, Beef Shorthorn and Hereford cattle. Thanks must also go to Country Comes To Town and Craigavon Borough Council for embracing our show as part of their annual festivities in Portadown” For further images of the Native Breeds Championships log onto www.agriimages.co.uk

Beef Shorthorn Judge: Michael Conway Class 1: Cow or heifer , born on or before 31st December 2007 in calf or having produced a calf during the 12 months prior to the Show.

Sponsored by Douglas McClelland & Son Agri Contractors 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Wm & Jill McAllister Glenisla Desiree 2452 Richard Henning Craigfaddock Lady Annetta 3rd Castlemount Shorthorns Tamhorn Yoko” TF Duncan and Co Cairnsmore Alisha Star

Class 2: Heifer born in 2008 Sponsored by Hanna Transport 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Wm & Jill McAllister Burnside Bluebel Richard Henning Mullaglass Lady Annetta David Alexander Craigfaddock Lady Annetta 8th David Alexander Craigfaddock Lady Annetta 7th Castlemount Shorthorns Castlemount Barley Zabria TF Duncan and Co Cairnsmore Breeze Energy

Champion Beef Shorthorn - Burnside Cavemen

Class 3: Heifer, born on or after 1st January 2009 Sponsored by M.E.R Contracts 1st 2nd 3rd

Wm & Jill McAllister Killycolp Orphan Faith 51st David Alexander Craigfaddock Lady Annetta 9th David Alexander Craigfaddock Lady Annetta 10th

Class 4: Senior Bull, born on or before 31st December 2008 Sponsored by Donnelly Group (Donnelly Bros) 1st 2nd 3rd

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Knowehead Xbert Corlea Wonder Uppermill Rotary 2nd

Reserve Supreme and Female Champion - Burnside Bluebell

Class 5: Bull, born on or after 1st January 2009 Sponsored by Esprit Portadown 1st 2nd

Wm & Jill McAllister Castlemount Shorthorns

Burnside Caveman Annawater Scotsman

Female Champion sponsored by Donnelly Bros Wm & Jill McAllister

Burnside Bluebell

Reserve Female Champion sponsored by Donnelly Bros Wm & Jill McAllister

Glenisla Desiree 2452

Male Champion sponsored by Donnelly Bros Wm & Jill McAllister

Burnside Caveman

Reserve Male Champion sponsored by Donnelly Bros Tom & Libby Clarke

Knowehead Xbert

Best Exhibitor Bred sponsored by Greenmount Veterinary Clinic Wm & Jill McAllister

Burnside Caveman

Champion sponsored by Ulster Bank Wm & Jill McAllister

Reserve Male Champion - Knowehead Xbert

Burnside Caveman

Reserve Champion sponsored by Ulster Bank Wm & Jill McAllister

Burnside Bluebell

Champion Heifer - Killycolp Orphan Faith 51st

Donnally Group congratulate Brian & William McAllister on their Success

Reserve Female Champion - Glenisla Desiree 2452

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Northern Ireland's First Beef Expo All roads led to Dungannon Farmers Mart for the first "Beef Expo" in the Province which attracted a huge crowd of pedigree and commercial beef producers. The NI Beef Shorthorn Club had a top notch stand at the event which met with great acclaim on the day. Club Chairman David Hammond was delighted with the response as suckler farmers took a fresh look at what Beef Shorthorn have to offer today's modern farming practices.

"The ability of the Beef Shorthorn to produce a trouble free cow, that will rear a superior calf at sale time is hitting a chord with suckler producers. We have been overwhelmed by the demand for females and bulls of service age."

The Southern Beef Shorthorn Club 2010 Our club continues to promote the Beef Shorthorn at every opportunity, at shows and within the general agricultural community. We are seeing a gradual comeback and acceptance that the breed has a place within the market place of today. With the demise of so many dairy herds an increasing number of suckler cows it is inevitable and this has been our opening to re-establish our breed.

The club tries to facilitate interesting visits and the visit we had to Christopher and Shirley Marler's Wavendon herd, was certainly that. Anyone who knows Mr Marler can envisage him in his element showing not only his lovely Shorthorn herd but also all the other birds, zebu, yaks, camelids and wallabies. The day went exceptionally well and was enjoyed by one and all. We chose Christopher's herd for a visit because of the pending dispersal. However the herd has not been dispersed and even ended up closer to the group, having been purchased, as a whole, by the Hursley Cattle Partnership at Hursley, Winchester. This will definitely be one to watch for the future.

We did not organise any other visits due to the extensive programme laid on by the Society for the World Conference.

To which many of our members attended and greatly enjoyed. The itinerary of the tour began with the Highland show to which two of our members made the long journey north to compete. Compete is what Syd and Mary Chaplin's Meonhill herd and the Meonside herd from East Meon did.

Entering young bulls and heifers the two herds did exceptionally well. The Meonhill herd took 1st place in the yearling heifer class with Meonhill Joyfull Charlotte and had two other heifers taking 2nd and 4th places in the same class. The Meonside herd from Frank Moffat and Simon Farmer then took on the mantel by winning the next heifer class with Meonside Waterloo Bryony. Both of these heifers having a common sire Eionmor Highlander 90P. Meonhill Joyfull Charlotte then went on to become Junior Female Champion. The Young bulls also did well with Meonhill Highland Chief coming 3rd in a very strong class.

Chris Marler showing his Shorthorns

Two of the exhibits in the Zoo

The group sees the show circuit as an ideal why of connecting with both agricultural and civilian clients, with members doing all they can to build shorthorn classes across the south. There has been a greater acceptance of the breed latterly with judges putting up bulls above continentals which has really raised our profile. We saw this at the Royal Bath and West show where a junior bull from L.E.P. Farms, Meonhill Highland Chief, went on to take the Native Junior Male Champion and ultimately the overall Interbreed Junior Champion beating both Limousin and Charolais Champions along the way. Another show stalwart, Charles Horton, had a super day in the autumn with his Home breed bull, Hannington Balthazar, taking the overall Interbreed Championship at Morton-in-the-Marsh.

The Surrey County and South of England shows have both seen good classes of Shorthorns again this year.

We have once again held our herd competition and invited Trevor and Alison Brown to adjudicate. We give them our greatest thanks for taking on a competition which stretches from Kent to Devon for which they gave their time and expertise to make the competition a success once again. The results will be dually given at our annual dinner in December.

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Chris with Wavendon Secret Shoot one of his favourite cows

Herd Competition Results for Southern Club 2010 Senior Bull Glenariff Yogi Chapleton Winsome Glenariff Arizona

Junior Bull Munsley Meonhill Polden

Cow and Calf Chapleton Skjaklin and Patsy Bowden Secret Angela and twins Large Red Cow 700023 and calf

Hannington Balthaza Meonhill Charlie Chaplin Cairnsmore Bart

Hannington Meonhill Woolcombe

Heifer 2009 Meonhill Bowden Gambledown

Joyful Charlotte Waterloo Zara Poyntington Scary Spice

Group of Heifers

Calf 2010

Meonhill Meonside Hannington

Woolcombe Bundaberg Jubilee Meonhill Skjaklin Patsy White Bull Calf

Large Herd

Small Herd

Meonhill Woolcombe

Meonside Poyntington

Meonhill Meonhill Poyntington

Woolcombe Meonhill Gambledown

Overall Winner ----- Meonhill Judges Report: Alison and Trevor Brown The herds throughout the Southern Club area echo the National Herd, in that there are generally more Shorthorns to be seen, and their quality is improving each year. We found the nine herds entered for this relatively new clubs competition to be a delight to view, with some exceptional youngstock coming through.

Individual animals of note were the senior bull Glenariff Yogi who has thrived in very poor marshland conditions; the junior bull Hannington Balthazar who continues to do well on the show circuit; and a fantastic group of heifers at LEP Farms. Prizes at the 2011 shows in the South of England will be hard to come by!

Glenarrif Yogi from the Munsley Herd

This years winner of the Large Herd competition is LEP Farms. This is a well deserved win with Chapleton Winsome and Eionmor Highlander having left an impressive stamp. The youngstock coming through is of a uniform quality and a “type� which can only be described as striking.

The Small Herd prize goes to Drayton Farms, where hard working cows have produced some excellent results. The herd is of a uniform and level quality, which is passing through with the heifers.

Chapleton Skjaklin and her calf Meonhill Skjaklin Patsy

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Shorthorn Strategy The Scott family are set on further developing their successful pedigree and commercial beef enterprises in the coming years, with a clear focus on buyers' needs rather than the glamour of the show ring. Farmers Weekly's Business editor, Ian Ashbridge, visited them earlier this year.

“I guess both Dad and I have a greater interest in the stock side of our business than the arable side,” says John Scott. “Our stock is what interests us, the potential of the genetics and what we can do to change and improve things.

I've never really been that into machinery.

“It's interesting that my sons seem to be drawn the same way - both James and Archie seem to have a natural inclination for stock and aren't drawn to the big machines, at least at this stage. Mind you, it would be handy to have someone who can fix all the things I break.”

But one thing both John and his father James are serious about is the potential to build Fearn Farm's growing reputation for quality Shorthorn bulls and Shorthorn-Simmental cross heifers.

“We went towards pure-bred Shorthorns because we wanted to look at getting into a pure breed and produce really good pedigree animals. So at the Calrossie dispersal we bought our first females.

“Ultimately, we want to build a reputation for bulls and heifers that will thrive in most environments and have high health status and figures that reflect their potential.”

Of the 115 cows that will go to the bull this year, 35 are pedigree Shorthorns and 15 are Aberdeen-Angus.

The remainder are 65 Shorthorn-Simmental commercial crosses. Simmental-cross cows are put to the Shorthorn bull for the first two cycles, aiming for this cross-bred heifer, with the dependable Angus sire put with the cows for their last cycle, to “clear up”.

REPUTATION “Our aim for the commercial types is to produce a high-quality, high-health-status heifer either for our own replacements or for sale, using a blend of Shorthorn and Simmental genetics,” says John.

“These roan females are very desirable and the herd is BVD-accredited and vaccinated, and accredited for Johne's disease. We're not yet accredited for IBR (infectious bovine rhinotracheitis) and leptospirosis, but all our testing is clear. We're trying to produce a 42

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heifer that will go to the bull at 15 months and calve at 24, while the commercial males are finished entire and sold as bull beef at 12 months or less.”

The figures from the finished stock are encouraging.

So far this year, carcass weights have averaged 348kg and prices £956/head, sold to processor ABP at Perth.

“I like using these guys because they're efficient, the charges are sensible and payment has been prompt,” says John.

Both the commercial and pedigree stock are run as one herd, which brings benefits both in terms of ease of management and means pedigree beasts are not mollycoddled unnecessarily.

“Because they're raised in a commercial environment they're tougher,” says John. “I can't emphasise enough how commercially-focused we are. These bulls have got to go and work for six or seven years and make the guys that buy them want to come back for more.”

LOOKING AHEAD Most are sold through private sales - John finds a lot of truth in the adage that word-of-mouth recommendation is the best form of marketing - but bulls with the best show-ring potential will go to the February bull sales at Stirling - formerly Perth Bull Sales.

“It's important to maintain a presence at Stirling, but there's no point taking stock there unless you've got something really good to show. However, in that situation a lot can depend on the type of animal the buyers fancy on the day.

“We're still very much in the building stage of our pedigree business. We don't show often - it's not my highest priority - but we will show what we've got at the Royal Highland this year. We go as a family and will show a yearling Shorthorn bull, a yearling heifer and some of our Beltex sheep as well.”

This year's Highland Show (24-27 June) also plays host to the beginning of the 2010 World Shorthorn Conference, where breeders from all over the world will gather for a two-week tour of Britain's leading herds, as well as the main breed meeting at Stratfordon-Avon.

GENETICS A major influence on Fearn's current crop of pedigree Shorthorn bulls has been genetics from Australian breeder Graham Ashby, who runs 350 Shorthorns on his 5000-acre farm at Gulnare, South Australia.

“I picked these genetics because they're easy-fleshed animals with good figures. It's not a show-ring animal for over here, perhaps - just a good quality bull - but their EBVs are very impressive. The Shorthorn is a dual-purpose breed, but we have to make sure we keep the milk there and these bulls have very good milk figures.”

One of the products of this investment is Fearn Bundaleer (pictured). A two-year-old bull used as a yearling, he is one of four put to work at Fearn this year, as well as an 18-month old Simmental and a sixyear-old Angus who will be sold after the breeding season.

Bundaleer has a Shorthorn terminal index of +22 and a self-replacing index of +21 - breed averages are 11 and 10 respectively, putting this boy in the breed's top five per cent. “He's half Australian,” says John. “And on his mother's side he goes back to Fearn Scotsman, a bull we sold at Perth for 11,000gns.”

In 2006, John completed a Nuffield Scholarship into health planning and disease prevention in beef cattle and sheep, which took him to several farms Down Under. But he met Graham and Tom Ashby by chance on a subsequent Nuffield tour in the USA. “Nuffield really opens your eyes and makes you think differently about what you do. It's a steep learning curve at first, but it's also a lifelong learning experience - for instance, I'm taking part in a Nuffield beef and sheep study group this summer.” *Words and pictures by Ian Ashbridge. First printed in Farmers Weekly, 28 May 2010 www.fwi.co.uk

The spring calving period is nearly over for John and James Scott, with only six females left to calve. Next year's crop will see 19 pure-bred Shorthorn bulls on the ground at Fearn. “At some stage we would like to begin exporting genetics elsewhere,” he says, “but the commercial market is our bread and butter at the moment.

Farm Facts : Fearn Farm, Tain, Ross-shire • Fearn Farm, near Tain, Ross-shire a 410ha (1015 acres) unit owned by J Scott & Partners. The family partners are John Scott, his wife Fiona and his mother & father Janet & James.

• Land is Grade 2 and 3, lying about 50ft above sea level and ranging from Sandy to Clay.

• There is 174ha (430acres) of grass and 222ha (550acres) of Arable (now mostly spring barley, with some combining peas) with 40ha (100acres) rented out for potatoes. Most arable and cultivation work is carried out by contracters.

• Fearn runs 110 suckler cows (a commercial herd plus 20 pedigree Shorthorns and 4 Aberdeen Angus cows) plus a 1114 ewe commercial flock (72 pure Texels and 27 pure Beltex ewes, 110 Lleyns.)

• John Scott is chairman of the Easter Ross branch of NFU Scotland and vice-chairman of the National Livestock Committee

“We're trying to use polled bulls if we can - partly because polled beasts are more desirable to buyers from a handling perspective, but also because we have a few customers looking to buy polled bulls to put on to Highland cows.”

The future of the Scotts' beef enterprise looks assured, but cereals prices will have a marked effect on how quickly the family expands that side of its business. If returns from malting barley and wheat remain depressed, John sees Shorthorn and Angus numbers increasing relatively rapidly.

“We could easily handle more cattle on some of our lighter ground here through the winter. Other than buying semen and AI services, administration and registration, the costs associated with this enterprise aren't significant. And last year we averaged £1000 a head for our commercial bulling heifers while their pedigree counterparts achieved more than £2000 a head.”

Nutrition is based on a home-mixed ration of bruised barley and peas with some bought-in beet pulp, in a 75-15-10% mix. Creep is fed to all calves from August, beginning with a bought-in pellet. Heifers receive a daily ration of 4kg of cereals plus silage, while bulls are on an ad-lib ration, aiming for 350kg liveweight.

The next stage of building the beef enterprise is to work on the developing brand for Fearn Farm. John Scott already has a distinctive logo in place, based on the two letter Fs in the farm's name, and a unique, stylised image of a bull's face. Shortly to follow is a website, which should be up and running by Farmers Weekly's next visit. beef shorthorn

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Looking for the Ultimate, Functional Suckler Cow ?

If you are still searching for a functional suckler cow, then talk to Derek and Cindy Steen. The couple manage 2,500 acres of upland in the Borders where they say Beef Shorthorn is fundamental to their livestock enterprise, both for the now and the future.

“We operate a modern upland farming business, with complementary beef and sheep enterprises managed in a system that's all about maximising output, from low inputs. We believe we have a breed in the Beef Shorthorn that fits perfectly and one that is sustainable as we move inevitably to an era of fewer support payments.”

The native breed's maternal qualities - its milkiness, docility and ability to calve easily initially appealed to Derek when he relocated from his native Northern Ireland to secure a larger unit in Scotland more than 15 years ago. A herd of 'working' pedigree Beef Shorthorn cows was established and eventually grew to its 110 cow herd size which the couple manage themselves, together with 800 Lleyn ewes at Whitcastles, Corrie, Lockerbie.

“Quite simply, the Beef Shorthorn fits this extensive upland system. Being efficient feed converters, the cattle thrive on grazing either permanent pasture or long term leys for half the year and the remainder, from November onwards, on grass silage made in one cut from long term leys. We outwinter as many cows as land and weather conditions permit, and we don't notice any difference in the cows' performance,” Derek explains. Apart from essential cobalt, selenium and iodine prior to calving, these cows do not receive any other supplementation.

A large portion of the herd is put to a pedigree bull and the remainder to a Salers bull, to calve outdoors over

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a tight six week period in late April and throughout May. “We check the cows at 6am and 6pm and we can honestly say we don't have any real calving difficulties,” Derek explains. “We are achieving between 96% to 98% of calves reared from cows put to the bull, including several sets of twins.”

Calves are reared off milk and marginal pasture to weaning at an average 300kgs in December. The pick of the bulls are retained to sell on to commercial producers for breeding purposes while steers go on to finish at 340kgs target deadweight at 20 months and heifers are retained for breeding purposes. Heifer replacements are introduced to calve at two years and this season's performance reflected previous years with 38 out of 39 heifers put to the bull calving within eight weeks.

The couple attribute much of their herd's performance success to implementing highly selective and 'draconian' culling measures. “For the last 10 years we have recorded every breeding female for calving ease, fertility, teat placement and udder attachment which we're fanatical about, together with performance traits - 200 day and 400 day weight,” says Cindy.

“We've now reached the stage where we are planning to go one step further and introduce the Breedplan recording system to enable us to select more accurately, make comparisons with other recorded animals within the breed and use as a marketing tool.

In addition, when we introduce a new herd sire, he has to be within the breed's top 10% for maternal traits and top 1% for calving ease, or already proven.”

Their current senior herd sire is Fearn Wyvis who was already proven for calving ease on purchase and his daughters are already emerging with a positive figure for the Calving Ease trait.

Other deal breaking traits include longevity and the Steens say their cows always exceed their expectations and record an average lifespan of 10 to 12 calves, an achievement they partly attribute to good structure and health. The herd is also within the HI Health Scheme and tested Johne's and BVD free.

While pure females surplus to requirements are sold off Whitcastles at the farm gate as second or third calvers, the Salers cross heifers are shipped to one of the Steens three other farms which between them carry almost 300 suckler cows including a 100 cow closed Stabiliser herd. The Salers crosses are put to the Charolais to produce forward stores that consistently sell in the top end of the market. These herds are complemented by a further 1,700 ewes - hill type North Country Cheviots, Easycare and Lleyns.

Derek adds: “We have opted for a regime that features keeping inputs to an absolute minimum, and adding value at every opportunity. We are breeding and rearing top quality cattle and sheep for ourselves and other producers because we believe they will bring bottom line security. We insist on offering something which does exactly what it says on the tin and perform equally well across a range of systems.

Derek and Cindy Steen

“To the future as we leave behind the current payment system and learn to become even more efficient, then this type of upland we farm could easily become unsustainable if we didn't have a resource in the Beef Shorthorn which is likely to be more profitable and come increasingly to the fore. It is the ultimate suckler damline.”

Article by Liz Snaith

Scottish bulls leave their mark upon German Shorthorns In February 2007, two Glenisla bulls were purchased by two German Shorthorn breeders at the Perth Bull Sales.

Since then, Glenisla Yeelanna, a son of Belmore Fuel Injected V12 out of Glenisla Flower L68, is doing a very good job at the Hever Shorthorn herd owned by the Eggers & Kohrs GbR in Osterhever / SchleswigHolstein, and is still in use as senior stock bull.

The second bull is Glenisla Yorker, a son of Eionmore Mr. Gus 80C out of Glenisla Rosebud L63. He was purchased by Andreas Kuehnapfel for his herd “Shorthorns vom Osterbruch” in Rullstorf / Niedersachsen. In summer 2010, Yorker was sold to Annegien and Harm Oostenbrink from Dagun in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Glenisla Yeelanna in Summer 2010

Both bulls are well fleshed and impressively calm and pass their qualities including good frame and correctness on to their easily born offspring. They have been shown quite successfully on local exhibitions and several bull calves and heifers sired by them have been sold to other German breeders and even to some herds in Denmark and the Czech Republic.

German breeders are looking forward to getting some more fresh blood from across the Channel to improve their Shorthorn herds!

Claudia Zettler

Glenisla Yorker 42 months old

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Meonhill Highland Centurian by Eionmor Highlander 90P FOR SALE: February Stirling, 2011 Breed Champion Edenbridge and Oxted Show Male Champion Newbury Show

Meonhill Highland Chief by Eionmor Highlander 90P Sold to Trevor and Alison Brown.

Overall Interbreed and Native junior Beef Champion at Royal Bath and West Show 1st Prize Junior Bull at Surrey County Show 3rd Prize Junior Bull at Royal Highland Show Male Champion Beef Shorthorn at Bath & West Show

Meonhill Charlie Chaplin

by Chapelton Winsome FOR SALE: February Stirling, 2011 Male and Reserve Breed Champion at Royal Welsh Show Reserve Breed Champion at South of England Show Native Champion Super Bull at South of England Show Reserve Champion Super Bull at Royal Welsh Show Reserve Champion Super Bull at Edenbridge and Oxted Show

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Meonhill Joyful Charlotte

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Meonhill Highland Captain by Eionmor Highlander 90P Supreme Champion Beef Shorthorn at Beef-Expo 2010, Carlisle

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by Chapelton Typhoon Reserve Junior Champion at Royal Highland Show 2010 Our new junior stock bull to provide the next generation.

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The Buccleuch Estates, Bowhill Estate The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry Farm Facts: The Buccleugh Estates • Livestock:100 pedigree Aberdeen Angus cows, 300 commercial suckler cows put to Charolais bulls, 100 Aberdeen Angus/Angus cross cows put to Shorthorn bulls, 1,300 mule type ewes and 2,500 Scotch Blackface ewes.

• The farm: Bowhill Estate runs to approximately 8,000 acres, including 6,000 acres of grouse moor and 2,000 acres of grassland with kale and spring barley for feed.

• Other business interests: Bowhill House and Estate are open to the public and the Buccleuch Estates incorporates a portfolio of seven other associated businesses.

Contact: Farms Manager Drew Guthrie +44 (0)7733 121185 aguthrie@buccleuch.com| www.buccleuch.com

For more than seven centuries the Scotts of Buccleuch have been part of Scottish Borders history and their principal house, Bowhill is today home to the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry and a part of the internationally renowned Buccleuch art collection.

The Buccleuch Estates encompass four separate traditional Scottish estates, including Bowhill, and one in Northamptonshire, covering an area of 280,000 acres of which 34,000 acres are farmed in hand.

The farms are managed by Drew Guthrie who introduced the Beef Shorthorn and Aberdeen Angus to the livestock business after he originally took over as farm manager at the 8,000 acre Bowhill 23 years ago.

Bowhill has a self-contained herd of 400 commercial suckler cows, either Shorthorn or Angus crosses, predominantly sired by the Shorthorn, which are then crossed with the Charolais as a terminal sire.

Partly with difficulties in finding Angus cross Friesian type of cows, an Angus herd was started in 1994 and the intention is to run 100 pure bred and 100 cross bred Angus.

Up to 400 crossbred steers and heifers are finished each year and marketed through the estates' own brand, Buccleuch Heritage Brands, and selling to top

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High health Beef Shorthorns are providing an important commercial input to the self-sufficient livestock enterprise on historic Scottish Borders estate, Bowhill. hotels and restaurants in Scotland and London.

“We initially started using the Beef Shorthorn bull on our Angus crosses to get some shape back because we were finding it difficult to get traditional Angus Friesian crosses,” says Drew, who has now handed over the management of Bowhill farm to Sion Williams.

“We quickly began to see that the Shorthorns were good mothers with plenty of milk and they were hardy and able to withstand outwintering on kale and we progressed from there with the suckler herd.

They are a good cow to work with. Principally, we use the Charolais to produce a bigger carcase,” he adds.

All the Shorthorn cross heifers are retained for breeding and all have high health status with the herd certified under CHeCS (Cattle Health Certification Standards UK), a self-regulatory body for Cattle Health Schemes in the UK, which pays dividends in terms of provenance for the Buccleuch marketing scheme and it is also proving an added bonus for sales of surplus heifers which are attracting a premium.

Drew wanted to run suckler cows bred from traditional bloodlines to enhance the eating qualities of the carcase through its marbling of fat and while this alone is not earning any premium he believes it is important to supply customers with the right product - the proof of which is the success of the brand.

Up to a maximum of three Shorthorn bulls are run, selected on their health status, milk and ease of calving and feet and locomotion. The bull must be pleasing to the eye but colour is irrelevant. Bulls used have been from the Tofts, Chapelton and Cairnsmore herds and have been active at up to 13 years old.

With a close eye on inputs, up to 300 of the spring calving sucklers are outwintered on kale and barley stubbles at Bowhill. Cattle are finished on a costeffective diet of home produced wholecrop wheat, grass silage, barley, beans and bought-in minerals on the Drumlanrig Estate in Dumfriesshire.

At Bowhill, 6,000 acres of the estate are grouse moors while the remainder of the land is shared by the cattle and 1,600 mule type ewes which are being bred for an easy-care type of system using New Zealand hybrid genetics, with finished lamb being sold into a Marks and Spencer scheme. The Blackface wedder lambs off the hill are sold to Sainsbury.

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3 incalf heifers and 2 heifers from the 2010 crop

BRED FOR QUALITY, TEMPERAMENT AND PROFITABILITY Bullocks from the 2009 crop averaged 328kg dead weight, fattened off grass. Average age 17th months.

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The Price of Pride Dr Norman Weatherup, Beef Technologist, CAFRE, Greenmount, examines misleading performance yardsticks that undermine profit performance.

Introduction Profitability is the difference between receipts and costs. Cost of production is total cost divided by kg beef produced. Simple! Unfortunately the economics of beef production are seldom simple.

There are fixed or overhead costs and variable costs to consider. What should or should not be included?

Some include “imputed” land value and a value for own labour. Buildings and machinery are not purchased on a regular basis so depreciation must be calculated. Should an “opportunity cost” for my resources be included? Should capital appreciation of land value be included? Then nature can deal a blow with drought, snowstorms, rain, disease so that output may never be the same two years in a row.

Economic decisions by investors thousands of miles away can affect costs of inputs. All of these factors conspire to make the profitability of beef production a difficult figure to arrive at. It is possible however to very easily arrive at “proxies for profit” such as the following: • “I have the biggest and best cows” • “I sold the most expensive calf in the sale” • “I had more E grades than anyone in the county” • “I had the heaviest carcases in the abattoir”

CAFRE has a target of each cow producing 50% of her weight in weaned calf at 200 days. This year the value including two year old heifers was 40% so there is room for improvement.

It is interesting to note that the five heaviest cows averaged 793kg and their calves averaged 253kg at 200 days of age (32% of Dr Norman Weatherup, Beef their weight) while the Technologist five lightest cows (excluding two year old heifers) weighed 560kg and their calves averaged 257kg (46% of their weight)!

Big cows clearly do not have bigger calves!!

Maintenance requirement Each 100kg increase in cow liveweight requires an additional 0.5t of grass silage for a typical winter.

During the grazing season, 100 cows weighing 700kg will have the same grass dry matter requirement as 113 cows weighing 600kg.

Market requirements At time of writing market specification generally require a carcase of 260 - 420 kg with premiums available for 280-380kg carcases. Cow size becomes important when their progeny cannot be finished within these ranges. There is significant scope to moderate cow size and still reach market specification.

Conclusion: Big cows means more inputs, not necessarily more output and can more than eat all their extra cull value during their lifetime - but they sure look good!

“I sold the most expensive calf in the market”

These statements have little to do with profitability but are often calculators of pride - and they do look good!

Big cows?

Surely bigger cows mean bigger calves and bigger carcases and more abattoir receipts and higher cull value and more profit??

It is tempting and easy to focus on the top price attained and assume profitability. Calves that survive to sale generate revenue and pride but the calves that die or are never born due to poor fertility receive little attention and eat into the bottom line.

Efficiency What is a big cow? For some, big cows start at 650kg while others are not thinking big until 900kg. At CAFRE hill farm a three breed rotation has been in place for a number of years with base Limousin cows being crossed with Shorthorn. Progeny of these are crossed with Aberdeen Angus. This was a recipe for a “medium” sized cow.

However, when cows were weighed at weaning in autumn 2009, average cow weight (excluding 2 year old first calving heifers) was 670kg. Excluding three year old second calvers increases average weight to 680kg! Typically a weighbridge makes cows 100kg heavier than a “guess” and round bales usually 100kg lighter.

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Compact calving cross bred cows and calves

Reducing the calving season from 150 days to 70 days increases average weaning weight by 40kg! One profitability study in Nebraska, USA concluded that it took the profit from two cows that calved early in the calving season to cover the loss generated by a cow calving later in the season.

Calculating returns from calf sales from CAFRE Hill farm is shown in the first column of Table 1 and the effects of poor fertility at a high and low calf price are shown in columns 2 and 3.

Table 1: Calculating calf sales in the CAFRE Spring calving herd of 100 cows and the effects of poor fertility at a high and low calf price.

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Total sales/100 cows (£)

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170 days (60 day 170 days (60 day longer bulling longer bulling period) period)

The first two rows combine to produce a weaning rate of 92% at CAFRE Hill Farm and 81% in poor fertility herds. The common myth that all cows have a calf every year has been dealt with in previous articles.

It should be noted that a cow that calves consistently early in the calving period for a lifetime of 8 years will produce the equivalent of 2 ADDITIONAL calves in her lifetime compared with one that starts calving later and continues to calve later.

“E” grades To obtain an E grading carcase extreme muscling is required on both the sire and dam side. Conformation tends to be adversely correlated with milk production, calving ease (and hence fertility) and calf “liveability.”

Without careful sire selection for birth weight, gestation length, calving ease and milk each E grade represents sleepless nights, caesareans, labour and frustration. Although some current grading schemes reward E grades to some extent, these unseen costs

can quickly eliminate any bonus, for example, if conformation comes at the expense of fertility. A carcase sold for £1000 every 450 days is equivalent to one sold for £811 every 365 days.

Conclusion: Unfortunately poor fertility is not highly visual and can even be ignored by the herd manager while a high price for a calf or an E grade is seen by many people - and it sure looks good.

I had the heaviest carcases in the abattoir.

Heavy carcases can be produced in a number of ways.

1. As a result of “standard” management practice with genetically superior cattle which had high growth rates and feed efficiency 2. They were poorly managed for 30 months and gradually reached an acceptable level of finish by growing very slowly and eventually producing a heavy carcase.

Some farmers are under the illusion that heavy carcases increase beef output. While this is true under scenario 1 above, it is not true under scenario 2. By growing an animal more slowly than is required, less animals can be finished on the farm. So individual carcase weights are up but total farm output is down.

In addition, taking an animal slowly to a given weight in 30 months rather than 24 requires an additional 6 months of maintenance. Maintenance costs, especially in a housed situation, can be over £1/day for feed alone. It is this higher maintenance requirement, plus the increasing fatness of the carcase that leads to a much greater cost of putting on a kg gain at heavy carcase weights. It is much more efficient and costs considerably less to put on weight at a lighter weight.

Conclusion: Heavy carcase weights may be a sign of genetically superior animals but more often a sign of lower farm output, poorer efficiency, poor management - but they sure look good.

Key lessons • Calculating profit can be difficult but is well worth the effort.

• Proxies for profit that look good may be poor indicators of profit.

• The currency of pride is attractive to human nature but doesn't pay bills!

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Slow-grown Native Beef Proves Healthier Article written by Jeremy Hunt

Native breed beef cattle, grown on biodiverse pastures produce beef with health benefits, according to trial data. Jeremy Hunt reports.

Finishers of traditional breeds of beef cattle who graze their stock on natural pastures could be producing some of the healthiest beef in the UK - and it could earn them a significant market share if they capitalise on the findings of a five-year trial undertaken by Bristol University.

"The higher levels of polyunsaturated fats also increased the shelf-life of beef because of the presence of naturally occurring antioxidants which stop oxidisation. We also found this beef contained the highest levels of vitamin E compared with intensivelyreared cattle."

The trial has shown that traditional breeds reared on pastures with a rich biodiversity of plants and grasses have lower levels of saturated fat and contain more antioxidants than beef produced by cattle reared intensively. It investigated the performance of traditional breeds reared on "unimproved" pastures to assess the quality of the beef produced - including taste - compared with that from intensively reared Charolais crosses.

The trial, supported by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Traditional Breeds Meat Marketing and Natural England, was undertaken on unimproved pastures containing 40-60 plant species compared with 14-30 species usually found in improved grazing. There were 157 cattle involved and 100 carcasses were used in the final analysis.

Ian Richardson, a senior research fellow at Bristol University, said the trial found traditional breeds reared on unimproved pasture produced beef of a "high nutritional value".

"In the "blind" tasting trial involving 17 families it was found there was a clear preference for the beef produced from traditional breeds reared on biodiverse pasture compared beef from younger, continental crosses reared intensively," "But in addition to the taste preference, the trial enabled us to assess levels of fat deposition in the traditional breeds and to investigate the type of fat produced by cattle reared under this type of system."

The trial - undertaken on sites of unimproved pasture in Somerset, Wiltshire and North Yorkshire - showed that traditional breeds produced higher levels of polyunsaturated fat.

"Consumers know the adverse health risks of eating saturated fat, but we found that the Longhorn, Beef Shorthorn, Belted Galloway and Traditional Hereford cattle studied in the trial all put down fat depositions that were high in polyunsaturates which are actually good for human health.

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"Beef produced on biodiverse pastures has low levels of fat because the pastures don't allow rapid growth of the cattle which leads to excessive fat deposition. The low fat content allows the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids to reach higher concentrations compared to beef produced intensively."

The contribution to eating quality was also assessed by comparing post-slaughter processing of the carcasses.

Beef that was hung for 20-28 days compared with beef matured for just 10 days - and hung on-the-bone rather than "aged" in vacuum bags - achieved higher tasting scores for tenderness, juiciness and flavour.

Farmer reaction Yorkshire farmers John and Linda Mellin have recently established a pedigree herd of Longhorn cattle at their farm at Hellifield, Skipton, and it's already created interest among local butchers.

"We looked at various native beef breeds, but were impressed with the improvement achieved in the Longhorn. These cattle have always had a reputation for producing top quality beef and that was something that we wanted to focus on in this new beef venture," says Mr Mellin.

"The Bristol trial results are good news for the breed and must be made the most of in terms of marketing Longhorn beef to consumers."

Fellow Yorkshire Longhorn breeders David and Angela Blockley run 25 cows in their Southfield herd at Bradford hope the results of the Bristol trial will focus even more attention on the eating quality of beef produced by native breeds. "Anyone who tries Longhorn beef for the first time is always amazed by the taste and the texture, but it's going to have even bigger appeal to consumers if there's now proven evidence of low levels of saturated fat," says Mrs Blockley.

David Powell, who runs Traditional Hereford cattle at Ledbury, Herefordshire, and is chairman of the breeders' group Traditional Herefords, says breeders just capitalise on the report's findings.

More marbling for taste but the fat is polyunsaturated so healthier

"Waitrose has said it prefers its branded Hereford beef to be sired by Traditional Hereford bulls, so no opportunity should be missed to make consumers aware of the added health advantages of eating beef from native breeds."

Beef Shorthorn Society takes Lead on Herd Health Status Beef farmers need to think more about their herd's disease status when they buy in stock, and one is to make sure they are accompanied by certification from one of the seven UK licensed cattle health schemes which meet with the agreed Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHeCS), an abbreviation pronounced checks.

“If the animal is not presented with a cattle health scheme certificate bearing the CHeCS stamp of approval, then beef producers will be at severe risk from introducing certain disease to their herds which in turn is likely impair health and welfare and be extremely costly in terms of subsequent losses, never mind eradication,” explains CHeCS's Tim Brigstocke.

“Many European countries have either eradicated or embarked upon national control and eradication programme for BVD, Lepto, IBR and Johne's, the four most important non-statutory diseases that are prevalent in both UK beef and dairy herds. The industry believed that if the UK didn't keep pace with these improvements, then individual herd owners would find themselves unable to compete in the UK or with the rest of Europe.

“CHeCS was subsequently established in 1999 by the British cattle industry as a self-regulatory body for its health schemes which provide programmes for monitoring, control and ultimately eradicating these four diseases. The schemes also provide certification of accredited-free status when a herd meets with the agreed CHeCS cattle health standards.

The number of licensed schemes has since grown to seven, with four based in Scotland reflecting just how much more forward thinking beef producers are north of the Border.

The NFUS led cattle health declaration forms give excellent guarantee of health status between vendor and vendee.”

Herd owners may test for all or any of the diseases at the same time, and once health status is known, a herd may progress through a programme of screening and eradication to eventual accreditation of disease-free status.

Testing cattle to CHeCS recognised standard offers the following benefits to both vendors and buyers.

• Disease control: improved methods and a reduction in antibiotics and other treatments • Financial gain: reduction in annual losses • Herd health protection: not only from reinfection, but also effective in protecting overall health, welfare and profitability • A recognised certification of herd health: provides confidence at point of sale Mr Brigstocke adds: “The Beef Shorthorn Society is exemplary in being the only UK breed organisation to insist that all animals sold at all official society sales are blood tested for three diseases - BVD, Lepto and IBR, apart from cattle from herds already accredited by a CHeCS health scheme. I would urge all other breed societies to follow suit.”

Beef Shorthorn Society secretary, Frank Milnes explains: “We took a decision more than two years ago to introduce the new testing policy. It was a huge step forward and one which is proving to be advantageous for both vendor and purchaser because it is giving confidence that cattle bought at our sales are of known health status.

“The cost of a blood test is small in comparison to the potential damage an infected animal could bring to the herd to which it is introduced. Furthermore, our prospective buyers who are seeking to invest in a functional beef animal, have the confidence to buy Beef Shorthorn in the knowledge that all animals have been tested for the three prevalent diseases.”

Martyn Moore of Woodstock Bower Farm, Tenbury is among Beef Shorthorn breeders who are aware of the benefits of blood tested animals when establishing a herd.

“We wanted to minimize the long term problems of introducing disease, so we did our homework and concluded that it was a logical step to buy in cattle of known status confirmed by an official cattle health scheme,” he explains.

“The herd is now closed at 30 cows, and our medium term objective is to sell breeding stock to meet the growing demand for Beef Shorthorn as the functional suckler cow that is easy to keep and suited to low input systems. We have joined a CHeCS cattle health scheme because of the benefits it offers in terms of herd health status. The accompanying certification will also be a tradeable asset of added value.”

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A Challenging Start for a Couple with a Passion for Beef Shorthorn “We chose to stock the holding with Beef Shorthorn cattle for various reasons. One of our neighbours had a herd and we struck by their appealing strawberry roan colour markings. More to the point, we learned they were naturally very docile and easy to manage and in particular to calve, which is very important with Tracy being hands on and totally responsible for the farm's day to day running. I need to know that she is safe, and they have certainly proved to have a quiet temperament accompanied with easy care characteristics. New born calves are up and away immediately and we don't have any real issues at calving.

Mark and Tracy Severn (picture by permission of Farmers Mart)

If you are born outside farming, then securing a place on the bottom rung is a massive challenge simply because of the capital requirements. However for Mark and Tracy Severn, maintaining a strong focus combined with a modicum of luck has enabled them to achieve their goal.

“Furthermore, we are keen to help promote this native breed which is part of our heritage and originally hails from North Yorkshire and Durham,” Mark explains. “In fact there has been a recent resurgence in Beef Shorthorn, the breed is beginning to commanded added value prices and we wanted to be part of the action.

By the age of 36 years Mark was able to secure Brick Green Farm, 30 acre property at Barkisland, Halifax together with a further 25 rented acres, and establish a prize winning herd of pedigree Beef Shorthorn cattle. However until the couple have saved up to buy more land and achieve further economies of scale, Tracey who is a trained chef, manages the farming operation, while Mark continues his machinery moving business.

“Neither of us come from farming backgrounds, however I started work on a neighbouring mixed livestock unit at the age of 11 years. I earned some pocket money and realised that farming was a challenge and a good way of life, and to farm in my own right became an ambition I wanted to fulfil. I even continued working on the same farm for a couple of years after leaving school before moving into transport engineering and eventually setting up my own transport business,” he says.

“We started to save up, however we found it was very rare that a property came on to the market that was within our reach. We bought a farm house, acquired three neighbouring acres, and then by sheer luck a few years later we had a knock on the door from a neighbour with the opportunity for more than 20 acres.”

The unit which is located at 850 feet, is essentially a livestock holding. Mark says they were fortunate in that there was already cattle housing, however since they have over seeded the entire area and introduced a new drainage system. Other investments were kept to the minimum and included a tractor, loadall and trailers, while contractors are used for forage making.

“The quest is very much on among commercial beef farmers for a functional suckler cow and Beef Shorthorn is providing a solution. The cows are particularly suited to low input systems and being efficient feed converters, they thrive on grazing permanent pasture and hill ground like our farm and which is common to the majority of hill units. What's more they are noted for longevity - we're expecting our cows to last for between 10 to 15 years.”

While Mark is proud of his inherent stockmanship skills, he admits that both Tracy and himself still have had a lot to learn about farming. “We watch and listen to neighbouring farmers and other cattle breeders who are always incredibly obliging to help, and that help and camaraderie extends to the show ring,” he says.

So far the couple of enjoyed a couple of years showing and achieved success with homebred animals at Stokesley and Pateley Bridge together with the breed championships at the Halifax and Cheshire with Vulcan of Upsall, one of the bulls they have used across the herd. “Our ultimate dream is to win the Great Yorkshire with a homebred animal.” beef shorthorn

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Back home and the couple are rearing their own replacement heifers and well on the way to developing a closed herd. Initially we bought in cows, some of which were already in calf. Since then we have used two different bulls across the herd, the first was bought for his looks, however the second we selected more carefully with accompanying Breedplan recording data which reflects his genetic potential for certain performance traits. We selected him for his high score for 200 day weight and 400 day weight and ease of calving, and his calves are far better performing.” Steer calves are sold at 7 months old and an average 360kgs weaned off milk and grass and creep fed for the over the last three week, while heifer replacements are reared on a forage based diet to calve from 2.5 years. while at the same time reaping rewards in the marketplace thanks to the current resurgence in the breed. The next challenge is acquire more land in order to enable us to expand the Beef Shorthorn herd to 50 breeding cows and achieve a more viable enterprise.”

Liz Snaith

Shorthorns are very Docile and easy to handle

“We've now reached the stage where we are planning to go one step further and introduce the Breedplan recording system to the herd to enable us to select our heifer replacements more accurately, make comparisons with other recorded animals within the breed and use as a marketing tool.” He adds: “Overall, we've achieved far more than we ever believed we would in a short space of time. We believe we have developed an enjoyable investment for the future

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New Record Prices Set yet again at the Perth Bull Sales - February 2010

sale reports

Breed average a new record - ÂŁ4560 for 36 Bulls A strong commercial trade once again set the price war alight with another breed best when Harry Horrell sold his Podehole Beefeater for 14,000gns, not quite matching the breed record of 14,500gns. Beefeater a son of Trojan of Craigeassie, junior champion on the day sold to Jack Ramsay and Martyn Moore.

The Breed Champion, Chapelton Braveheart from Donald Biggar also made a very good price at 13,000gns to Ian & Sheena Graham from Killochries.

The bull has a top terminal sire index of +29 and was last years Highland Champion. This is the third year that his sire, Chapelton Typhoon, has produced the Breed Champion at Perth.

Podehole Beefeater sold for 14,000gns Chapleton Brogie the reserve intermediate champion sold to 11,000gns giving Mr Biggar two bulls reaching five figures. This bull, another son of Typhoon went to Blackford Farms at Ballhaldie.

Harry Horrell also had another good deal selling Beefeaters herd mate, Podehole Bugle, another son of Trojan, to Campbell Graham of Aucheneck Estate, this time for 7,000gns.

Other top priced bulls were Tofts Landlord, very similar breeding to Tofts Atlas sold for 9,500gns to Morrisons Farming Operation. Alvie Blueyed Boy from Mr & Mrs Williamson, This ET bull from Wolf Willow Major Leroy out of HC Melba Niam, both Canadian bred. Sold to 7,500gns to John Thompson of Annan.

The Intermediate Champion and Reserve Supreme Blelack Rupert from G Massie, this home bred bull sold to Lowther Farms for 7,000gns. Rupert was also breed champion at Turriff Show last summer. Jack Ramsay sold Millerston Burns Supper to E Flett, Orkney for 6,800gns, Dunsyre Blusterer from Carey Coombs went to D & J Peebles for 6,000gns Leading the small offering of females was Lowther Melody Maker, the Female Champion of the day from Lowther Estates, this daughter of Chapleton Transatlantic, in calf to Blelack Minstrel, sold to 3,600gns going to Dave Nicol, Glenisla. Two further females topped at 3,000gns, firstly Podehole Hermione Bella from H Horrell who was reserve Female Champion and secondly from Playfair Farms, Tofts Beauty.

Show Results - Judge: Andrew Ryder Class 1 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Class 2 1st 2nd 3rd Class 3 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Class 4 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Class 5 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Lowther Melody Maker 02 Podehole Hermione Bella Uppermill Rothes Martha Oldglenort Brittany

C Lowther H Horrell J Porter J Porter

Cairnsmore Bonnie Tulip Mr & Mrs Landers Rosewood Rosie 5th of Skaillhouse C Macadie & Sons Lancaster Liz 12th of Skaillhouse C Macadie & Sons Milly Floss 6th of Skaillhouse C Macadie & Sons Tofts Beauty B1266 Playfair farms Tofts Lovely B1233 Playfair farms Lancaster Clara 13th of Skaillhouse C Macadie & Sons Alvie Blueyed Boy Cairnsmore Brooke Barosa of Upsall Fingask Batman

Mr & Mrs Williamson Mr & Mrs B Landers Hon G Turton W McGowan

Chapelton Braveheart Blelack Masterpiece Chapelton Bugatti Dunsyre Bonaparte

D J Biggar G Massie & Sons D J Biggar C Coombs

Champion - Chapelton Braveheart from D Bigger Female Champion: Lowther Melody Maker 02

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Class 6 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Blelack Rupert Chapelton Brogie Tofts Pretender B1202 Uppermill Lucas 2nd

G Massie & Sons DJ Biggar Playfair Farms J Porter

Podehole Bugle Tofts Judicial B1217 LS Alpha ET Uppermill Jock

H Horrell Playfair Farms C Lowther J Porter

Podehole Beefeater Millerston Burns Supper Glenariff Buchanan Tofts Flight Captain B1243

H Horrell JP Ramsey NJ & AM Barrett Playfair Farms

Class 7 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Class 8 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Best Poll Bull: Chapelton Braveheart

DJ Biggar

Senior Champion Bull: Chapelton Braveheart

DJ Biggar

Reserve Champion - Blelack Rupert Reserve:

Reserve: Alvie Blueyed Boy Intermediate Champion Bull: Blelack Rupert

G Massie & Sons

Chapelton Brogie Junior Champion Bull: Podehole Beefeater

H Horrell

G Massie & Sons

Champion Female - The Uppermill Dunmore Park Trophy: Lowther Melody Maker 02 C Lowther Reserve:

Millerston Burns Supper

Prices Bulls - Gns Boris of Upsall - W S L Muir, Orkney Alvie Blue-eyed Boy - Thomson, R & L, Annan Alvie Blaze - WA Short, Brechin Fingask Batman - A K Duncan, Bankfoot Fingask Bigfoot - S & H Baker, Auchterarder Glenisla Banqo - D J Biggar, Castle Douglas Cairnsmore Brooke - B Q Farming, Selkirk Cairnsmore Boyd - Cailach Farm, Mull Woodend Brian - D J MacGillivray, Mull Glenisla Badendun - E Hugill, Middlesborough Blelack Masterpiece - P. Turnbull, Pickering Knowehead Buchanan - D C & JR Gibson, Castle Douglas Chapelton Braveheart - I & S Graham, Kilmacolm Chapelton Bugatti - Messrs Seatter, Orkney Dunsyre Bonaparte - G. Turton, Thirsk Westmoor Beacon - M T Burney, Darlington Chapelton Brogie - Blackford Farms, Auchterarder Blelack Rupert - Nord Vue Farms, Penrith Cavans Brigadier - AHA Morgan, Wick LS Apache - TA Dykes, Cockburnspath Uppermill Lucas - R Howard, Peaslake Uppermil Galeo - M & MM Hay Farms, Huntly Tofts Pretender - D Bell & Son, Strathmiglo Podehole Bugle - Aucheneck Estates, Killearn Millerston The Bard - H & E Macphail, Mull Uppermill Jock - Marshall Farming, Girvan LS Alpha - R James, York Tofts Judicial - Harehope Farm, Alnwick Sannan Bobby Joe - Hendrie Bros, Galston Woodend Bruce - DC & JR Gibbon, Castle Douglas

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JP Ramsey

Supreme Champion Bull - The Uppermill Calrossie Trophy: Chapelton Braveheart Mr D J Biggar

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Blelack Rupert

DJ Biggar

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G Massie & Sons

Supreme Champion Bull - The City of Perth Trophy: Chapelton Braveheart Mr D J Biggar Reserve:

Reserve:

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Blelack Rupert

Mr & Mrs Williamson

Best Two Bulls:

DJ Biggar

Best Three Bulls:

DJ Biggar

H Horrell

Bulls - Gns 1400 6800 2000 14000 9000 6000 2500 5000 3200 4200 2500 5200

Crusader of Skaillhouse - S Brigdale, Creggaun Millerston Burns Supper - E M Flett, Orkney Tofts Flight Captain - IA & ER Laird, Forfar Podehole Beefeater - JP Ramsay/Messrs Moore Tofts Landlord - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Dunsyre Blusterer - D & J Peebles, Pittenweem Glenarriff Buchanan - GH Stirling & Sons, Galashiels Holmeere Hooray Henry - D Hodgson & Son, Chathill Millerston Bellboy - C Campbell & Son, Girvan Cavans Northern Light - D M Dickie, Sanquhar Holmeere Horatio - A Hall, Melrose Langalbuinoch Braveheart - A Maclennan, Grantown on Spey

Females - Gns 3600 1600 1800 3000 1000 1650 2750 2000 1600 1500 1600 3000 1000 1700

Lowther Melody Maker 02 - Doldy Farm, Blairgowrie Uppermill Rothes Martha - I & S Graham, Kilmacolm Oldglenort Brittany - I & S Graham, Kilmacolm Podehole Hermione Bella - A & C Ivinson, Penrith Lancaster Clara 12th of Skaillhouse - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Lancaster Liz 12th of Skaillhouse - Thomson R & L, Annan Cairnsmore Bonnie Tulip - I & S Graham, Kilmacolm Rosewood Rosie 5th of Skaillhouse - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Millie Floss 6th of Skaillhouse - BMS & EM Thomas, Llanfyrnach Lancaster Clara 13th of Skaillhouse - I & S Graham, Kilmacolm Tofts Lovely - RA Miller & Son, Galashiels Tofts Beauty - RA Miller & Son, Galashiels Tulip 24th of Skaillhouse - S Brigdale, Creggaun Rosewood Ruth 6th of Skaillhouse - M Clough, Pickering

Glenisla Shorthorns

Shorthorn Highland Cross Heifers for breeding

Glenisla Starlet C646 (P) ET - Sull Pure Solution D.F. Starlet

Glenisla 1st Solution (P) ET - Sull Pure Solution D.F. Starlet World Conference Visit 28th June 2010

Young Bulls for Sale May 2011 onwards John & Anne Gibb Catriona Gibb

Arthur Lawrence - 01575 582281 - 01575 582736 | Visitors Welcome | email: glenislashorthorns@hotmail.co.uk - 01575 582227

GLENISLA HOUSE, BLAIRGOWRIE, PERTHSHIRE. PH11 8QL

Carlisle Spring Sale - May 21st 2010 Shorthorn Champion goes to 3,700gns Taking the lead in the days trade was the Beef Shorthorn Champon, Annanwater Blair. Consigned by breeder Andy Ryder, this roan 2yr old by Newfield Tarquin (purchased at perth for 6,000gns) sold to A Greenwood Lancashire for 3,700gns.

The next priced bull was a consignment from Ireland, Ballyart Legend bred by Owen O'Neil from Limerick, This Kifrush Vantage 7th son sold to Scarborough for 3,500gns, going to the herd of MJA Ward and Daughters.

Class 1 Bull 1st Annanwater Blair 2nd Ballyart Legend 3rd Hallsford Dustbuster Class 2 Served Heifer 1st Lowther Magic 190 2nd Sandwick Bountyful Tessa 3rd Hallsford Tessa Nick 3rd

Two further bulls made 2,800gns each, Tofts Judgemental from Playfair Farms going to David Rutherford at Hampshire and Hallsford Dustbuster from Andrew Tomkins going to WG & J Bradley of Skipton.

A Ryder Owen O'Neil AN & HS Tomkins C Lowther A & C Ivinson AN & HS Tomkins

Top of the females were Lowther Magic from Lowther Estates, this two year old daughter of Uppermill Sherlock sold to J Allison Farms of Yorkshire for 2,500gns. Not far off the mark was Ballard Ladybird Bluebell, another two year old heifer this time by Cairnsmore Extreme Force, selling to 2,100gns also to J Allison Farms.

Averages: 5 Bulls - £3,003; Ballard Herd 9 lots Av: £1,435.00; 14 Heifers - £1,422.75; 2 Cows - £ 1,890

Champion: Annanwater Blair from Andy Ryder

Reserve: Lowther Magic 190 from Charles Lowther

Chelford Summer Sale June 2010 BEEF SHORTHORN BULLS TO 2400 GNS AT NATIVE BREED EVENT Auctioneers Frank Marshall and Co attracted an entry of some 70 pedigree and pure bred cattle to their Annual Spring Native British Breeds Multi Breed sale at Chelford last Monday, where trade was led by a Beef Shorthorn Bull, Holmeere Hamish August 2008 born Beef Shorthorn, presented by Albrighton Worcestershire, breeder Mark Holmes, which made 2400 gns to J Tatton, Cheddleton, Staffordshire.

The bull was one of a select number forward at the Beef Shorthorn Society sale, which saw the leading heifer, Llanarth Evelyn, a November 2008 born daughter of Llanarth Titan, due in November to the homebred bull Llanarth Emlyn make 2000 gns.

She was presented by Ceredigion breeders Keith and Sue Mitchell, and purchased by Mr & Mrs A Weaver, Hanmer, Whitchurch.

The sale included not only Beef Shorthorn cattle, but also entries from the Longhorn, Highland and Angus breeds.

Trade throughout was solid, with breeders now looking forward to the next Native Multi Breed event at Chelford, on 6th November.

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Upsall

Polled Shorthorns

We were very proud to have won the Eblex 2009 Most Improved Beef Shorthorn Herd Award and in 2010 we were Runner-Up.

Cougar of Upsall (P) at 10 months

Two of the three bulls for Stirling in February 2011 We would like to thank all our purchases in 2010.

Visitors welcome by appointment.

Calves by Broughton Park Thunder and Atilla of Upsall

High class embryos available phone for details.

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Perth Bull Sale (Stirling) October 2010 Stirling Beef Shorthorn bulls peak at 12,000 Beef Shorthorn bulls sold to a top of 12,000gns and females achieved a record £1,906 average for 68 lots sold at the breed society's official autumn sale in Stirling on Monday 18 October.

“Bidding was underpinned throughout the sale by commercial producers seeking a functional lower maintenance suckler cow,” according to the society's president, James Playfair-Hannay. “We witnessed the strongest ever demand for females and an exceptional 86% clearance.”

Sale leader at 12,000gns was the event's male champion, the two year old red and white Langalbuinoch Barney from R and P McAlister, Kingarth, Isle of Bute. Sired by Newfield Tarquin, he was out of a homebred dam going back to Loch Awe lines. Barney who is within the breed's top 15% with a TI+16 and SRI +15 was commended by judge, Jack Ramsay, Mauchline for being 'outstanding'. “He has size, flesh, power, mobility and character, everything that the breed requires,” he said. Barney went to Carnwath, Lanark based Carey Coombs who commented: “He is the nearest I have seen for a breeder's bull for a long time for our 100 cow herd; he has great physical attributes - good bone and flesh, and the supporting Breedplan data.”

Next at 3,300gns was Chapleton Clarion TI+25, SRI+16, a 16 month old roan bull from Donald Biggar, Grange, Castle Douglas. Sired by Cavans Yankee and out of a Cavans dam going back to Chapleton, he went to the Crofters Commission, Inverness.

Two lots shared a 3,000gns price tag. First to go was the reserve male champion, Holmeere Harold, a two year old from Mark Holmes, Albrighton, Wolverhampton. A red and little white Holmeere Colonel son and out of a homebred dam going back to Uppermill lines, he was secured by GH Stirling and Sons, Galashiels.

Champion Langalbuinoch Barney Sold for 12,000gns

A draft from Major JPO Gibb, Glenisla was headed at 3,800gns by Glenisla Catriona Rosebud, a 19 month old roan, by Fearn Wyvis and out of a Folda bred dam.

She sold to Messrs Christianson who also went to 3,500gns for Glenisla Crocus, another 19 month old roan, by Wyvis and out of a homebred dam going back to Tornado.

Next best at 3,300gns from Major Gibb was the 19 month old Wyvis sired roan, Glenisla Foxglove Tansy to D and R Dickie, Kirkconnel, Dumfries. Melrose breeder, A Hall went to 3,000gns twice for Wyvis daughters. His first lot was the red and white 19 month old Glenisla Crocus shortly followed by Glenisla Flower, an 18 month old roan.

A cow and calf pair from Leslie Sheach, Bridge of Cally was secured for 3,300gns by R Grose, Gorran, St Austell.

The second 3,000gns bid was made by J Leiper and Son, Carnwath, Lanark for Alvie Casper, a white 20 month old from Mr and Mrs JDA Williamson, Kincraig, Inverness. Casper was by Hurtiso Young Blood and out of a Millerston dam.

The female trade was led at 4,800gns by the champion, Lowther Crocus, a 19 month old roan Chapelton Zebec daughter, out a Glenisla dam and in calf to LS Adonis. Bred and exhibited by Charles Lowther, Penrith she sold to Drayton Farm Partnership, Hambledon, Hants.

The same vendor offered six more lots including two Zebec daughters to JHD Fanshawe, Naseby, Northampton. First at 3,100gns was the reserve female champion, the red and white Lowther Ritzy, another 19 month old, out of a homebred dam going back to Uppermill and in calf to Blelack Rupert.

Following on at 3,000gns was Lowther Melody, a red 17 month old in calf to LS Artic.

Champion Female Lowther Crocus sold for 4,800gns beef shorthorn

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GLENKILN Shorthorns

Owner:

Henry Keswick All enquires to:

George Somerville

Bettyknowes Crocketford Dumfries DG2 8QE

Visitors always welcome

tel: 01556 690219 fax: 01556 690609 mob: 07850 0389 57

Cairnsmore Zingy Star, a four year old Tofts Genoan Prince daughter was sold with her March born heifer at foot, Bleaton Zingy Davinia, by Chapelton Ambassador.

Averages: eight bulls £3,714.37; Females: collectives, 27 lots, £1,777.22; Drafts: Glenisla 12, £2,572.50; Dunsyre 13, £1,772.88; Uppermill, 17 £1,683.08; Lowther, one £1,890; Sheoch, two £2,887.50 Show Results - Judge: J Ramsey Senior Bull 1st Langalbuinoch Barney R & P McAlister 2nd Holmeere Harold M Holmes 3rd Castlemount Joker D McDowell & SJ Martin 4th Wells Barak J Wood Junior Bull 1st Uppermill Judge J Porter 2nd Alvie Casper JDA Williamson 3rd Uppermill Bandit J Porter 4th Chapelton Clarion D J Biggar Heifers - born on or between 1st March & 25th Oct 08 1st Lancaster Evelyn of Speyside A & E Payne Heifers - born on or between 1st March & 25th Oct 09 1st Glenisla Foxglove Tansy C650 Major JPO Gibb 2nd Cairnsmore Claudia Princess Mr & Mrs B Landers 3rd Holmeere Felicity 3rd M Holmes 4th Cairnsmore Cher Tiffany Mr & Mrs B Landers Heifers - born on or between 26th March & 20th April 09 1st Lowther Crocus 206 C Lowther 2nd Lowther Ritzy 202 C Lowther 3rd Galla Camilla J W Frame 4th Cairnsmore Chelsea Annie Mr & Mrs B Landers Heifers - born on or after 1st May 09 1st Ballyvaddy Rothes Jewel T & K Madden 2nd Lowther Melody 229 C Lowther 3rd Galla Cara Princess J W Frame 4th Lowther Melody 232 C Lowther Senior Male Champion: Langalbuinoch Barney R & P McAlister Junior Male Champion: Uppermill Judge J Porter Female Champion: Lowther Crocus 206 C Lowther Reserve Female: Lowther Ritzy 202 C Lowther Overall Male Champion: Langalbuinoch Barney R & P McAlister Reserve: Holmeere Harold M Holmes 2000 900 1000 1700 2400 950 950 1800 3300 2200 1500

Secret Stacy - R Grose, St Austell Secret Suki - B & P Wheatly, Penrith Slim Blossom - FJ Hugill, Middlesborough Broadhooks Bella - Blackford Farms, Dunblane Lovely Lysine - WY Limond, Ayr Rothes Muira - FJ Hugill, Middlesborough Broadhooks Bergamont - M & J Wigan, Kinbrace Lowther Princess 188 - H & N Sloan, Lauder Cairnsmore Zingy Star - R Grose, St. Austell Grandtullybrae Ziggy Irene - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Cairnsmore Christie Arrow - F Duncan, Co. Antrim

Reserve Male Champion Holmeere Harold sold for 3,000gns

Bulls - Gns 2000 3000 12,000 1000 2000 3000 3300 2000

Langalbuinoch Buteman - S. Sandison, Harray Holmeere Harold - G H Stirling, Galashiels Langalbuioch Barney - C. Coombs, Carnwath Wells Barak - G. Howatson & Sons, Lockerbie Uppermill Judge - J. McIntosh, Stranraer Alvie Casper - J. Leiper & Son, Carnwath Chapelton Clarion - Crofters Commission,Inverness Tofts Roster - B & P Wheatly, Penrith

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Fingask Lancaster Beryl - Laga Farms, Orkney Cairnsmore Claudia Princess - TF Duncan, Co Antrim Glenisla Foxglove Tansy C650 - D & R Dickie, Kirkconnel Holmeere Felicity 3 - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Cairnsmore Charlotte Trisha - B & P Wheatly, Penrith Cairnsmore Cher Tiffany - B & P Wheatly, Penrith Colnvalley Grace Beauty C2 - M & J Wigan, Kinbrace Colnvalley Joyful Gipsy C6 - D. Harris Aberystwyth Lowther Ritzy - JHD Fanshawe, Naseby Colnvalley Irania C14 - D Harris, Aberystwyth Galla Camilla - Laga Farms, Orkney Colnvalley Irania C15 - D Harris, Aberystwyth Lowther Crocus 206 - Drayton Farm, Petersfield Colnvalley Irene C16 - AJ & DA Wilkinson, Preston Cairnsmore Candice Heather - B & P Wheatly, Penrith Cairnsmore Chelsea Annie - Laga Farms, Orkney Cairnsmore Casey Yvonne - T F Duncan, Co Antrim Colnvalley Princess Royal C30 - W D Kirkby Farms, Wootton Lowther Melody 229 - JHD Fanshawe, Naseby Alvie Shuna Candy - Thomson, Roddick & Laurie, Annan Lowther Lily 321 - PW & ES Willison, Mansfield Galla Cara Princess - RH Bruce & Co., Hawick Lowther Melody 232 - H & N Sloan, Lauder Lowther Lily 233 - AO Bell, Gordon Ballyvaddy Rothes Jewel C759 - Laga Farms, Orkney Galla Christina - AO Bell, Gordon Glenisla Foxglove Tansy C637 - JR & SE Purves, West Linton Glenisla Duchess C638 - J & E Goddard & Son, Lockerbie Glenisla Margo C656 - Nord Vue Farms, Penrith Glenisla Crocus C662 - M Christian, Dorchester Glenisla Catriona Rosebud - M Christian, Dorchester Glenisla Crocus C667 - A Hall, Melrose Glenisla Margo C679 - F J Hugill, Middlesborough Glenisla Flower C688 - A Hall, Melrose Glenisla Eva Broadhooks C694 - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Glenisla Eva Broadhooks C697 - Alvie Estate, Kingussie Glenisla Sally Broadhooks C703 - D McLeod, Spean Bridge Glenisla Margo C704 - S Brigdale, Ennis Dunsyre Opal 15th - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Dunsyre Wild Tulip 14th - WD Kirkby Farms, Wootton Dunsyre Magic 9th - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Dunsyre Meadowsweet 20th - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Dunsyre Leila 20th - C Marler, Olney Dunsyre Briar Rose 7th - A & C Ivinson, Penrith Dunsyre Primrose 5th - PW & ES Willison, Mansfield Dunsyre Daisy 17th - J & CM Woodburn, Lockerbie Dunsyre Anemone Opal 9th - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Dunsyre Lily 37th - C Marler, Olney Dunsyre Daisy 18th - Morrisons Farm, Dumfries Dunsyre Briar Rose 8th - C. Marler, Olney Dunsyre Vatersay 19th - JP Ramsay, Mauchline Uppermill Jingle - H & N Sloan, Lauder Uppermill Juniper - PW & ES Willison, Mansfield Uppermill Fiona - C Sutherland, Kinbrace Uppermill Molly - FJ Hugill, Middlesborough Uppermill Lundy - H & N Sloan, Lauder Uppermill Lisclare 2nd - D & R Dickie, Kirkconnel Uppermill Ripple - Blackford Farms, Dunblane Uppermill Milkmaid - Antrim Estates, Ballymena Uppermill Secret Susanne - AJ & DA Wilkinson, Preston Secret Scams - B & P Wheatly, Penrith

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SPIRITED TRADE AT CHELFORDS BEEF SHORTHORN SOCIETY SALE November 6th 2010 The excellent quality of Beef Shorthorns forward at the Annual Autumn Show and Sale for the Shorthorn Society at Chelford last Saturday produced spirited bidding from a lively crowd, drawn from far and wide and including several potential customers from Ireland and the Isle of Man, none of whom were able to compete successfully with UK based buyers.

A reduction from David Rutherford's Aylward Herd, based in Odiham, Hampshire, no doubt generated a lot of interest but the overall quality was as good as has been seen at Chelford for some time.

It was a run of in-calf heifers from Mr Rutherford which produced the days top price of 2,550 gns when Aylward Blythesome 22nd, an Uppermill Lasoo daughter, sold in-calf to Tofts Judgemental, was secured by East Anglia breeder James Fanshawe, and the next in the ring Aylward Gypsy Rose 4th, again by Uppermill Lasoo and out of Aylward Gipsy Rose 2nd, a half sister to Mr Rutherford's Royal Show Champion, again sold in-calf to Tofts Judgemental, made 2000 gns to Robert Leach, Banbury, Oxfordshire.

Mr Leach was in again at 1950 gns for Aylward Blossom 5th, similarly bred by Uppermill Lasoo, and out of Wenmar Augusta Blossom, the mother of Aylward Lucious, the Royal Show Champion, this heifer was sold in-calf to Tarrant Waverley, a bull bought by Mr Rutherford as a calf at a sale at Chelford some 3 years ago.

Aylward Blythsome from D Rutherford

The pre-sale Show was judged by George Somerville of Crocketford, Dumfries and it was his overall Supreme Champion, the March 2009 born bull Meonhill Highland Commando, put forward by his breeders LEP Farms Ltd, a son of the multi show winning Eionmor Highlander, who led the bull trade, selling at 2400 gns to Jeff Townsend, Marchwood, Southampton.

The youngest bull on offer, the May 2009 born Camlas Captain, shown by Messrs Gethin, and by Hannibal 1st of Schonberg out of the Chapelton Provost daughter Maxton Cinderella 2nd, made 1520 gns to R W Newns, Mold, North Wales.

Show Champion - Meonhill Highland Commando from LEP Farms

Reserve Champion - Camlas Captain from Messrs Gethin

Returning to the Females, the Reserve Championship went to Mr & Mrs K Mitchells Llanarth Fleur. Regular supporters of the Chelford Beef Shorthorn sales, Messrs Mitchell, produced another run of heifers from their stock bull Llanarth Titan, a son of Balmyle Universe. Flora, out of the Tofts Rigger sired Llanarth Angela was sold due to calve in March next year to Llanarth Centaurs Ethan, and made 1880 gns to Robert Leach. Another heifer from Messrs Mitchell, Llanarth Fleur, also due next spring to Llanarth Centaurs Ethan, and again by Llanarth Titan, stood second in the heifer class, and made 1550 gns to Messrs M & I Read, Stafford.

Eionmor Highlander has been a prolific show winner over the last year or so, and his progeny are keenly sought. Amongst Mr Rutherford's production sale was an outstanding young May 2009 born heifer, Aylward Rothes Queen 41st who sold for 1600 gns to Messrs Hague, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, leading the maiden heifers.

Averages: Cows with calves - £1065; In-Calf Cows - £973; Served Heifers - £1776; Maiden Heifers - £1200; Bulls £1775 beef shorthorn

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Althorne

Beef Shorthorns

Autumn Nellie

Brian & Suzanne White & Family Highfield Farm, Summerhill, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex.

CM3 6BY Tel/Fax: 01621 741 845 Email: althornebeefshorthorns@hotmail.com

Zara Jilt & Bull Calf

Secret Ariel

Selling top quality beef from the farm and at farmers markets in Essex.

Breeding stock sometimes available for sale.

Herd Established 1975 Stock bull: Warmington Brigadier

Skipton Beef Shorthorns peak at 2,900gns twice The New venue for the Beef Shorthorn Autumn Sale in the North of England brought in some good cattle reflecting in good prices Beef Shorthorns sold to a top of 2,900gns twice at the breed society's North of England Club inaugural sale at Skipton on 10 November where demand for females reflected commercial producers' growing interest in the breed as a functional suckler cow.

The first 2,900gns call was made for Croxtonpark Blythesome Parsley, a February 2008 born heifer by Chapelton Welcome and out of a homebred dam from the Croxton Park Partnership, Croxton, Huntingdon. She was sold in calf to Chapelton Wildfire to Stuart Currie, Rathmell, Skipton.

The same purchaser went to 1,900gns for another heifer, Albion Lavender Bluebell, a Dunsyre Scarlatti daughter from Paul Braithwaite, Stokesley.

Bluebell was sold in calf to Tarrant Arnie.

Christopher of Upsall, a 20 month old bull from Thomson, Roddick and Laurie commanded the second 2,900gns bid. Sired by Vortrekker of Upsall and out of an Upsall bred dam, he went to Jonathan Allison, Appletonle-Moors, Kirkbymoorside along with two heifers from Gerald Turton, Upsall, York. Mr Allison paid 1,950gns for the 17 month old Tessa Of Upsall, by Alexander The Great Of Upsall and 1,500gns for Augusta Of Upsall, an in calf two year old by Eionmor Mr Gus. A second 1,500gns bid this time from JE Goddard and Sons, Lockerbie secured Major Turton's Nonpareil Of Upsall, a March, 2008 born Crooked Post Triple daughter, and her ninemonth-old bull calf by Walrus Of Upsall.

Averages: 30 heifers £1,311; two cows £735; two bulls £2,598

Christopher of Upsall sold to 2,900gns

The next highest lot at 2,300gns was Westmoor Eva 3, a two year old heifer by Newfield Zack and in calf to Pode Hole Cracker, from Rob Paisley, Middleton, Ilkley to WD Kirkby Farms, Wootton, North Lincolnshire. The same breeder offered the day's champion, Westmoor Queen Carmen, a Glenisla Zetor daughter and out of an Aylward bred dam. She was bid to 2,100gns by J Stewart and Partners, Peebles. Following closely at 2,000gns was Westmoor Carnation, an 18 month old by Glenisla Zetor to WD Kirby Farms at Wootton, North Lincolnshire.

A call of 2,050gns secured Ferdinand of Upsall for SC and J Wilkinson, Thirsk. Consigned by Tracy Severn, Barkisland, Halifax, he was an 18 month old by Glenisla Zetor and out of an Upsall bred cow going back to Lock Awe lines.

East of England Winter Fair Beef Shorthorns sell to 3,800gns Beef Shorthorn heifers were bid to 3,800gns at the East of England Winter Fair at Peterborough on Saturday 13 September.

Sale topper at 3,800gns was the champion, Podehole Broadhooks Boogie, an in calf heifer by Podehole Yeti and of the Nevada Warrior sired Podehole Broadhooks Zoe. Bred and exhibited by the Horrell family, Thorney, Peterborough, she sold to M Wyand, Norfolk.

Four more entries from the Horrells were in the money and all by Yeti. Next at 3,200gns was Podehole Annie Confetti, a maiden and out of Podehole Annie who goes back to Chapelton Everest. She was knocked down sold to Chris Nye, Pymoore, Cambridge who also went to 2,000gns for Podehole Rose Claret, another maiden and out the Nathan of Quoiggs sired Podehole Scarlet.

Graham Towers, Welford, Northants bid 2,800gns for Podehole Rosette Blush, an in calf heifer whose dam Fingask Rosette Xanthea, goes back to Uppermill Lifton.

The Horrells final entry, the maiden Podehole Genoa Caberet made 1,800gns to A and C Ivinson, Penrith.

Champion Podehole Broadhooks Boogie

Two in calf heifers by Chapelton Wildfire from Croxton Park, St Neots sold to Thomas Cheetham, Retford.

Croxtonpark Tansy Pippa made 1,300gns and Croxtonpark Tansy Riva sold for 1,200gns.

Averages: seven females £2,415 beef shorthorn

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Cavans Yankee Exceptional stock bull with performance figures to match his impressive looks. Terminal Index +21, Self Replacing Index +11.

CHAPELTON Beef Shorthorn & Aberdeen Angus

Chapelton Covenanter

Sold to Syd and Mary Chaplin of Meonhill Shorthorns for a new breed record price of £16,000.

Chapelton WatchWord

Stock bull by Vermilion Dateline. WatchWords dam Reata WitchyWoman, one of the outstanding females in N. America.

Terminal Index +37, Self Replacing Index +45.

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Castle Douglas - Kirkcudbrightshire

13th World Conference Tour starts at the Royal Highland Show with a terrific turnout of Cattle 24/27 June 2010 Judge: Finlay McGowan

FEMALE - born on or after 1stApril & 31st Dec 09 - 15 Forward 1st Lowther Melody 213 C Lowther 2nd Podehole Gypsy Cream H Horrell 3rd Glenisla Eva Broadhooks C691 JPO & C Gibb 4th Dunsyre Venus Opal 9th C Coombs 5th Uppermill Stef H & H Rennie 6th Alvie Cathryns Sparkle C Williamson

FEMALE - born on or between 1st Jan and 23rd June 08 15 Forward 1st Blelack Mistletoe N Massie 2nd Podehole Irene Bloom H Horrell 3rd Redhill Bundaberg’s Crocus B Wear 4th Fingask Lancaster Bridget W McGowan 5th Stonehills Lovely Bodacious G Riby 6th Uppermill Betts H & H Rennie

FEMALE - born on or between 1st Jan and 31st March 09 - FEMALE - in Milk or in Calf born in 07 - 16 Forward 22 Forward 1st Uppermill Jellybean J Porter 1st Meonhill Joyful Charlotte LEP Farms 2nd Croxtonpark Wildeyes Occasion Croxton Park Ptns 2nd Chapelton Gem J3040 LEP FArms 3rd Redhill Northstars Lovely B Wear 3rd Chapelton Nettle 3139 Messrs Biggar 4th Fingask Honey Crocus W McGowan 4th Meonhill Waterloo Zara LEP FArms 5th Fearn Tilly Azalea J Scott & Ptns 5th Lowther Crocus 206 C Lowther 6th Fearn Comies Passion J Scott & Ptns FEMALE - in Milk or in Calf born before 1st January 07 12 Forward FEMALE - born on or between 24th June and 31st Dec 08 1st Chapelton Duchess 690 Messrs J Biggar - 8 Forward 2nd Podehole Madeline Zeta H Horrell 1st Meonside Waterloo Bryony Drayton Fm Ptns 3rd Holmeere Millicent 4th G & S Brooke 2nd Fingask LancasterBeatrice W McGowan 4th Redhill Bundaberg Lovely 2nd B Wear 3rd Croxtonpark Iris Pearl Croxton Park Ptns 5th Glenisla Foxglove Tansy Z461 JPO & C Gibb 4th Knowehead Balmy Tessa J & J Redpath 6th Tofts Lovely Y780 Playfair Farms 5th Knowehead Bonnie Cassa J & J Redpath

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Meonhill Joyful Charlotte

Champion Beef Shorthorn: Elliot Bodacious Geoff Riby

Reserve Champion: Chapelton Duchess 690 Messrs Biggar

BULL - born on or after 1st April & 31st Dec 09 - 14 BULL - born on or between 1st June 07 & 23rd June 08 - 8 Forward Forward 1st ChapeltonChoctaw Messrs J Biggar 1st LS Adonis C Lowther 2nd Blelack Messenger N Massie 2nd Podehole Beefeater J Ramsay & M Moore 3rd Millerston Cyclone J Ramsay 3rd Colnvalley Bogart M MacMIllan 4h Glengloy Casanova GlenGloy Farms 4h Ardoyne Bombus J Porter 5th Highlee Duke T Severn 5th Glenisla Buzzard JPO & C Gibb 6th Tofts Barometer Playfair Farms 6th Knowehead Wonderboy J & J Redpath BULL - born on or between 1st Jan and 31st March 09 - 17 Forward 1st Alvie Connor C Williamson 2nd Chapleton Covenanter 13021 Messrs Biggar 3rd Meonhill Highland Chief LEP Farms 4th Glounlea Lightning 8th C Lowther 5th Blelack Maestro N Massie 6th Glenisla Clansman JPO & C Gibb

BULL - born on or before 31st May 2007 - 5 forward 1st Elliot Bodacious G Riby 2nd Cavans Yankee Y838 Messrs Biggar 3rd Dacre Rock Star J Wood 4th Vulcan of Upsall T Severn

Best Junior Female: Meonhill Joyful Charlotte LEP Farms Best Female: BULL - born on or between 24th June & 31st Dec 08 - 3 Chapleton Duchess 690 Messrs Biggar Forward Best Junior Bull: 1st Langalbuinoch Barney R & P McAllister Alvie Connor C Williamson 2nd Stonehill Transformer G Riby Best Bull: 3rd Wells Barak J Wood Elliot Bodacious G Riby Best Group: Best Pair one Male one Female bred by Exhibitor: C Lowther LS Adonis, Lowther Melody 213 & N Massie Blelack Maestro & Blelack Mistletoe Lowther Crocus 206

Judges Report: It was a huge honour to be invited to judge the Beef Shorthorn classes at the 13th World Congress Show, staged at the Royal Highland Show, and I was delighted to accept the invitation to do so from the Directors of the Show and thank the Directors of the Shorthorn Society for nominating me.

Shorthorns were always close to my heart being brought up with my parents' Kirkforthar herd and I was saddened that the breed seemed to lose its way during the '60s.

Around that time I spent two years abroad starting with a period in Canada working with Wib Donaldson and the Louada herd until the November Winter Fair and then with Ian Brown's Braeside herd until the Calgary bull sale in March. From there I moved to New Zealand where I spent some time with Norman Hoggard's well known Totranuie Angus stud (a stud still making the

headlines today) and then it was to Australia where a period of my time was spent with Ray Starritts Kelso Park Shorthorns.

Bitten with the travel bug I then took shipments of cattle to South America in both 1967 and '68.

Following the first trip I spent four months with Carlos Duggan and took in Palermo Show. Next time round it was cattle and sheep to Chile and I spent time both there and in Argentina.

Being lucky enough to have the opportunity to work alongside such well respected breeders from these different countries, whose cattle prowess was legend around the world, was such a privilege and I learnt an enormous amount about cattle in general and pedigree Shorthorns in particular.

Since I started farming on my own in 1976 I have tried to focus on the firm principles of cattle breeding that were engendered in me during my travels. beef shorthorn

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Geoff Riby receiving the Duthie Perpetual Challenge Trophy for Supreme Beef Shorthorn from Judy McGowan the Judge’s wife

• Well balanced with easy movement, feet and legs being of great importance.

without being coarse. In all, a modern, sensible bull. In second place I put Chapelton Covenanter, a roan, thick, fleshy 14th March born bull with plenty of character and ready to stretch more as he ages. Both of these are real advertisements for the breed. Meonhill Highland Chief, a white1st March born fleshy, thick and growthy bull with good carriage and style was my third choice. I felt that these three bulls all had enough size, fleshing and qualities to produce males with good growth rates and females with good self replacement values.

A number of the classes included cattle that were perhaps over-fitted as well as cattle shown very naturally personally I prefer them not to be over fitted and this may occasionally have made my placings a little difficult to follow.

It was in the senior bull class, however, that I found my Overall Champion. The roan 5 year old Elliot Bodacious had the style and fleshing of a complete champion. He was a good mover, my ideal size and not coarse in any way.

In the female section the cow class had to take pride of place. My leader Chapelton Duchess 690, a real star was an easy winner - eight years old full of style and great maternal qualities with a tremendous March calf at foot.

Podehole Madeline Zeta stood second - a four year old not showing quite the maternal characteristics of my first and with a plainer calf at foot. In third place I had Holmere Millicent 4th - a lovely, breedy seven year old cow. I felt that these top three cows showed a real stamp of the quality that draws cattlemen to this breed.

There were many others in the bull classes worthy of high praise and we must always remember that a variation in types is required in order that the breeder can draw on the traits that he needs for the particular improvement that he is after.

I have always enjoyed the challenges and the various successes that our breeding programme with Simmentals and Luings has thrown at us.

From such a background it is perhaps not surprising that the type I was looking for at Ingliston was: • An easily fleshed animal with a muscle pattern that would give rise to easy calving.

There were a number of stars to look out for in the future among the heifer classes and I am sure that Shorthorn breeders from around the world must have been filled with confidence on finding such a wealth of potential in the young stock.

Turning to the males, I thought that the 15 - 18 month old class was led by three exceptional bulls. Alvie Connor stood first, a red 16th February powerful, stylish bull, very well balanced with a tight underline, enough bone

In conclusion, the entire show was of such a standard that the commercial breeder was bound to draw huge confidence in the Beef Shorthorn's ability to add tremendous value to the beef industry. The overseas visitors must certainly have gone home with much food for thought and in the certain knowledge that the British Beef Shorthorn is back in business.

Congratulations and thanks to the exhibitors and stockmen for putting on such a wonderful show and for making my task enjoyable, to my stewards for ensuring that things ran smoothly and to the Beef Shorthorn Society for the warm welcome and generous hospitality.

May your breed continue to go from strength to strength!

Finlay McGowan

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Presentations to the Winners at the Gala Dinner in the President’s Marque

Donald Biggar receives the Uppermill Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Champion Female

Graham Massie receiving his trophy from Judy McGowan for Best Pair bred

by Exhibitor

Charles Lowther receives the BM Durno Trophy for the Best Group of Three

Cathryn Williamson receives the Mains Farm Trophy for the Best Bull Bred by Exhibitor

Brenda Wear presenting the Redhill World Conference Trophy to Messrs Massie for the Best Progeny Pair

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Great Yorkshire Show 13th/15th July 2010 Judge: Andrew Barrett Bull, born before 31st June 08 1st Elliot Bodacious G Riby 2nd Tarrant Arnie PJ Braithwaite 3rd LS Adonis C Lowther 4th John of Loxley RW Hebdon Bull, born on or after 1st July 08 1st Holmeere Harold M Holmes 2nd Wells Barak J Wood 3rd Stonehills Transformer G Riby 4th Gilven Comet RS Johnson Cow in milk or in calf born before June 07 1st Podehole Madeline Zeta H Horrell 2nd Holmeere Millicent 4th G Brooke 3rd Uppermill Jellybean J Porter Heifer, born on or between 1st June 07 & 31st Dec 08 1st Podehole Irene Bloom H Horrell 2nd Bon Accord Rose Duchess 19th JD Wood 3rd Sandwick Baby Patience A & C Ivinson 4th Stonehills Lovely Bodacious G Riby

Champion - Podehole Madeline Zeta from H Horrell

Heifer, born on or after 1st January 09 1st Lowther Melody 213 C Lowther 2nd Podehole Irene Bloom H Horrell 3rd Lowther Crocus 206 C Lowther 4th Uppermill Stef J Porter Group of Three Owned by Exhibitor 1st H Horrell 2nd G Riby 3rd C Lowther 4th Hon G Turton Pair of Animals, by the same sire 1st C Lowther - Sired by Chapelton Zobec Champion Beef Shorthorn & Champion Female: Podehole Madeline Zeta from H Horrell Reserve Champion: Elliot Bodacious from G Riby Junior Champion: Holmeere Harold from M Holmes Male Champion: Elliot Bodacious from G Riby

Reserve Champion - Elliot Bodacious from G Riby

Judges Report: I Having exhibited at the Great Yorkshire Show a number of times, I was thrilled to be asked to judge.

On acceptance of the invitation, I knew what a hotbed for Shorthorn Cattle this region is, and the standard of cattle fulfilled my high expectations.

The first class, I felt gave me my biggest challenge. It consisted of six bulls of differing types; but of a good standard. My winner was Elliot Bodacious, owned by Mr Riby. He has tremendous breed character, good length and balance. On the day, the attributes that I was looking for were good locomotion; good legs, natural fleshing and breed character, and this bull had all those qualities. My second place bull was Tarrant Arnie, owned by Mr Braithwaite and worth a mention to. He was a 3 year old bull, and again a rather rugged kind of bull with natural width, great across his plates, a very useful bull, one to watch for the future.

This brings me on to my junior bull class which was won by a bull from Mr Holmes; Holmeere Harrold.

This bull has real power with great temperament. He oozed breed character with real width and balance and

is certainly one to look for in the October bull sales in Stirling. My second place bull from Mr Wood, was Wells Barak who was probably not as well-fleshed as my first placed bull but equally as sound.

The third class for cow in calf or in milk consisted of six entries and was won by Mr Horrell's Pode Hole Madeline Zeta. This cow typifies everything that the modern shorthorn cow should have. We as breeders should build from the feet upwards. She has good feet, good legs, a well structured udder and body; overall a powerful cow, but still with femininity. My second place cow was Holmeere Millicent. It was the first time I've seen her since she had a successful year as a two year old. She is a real breedy cow, her heifer calf at foot backs my opinion, and one to look out for in the Autumn calf show. Maybe her udder let her down, but with consideration she had been suckling a calf since January, therefore nearing the end of her lactation. I must mention the third place cow, Sandwick Duchess Zoe owned by Mrs Severn as she brought a smile to my face with her sweetness and honesty, a four year old cow suckling her third calf. Unfortunately she lacked the power of the first two. beef shorthorn

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Class four, the two year old heifer class was another fine class with some stylish females. Again this went to Mr Horrell with Podehole Irene Bloom. Wellmuscled, good length and full of breed character. No doubt we will see her on the show circuit again in a year or two.

My second place heifer from Mr Wood, Bon Accord Rose Duchess was a good breed type, had plenty of scope and scale but just lacked a bit of condition.

My third place heifer was the youngest in the class, a real fleshy bold heifer and one to watch in the future.

Beef Shorthorn Pair

Class five was a yearling heifer class where there were 16 entries. This proved to be a real test to try and sort out the variation of types. The class winner here was Lowther Melody, a very sweet, well-grown yearling.

My second place heifer was Podehole Tessa Charm.

These two heifers were very difficult to split as they both were very stylish, fresh and great breed types. I would also like to mention the Johnson's heifer called Gilven Sapphire Cactus who won the North of England Shorthorn Club Special award. Steve's father would have been proud, well done.

My overall Champion was an easy decision and was

won by the Horrell's Podehole Madeline Zeta, who looked the business on the day, very well turned out and would do the breed a great deal of good in the Interbreed. My Reserve went to the senior bull Elliot Bodacious.

In conclusion to my day I must pay tribute to all the stockmen and owners on their expertise on turning out a great breed and it was a real joy to be asked to judge.

Andrew Barrett

Royal Welsh Show 19th/22nd July 2010 | Judge: Roy McDonald Bull, born before 1 January 2009 1st Llanarth Dafydd TC & AJ Ruby 2nd Holmeere Harold M Holmes 3rd Hannington Balthazar SS Horton & Sons 4th Ardoyne Bombus J Porter Bull, born on or after 1 January 2009 1st Meonhill Charlie Chaplin LEP FArms 2nd Ashwater Cavalier TC & AJ Ruby 3rd Camlas Captain ET & JR Gethin Best Male Female and Supreme Champion from GR Brooke - Holmeere Millicent 4th Meonhill Charlie Chaplin LEP Farms Female In Milk or In Calf, born before 1 January 2008 Judges Report: 1st Holmeere Millicent 4th GR Brooke It was an honour to be asked to judge the Beef 2nd Uppermill Jellybean J Porter Shorthorn classes at the Royal Welsh Show in 2010.

3rd Maxton Cinderella 2nd ET & JR Gethin I would like to say a special thank you to the 4th Lamboro Persephanie Yoland Mrs A James stewards who looked after me and made me feel Female, born on or after 1 Jan 08 but before 1 Jan 09 most welcome. It was an enjoyable show displaying 1st Silson Bo Mr & Mrs T Coles fine cattle and my praise goes to all of the exhibitors.

2nd Silson Buttercup Mr & Mrs T Coles 3rd Camlas Barcardi ET & JR Gethin Class 1 - Bull born before 1st Jan, 2009 4th Ashwater Bella TC & AJ Ruby First Place went to Llanarth Dafydd, a 3yr old well Female, born on or after 1 January 2009 fleshed bull, clean fronted, not too heavy on the 1st Meonhill Waterloo Zara LEP FArms 2nd Hannington Cally Broadhooks SS Horton & Sons shoulder and with good width. Holmeere Harold was second, a good fleshed bull beaten by maturity.

Best Female: Holmeere Millicent 4th - GR Brooke Reserve Best Female: Uppermill Jellybean - J Porter Best Group of Three: 1st SS Horton & Sons Champion Beef Shorthorn: Holmeere Millicent 4th - GR Brooke Reserve Champion and Reserve Interbreed Native Junior Bull: Meonhill Charlie Chaplin - LEP Farms

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Class 2 - Bull born after 1st Jan, 2009 First in this class went to Meonhill Charlie Chaplin, one of the best young bulls I have seen this year. He is a long fleshy bull with good locomotion. In second place was Ashwater Cavalier, a good bull but outclassed by the first prize winner on the day.

Class 3 - Female in milk or in calf born before 1st Jan 2008 The winner of this class was Holmeere Millicent 4th, a well fleshed 7yr old cow with good locomotion with a very strong January heifer calf. The second place cow , Uppermill Jellybean, was a good strong 3 year old but lacking the locomotion of the first place cow.

Class 4 - Female born on or after 1st Jan, 2008 and before 1st Jan 2009 First place went to Silson Bo, a strong, well fleshed white heifer with good locomotion and width. In second place was Silson Buttercup who whilst well fleshed lacked the growth of the first place heifer.

Class 5 - Female born on or after 1st Jan, 2009 Winner in this class was Meonhill Waterloo Zara, a strong clean heifer with a feminine head and a correct walk. Second to her was Hannington Cally Broadhooks, a nice roan heifer but lacking the size and flesh of the first place heifer.

Male Champion - Meonhill Charlie Chaplin Res Male Champion - Llanarth Dafydd Female Champion - Holmeere Millicent 4th

Male Champion and Reserve Supreme - Meonhill Charlie Chaplin from LEP Farms

Res Female Champion - Uppermill Jellybean Overall Champion - Holmeere Millicent 4th Res - Meonhill Charlie Chaplin Group of 3 - SS Horton & Sons Res ET & JR Gethin R McDonald

NORTH SOMERSET SHOW

THREE COUNTIES SHOW

3rd May 2010

June 18th/20th 2010

Judge: R Hewlett Maiden Heifer 1st Redhill Sprys Kathryn B Wear 2nd Poyntington Scary Spice Dr & Mrs Cave Heifer 1st Redhill Bundaberg Crocus B Wear Cow or Heifer 1st Redhill Bundaberg Lovely B Wear Junior Bull 1st Redhill Challenger B Wear 2nd Stonmour Patrick Mrs TC Blake Senior Bull 1st Stonmour Thundercloud Mrs TC Blake Pair of Beef Shorthorns 1st B Wear 2nd Mrs TC Blake Champion: Redhill Bunderberg Lovely from Brenda Wear

Senior Male 1st Stonmour Thundercloud Mrs TC Blake 2nd Hannington Balthazar Horton & Sons Junior Male 1st Hannington Canute Horton & Sons 2nd Stonmour Patrick Mrs TC Blake Senior Female 1st Silson Bo Mr & Mrs T Coles 2nd Silson Buttercup Mr & Mrs T Coles 3rd Hannington Honeysuckle Opal Horton & Sons 4th Stonmour June Fairy Mrs TC Blake Junior Female 1st Hannington Cally Broadhooks Horton & Sons 2nd Stonmour Barrington Primrose Mrs TC Blake 3rd Stonmour Musical Laura Mrs TC Blake Champion: Stonmour Thundercloud Mrs TC Blake Reserve: Silson Bo

Mr & Mrs T Coles

Pairs Championship: Stonmour Thundercloud and Silson Bo Interbreed Champion: Stonmour Thundercloud Mrs TC Blake Reserve Interbreed Pairs: Stonmour Thundercloud and Silson BO In Any Other Beef Breed Class Mrs Blake had a win with her heifer, Stonmour Barrington Primrose and the Championship with Stonmour Thundercloud

Leonard Cup for the best Animal in show exhibited by a member of the North Somerset Ag Society. Won by Redhill Bunderburg Lovely Brenda Wear

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Supreme Beef Cattle Champion Native Breed Champion Beef Shorthorn Breed & Male Champion Member of the Quartet Champion Team (with Pode.Hole - Croxton Park - Grafton)

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“Glenariff” Avon Road, South Wootton, Nr Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 3LS Tel: 01553 672440

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ROYAL NORFOLK SHOW - JULY 2010

HERTFORDSHIRE SHOW - MAY 2010

Supreme Beef Cattle Champion Native Breed Champion Beef Shorthorn Breed Champion

Shorthorn Male Champion

Winner of The Queens Prize For the Best Animal Owned & Bred in Norfolk - Presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Andrew w & Danielle e Barrett..

10 Vong Lane, Pott Row, Nr Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1BW Tel: 01485 601282 • Mob: 07717 821891 njandambarrett@yahoo.co.uk

RUTLAND SHOW - JUNE 2010 Shorthorn Male Champion

South of England Show 10/12 June 2010 Judge: Nick Barrett Female 1st Meonhill Joyful Charlotte LEP Farms 2nd MeonhillWaterloo Zara LEP Farms 3rd Tugby Catalina W & J Murphy 4th Podehole Joyful Celebration W & J Murphy Female 1st Sannan Queen Drayton Farm Ptns 2nd Ridley Bee DP Mellish 3rd Ridley Blossom DP Mellish 4th Meonside Waterloo Bryony Drayton Farm Ptns Senior Bull 1st Meonhill Charlie Chaplin LEP Farms Group 1st LEP Farms Female Champion and Supreme Champion: 1st Meonhill Joyful Charlotte LEP Farms

Champion Beef Shorthorn - Meonhill Joyful Charlotte from LEP Farms Reserve Champion: Meonhill Charlie Chaplin

LEP Farms

Royal Norfolk Show 25/26 June 2010 Judge: Brenda Wear Heifer, born on or after 1st January 2009 1st Podehole Irene Candy M Wyand 2nd Glenariff Flossy Clara NJ & AM Barrett Heifer, born on or after 1st January 08 1st Podehole Phantasy Brocade M Wyand Cow, in milk or in calf or with calf at foot 1st Croxtonpark Tessa Oasis M Wyand 2nd Glenariff Princess Xanna NJ & AM Barrett Bull 1st Glenariff Capone NJ & AM Barrett Bull, born prior to 1st January 2009 1st Glenariff Brave Bonnar NJ & AM Barrett Champion Cow or Heifer: Podehole Irene Candy from M Wyand Reserve: Glenariff Flossy Clara from NJ & AM Barrett Champion: Glenariff Brave Bonnar from NJ & AM Barrett Reserve: Podehole Irene Candy from M Wyand

Champion & Interbreed: Glenariff Brave Bonnar from NJ & AM Barrett

Glenariff Brave Bonnar also took the Beef Interbreed Championship for NJ & AM Barrett

Interbreed Presentation for A Barrett and Glenariff Brave Bonnar

Judges Report: I was somewhat disappointed in the numbers forward at the Royal Norfolk Show, but as is said quality is better than quantity.

My Champion came from the Senior Bull Class, Glenariff Brave Bonner, from Messrs Barrett's with the reserve going to a very stylish and promising Yearling heifer Podehole Irene Candy. Brenda Wear beef shorthorn

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Dylan the Exmoor Pony Guarding some of the heifers

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East of England Show 18th-20th June 2010 Judge: Rob Paisley Bull, born before 1st January, 2009 1st Glenariff Brave Bonnar N.J. & A.M. Barrett 2nd Osberton Heatherman GMT Foljambe Bull, born on or after 1st January, 2009 1st Podehole Commander H Horrell 2nd Glenariff Capole N.J. & A.M. Barrett Cow in Milk or in Calf, born before 1st January, 2008 1st Podehole Madeline Zeta H Horrell 2nd Croxtonpark Wildeyes Occasion Croxton Park Prtnrs 3rd Grafton Broadhooks Angel Mr & Mrs TC Brown 4th Podehole Phantasy Aurora H Horrell Heifer, born on or after 1st January, 2008 but before 2009 1st Grafton Beatrice Floss Mr & Mrs TC Brown 2nd Croxtonpark Iris Pearl Croxton Park Ptnrs Heifer, born on or after 1st January, 2009 1st Podehole Tessa Charm H Horrell 2nd PodeholeGypsy Cream H Horrell 3rd Podehole Madeline's Choice H Horrell 4th Glenariff Flossy Clara N.J. & A.M. Barrett Pair of Animals 1st H Horrell 2nd W & J Murphy Male Champion: Glenariff Brave Bonnar N.J. & A.M. Barrett

Judges Report: The quality cattle on show at Peterborough shone out on a cold, grey day in early summer.

The 3 entries from Harry Horrell dominated a strong class of junior heifers with the winner being Podehole Tessa Charm, a very feminine red heifer.

Another entry from Podehole won the cow class.

Madeline Zeta is a strong roan cow with a good top line and was feeding her calf well.

Supreme Beef Shorthorn Champion, Native and Interbreed Champion Brave Bonnar from NJ & AM Barrett Junior Female: Podehole Tessa Charm Female Champion: Podehole Madeline Zeta Breed Champion: Glenarrif Brave Bonnar Reserve Breed Champion: Podehole Madeline Zeta

H Horrell H Horrell N.J. & A.M. Barrett H Horrell

Interbreed Champion Quartet

But it was from the bull classes that my Champion came. Messrs N & A Barrett showed Glenariff Brave Bonnar in the senior bull class. This very clean, powerfully built roan bull had great presence and was a deserved winner.

The breed continued to show it's commercial attributes when Brave Bonnar also went on to win the Native and Interbreed titles.

Many thanks to all the exhibitors and stewards for making the judging fun and our day so memorable.

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The Royal Bath & West Show 2nd - 5th June 2010 Judge: Rob Paisley Bull, born before 2008 1st Stonmour Thundercloud Mrs TC Blake Bull, born in 2008 1st Hannington Balthazar S Horton & Sons Bull, born in 2009 1st Meonhill Highland Chief LEP farms 2nd Hannington Canute S Horton & Sons 3rd Redhill Challenger B Wear 4th Bowden Christopher S Watson Cow born in 2007 1st Redhill Northstars Lovely B Wear 2nd Sannan Queen Drayton Farm Prtns Cow or Heifer, in milk or in calf 1st Redhill Bundaberg Lovely B Wear Heifer, born in 2008 1st Redhill Bundaberg’s Crocus B Wear 2nd Meonside Waterloo Bryony Drayton Farms Ptns 3rd Hannington Honeysuckle Opal S Horton & Sons Heifer, born in 2009 1st Meonhill Joyful Charlotte LEP Farms 2nd Meonhill Waterloo Zara LEP farms 3rd Bowden Irania Cupcake S Watson 4th Redhill Sprys Kathryn B Wear 5th Hannington Cally Broadhooks S Horton & Sons Group of Three bred by exhibitor 1st B Wear 2nd S Horton & Sons Champion Male: Meonhill Highland Chief - LEP Farms Reserve Champion: Hannington Balthazar - S Horton & Sons Champion Female: Redhill Northstars Lovely - B Wear Reserve Female: Redhill Bundaberg Lovely - B Wear Supreme Champion: Redhill Northstars Lovely - B Wear Reserve Supreme: Redhill Bundaberg Lovely - B Wear Junior Beef Interbreed Champion: Meonhill Highland Chief from LEP Farms

Champion Male and Junior Beef Interbreed Champion: Meonhill Highland Chief from LEP Farms

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Judges Report: A fine day and a good turn-out of cattle greeted me at the Royal Bath and West Show.

A strong white modern beefy bull, Meonhill Highland Chief was the standout bull that won the young bull class and male championship. He also went on to win the Junior Beef Interbreed.

In a strong line up in the 2009 heifer class it was a 1,2 for LEP Farms with Meonhill Joyful Charlotte and Meonhill Waterloo Zara. 3rd was another red heifer, Bowden Irania Cupcake from Sue Watson.

But it was from the cow and heifer classes that the overall champion and reserve came. A lovely strong cow, Redhill North Star's Lovely just pipped her younger sibling, Redhill Bundaberg Lovely to the crown. Both were modern, feminine cows with good toplines and udders.

Both doing their calves well.

Many thanks to exhibitors and stewards for making our day so memorable.

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Surrey County Show 31st May 2010 Judge: Brenda Wear

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Beef Shorthorns

Beef Shorthorn Breed Champion - Podehole Irene Bloom Cow in Milk or in Calf, born before 31 Dec 2008 1st Podehole Madeline Zeta H Horrell 2nd Grafton Broadhooks Angel Mr & Mrs TC Brown 3rd Sannan Queen Drayton Farms Ptnrs 4th Trunley Lilian Lorna AR & J MacDonald Heifer, born on or after1st Jan 08 1st Podehole Irene Bloom H Horrell 2nd Meonside Bryony Drayton Farms Ptns 3rd Grafton Beatrice Floss Mr & Mrs TC Brown 4th Ridley Bee D Mellish Heifer, born on or after 1 Jan 09 1st Meonhill Waterloo Zara LEP Farms 2nd Podehole Tessa Charm H Horrell 3rd Tugby Catalina Mrs J Murphy 4th Podehole Gypsy Cream H Horrell Junior Bull 1st Meonhill Highland Chief LEP Farms 2nd Podehole Commander H Horrell 3rd Meonside Charlie Chaplin Drayton Farms Ptns 4th Meonhill Highland Cavalier LEP Farms Senior Bull 1st Hannington Balthazar SS Horton & Sons Group of Three 1st H Horrell 2nd LEP Farms 3rd Drayton Farms Ptns Champion Beef Shorthorn: Podehole Irene Bloom from H Horrell Reserve: Meonhill Waterloo Zara from LEP Farms

Westmoor Clansman

Westmoor Desiree

Visitors always Welcome

Rob Paisley

Judges Report:

Class winners on the day were followed by some very good cattle that no doubt would win a class, if not more, before the season was over.

Brenda Wear

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How delighted I was to Judge Surrey County Show with a large entry of good quality Beef Shorthorns

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North Yorkshire County Show 20th June 2010 | Judge: Mr D McLaren BULL born on or before 31/12/08 1st Tarrant Arnie Paul Braithwaite 2nd John Of Loxley R. Hebdon BULL born on or after 01/01/09 1st Gilven Comet R.S. & G. Johnson HEIFER born on or after 01/01/09 1st Gilven Sapphire Cactus R.S. & G. Johnson 2nd Albion Maryann Constance Paul Braithwaite FEMALE, in calf or with calf at foot, born before 31/12/08 1st Betty 2nd Of Loxley R. Hebdon 2nd Loxley Briar R. Hebdon 3rd Albion Rose Bellabianco Paul Braithwaite Champion: Tarrant Arnie from P Braithwaite Reserve: Gilven Sapphire Cactus from RS & G Johnson

Championship line up Gilven Saphhire Cactus in left of picture - Reserve Champion

Aldborough & Boroughbridge Show 18th July 2010 | Judge: Martin Grayson BULL any age 1st Tarrant Arnie 2nd Gilven Comet COW / HEIFER in calf of calf at foot 1st Sandwick Duchess Zoe 2nd Albion Rose Bellabianco JUNIOR HEIFER 1st Gilven Sapphire Cactus 2nd Highless Blackbrook Dipsy

Paul Braithwaite R.S. & G. Johnson Mark & Tracy Severn Paul Braithwaite R.S. & G. Johnson Mark & Tracy Severn

Champion: Sandwick Duchess Zoe from Mark & Tracy Severn Reserve Champion: Tarrant Arnie from Paul Braithwaite

Bilsdale 100th Show

Champion: Sandwick Duchess Zoe

(between Stokesley & Helmsley) 28th August 2010 Judge: Steve Johnson - It was wonderful to see such a good entry of quality cattle, all from local herds, at this small country show held in such beautiful surroundings. On this the 100th anniversary of Bilsdale show it was very encouraging to see, that despite this being only the 2nd year of cattle being at the show since Classes were reinstated, how enthusiastic all the owners were towards the Breed and hopefully entries will go from strength to strength in the coming years.

BULL any age 1st Tarrant Arnie P Braithwaite 2nd LS Alpha R. James 3rd Ballyart Legend C Ward COW OR HEIFER in calf, or calf at foot 1st Albion Rose Bellabianco P Braithwaite 2nd Sleightholmedale Laurel R. James 3rd Nentsberry Yasmin D & A Ingleson MAIDEN HEIFER 1st Albion Maryann Constance P Braithwaite 2nd Nentsberry Dawn D & A Ingleson 3rd Albion Beauty Diana P Braithwaite Champion: Tarrant Arnie from P Braithwaite Reserve Champion: Albion Rose Bellabianco from P Braithwaite The Knaggs & A Kirk Challenge Cup for the Best in Show TARRANT ARNIE

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Champion: Tarrant Arnie with P. Braithwaite & Judge Steve Johnson

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NORTH OF ENGLAND CLUB HERD COMPETITION 2010 1st - Heifer Born on or after 01/01/09 GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW Winner of the North of England Beef Shorthorn Club Members Trophy

North Yorkshire County Show - Reserve Champion GILVEN SAPPHIRE CACTUS

COWS/HEIFERS AND BULLS USUALLY AVAILABLE FOR SALE. Please feel free to contact us - visitors always welcome.

Gilven Sapphire Delight: Purchased by Mr & Mrs S Medley, wishing them every success with their new venture of a Beef Shorthorn herd to run alongside their existing Aberdeen Angus herd.

Thanks to all our customers in 2010, we wish them every success with their purchases.

HEALTH SCHEME ACCREDITED & VACCINATED BREED PLAN RECORDED Steve & Gilly Johnson 10 Maple Lane, Huby, York, Yorkshire. YO61 1JG t: 01347 810980

Rutland County Show

144th Ryedale Show 2010

6th June 2010

27th July 2010

Judge: Richard Rettie

Judge: J Backhouse

Bull, born before 1.1.09 1st Glenariff Brave Bonnar NJ & AM Barrett Bull, born on or after 1.1.09 1st Podehole Commander H Horrell 2nd Glenariff Cincinnati NJ & AM Barrett Cow or Heifer in Calf or with calf at foot born before 1.1.08 1st Podehole Madeline Zeta H Horrell Heifer, born on or after 1.1.08 and before 1.1.09 1st Silson Bo Mr & Mrs T Coles 2nd Podehole Irene Bloom H Horrell 3rd Glenariff Flossy Bonamy NJ & AM Barrett 4th Silson Buttercup Mr & Mrs T Coles Heifer, born on or after 1.1.09 1st Podehole Tessa Charm H Horrell 2nd PodeholeGypsy Cream H Horrell 3rd Glenariff Flossy Clara NJ & AM Barrett Junior Champion: Podehole Tessa Charm H Horrell

Heifer under 19 months on day of show 1st Clipper X628 of Upsall G Turton 2nd Gilven Sapphire Cactus RS & G Johnson 3rd Podehole Joyful Calypso I & S Clough 4th Longlands Waterloo Cara K Ivinson Heifer between 19months and 31 months on day of show 1st Sleightholmedale Laurel R James 2nd Albion Rose Bellabianco P Braithwaite 3rd Sandwick Baby Patience A & C Ivinson 4th Longlands Waterloo Cara K Ivinson Bull 1st Tarrant Arnie P Braithwaite 2nd LS Alpha R James 3rd Ballyart Legend C Ward 4th Gilven Comet RS & G Johnson

Supreme Beef Shorthorn: Podehole Madeline Zeta

Champion: Sleightholmedale Laurel Mrs R James

H Horrell

Reserve: Glenariff Brave Bonnar

NJ & AM Barrett

Knowehead Pedigree Beef Shorthorns Quality Breeding Stock Member of Orkney Hi Health Stock Bull:

Glenisla Agamemnon Knowehead Lady Yogurt by Knowehead Wonder Bull calf (10 days) by Glenisla Agamemnon Visitors always welcome.

John & Jill Redpath Knowehead, Kilry, Blairgowrie. PH11 8JA | tel/fax: 01575 560233 | Mob: 07801313853

Pembrokeshire Show

Halifax Agricultural Show

17/19 August 2010

14th August 2010

Judge: NJ Barrett Bull any age 1st Lamboro Yeoman Mrs A James COW in calf or in milk 1st Lamboro Urymaid Yolandi Mrs A James HEIFER 1st Lamboro Yolandi Blossom Mrs A James 2nd Lamboro Beautiful Ivy Mrs A James 3rd Carreg Barrington of Barrietts JTJ Stone Calf born after 1st June 2009 1st Carreg Sezincote Fleck II JTJ Stone 2nd Lamboro Urymaid Daphne Mrs A James 3rd Lamboro Urymaid Crystal Mrs A James Best Pair of Heifers owned by exhibitor, born on or after 1st Sept 07 1st Mrs A James 2nd JTJ Stone Group of 3 animals property of the exhibitor 1st Mrs A James 2nd Mrs A James Champion: Lamboro Yeoman

Mrs A James

Reserve: Lamboro Urymaid Yolandi Mrs A James

A good show of cattle at the local agricultural show proved to be a good day out for Mark & Tracy Severn of Barkisland.

Their senior stock bull Vulcan of Upsall took the Native breed Championship and then went on to be the Supreme show champion.

Their young 5 month old bull calf Highlee Xavier also bringing home the silverware by taking the Baby Beef Interbreed Championship.

FINGASK SHORTHORNS BEEF SHORTHORNS

BonAccord Angus Stock Bull & Champion at Fife Show 2010

Home & Overseas visitors always welcome.

Stock usually for sale.

William McGowan MBE. Fingask, Cupar, Fife Tel: (01334) 654845 or 652246 or 840419 Mobile: David McGowan 0780 1933034

Black Isle Show Class: 1st 2nd 3rd Class: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Class: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Class: 1st 2nd 3rd Class: 1st 2nd Class: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

BULL, Born on or after 1st August 2008 Alvie Connor Alvie Farm Glengloy Casanova D. MacLeod Fearn Chieftain J Scott & Ptns COW Any age Millerston Irania Xanadu Alvie Farm Smallburn Farms Croxtonpark Lovely Orgiano Alvie Farm Fearn Tilly Azalea J Scott & Ptns Heifer, 1 or 2 years old Smallburn Farms Alvie Elsie's Jade Canada Alvie Farm Glen Gloy Lovely Chanelle D. MacLeod Woodend Lancaster Cara Ken Greenwood CALF, Bull, Born on or after 1st August 2010 Woodend Duncan Ken Greenwood Alvie Dazzler Alvie Farms Fearn Democrat J Scott & Ptns CALF, Heifer, Born on or after 1st August 2009 Alvie Lovely Damson Alvie Farms Smallburn Farms PAIR of Shorthorns from the Same Exhibitor Alvie Beef Shorthorn Alvie Farms Smallburn Farms Glengloy Shorthorns D. MacLeod Chieftain & Comies Passion J Scott & Ptns

Champion: Millerston Irania Xanadu Alvie Farms Reserve: Smallburn Farms Female Champion: Millerston Irania Xanadu Alvie Farms Male Champion: Alvie Connor

Turriff Show

Alvie Farms

Judge: Robbie Minty

It was good to see such a strong show of Shorthorns at Turriff show, although members were down presentation was good.

1st and 2nd in Yearling Bull class - Neil Massie & Sons They also won Best Bull Opposite Sex to Champion Small Burn Farms won 1st prize in Cows Class with a nice young cow.

Heifer Class was won by Neil Massie & Sons with an impressive 2 year old, which went on to win Champion Beef Shorthorn and Best Native Breed in show ground.

Heifer Calf Class was won by Small Burn Farms.

Champion prize and Perpetual Cup - Neil Massie & Sons Perpetual Cup for Best Animal bred by Exhibitor - Neil Massie & Sons A & F trophy represented by Messrs James Durno for Best Shorthorn of Opposite Sex To Champion - Neil Massie & Sons Dun Weather on Monday was fair although heavy rain on previous day made it heavy goings underfoot. I enjoyed my day and would like to thank the Stewards of the day for their help. Robbie Minty

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Dumfries and Lockerbie Show Judge: A. Lawrence - Glenisla Class: Bull Any age 1st Coln Valley Aladdin R.P. Crawford 2nd Alvie Blue Eyed Boy J. Thompson 3rd Cairnsmore Blast B & J. Landers Class: Cow or Heifer n Milk or in Calf 1st Glenisla Sally Broadhooks R.P. Crawford Class: Heifer Born on or After 1st January 2008 1st Sandwick Castle Rose J. Thompson 2nd Drumfern Realm D.L. Young 3rd Drumfern Margo D.L. Young Champion: Glenisla Sally Broadhooks R.P. Crawford Reserve: Sandwick Castle Rose

J. Thompson

Orkney 124th County Show 14th August 2010 We travelled north to Orkney with a high level of anticipation having never visited the islands before.

Having packed every type of wet weather clothing we had we were relieved to be greeted by a dry day and a fantastic show of cattle.

The Shorthorn classes had the most cattle of any breed forward with nearly 50 animals entered which was great to see.

The bull classes were dominated by a strong, clean, beefy roan bull Millerston Burns Supper shown by Erlend Flett from Hurtiso which went on to be Reserve Champion.

There were some very strong young heifer classes with E & I Kemp, Greenhall dominating the bulling heifer class coming 1st, 3rd and 4th but it was the Cow in milk class that really took the eye.

Six terrific cows with strong calves at foot were a real pleasure to judge. Winner of the class and eventual breed Champion was a five year old cow Hurtiso Yesnaby shown by Erlend Flett. A very correct, deep bodied, roan cow with a lovely calf.

Special mention must also go to the 2nd placed cow from E & I Kemp. She was an 11 year old cow suckling tremendous twin heifer calves that really showed what the breed can do.

Many thanks to all the exhibitors for making my job both difficult and very enjoyable and to the show committee for their fantastic hospitality.

Rob Paisley

Granton Show 12th August 2010 Top team from Alvie sweeps the boards.

AN “OUTSTANDING team” of cattle from Alvie Farm by Kincraig swept the boards in the beef shorthorn class.

Champion cow Millerston Irania Xanadu taking the best of breed and the six-month old heifer calf Alvie Lovely Damson scooping reserve breed champion.

Six-year-old Millerston Irania Xanadu, by Wenmar Topnotch out of Millerston Irania Polly, was bought as a heifer to start the Alvie shorthorn herd and has scooped a string of prizes since her arrival in Badenoch.

She was breed champion at the Black Isle Show and Nairn this year.

“She really has done us proud,” said Cathryn Williamson of Alvie.

The Alvie herd has triumphed throughout the showing season; with 18-month-old bull Alvie Connor taking junior champion at the Royal Highland Show and male champion at the Black Isle as well as first in his class at Grantown.

Another Alvie cow, the mother of the heifer calf Alvie Lovely Damson, was breed champion at the Keith show. “People love seeing shorthorns,” Mrs Williamson added. “I think they are definitely making a comeback.”

Millerston Irania Xanadu from Alvie Farms

She puts their success down to discerning stock selection and hard work by Alvie's show team, which includes farm manager Victor Watson and local sisters Rachel and Linda Allinson.

Shorthorn judge Bob McWalter of Glengloy Farm in Lochaber said of the Grantown shorthorn class: “The standard was very good - all the entrants were strong cattle which were looking well.”

“The champion is an exceptional cow. She shows all the breed characteristics and has great show ring presence - she's just a very correct animal all round” “No Doubt a lot of work hard has gone in and the good breeding is really coming through in the Alvie herd.”

“This enabled them to enter an outstanding team of cattle.”

Beef Shorthorn Champion: Millerston Irania Xanadu, Alvie FArms, also Champion at Nairn and the Black Isle.

Beef Shorthorn Reserve: Alvie Lovely Damson, again from ALvie Farms, also first in her class at Nairn, Black Isle and Keith.

Judges Report: The glorious 12th! Not weather wise.

Rain before and during show, a headache for Chairman Robert Macdonald and his team. However my spirits were lifted by the quality of stock presented a credit to the Shorthorn breed and breeders.

The champion came from a very strong cow class, shown by Mrs Catherine Williamson, Alvie Estate.

Reserve came from the same herd. A cracking young heifer. One for the future.

My thanks to the stewards and exhibitors for a most enjoyable day.

Alvie Lovely Damson from Alvie Farms, Reserve Champion

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Alyth Show Report

19th June 2010 Judge: R Smith

As an exhibitor I always enjoyed Alyth Show. Being the first show on my Calendar, it allowed me to “test” the new comers to the show team before the Royal Highland. It therefore gave me great pleasure, now retired, to be invited to judge the show.

It was a cold windy day with the sun trying to warm the showground up, but the wind keeping the temperature at a low level which I am sure the cattle enjoyed. The first class started at 10 o'clock and was the senior bull class. 2 entries which was won by Coln valley Bogart from Mr D McMillan, a well grown 2year old bull, which later went on to be Male Champion. Next was the Junior bulls, 4 of them, won by a lovely white bull from Eastmill Farm Doldy Farms, called Eastmill Casper, with Major Gibb's Glenisla Clansman second. Casper was reserve Male champion.

The cow class was next won by Major Gibb's Glenisla Foxglove Tansy. Slightly on the small side but well put together and doing her calf well. She went on to be Female Champion. A larger older type cow from W McGowan was second. W McGowan won the next class with Fingask Lancaster Beatrice a large heifer

which should do well when older, with J &J Redpath second with Knowehead Balmy Tess.

The young Heifer Class was won by a lovely Heifer from Major Gibb Glenisla Eva Broadhooks Born on the 8th of March 2009 who went on to be reserve female champion. The second place was John Wood with Wells Sensation 3rd. The Calf class was won by Eastmill Farm Doldy Farms with a Young heifer calf Eastmill Destiny.

Then on to the overall Championship. As the bull from Mr McMillan was not showing himself off well enough, due to an injury, I gave the Championship to Major Gibbs cow Glenisla Foxglove Tansy with his heifer Glenisla Eva Broadhooks as reserve Champion.

The Group of three was won by Mr D McMillan with a well balanced matching Group of 1Bull a cow and a heifer, second was Major Gibb.

I enjoyed my day on the other side of the fence very much and would like to express my gratitude to all the herdsmen involved in putting forward such a grand entry of cattle and to all the staff for presenting them so well.

Beef Shorthorns Shine at Antrim A fabulous entry Shorthorn cattle Antrim Show at they were one of the cattle section.

of almost forty Beef delighted visitors to the weekend where the largest entries in

Judging was in the capable hands of George Sommerville who travelled from Dumfries to place the strong entry.

Beef Shorthorn classes were re introduced at Antrim Show a number of years ago following requests from new and established breeders.

Taking home the Championship colours were the husband and wife team of William and Jill McAllister, Kells, Ballymena with their super second calving cow "Glenisla Desiree". This is the second top overall placing in recent weeks having laid claim to the Breed Championship at Limavady Show.

Glenisla Desiree is one of the foundation cows in the Burnside herd which numbers just a handful of females.

The same exhibitors made it a clean sweep also scooping the Reserve Championship with the very smart 2009 born maiden heifer "Killycolp Orphan Faith".

There is strong interest in Beef Shorthorn cattle in the Province as their merits as a suckler cow and beef producer are recognised by suckler farmers.

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Congratulations and best wishes to David Rees and Finian O’Sullivan on their purchase of over 60 females, 2 Stock Bulls and 4 Bull calves from our herd.

It was a special day on July 5th 2010 when we welcomed 80 delegates to the World Shorthorn Conference, we showed off our herd, Private Zoo and Museum.

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tel: (01234) 711451 Overbrook House, Weston Underwood, Olney, Buckinghamshire MK46 5JZ

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Croxton Park Tanzy Jonquil Champion at National Livestock Show Tullamore 2010, plus other championships over the past three years.

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Limavady Show Judge: Bill Austin from New Zealand Top Marks For Beef Shorthorn Spectacular.

A bumper entry of Beef Shorthorn cattle delighted visitors at Limavady Show recently, where almost 50 cattle competed in a full array of judging classes.

Local Shorthorn Breeders pulled out all the stops to ensure that the entry and quality of stock on show was first rate resulting in a captivated audience from start to finish.

Glenisla Desiree shown by Jill Mc Allister - Supreme Beef Shorthorn

Master judge for the event was Bill Austin who had travelled from New Zealand with his wife Judy as part of a delegation that had recently participated in the Beef Shorthorn World Congress Celebrations on the mainland and had then completed their trip with an excursion to Northern Ireland. The party visiting the Province comprised of Australian, New Zealand, Tasmanian and American Beef Shorthorn breeders.

Making an impression on the judge was Glenisla Desiree, a four year old cow from the recently established herd of William and Jill McAllister, Kells Ballymena. Shown with her second calf at foot this daughter of Belmore Fuel Injected was placed first in a large class of cows before romping to success in the Championship where she scooped the top award. The judge described this terrific young cow as absolutely outstanding with tremendous potential.

The NI Beef Shorthorn Club put their full support behind the spectacular at Limavady Show with members travelling from all counties within the Province to exhibit. Having a worthwhile trip was Duncan McDowell who made his journey from the Ards peninsula to win the junior heifer class with his home bred Castlemount Barley Zabrina.

Also picking up first prize tickets were William Moody and Antrim Estates who brought out bulls to the event.

Club Secretary Karen Carson and husband William stood first in two of the calf classes representing their Ballymena based Mainevalley prefix.

Glenisla Desiree caught the eye of William McAllister at one of the last sales at Perth, Scotland when she had been sold as part of the annual draft from Major Gibb, Glenisla. She was snapped up there for 3200 guineas, and has settled into the Burnside Herd where she is one of the foundation females.

The Reserve Championship was awarded to enthusiastic breeder’s Thomas and Kate Madden for their November 2008 born homebred bull sired by Chapelton Yardley, who earlier in the day had won the Senior bull class for Antrim Estates. Byron of Ballyvaddy is a well made young bull that would easily suit pedigree and commercial breeders alike.

A presentation was made to Judge Bill Austin and his wife Judy from New Zealand by David Hammond Club Chairman and Thomas McGuigan Vice Chairman.

Byron of Ballyvaddy collected the Reserve Beef Shorthorn Championship at Limavady Show for Tom and Kate Madden. Kate is pictured with handler Hugh O'Kane.

The Ballyvaddy herd enjoyed a highly successful day at Limavady earning three first prize tickets in addition to the Reserve Championship award, and runner up in the Pairs Section.

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Mark Johnston from the Ulster Bank provided generous sponsorship in the Beef Shorthorn classes. He is pictured congratulating Duncan McDowell on winning the junior heifer class with his home bred Castlemount Barley Zabrina.

The Intermediate bull class was won by William Moody with Ben of Ballyvaddy sired by Chapelton Wildfire.

Karen Carson with her winning junior calf Craigfaddock Duke

The Northern Ireland Beef Shorthorn Club would like to whole heartedly thank Limavady Show for all their assistance and also to all the sponsors who kindly provided support at this highly successful event.

Results from the show ring Senior Bull, over 4 years on 1st July 2010. Sponsored by Ai Services Ltd 1st 2nd 3rd

Antrim Estates TF Duncan & Co Richard Henning

Chapelton Yardley Thors The Boss Corles Wonder

Intermediate Bull, 3- 4 years on 1st July 2010. Sponsored by David Hammond 1st

William Moody

Ben of Ballyvaddy

Junior Bull, 1-2 years on 1st July 2010. Sponsored by McCaughan Animal Health, Ballymena 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

T & K Madden Castlemount Shorthorns Sam McCollum T & K Madden

Byron of Ballyvaddy Castlemount Joker Priestland Cain Clansman of Ballyvaddy

In calf Cow. Sponsored by the Fun Farm 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

T & K Madden David Alexander Castlemount Shorthorns TF Duncan & Co

Winner of young handlers section was Jack Smyth who has enjoyed great success at many of the shows this season. Mayor of Limavady Michael Carton presented the award Senior Calf Class,born on or before 31st December 2009. Sponsored

by Glenfarm Supplies, Martinstown 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

T&K T&K T&K David

Madden Madden Madden Alexander

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

William & Jill McAllister T & K Madden David Alexander Lois Cann TF Duncan & Co

Centurion of Ballyvaddy Ballyvaddy Rothes Jewel Ballyvaddy Heathermaid Craigfaddock Capello

Tarrant Xylerhiza Craigfaddock Lady Annette 4th Cairnsmore Zo Lucky Heather Calf born between 1st January and 31st March 2010. Sponsored by David Hamilton, Carnalbanagh Cairnsmore Alisha Star 1st W & K Carson Craigfaddock Duke Cow with calf at foot. Sponsored by John Thompson & Sons 2nd Wm & Jill McAllister Burnside Dangermouse Animal Feed Suppliers 3rd Castlemount Shorthorns Castlemount Wildfire Zabrina 1st WM & Jill McAllister Glenisla Desiree 4th W & K Carson Mainevalley Duffy 2nd Castlemount Shorthorns Tamhorn Zabrina Calf born after 31st March 2010.

Sponsored

by Sam Mellon 3rd David Alexander Craigfaddock Lady Annetta 2nd Excavation, Carnlough 4th Lois Cann Killycolp Orphan Faith 1st W & K Carson Mainevalley Dana Senior Heifer 2-3 years old on 1st July 2010. Sponsored by Ulster 2nd W Moody Shaney Jilt Bank 3rd T & K Madden Ballyvaddy Rosewood 1st WM & Jill McAllister Burnside Bluebell 4th Lois Cann Tirmoney Orphan Florence 2nd David Alexander Craigfaddock Lady Annetta 7th Pair of Animals property of one exhibitor.

Sponsored by CR 3rd Richard Henderson Croft Matilda Blossom Supplies, Larne 4th TF Duncan & Co Chapelton Kyla Junior Heifer 1-2 years old on 1st July 2010. Sponsored by Ulster Bank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Castlemount Shorthorns Castlemount Barley Zabrina David Alexander Craigfaddock Lady Annetta 8th Castlemount Shorthorns Castlemount Jovial Zoe NCS Brown Greenpastures Laura 3rd

CHAMPION YOUNG HANDLER:

Jack Smyth

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Meonhill Highland Captain Secures Supreme Agri-Expo Award Beef Shorthorn Society's inaugural open calf show attracts 45 quality entries Supreme female and reserve honours went to the nine month old heifer, Holmeere Millicent 12, a Cairnsmore Thrasher daughter from Gilbert Brooke, Malton.

“The top end of each of the seven classes had real quality, however Captain had the edge,” commented judge, John Scott, Inverness. “As soon as he came in to the ring I thought he had that X factor; he was well balanced, had a good top line, well muscled hind quarters and he also had style,” he said commending the female winner, Millicent for being a big stretchy feminine heifer. “Both the top male and female had good locomotion which is critical to the beef Shorthorn breed in order to move around and forage efficiently.”

Countryfile presenter Adam Henson with the Champion Meonhill Highland Captain and Tina Russell

Meonhill Highland Captain, a 13 month old bull making his showring debut secured the supreme male and overall championship in the inaugural Beef Shorthorn open calf show staged at Borderway Agri-Expo, Carlisle on Friday 29 November.

Bred by LEP Farms, Hambledon, Hants, Captain was sired by the Canadian National Champion, Eionnmor Highlander and out of a homebred dam and a show team member from the 30 cow herd managed by Simon Farmer.

Show Results - Judge: John Scott Class 1st 2nd Class 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Class 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Class 1st 2nd 3rd Class 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Class 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

1 - Bull Calf Born On Or Between 01/09/09 and 31/12/09 L.E.P Farms Ltd Meonhill Highland Captain G Turton Cougar Of Upsall 2a - Bull Calf Born On Or After 01/01/10 Thompson Roddick & Laurie Shawhill Douglas Brenda Wear Redhill Dunster G R Brooke Lintonpriory Dynamite P Braithwaite Albion Destrier R S & G Johnson Gilven Dominator 2b - Bull Calf Born On Or After 01/04/10 B R Wear Redhill Dulverton H Horrell Podehole Dominator C Lowther Lowther Dynamite C Lowther Lowther Dark Storm Brenda Wear Redhill Darlington 3 - Heifer Calf Born On Or Between 01/09/09 and 31/12/09 L.E.P Farms Ltd Meonhill Sjkaklin Carol H Horrell Podehole Annie Cinnamon G. Turton Tessa Of Upsall 4a - Heifer Calf Born On Or After 01/01/10 G R Brooke Holmeere Millicent Mr H Horrell Podehole Phantasy Dream Mr & Mrs B Landers Cairnsmore Danielle Winnie C Lowther Lowther Gaia Brenda Wear Redhill Sprys Lovely 4b - Heifer Calf Born On Or After 01/04/10 L.E.P Farms Ltd Meonhill Skjacklin Patsy Brenda Wear Redhill Promoters Lovely Mr & Mrs B Landers Cairnsmore Dena Princess C Lowther Lowther Melody J Bellas & Son Croftends Dorothy

Thirteen year old Katie Landers secured the overall champion handler award with Cairnsmore Dena Princess, a seven month old calf by Uppermill Michael and out of Chapleton Princess Royal one of the oldest females in her parents, Bill and Jane's 49 cow pedigree herd based at Palnure, Newton Stewart. “I've been helping mum and dad prepare our Beef Shorthorns for showing and sale for the last three years including the female champion at Stirling in February, but to win my own and biggest award so far was really cool,” she said.

Beef Shorthorn Society secretary, Frank Milnes said: “We were delighted that this first time event attracted 45 quality entries from throughout the country. The show was an excellent start and one on which to build in the future.” He added: “We are focused on encouraging youngsters to have an involvement and since this event already had established classes for young handlers it provided our young members with an opportunity to learn and join in the show ring activities. It proved to be a huge success.”

Class 5 - Young Handler 1st Katie Landers 2nd Sam Marston 3rd Jack Woodburn 4th David Farmer Overall Champion: L.E.P Farms Ltd Meonhill Highland Captain Overall Reserve Champion: G R Brooke Holmeere Millicent Overall Champion Handler: Katie Landers

Champion Young Handler Katie Landers with Adam Henson and Judge John Scott

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12 Mr W McGowan MBE | FINGASK HERD - Fingask, Dairsie, Cupar, Fife

Breeders Directory

KY15 4RX t: 01334 654845 / 01334652246

Glenkiln Farms | GLENKILN HERD - c/o 13 Mr G Sommerville, Bettyknowes, Crocketford,

www.shorthorn.co.uk

Dumfries. DG2 8QE t: O1556 690219

North Scotland:

1 Mr & Mrs J.D.A. Williamson | ALVIE HERD - T/A Alvie Farm, Alvie Estate, Kincraig, Inverness-shire. PH21 1NE t: 01540 651255 e: cathryn@alvie-estate.co.uk

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Mr and Mrs Ross | BALMEDIE HERD Balmedie Farm, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.

AB23 8WT t: 01358 743398 e: malcolmross783@btinternet.com

e: rascarth@talk21.com

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Grandtully Grandtully Aberfeldy. PH15 2QZ t: 01887 840462 e: shonacalder@live.co.uk www.grandtullybraesshorthorns.co.uk

N. Ireland. BT40 3NJ t: O28 2827 3295

J Porter | UPPERMILL HERD 20 Mr 5 Legaterriff Rd, Upper Ballinderry, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland. BT28 2EY t: 028 9265 2361 m: 07899936166 e: info@oldglenortangus.com www.oldglenortfarms.com

J P Ramsay | MILLERSTON HERD 15 Mr T/A T. Mclatchie, Millerston Farm, Mauchline

Eire:

Ayrshire. KA5 5HH t: 01290 550997

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Mr Scarth | CAVANS HERD - Twatt Farm, 3 Birsay, Orkney. KW17 2LN t: 01856 771259

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Mr & Mrs D Calder | GRANDTULLYBRAE HERD - Braes of

J. Nelson | GLENBRAE HERD 19 Mr. 21 Carnduff Rd, Carnduff, Larne, Co. Antrim,

Morrisons Farm | ROTHESAY HERD Dumfries House, Dumfries House Estate, Cumnock, Ayrshire. KA18 2NJ t: 0789 1812 558 e: andrew.thornber@morrisonsplc.co.uk

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Fearn Farm, Fearn, Tain, Ross-shire. IV20 1TL t: O1862 832205 m: O7770 863506 e: john.scott@fearnfarm.com

22 Martin & PJ Kelly | RICKETSTOWN HERD - Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, Eire t: OO353 (0) 59 9161213

Major J.P.O. Gibb | GLENISLA HERD Glenisla House, by Blairgowrie, Perth, Perthshire. PH11 8QL t: 01575 5582736 e: glenislashorthorns@hotmail.co.uk

HERD - Playfair Farms, Morebattle Tofts, Kelso, Roxburghshire. TD5 8AD t: O1573 440364 m: 07831455994 e: james.playfair@btconnect.com

Loughglass, Creggs, Roscommon, Co Galway, Eire t: 00353906621163 / 00353872977387 e: lisadowd@eircom.net

17 Mr J.P.L. Playfair-Hannay | TOFTS

J Scott & Partners | FEARN HERD -

Mr N Dowd | CREAGA HERD -

e: kelly.carmel@yahoo.com

23 Mr & Mrs S. Brigdale | ROWANBERRY HERD - Creggaun, Doora, Ennis, Co. Clare, Eire t: OO353 (0) 6568 22237 e: francesibrown@eircom.net

Northern Ireland: T McGuigan | COOPER HERD 18 Mr 34 Mullinary Road, Middletown, Co.

& J Redpath | KNOWEHEAD HERD 6 JKilry, Blairgowrie. PH11 8JA t: O1575 560233 e: redpathknowehead@aol.com

Armagh, N. Ireland BT60 4HW t: 02837 568515 e: colm_loaded@yahoo.co.uk

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7 HERD - Bargaly Farm, Newton Stewart,

Wigtownshire. DG8 7BH t: O1671 402179

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Mr McMillan | COLDROCHIE HERD Moneydie Roger, Luncarty, Perth. PH1 3JA m: 07973 543272 e: md.mcm@btinternet.com www.coldrochieshorthorns.co.uk

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Kirkcudbrightshire. DG7 3EU t: O1556 660205 m: 07860325888 e: djbiggar@aol.com www.chapeltonfarm.co.uk

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Mr J Webster | DIPPOOL HERD Kilnpothall Farm, Carnwath, Lanark, Lanarkshire. ML11 8LP t: O1501 785262

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Mr I & Mrs JD Barker | BANKFOOT HERD - Bankfoot Farm, Ingleby, Greenhow,

33 Mr and Mrs G R Cope | SANDYBROOK HERD - Green Valley, Buxton Road,

Sandybrook, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

DE6 2AQ t: O1335 342728

Gt. Ayton, Middlesbrough. TS9 6LP t: 01642 723949 m: 07790 930241

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Stoney Royd Farm, Midgley, Heden Bridge, West Yorkshire. HX7 5QY m: 07812 075568 e: tim.riley@cantab.net

Prospect Villa, Andreas Road, Lezayre, Isle Of Man. IM7 4EF t: 01624 814463 m: 07624 496261

R.S & G Johnson | GILVEN HERD -

Paul F Chambers | GREENSLEYBANK

HALLSFORD HERD - Hallsford Farm,

Haggbeck, Carlisle, Cumbria. CA6 6JD t: O1228 577329 e: andrew@hallsford.co.uk www.hallsford.co.uk

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39 Mr & Mrs K E Mitchell | LLANARTH HERD - Oakleigh, Llanarth, Ceredigion.

SA47 0RL t: O1545 580868 e: ke.mitchell@hotmail.co.uk

- Streatlam Grange, Marwood, Barnard Castle, Co Durham. DL12 8RS t: 01833 631612 e: tedharrison11@yahoo.co.uk

36 The Hon. G. Turton | UPSALL HERD -

Upsall & Roxby Estate Office, Upsall Castle, Upsall, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. YO7 2QJ t: O1845 537202 e: turtongerald@hotmail.com www.upsallshorthorn.co.uk

Leyburn, North Yorkshire. DL8 3DA t: 01969 650955 m: 07775 813242 e: paulchambers@greensleybank.co.uk www.greensleybank.co.uk

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& EM Thomas | FRENNI HERD 38 BMS Llwyncelyn-Lan, Llanfyrnach, Pembrokeshire

35 LE (Ted) Harrison | STREATLAM HERD

10 Maple Lane, Huby, York, Yorkshire.

YO61 1JG t: O1347 810980 e: gil7venshorns@tesco.net

27 HERD - Greensley Bank Farm, Askrigg,

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R.T. Paisley | WESTMOOR HERD West Moor House Farm, Middleton, Ilkley, West Yorkshire. LS29 0DW t: O1943 816068 e: rob@westmoor.plus.com www.westmoor.plus.com

IW & N J Hollows | HOLKIN HERD -

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Wood Farm, Coppice Lane, Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire. SY13 3LT t: 01948 880598 e: ian@targetfeeds.com www.holkinbeefshorthorns.co.uk

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Nord Vue Farms Ltd, Armathwaite, Carlisle, Cumbria. CA4 9TN t: 01697 472182 e: charles@lowther.co.uk www.lowthershorthorns.co.uk

Cumbria. CA10 1QB t: 01768 881343 e: sandwickfarm.ousby@hotmail.co.uk

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& C Ivinson | SANDWICK HERD 32 A Sandwick Farm, Townhead, Ousby, Penrith,

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40 Mr & Mrs B.F. White | ALTHORNE HERD - Highfield Farm, Upper Chase,

C Nye | MINESHOP HERD - Holly Oaks, 47 The Hythe, Little Downham, Ely,

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Croxton Park Partnership, Home Farm, Croxton, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. PE19 6ST t: O1480 880479 e: dannybull@btconnect.com www.croxtonpark.eu

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Pode Hole Farm, Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. PE6 0QH t: O1733 270247 e: harry@horrell-podehole.co.uk www.horrell-podehole.co.uk

Woodstock Bower Farm, Hanley Broadheat, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. WR15 8QR t: 01885 410443 e: martyncmoore@manx.net

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Windover Farm, Butcombe, Blagdon, Bristol Somerset. BS40 7XQ t: O1275 474271 e: brenda.wear@bristol.ac.uk www.beefshorthorncattle.org.uk

Halsey & Partners | GADDESDEN HERD - Gaddesden Home Farm, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. HP2 6EZ t: O1442 252421 m: O7802 472027 e: estateoffice@gaddesdenestate.co.uk www.gaddesdenestate.co.uk

- Overbrook House, Weston Underwood, Olney, Buckinghamshire. MK46 5JZ t: O1234 711451

Cambridgeshire. CB6 2DT m: 0787 6543552 e: chris.nye@cnseeds.co.uk

Summerhill, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex.

CM3 6BY t: O1621 741845 e: althornebeefshorthorns@hotmail.com

Mr D Bull | CROXTONPARK HERD -

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K H & G E Turner | WIVEY HERD Mount Pleasant Farm, Pitsford Hill, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset. TA4 2RR t: O1984 623218 e: keithturner21@hotmail.com

50 Mrs. Thelma C. Blake | STONMOUR HERD - Wharf Farm, Kingston Seymour,

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N.J & A.M Barrett | GLENARIFF HERD - Glenariff, Avon Road, South Wootton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. PE30 3LS t: O1553 672440 e: njandambarrett@yahoo.co.uk www.glenariff-pedigree-livestock.com

44 The Hursley Cattle Partnership |

Clevedon, Nr. Somerset. BS21 6XL t: O1934 832017

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Mr R Howard | TRUNLEY HERD Hazelbrow Farm, Rad Lane, Peaslake Surrey GU5 9PB t: O1306 730313 m: 07771 542754 e: rhhoward46@aol.com

HURSLEY HERD - The Estate Office, Home Farm, Hursley,Winchester, Hants. SO21 2JL t: 01884 251181 e: office@homefarmhursley.com

Julia Evans | LONGLANDS HERD 45 Mrs Longlands, Whitbourne, Worcester. WR6 5SG t: O1886 821431 e: epevans@btconnect.com

Drayton& LEP Farms | MEONSIDE /

46 MEONHILL HERD - Drayton Farm, East Meon, Petersfield, Hampshire. GU32 1PN m: 0771 9602922 m: 07739 035667 e: simontxl@aol.com

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New members & prefixes 2010 Mr P Turnbull Oakleigh House, Ruffa Lane, N Yorkshire OAKLEIGH Mr Jayne Gorse Farm, Velfry Road, Pembs WHITLAND Morrisons Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire ROTHESAY Thomson Roddick Laurie Kingate House, Watchill, Cumbria SHAWHILL Mr Macguire Ballygarvan,Gusseraine, New Ross PETERSLAND Mr Cornforth Plough Farm, Egton,Whitby COLDKELD Mr Hirst Hall Model Farm, Tame Lane, Denshaw Road FRIARMERE Mr Finlayson Craigiebank Farm, Forgie Keith CRAIGIEBANK Mr Gawn 120 Parkgate, Kells, Ballymena CARNEARNEY Mr Dickie Knockenjig, Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire KNOCKENJIG Mr Tyson Cockmoor Hall,Snainton, Scarborough TROUTSDALE Mr Elliott 7 High Street, Kislingbury, Northampton KISLINGBURY Mr Wright The Ringtree, Woolthorpe, Lincolnshire WINTERBECK Mr Walker 9 Hayden Green, Hayden, Cheltenham Mrs Monica Wyand Primrose Farm, Kerdiston, Norfolk ROSEBERRY Mr Tatton 56 Folly Lane, Cheddleton, Staffs Mr and Mrs Woollatt Gupworthy Farm,Wheddon Cross, Minehead GUPWORTHY Mr Moody 2 Shinny Road, Macostuin, Coleraine SHINNY Mr G S Rea Petwick Farm Buildings, Challow Station, Farringdon PETWICK A Dockery Carrow, Elphin, Co. Roscommon, Ireland ROCKVILLE Leigh-John Williams Seymour Farm, Chicklade, Hindon, Wilts SEYMOUR Mrs Christine Lavender Hillside Farm Cottage, Sheepstreet Lane, Etchigham, East Sussex SPENCER J & V Meadley High Bewaldeth Farm, Cockermouth Cumbria BEWALDETH W& J Murphy Barrows, Shortgate Lane, Laughton, Lewes, East Sussex CASTLEMAST Mr Darryl Harris Surrey Cottage, High Street, Borth Aberystwyth HILLTOP Mrs Karen White 16 Lawn Drive, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot PIXIEWOOD F & P Reid Little Aston Farm, Aston-by-Doxey, Stafford SIELBROOK H& M.C. Copley Highfields Farm, Croxton Kerrial, Grantham, Lincs MANORFARM Owen S O'Neil Ballyart House, Brittas, Limerick, Ireland BALLYART Allan Greenwood Beaver Farm, Boulsworth Road, Trawden, Nr Colne, Lancashire BEAVER Miss Michelle Weatherill Thorneywaite Cottage, Glaisdale, Whitby, North Yorkshire R J George Woodhatch Farm, Tawney Common, Epping, Essex WOODHATCH R&E Richardson Burnt House Farm, Wasdale, Seascale, Cumbria Mr David Avins Stadfold Farm, Cold Ashby Road, Naseby, Northanmpton Mr David McKelvey 11 Shanaghey Road, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone DERG H & I Ashton Lawns Farm, Orrell, Wigan LAWNS Christopher Rowberry Rowberry's Nurseries & Farms, Lower Chaddesley Corbett, Nr Kidderminster Messers E & M Black 29 Mackney Road, Orritor, Cookstown, Co Tyrone, N. Ireland ORRITOR RJF & JM Seatter Elsness, Sanday, Orkney ELSNESS I & P Hogg Fairview Farm, Repton Shrubs, Bretby, Burton on Trent, Staffs FOREMARK Angus Lamont Croish, Kilmoluaig, Isle of Tiree, Argyll CROISH Ross Whitcombe Orchard House, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset BRUEVALLEY Martyn T.L. Jones The Lodge, Westhide, Hereford WESTHIDE The Hursley Cattle Partnership The Estate Office, Home Farm, Hursley Park Road, Hursley, Winchester HURSLEY David Robinson Woodseats Farm, Bradfield, Sheffield WOODSEATS Mr Nigel Meek 60 Hall Road, Clenchwarton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk Michael Graham Raw Llety Ffordd, Penline, Cilcain, Mold, Flintshire PENLINE Anne Gibbs 8 Corbett Street, Droitwich BANKSGREEN M & G Harris Salutation Farmhouse, Little Smeaton, Northallerton, North Yorkshire SALUTATION Mr James Irving Stockdale Farm, Uldale, Wigton, Cumbria OVERWATER Lizwell Farm Ltd. Lizwell Farm, Widecombe in the Moor, Newton Abbot, Devon MOREWELL J Royston Ford Church Farm, Upton Magna, Shrewsbury, Shropshire ROYSTONS Andrew Spalding Hedgeholme Farm, Winston, Darlington, Co Durham HEDGEHOLME Mr RJ Tratt 18 Cherry Close, Honiton, Devon TAVERN George McGregor The Binn, Glenfarg, Perthshire THEBINN Jennifer Shone Brynonn Farm, Nercwys, Mold Flintshire Robert Glynne Swain Shavington Wood Farm, Shavington Park, Market Drayton, Shropshire

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Beef Shorthorn Tie

Beef Shorthorn Ties available in two colours Red and Maroon, £12.50 Available from the office 02476 696549

J H Wood-Roberts Book

John Wood-Roberts Book “SHORTHORNS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY” with a forward by HRH The Princess Royal, is now available and can be purchased from the office for £20.00 plus postage and packing.

Beef Shorthorn Society Membership and Registration Fees Membership:

UK

Shorthorn Society Enrol Your Friends Irish

Fill in and post this page back to us.

Annual: £30.00 + VAT Associate Member/Stockman/Student: £15.00 + VAT Overseas (outside EEC): £26.00 Herd Prefix (to be approved): £30.00 + VAT

€48.00

Please tick appropriate box:

€24.00 €41.00 €48.00

Please return to:

Registrations:

€31.00 €31.00

Bulls Heifers

£20.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT

Transfers are free if sold through a Society sale, Private sales require a transfer fee of £15.00 + VAT or €24, this must be completed before stock can be registered from the purchase.

The vendor is responsible for this unless otherwise agreed at time of purchase.

Beef ❏ Dairy ❏

Shorthorn Society 4th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

CV8 2LG tel: 02476 696549 fax: 02476 696729 email: shorthorn@shorthorn.co.uk web: www.shorthorn.co.uk

Herd Books - no VAT: Dairy £15.00 or €24.00 Beef £12.00 or €19.00 Both Dairy and Beef £25.00 or €40.00 (now two separate books)

I wish to become a member of the Society, please send me an application form:

Adverts/Newsletter:

Address: ____________________________________________

£5 + VAT or €8

Late Registration Fees: The following conditions apply.

All calves should be registered within 3 calendar months of birth.

Name: ______________________________________________

____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Registrations received for calves aged 3 to 12 months will be subject to an additional late registration fee of £5.00 or €8

Postcode: ___________________________________________

Registrations received for animals over 12 months old will be charged at double the current registration fee.

Telephone: __________________________________________

New Line of Merchandise Have your herd name and a Beef bull (or any lettering of your choice) embroidered on any garment on the list.

Many different garments available. Average delivery time approximately two/three weeks.

Cost covers - garment, logo and one line of text.

Additional lines charged at £3.00. Postage and packing extra.

Apply to the office for a list or order form.

Contact the office tel: (0044) (0)24 7669 6549 to order any of these items. or email: shorthorn@shorthorn.co.uk

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FARADALE Beef Shorthorns

Spring born calves

Heifers born 2009 running with stock bull

Visitors welcome Young stock for sale

Mr E J Faragher Prospect Villa, Andreas Road, Lezayre Isle of Man IM7 4EF

In Calf Heifer

tel: 01624 814463

EMBRYOS

LIVESTOCK

SEMEN

www.playfairfarms.com ALL VISITORS WELCOME BY APPOINTMENT James and Debbie Playfair-Hannay Morebattle Tofts, Kelso, Roxburghshire. TD5 8AD Tel: 01573 440364 Mobile: 07831 455994 Email: james.playfair@btconnect.com Stockman: Paul Tinker tel: 01573 440 759

Supporting British beef and British farmers

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