Membership Fee 2017
Wainwright
Please be reminded that your membership fee will be due 1st January 2017. If you pay by cheque please state your name and membership number on the back or call Claire or Sue at the office to pay by card. If you pay by standing order this fee will be collected in the usual way from your bank.
Wanderings 2017
Dispersal Sale Brafell Herd on 23rd March 2017 Please be advised that there will be a dispersal sale of the Brafell Herd @ Penrith Mart. There will be 50/60 fresh calved cows and around 40 heifers. For more details please contact Mr Teasdale on either 07595 894190 or 01387 880236.
Wainwright Wanderings for 2017 will be starting on Tuesday 9th May 2017. The tour will be base in Wiltshire, Somerset and the Dorset Borders. The “Wanderings” will include a visit to 4 farms, plus a tour around a goat farm where they milk goats and make cheese, a visit to a cider farm and its orchard and finally a trip around the New Forest. Great sights and views to be enjoyed by all. If you are interested in taking part in the Wanderings please call David Wainwright before the end of January, who will be able to answer any questions you may have. David Wainwright on 07968 757 956
The Shorthorn Society 4th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG Tel 02476 696549 Email. claire@shorthorn.co.uk
The presidents dinner will be held on Tuesday 28th February 2017 @ 7.00pm for 7.30pm at the Crooklands Hotel Kendal Cumbria LA7 7NW Tel: 015395 67432.Email stay@crooklands.com Tickets for the dinner are £23.95 per person or £95 for dinner, bed and breakfast. Please call or email Claire at the office so that you can purchase a ticket/room. Currently we have several rooms reserved at the hotel for the Tuesday evening however these will be released on 16th January 2017 so please call or email Claire at the office to book your room ASAP, then after this date you will need to book with the hotel direct. The after dinner speaker will
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
be Ben Briggs, Editor of Farmers Guardian. The Directors Meetings will also be held at Crooklands Hotel: Tuesday 28th February 2017: Lunch @ 12.30 Shorthorn Sires UK Directors meetings at 1.00pm followed by AGM. Finance & Administration at 3pm. Wednesday 1st March 2017: Judges Committee meeting at 8.30am followed by Council meeting at 9am. Lunch, then departure.
Events 2017 Presidents dinner: Tuesday 28th February 2017
AGM & Judging Day The Judging day for 2017 will be hosted by IRG Collins & Partners, Church Farm, Howroyd Lane, Whitley Lower, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 0NB where the AGM will also take place. The event will take place on Saturday 3rd June 2017. More details will follow in the spring newsletter but please make a note of the date in your diary.
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Borderway UKDairy Expo @ Carlisle: Saturday 11th March 2017 Surrey County show: Monday 29th May 2017 Summer Show & Sale at Beeston Cattle Market: TBC AGM & Judging Day: Saturday 3rd June 2017 National Cheshire Show: Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st June 2017
Agriscot Show
We have been approached to see if the society would support and encourage Dairy Shorthorn classes at Agriscot in the future. If you think this is a good idea and you would support the classes could you contact the society office to declare an interest. If there is sufficient support then we will of course take things forward.
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Royal Highland Show: Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th June 2017 Great Yorkshire Show: Tuesday 11th to Thursday 13th July 2017 Royal Welsh Show: Monday 24th to Thursday 27th July 2017 Bakewell Show: Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd August 2017 UK Dairy Day @ Telford: Wednesday 13th September 2017 The Dairy Show @ Bath and West show ground: Wednesday 4th October 2017 All Breeds All Britain calf show @ Three Counties Showground, Malvern Friday 13th to Sunday 15th October 2017 Autumn Show & Sale @ Beeston Cattle Market: TBC
Gold Cup and how to enter
Rebranding of Red Cattle Genetics (RCG)
These Competitions were inaugurated in 1926, largely through the efforts of the President of the Dairy Shorthorn Association for that year, the late Mr JL Shirley: the necessary funds being subscribed by a number of firms and individuals in response to a personal appeal by Mr Shirley who was himself a generous contributor. The Council, therefore, directed that the trophies should be known as the “1926” Gold Challenge Cups. The Gold Cup is awarded annually to the Overall Winner of the Competition. So do you have any cows which meet the criteria for entry into the Annual Gold Cup Competition? To qualify a Cow must have:
Red Cattle Genetics or RCG as it is known by many is being rebranded to Shorthorn Sires UK. Its official launch will be underway during the spring of 2017. The newly named Shorthorn Sires UK will help to provide a future proof identity for the business especially with the decision to close the herd book from January 2018. There will be a new-look logo which gives brand identity and encompasses a fresh approach to the wide selection of Shorthorn semen available, both beef and dairy. More information on this rebrand will be available in the forthcoming Dairy Shorthorn Journal. Our new website will be: www.shorthornsiresuk.co.uk Orders can still be placed in the usual way by calling or emailing Claire at the office or email sales@shorthornsiresuk.co.uk
- produced an average of 6000 kg milk with a minimum total of 7% Fat and Protein combined average. - with a minimum average of 3.2% Protein over 3 lactations. - had 4 calving's, 3 of which are complete lactations (305 days or less) and must be within a period of 3 years and 4 calendar months, as printed on Cow Lactation Certificates from NMR or other Official Milk Recording Company. - the date of the last calf born must be in the year of the Gold Cup being held. The competition runs one year behind so for 2017 the last calf must be born before 31 st December 2016. Any entries where the calf is born after this date will be submitted for the next Competition if they meet the above criteria. - the closure date for entry is the end of May each year and the Winners are announced at the National Show in Cheshire in June. If the animal meets the criteria they will receive a Diploma Certificate and Star on their pedigree. The Star Brood Cows list is displayed in the journal each year. If you wish to enter please complete the Gold Cup Diploma Entry Form which can be downloaded from the website or call the office and return it accompanied by the milking lactation records and a cheque for £5 & VAT (£6) for each animal.
Old Coates Herd Books/ Ledger If these may be of interest to you contact joel.trott@joelrichmond.co.uk as he has old Herd Books from 1940`s to 1960`s and peterlake-001@hotmail.co.uk has an old ledger from 1929.
Genomic testing Following a decision made by the Dairy Shorthorn council, from January 2017 we will start to gather DNA from all bulls registered with the society to start a genomic screening programme. More details regarding this can be found in the forthcoming Journal. The society have pledged to part fund the programme to help gather information with results analysed by the AHDB genetics team. The new registration fee will be £50 & VAT (£60) for bulls up to 3 months then after this is usual late fees apply (as stated in the back of the journal) Members will be required to provide a hair follicle sample when registering a bull. Sample bags can be obtained from the society office to submit hair follicle samples. It is imperative that the hair bulb/root is collected within the sample by plucking 10, 20 or 30 hairs from the mid-section of the tail switch. Make sure they are fairly coarse hairs with large sized follicles to provide sufficient quantities of DNA to analyse. The hair must be CLEAN and free of manure. Please submit this sample with a completed registration slip to Claire at the office.
Photographic Competition results Please see the Dairy Shorthorn Website for a full set of results plus it will also be available in the forthcoming Dairy Shorthorn journal.
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