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Membership Fee
Please which shows all the years events on the pay your Membership Fee for 2016 if you website can now be viewed via your mobile haven't already done so as any outstandvia the Shorthorn Website. If you have any ing fees will delay your registrations from events which you would like adding to the being actioned. However to help make calendar to promote an event please call this process easier we now have the faciliClaire in the office. ty to pay invoices via card over the phone, just call Sue in the office and the procedure only takes a few minutes.
Journal 2017
We are already compiling reports for the next journal, if you have any Regional events or herd competitions results please let us have reports and photos as soon as possible after the event. Please remember that if you judge a show then a Judges report is expected to be submitted to Claire in the office to enhance the results and photos in the Journal and provide the members with some details from the show. The report only needs to be brief similar to previous reports in the past journals.
Emails If you have an email address please can you email :Claire@shorthorn.co.uk so we can update our records and keep you up to date with information fast and efficiently.
Herd Books We have been advised about a collection of Herd Books from 1930
to 1950. If you are interested in acquiring the books , which are free to a good home please call Clyde Hoddinott, on 07711 290481. The books would have to be collected from their address in Devizes, Wiltshire. The Shorthorn Society 4th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG
Closure of The Coates Herd Book Please find enclosed a letter regarding the closure of the Coates Herd book to outside blood.
Tel 02476 696549 Email. Claire@shorthorn.co.uk
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APRIL 2016 DAIRY NEWSLETTER Welcome to Milly the New Chief Executive Milly Fyfe has been appointed chief executive of the Shorthorn and Beef Shorthorn Cattle Societies from 1 June 2016. She succeeds Frank Milnes who is retiring at the end of July after 16 years. A former National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs’ chairman, Milly moves from the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution where Milly has held the position of East Midland’s regional manager for eight years. Outside her work commitments, Milly represents various farming organisations including Love British Food fortnight and Tesco Future Farmers Foundation. Milly is a member of Ladies in Beef, a former director of the Oxford Farming Conference and enjoys writing for and representing agriculture amongst the mainstream and farming media. In 2014, Milly was presented with an inspirational award for women for her dedicated commitment and advocacy work to the charity sector and farming industry. Milly and her husband Andrew live on the family’s Northamptonshire based beef, sheep and arable farm. Milly’s eagerness, tenacity and purpose to deliver make her the right person for this job.
Shorthorn Breeds Great Yorkshire Show BBQ 12th-14th July We are de- share the ring For the first lighted to announce that there will be a “Shorthorn Summer BBQ” on Tuesday 12th July at the Calder Room in the Pavillions at the Great Yorkshire Showground. This event has been planned to mark the retirement of Frank Milnes. Drinks will be provided on arrival at 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Tickets cost £22.00 per person so please contact office to order your tickets ASAP as final numbers must be presented to the Great Yorkshire Show by 1st July. 2016. We hope that you can join us for this special occasion.
time in the Shorthorn Society History, it will put groups of Dairy Shorthorn and Beef Shorthorn together in the show ring this summer. The animals will be presented together for a competition at The Great Yorkshire Show on Weds July 13th at 12.noon. It will be judged by Bill Cowling, the Yorkshire Ag. Soc. former Show Director and is being organised as a special tribute to the Shorthorn Society Secretary Frank Milnes as he moves towards his retirement from the role after 16 years during which time he has made a major contribution to promoting both breeds.
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Red Cattle Genetics Please find enclosed the latest RCG brochure displaying all the current PTA and EBVs figures plus 3 bulls now offering Sex Semen: 1.Churchroyd Wild Card, Dam (photo 1) Churchroyd Bronte Wildeyes 31st VG89. 2. Rodway Ronson, Dam (photo 2) Rodway Red Rose 3) Churchroyd Percy, Dam (photo 3) Churchroyd Peggy 15.
AGM and Judging Day This event takes place on Saturday 18th June 2016 at Chichester College. The timetable for day as follows:
Registrations and Transfers Please continue to send in your registrations regularly to avoid late fees also transfer any animals into your herd at the same time, this is still currently free to do. If you require paper registrations slips please call the office or we can set your membership to be able to accept registrations Online. The procedure is simple to learn but please call Claire if you require any assistance. Invoices will be issued in the usual way and can now be paid by card over the phone.
12.00pm AGM 12.30pm lunch 1.15pm Judging discussion and compeOur tition followed by herd inspection. Online database has been updated so all the 5.00 pm approx. young handlers cattle bulls that you will have used to register anipreparation and handling followed by mals before will be listed plus any new bulls BBQ. used will be added also. The dams list will The farm address Stable Barn Farm, Blacknow display all the dams in your herd with an gate Lane, Pulborough, West Sussex, option of searching for a new dam which you RH20 1DD. If anyone wants to book acmay have purchased by clicking on the bincommodation at the college please email: ocular symbol. On acceptance of the regisDaniel.Stamper@chichester.ac.uk tration the dam will be transferred into your They have some rooms available on site, dam list. You will then receive a Transfer they are single rooms @ £30 per Pedigree Certificate for the Dam along with night. These are on the campus which is a the pedigree certificate for the calf registered. different address RH20 1DL. It’s a 10 miFor both the Sire and the Dam lists the aninute walk over the field’s from farm to cammals can be searched for either by the Herd pus. If any adults wanting to stay over there book number, some of all of the eartag or is a Travelodge just 10 minutes from the name. Please call Claire if you experience farm at any difficulties using the system. https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/13/ Billingshurst-Five-Oaks-hotel
Online Registrations
If you are coming by train the nearest station is Billingshurst which is about 5 mins by car from the campus and about 45 mins from Gatwick by train. Pick-ups / drop offs can be arranged by contact Daniel StampIn order to er. If you could let Claire in the office know if you have people that would like to attend keep our database as accurate as possible please inform us of any animals which have for catering numbers. died.
Deceased animals
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Events 2016 Summer Show & Sale at Beeston Cattle Market: Friday 10th June 2016. There will be a coloured breeds sale there too. AGM & Judging Day: Saturday 18th June 2016 National Cheshire Show: Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd June 2016 Royal Highland Show: Thursday 23rd June 2016 to Sunday 26th June 2016 Great Yorkshire Show: Tuesday 12th July to Thursday 14th July Royal Welsh Show: Monday 18th July to Thursday 21st July 2016 UK Dairy Day @ Telford: Wednesday 14th September 2016 The Dairy Show @ Bath and West show ground: Wednesday 5th October 2016 All Breeds All Britain calf show @ Three Counties Showground, Malvern 15th & 16th October 2016 Autumn Show & Sale @ Beeston Cattle Market: Friday 21st October 2016
Milk Records In order for your milk records to be maintained on your animals pedigree certificates please can you make sure that the Herd Book Numbers on which the details are sent to NMR or CIS are correct as they use this number to import the information into our database and if the number is incorrect the milk records will not be linked to the animals details and this will cause lactation information to be missing of your animals pedigree certificate. If you have any certificates with missing lactation records please check with your milk recording company that they have the correct number then call Claire and a new certificate can be issued.
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