Dairy Shorthorn Newsletter August 2016

Journal Its that time of year when we start to format the forthcoming Journal therefore please can we remind people to submit their Judges reports, articles, any club events and photos to the email below as the deadline of October soon comes upon us.

Adverts: The adverts price remains at the very reasonable rate: £125 & VAT per page £90 & VAT for half a page £50 & VAT for a small classified advert.

If you have not advertised before we urge you to consider putting an advert in this year. It is the most effective way of promoting your herd to other interested people and is a service we provide for our members. If you require help with formatting an advert please send the required wording and photos to us and we will produce a “Proof” advert for you to view and submit once the design is agreed. These adverts will also be displayed on our website once the Journal has been released in December. Please send all adverts to this address below and await confirmation of receipt.

For all Journal information and queries please email claire@shorthorn.co.uk

The Shorthorn Society 4th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG Tel 02476 696549 Email. claire@shorthorn.co.uk

Old Herd Books & photos Please find below a list of people who have a variety of old herd books and photos wanting new homes.

David Tomkins 07989 502742 has 100 Coates Herd Books dating back to 1800`s.

Simon Brown (sjsb@sjsbrown.co.uk) has a variety of books and photos from when his Father John Harold Brown farmed between 1910—1946.

Earle S Downes (esdownes@yahoo.com) has a ledger called Shorthorn Prize Winners from around 1868.

Carolyn Hunt (cmhunt52@gmail.com) has a Herd Book from 1952

AUGUST 2016 DAIRY NEWSLETTER Hello from Milly It has been great to meet so many of the Dairy Shorthorn members at the Summer Shows/events. It is true what they say that the breed has a welcoming and friendly group of people. I am grateful to those who have come to say hello to introduce themselves which has put me at ease and made me feel a part of the team already. As the previous newsletter mentioned I have joined the society with a background working in both the farming and charity sector and a passion for the promotion/ marketing of British agriculture. Having worked for R.A.B.I for 8 years has provided me with a firm grounding of issues affecting the farming industry at the grassroots. I have enjoyed successes working with the local, regional and national media in print, radio and TV highlighting relevant news stories. When I am not at work, I support my husband at home on the family farm where we have a herd of suckler cows, sheep and arable crop situated in Northamptonshire. I also have some pedigree pigs which I market via a meat box scheme and a small market garden - life is never dull! I look forward to supporting and leading the Shorthorn society, with you the members, in future activities and schemes. My email address is: milly@shorthorn.co.uk

Invoices Remember you can now

Events 2016

pay your invoices via Card Payments over the phone, just call Sue and have your invoice number and card to hand. So please pay any remaining invoices you may have, such as 2016 Membership Fees, with ease.

These dates are also displayed on our Website Calendar which can be viewed via most mobile phones.

UK Dairy Day at Telford International Centre: Wednesday 14th September 2016

Tranfers/Registratios

The Dairy Show @ Bath & West Showground: Wednesday 5th October 2016

At present transfers are still free, so make this a priority job along with submitting your registrations to avoid late fees.

All Breeds All Britain Calf Show at Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire: 14th -16th October 2016

Database

Please can we ask that you keep us informed of any change of address, telephone numbers and an email address so our records are accurate.

Please submit any changes to: claire@shorthorn.co.uk

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Member Benefits Portal The society has started to work on some discounts and offers available only to members. These offers will be stored on the dairy shorthorn website in the member’s access area. The user name is: memberpage and the password is: dscs and you can find the portal by clicking on the contact us tab, followed by members access on the website.

Show & Sale at Beeston Castle Auction: Friday 21st October 2016

Coates Herd Book 2015 The 2015 Coates Herd Book Vol 162 is now available for £15. Please either send in a cheque or call Sue in the office to pay

by Card to purchase your copy — 02476 696549.

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Red Cattle Genetics RCG is still providing the best selection of Dairy Shorthorn genetics for use in dairy herds.

Here is some news on a few of the bulls RCG have to offer.

Proven RCG Bulls: There is a great choice of bulls with very good PLI scores from the last proof run in April 2016. Mr Reliable, Drisgol Watzon still has a PLI of £135 and is plus 0.29% fat. His daughters exhibit fantastic dairy frames and are still performing in the show ring to date. Cotonhall Duchess Ann 16 won interbreed champion at Stafford County Show 2016 and reserve breed champion at the National Dairy Shorthorn Show 2016. Drisgol Watzon also sired the winning interbreed pair at Cheshire Show 2016. Other well supported proven sires include Hooton Envoy, Drisgol Madonna’s Prince, Nejay Amazon and Twells Prince. All these bulls are a plus for milk volume. Please note that the semen stocks for these proven animals are rapidly reducing so don’t miss out!

First Proofs: Bulls just gaining their first proofs and impressing owners with their daughters are Twells Barrington Grange 5th, Gelli Ipod Discoverer and Brooksteads Bomber.

Young Bulls: There is a great selection of young bulls from RCG with progeny from Strickley Wiggo and Castledale Snowman looking promising. The support for the latest three sires Rodway Ronson, Churchroyd Percy and Churchroyd Wild Card has been good with all three selling sexed straws too. Don’t miss out on purchasing these while stocks last! They are great value and offer the chance to breed more females from your top progeny while RCG still offer a great selection of beef Shorthorn bulls from as little as £6 which can be used on cows that are not being bred for replacements in the herd.

Bulls On Offer: Two bulls being offered at a great price of just £5 from RCG is Kilsally Redford whose first daughters in milk are classifying very well. Nejay Earl also has daughters calving in this autumn with great promise. This offer is one not to be missed while stocks last.

Pure Bulls: A selection of three very good pure bulls, Lisnamulligan Fairway, Brooksteads Bomber and Winhall William plus a few straws remaining of Orchardhome Lord Walton 3rd are still available.

RCG members bulls: A selection of bulls with positive/high milk volumes are Cotonhall Eclipse and Nejay Ernie. Daughters of Nejay Prince 4th are still winning a number of classes on the show circuit with Churchroyd Peggy 19th winning interbreed Champion at Cheshire show along with a Churchroyd Goldwin daughter winning the heifer in milk at the UK expo back in March this year. We await proofs for Churchroyd King Willie and Cotonhall Titan both with progeny impressing at the All Breeds All Britain calf show in previous years. We also have a great selection of Pure Bulls.

Please call Claire at the office on 02476 696549 or email claire@shorthorn.co.uk to place your order or to get your free copy of the RCG brochure.

Photo Competition 2016 We are delighted to announce the launch of the Shorthorn society 2016 photographic competition which has been kindly supported by HSBC Agriculture. You can download a full schedule and entry form from the website or call Claire at the office for a posted copy 02476 696549. Closing date is Friday 28th October 2016, no late entries will be accepted. Rules and classes below. Please read carefully.

Rules:  Entries will only be accepted from paid up members of the Shorthorn Society.  Every entry must be accompanied by a completed and signed entry form.  Entries can be either 7x6 hard copies on photographic glossy paper, by email, on a memory stick or on a disc as jpegs.  Please mark all Photographs with exhibitors name, animals name, class and number of calves. Where the photo is of the scenic type, mark with correlating number and exhibitors name.  All animals must be registered with the Shorthorn Society and contain 25% or above Shorthorn blood and be of shorthorn colour.  Allthphotographs must have been taken between October 20th 2015 and October 20 2016 inclusive.  Photographs can be amateur or professional and may have been taken at shows.  Animals can be presented haltered or un-haltered and in a clipped or unclipped state.  Each entry needs only to be photographed from one angle.  In the event of a limited number of entries the Society reserves the right to amalgamate classes.

Classes: 2015 Winner: MILLENNIUM 1.

Calf born in 2016 BOUNDLESS 2.

Calf born 01/07/15 to 31/12/15.

BRAMBLE 3.

Calf born 01/01/15 to 30/06/15.

4.

Heifer in milk to first calving.

5.

Junior cow in milk having had 2 or more calves.

6.

Senior cow: 4 or more calves and specify on entry form the number of calves.

7.

Best Dairy Shorthorn female sired by an RCG bull. An RCG bull is defined as any bull whose semen has been available through Red Cattle Genetics.

8.

Scenic photo including one or more Dairy Shorthorn cattle.

There will be an overall Champion, Reserve Champion and Honourable Mention. Prize winners will be published in the Shorthorn Journal.

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