By Simon Wragg Class 1 Ayrshire – Heifer in Milk. Judged by Alan Timbrell of Glebe Farm, Poole Keynes, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. 1st Doig & Window’s Hunnington Admiral Annabelle 2 2nd T Crawford’s Longwood Brazen Sandy Rose 3rd C & L Window’s Hunnington Joybell 83 To keep up to date with all the news from [...]
Last week’s dispersal of virtually the entire Acton herd of Aysrhisre and the Actonfarm herd of Holsteins for John Tomlinson saw an electric trade for the tremendous bloodlines on offer, with a top price of 9000gns paid.Selling for the day’s best price was Ayrshire cow Acton Saltire Peggy, an Ex92 classified cow by Stevensons Saltire [...]
Today’s Northern National sale of Ayrshires at Carlisle saw a top call of 3200gns paid for Knowe Clarinda from G and G Templeton. This one is a June 2008-born heifer by Stamford Convincer and out of Knowe Clarinda, a Knowe Royal Salut daughter. Next best at 2600gns was Haresfoot Buzz from Duncan Hunter. Born in [...]
Jerseys from the final dispersal of the Loseley Herd, Surrey, topped the trade at Beeston’s quarterly sale of coloured breed dairy cattle with a call of 2450gns. However, overall sale-goers witnessed a rollercoaster trade with demand for the best, but a selective trade for second quality entries. The highest price was secured by [...]
Holstein breeder Simon Dain was celebrating in the dairy rings this morning, winning the interbreed with his second calved cow Foxhole Duplex Pamela, a Hesland Duplex daughter. This one, calved in November last year, is still giving 40kg a day having given 10,05kg in her heifer lactation and is predicted to give 12,000ks this time. [...]
Winning the dairy interbreed at Balmoral this morning was the Holstein champion, third calved cow Ballyginniff Jasper Whiterose from John Patterson and Sons. This one, classified VG89 is by Wilcoxview Jasper and is out of Ballginniff Leduc Whiterose. She gave just over 10,000kg in her second lactation and is currently giving 58kg a day having [...]
Trade for the Barr Ayrshire herd dispersal is now leading at 7200gns. This sum was given for Barr Sandy Rose 48. This Morwick Sand Ranger daughter is out of Barr Sandy Rose 11 and calved on the 11th of October. She has a sound show record behind her and gave 7455 in her first. Then [...]