October 2014Contents 12 FEATURE: DIVERSIFICATION


26 Woodclose herd 30 Getting diversifi cation right 34 Ortongrange herd 40 Carldanton herd FROM HOLSTEIN UK


4 News Focus 8 At the heart of Holstein UK


10 UK Dairy Day news 20 Meet your new Journal Editor 22 Head to Head with John Edge 68 Classifi cations 74 HYB Weekend Rally 118 LP production awards


MEMBERS


122 Breeders Achievements 48 Whitgreave herd


124 Clubs 132 Parlour patter with Cheryl Thomas BREEDING


73 UK calf pedigree index


108 Top 20 AI sires and genomic females 116 Genomic Corner INDUSTRY


88 What greening means for you (CAP reform) 90 Minimising post calving infections 94 Cutting carbon footprint 96 Cubicle comfort


100 Managing transition to winter rations SHOWS & SALES


12 UK Dairy Day 56 Sales Reports 62 Royal Welsh Show


102 All Breeds All Britain Calf Show preview 106 Summer Show Champions


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HOLSTEIN UK http://www.holstein-uk.org Scotsbridge House, Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 3BB


Tel: 01923 695200 Fax: 01923 695345 Email: journal@holstein-uk.org Editor Katie Davidson


Design & production Diana Rodman and Heather Lewinton


Holstein UK acknowledges the following organisations for providing information: CDI, DairyCo Breeding+, CIMRA, CIS, NMR and UDF Whilst the views of contributors are not necessarily those held by Holstein UK, our thanks go to all those whose work is published in this Journal.


Every effort has been made to ensure that all details are correct, although the publisher accepts no responsibility for errors which may have arisen. Printing Stephens & George Magazines, Merthyr Tydfil. ISSN 1751-4363. Holstein UK is a registered charity no 1072998.


Cover: Bilsrow Gibson Ada, grand champion UK Dairy Day 2014, owned by David, Sheila and James Tomlinson. Full coverage of UK Dairy Day starts on page 12. Photo by Richard Hodgson.


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