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Within three weeks Richard Bown’s Richaven herd saw two VG89 heifers classified. First up was Richaven Goldwyn Squaw 6 stood second in the senior two year old class at UK Dairy Day and joining her was Richaven Sid Squaw 3, who was first prize intermediate two-year old that day. Both heifers are out of the famous Squaw family that is proving to be a consistent line. Also classifying VG89 is the first prize senior two year old from UK Dairy
Day, Mikali Seaver D Erle from David Wright, along with the prolific summer show winner Sahara Windy Tessie who was interbreed heifer champion at the Royal Highland and Royal Welsh.
ABOVE First prize Intermediate two year old at UK Dairy Day, Richaven Sid Squaw 3.
RIGHT Mikali Seaver D Erle was first senior two year old at UK Dairy Day.
FAR RIGHT Interbreed heifer at the Royal Highland and Royal
Welsh Shows, Sahara Windy Tessie.
A goodbye to great staff
In the recent change of Holstein UK staff, we have said goodbye to some great staff and none more so than two great advocates of the Holstein breed and dairy industry, Lucy Andrews and Simon Gee.
Head of Business Development, Lucy Andrews hails from a Derbyshire farming family and - on completing her animal science degree at Harper Adams - joined Holstein UK’s research and development department in 2000. Here, she gained a strong profile within the organisation and the dairy sector, in particular for her work in making genetic information accessible to farmers at every level.
Opening up the CDI website to pedigree and non-pedigree breeders alike, her passion throughout a decade with the Society has been to improve access to quality genetic information for every type of farmer, thereby improving genetic understanding and the breeding of the dairy cow.
Her involvement in developing the computer generated ‘Virtual Cow’ took this a step further, bringing an innovative educational and breeding tool to the industry. Awarded a Nuffield Scholarship in 2005, in which she studied ‘Knowledge transfer of science and genetics to farmers’, Lucy travelled extensively throughout the world, becoming an ambassador for Great British cattle genetics.
At just 33 years of age, Lucy chaired the British Cattle Breeders Conference and has been heavily involved in many other committees and discussion groups outside of Holstein UK. The Society would like to wish Lucy the best in her future. Having given more than 15 years service to Holstein UK, the exhausting 120 mile a day commute has sadly meant Simon Gee has moved on to pastures new and seek new challenges, but as he says he has left Scotsbridge House with wonderful memories and some fantastic friends.
“Editing The Journal for 13 years was a massive privilege and one I really enjoyed, as was my involvement with the planning and execution of the first UK Dairy Day,” Says Simon .
4 THE JOURNAL DECEMBER 2014
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