MASTER BREEDER
David Tomlinson, Holstein
Holstein UK
UK Chairman presents Harry
Hodgson with a Master
would like to
Breeder shield during
Northern Expo.
wish all our
Harry, together with his
members and
wife Margaret and son David
runs the 140 cow Wormanby
friends a very
herd at Burgh By Sands in
Cumbria. The herd includes some 35 EX and 60 plus VG cows, averaging
Merry Christmas
10,300kg at 3.91% fat and 3.13% protein.
The herd was graded up during the mid 1980’s, with new families
and a prosperous
bought in during the 1990’s. David says the
turning point for the herd was the use of bulls such as Astre, Charles and
New Year
Skychief onto bloodlines such as Warden also during the 1990’s. Today’s
dominant families include the Mahala, Dellia, Marq I, Celeste, Lustre and
Ivory Mark’s. The Wormanby herd was this years Champion Herd repre-
senting Border and Lakeland in the Premier Pedigree Herds Competition.
NATIONAL ALL BREEDS SHOW 2010

For breeders and exhibitors, this promises to provide a perfect
opportunity to showcase the best of every breed and
DECEMBER 2009 demonstrate the strengths of our industry. The focus of this brand new
show will be breeding, feeding and management for health, welfare
5 Black & White Sale and productivity, and to this end, Total
Performance Awards will be included. This promises to become a major
Borderway Mart, Carlisle
event in the agricultural calendar and will be a perfect start to the next
century of black and white breeding. Embracing the best of the whole
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dairy cattle breeding spectrum, a
Balmoral, Belfast
revitalised spectacle with cows right at its heart – don’t miss out – see
the advert on page 87.

EVENTS
11-12 AgriLIVE Smithfield
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
REGISTRATION CHANGES IN THE NEW YEAR
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From January 1st 2010 any calf registered over 60 days from its date of
JANUARY 2010
birth will attract a late fee in addition to a parentage check.
New male registration rules come into effect from January 1st 2010. Ev-
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ery male calf will now have to be Genotyped before it can be registered.
AR OF
Conference Telford Golf and Spa Hotel,
AGRILIVE
Shropshire
Holstein UK are delighted to be representing
FEBRUARY 2010
the breed at the forthcoming AgriLive Smith-
fi eld, agriculture’s new food, technology and
16-17 National All Breeds Show
business event for the red meat supply chain.
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
The national dairy herd is a key contributor
to the UK beef industry and as a result, we
JUNE 2010 are looking to present the shape of the breed
CALEND
today. Beef crosses are only part of the story – black and white beef
24-27 Royal Highland Show
provides the UK with a considerable percentage of its total supply and
Ingliston, Edinburgh
the lack of a decent return for a Holstein bull calf is partly down to the
assumption of buyers that dairy beef is still not profi table. We intend
JULY 2010
to communicate to the industry the changes that have taken place in
recent years with breeding policies now very much focused on putting
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power and strength into every cow. As a result, bull calves are of a much
Builth Wells, Wales
more suitable conformation for fi nishing. It is time to advertise that fact
and secure better returns for an undervalued resource.
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