05 NEWS JUDGES ANNOUNCED FOR UK DAIRY DAY
This year’s UK Dairy Day will showcase the best breeding cattle and breeders; featuring classes for Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Dairy Shorthorn and Jersey as well as the National Holstein Show.
The show ring will be a key feature at the dedicated dairy industry event that attracted more than 7000 visitors last year. This year’s event at the International Centre Telford in Shropshire will be open from 8am to 5pm on Wednesday 14th September. To complement the high standard of cattle, this year’s esteemed panel of highly respected judges casting their professional eye over the breeds will be Giuseppe Quaini, Robert Hunter and Michael Broadley.
Italian Giuseppe Quaini will
judge the Holstein breed featuring eight classes, four championship classes and the Holstein group of four. Guiseppe has spent most of his life within the dairy breeding industry and currently milks 400 cows across 200 hectares in Castelverde, Cremona, Italy.
His judging life started in 1979 - he has since judged almost everywhere in the world: five times at the Italian National Show, four times in the UK including the National Show, seven times in Holland, six times in Canada, twice in the USA (associate judge at the 2003 WDE Madison), also Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Azzorre Islands, six times in Spain, twice in Ireland, Germany, Swiss Expo and Bulle in Switzlerland, Portugal,
Croatia and many others. New UK Dairy Day cattle show manager and chief steward, Lynden Bustard, said; “Last year’s UK Dairy Day saw a real display of the cream of the crop in the dairy world and I have no doubt this year will be even better. The cattle show presents an excellent opportunity for breeders to show their cattle in a professional and competitive environment under the professional eye of an excellent judging panel”.
This year’s event will be FREE entry for all visitors and exhibitors keenly priced hotel and travel packages available from UK Dairy Day travel partner, Field Farm Tours.
ALISTER LAIRD SCOOPS JOHN DENNISON AWARD
Holstein breeder Alister Laird, Blyth Bridge, Peebleshire, was awarded the John Dennison Lifetime Achievement Award at UK Dairy Expo.
This prestigious award now in its fourth year, is awarded in memory of the highly regarded breeder of Denmire Holsteins, John Dennison, Scales Park Farm, Ulverston. It is presented each year by the Dennison family to a person judged to be an exemplary role model to the dairy industry.
Born and bred into the Holstein industry, Alister’s farming enterprise at Blyth Bridge and Ardgairney, Kinross, is a family business with Alister’s wife Kathleen, their two children Colin and Ann, and Colin’s fiancé Izzy all involved in the business. They milk 550 cows at Blyth Bridge and rear young stock at Ardgairney.
The family support is a major strength of the Laird family, and one that the team of judges picked up on as making his nomination stand out. On announcing details of this year’s recipient, John Gribbon a member of the judging panel said:
“Alister is a well-respected member of the UK dairy industry and a particularly noted breeder of Holsteins. He is valued by all of his peers in the industry and this award is a great opportunity to celebrate these qualities.
Commenting on receiving his award Alister said: “I have won
several in my life, but this one tops them all and means so much to me and my family. This is an emotional moment for us as this award also brings with it great sadness because it is in memory of such a tremendous person and stalwart of the dairy industry who was taken from us too early.”
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