UK Dairy Day
Coloured breed judges face tough challenge in show ring
The Cattle Show at UK Dairy Day – billed as a major attraction in the dairy showing calendar – has un- veiled a top line-up of judges for this year’s event. The day will feature three na-
tional shows – Shropshire farm- er Mick Gould will judge the Hol- steins; Lisa Window-Walker will judge the Ayrshires; and Angelo Pozzatti will judge entries from the Brown Swiss breed. For the first time, this year’s event be a showcase for the Mont- beliarde breed. Also facing a tough challenge in the show ring will be coloured breed judges James Lam- be (Dairy Shorthorn), James War- ren (Guernsey) and Anna Stable (Jersey).
UK Dairy Day Cattle Show manager and chief steward Lyn- den Bustard said: “With all breeds represented and cattle of an ex- ceptional standard, every year the precision, dedication and passion displayed by breeders never fails to amaze us and really does cre- ate a spectacle.”
All Coloured Breeds and Hol- stein classes will run throughout the whole day at UK Dairy Day on Wednesday, 12 September.
GUERNSEYS James Warren James is the fifth generation of his family farming at Tredin- ney Farm, Penzance, five miles from Lands End. The herd of 300 cows split equally between pedigree Guernsey’s, Jerseys and Holsteins and their milk
is sold to local firm Rodda’s to make Cornish clotted cream. The Tredinney Herd has
enjoyed success at the Royal Cornwall Show for many years, winning Supreme Guernsey for 10 consecutive years and more recently claiming Over-
all Supreme Champion with a Guernsey cow for the first time in the history of the show. Another highlight for James
was taking Champion, Re- serve Champion and Honoura- ble Mentation at the National Guernsey show in 2016.
DAIRY SHORTHORNS James Lambe James milks 110 pedigree Dairy Shorthorns with his wife Joanne under the Ballytrain prefix on his 180-acre farm at County Monaghan, Ireland. He is the third generation to farm at Ballytrain, making it the oldest Dairy Short- horn herd in Ireland.
Many new cow families have
been purchased in recent years but the original families of Rose, Tulip
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and Bloom are the main founda- tion of the herd. Based on a spring calving system, James believes fertility makes the Dairy Short- horn the ideal breed for his pro- duction system. Prestigious achievements in-
clude National Champion in Tul- lamore 2017 and the National Champion at the Emerald Expo in 2013. The highlight of James’ judg- ing career so far was judging at last year’s Royal Highland Show.
JERSEYS Anna Stable Anna lives and farms with her hus- band Tom at Bolton Manor Farm, in Cumbria, alongside Tom’s par- ents Mike and Denise. They take responsibility for the day to day running of the farm, whilst Mike and Denise manage the on-farm Ice Cream Parlour, Cumbrian Cow. The herd consists of 270 cows with 45 of Excellent status and 101 Very Good. Yields are around 9,500kg/cow/year. The family hopes
to grow the herd to 300 during the year having made significant in- vestment in a new slurry store and sand bedded cubicle shed. The Stable family won Junior Champion and Supreme Cham- pion at last year’s Westmorland Country Show with Boltonman- or Lady Coral and Boltonmanor Damion Sadie respectively. Sadie has also stood first at the Great Yorkshire Show for the past two years.
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