42 EASTERN WINNER:
CORRINGHAM HERD, MIKE, TIM, MATTHEW AND NEIL WINTER
Neil Winter, alongside an arable enterprise across 700 acres, having grown from the 26 acres Mike Winter started farming with his father. Mike and Matthew focus primarily on the dairy side with Tim and Neil mainly managing the arable.
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The Corringham prefix was first Number of cows: 180
Milk yield: 10,000kg 4.1%bfat 3.2%ptn
Number of staff: As well as the four partners, two relief milkers help with night milkings and contractors are used for maize chopping.
Breeding goals: To breed high yielding, trouble free, long lived cows with fantastic udders and legs and feet. We aim to breed from deep pedigreed cattle with a logical sire stack.
What do you feel makes a good cow family? Consistency. A good family transmits its best traits whatever the mating. Currently the best family at Corringham is the Inksou family, descending from Dreane Astre Inksou EX96. Year on year they are the best uddered and milkiest heifers, and they grow on into excellent cows.
Best cow currently on the farm: Corringham Shottle M Inksou EX94-2E, she gave 14,270kgs 4.24% 3.06% in her third 305 day lactation. She was Champion at Lincolnshire Show 2014. She is a Shottle daughter out of Corringham Mala Inksou EX94- 5E, her next dam is the five time All Canadian nominee Dreane Astre Inksou EX96. She has everything we are looking for – she’s a great natural
he Corringham herd is run by Mike, Tim, Matthew and
registered in the late 1960’s and now comprises 180 milkers, with a new cubicle shed built in 2014 to hold an additional 100 cows on sand cubicles which allows some scope for expansion. Holstein bulls were used exclusively from the mid 1980's and the herd quickly became prominent winning champion herd on inspection in the RABDF
milk cow, with loads of strength and the best rear udder on the farm. She breeds back easily, is trouble free and has a lovely pedigree.
Sire which has worked best in the herd: Picston Shottle – he’s been so consistent for us - they’re great looking cows with a fantastic will to milk and they seem practically indestructible. They seem to have that extra bit of strength and aren’t as extreme as some of today’s bloodlines. They milk well with a smile on their face.
Sire selection criteria: We use a mix of proven and genomic bulls. The main criteria are type, components, positive milk and cell counts, while keeping an eye on daughter fertility. When selecting bulls we look for about three on Type Merit for genomic bulls, but will use slightly lower TM on proven sires.
Current AI sires: Shottle, Dempsey, McCutchen, Mogul, Doorman, Snowy, Fitz and Fontaine, Doorsopen, Calandro, Byway.
What was your last purchase in genetics? Probably our latest really successful purchase was some Supersire embryos from the Larcrest Crimson family, which resulted in Corringham Supersire Crimson. She has a
National Herd Competition in 1988 and 1989. More recently the herd has won the Holstein UK Premier Herd competition in 2008 and was runner up in 2012 and 2015. The herd’s latest success was on an international scale when Corringham Kingboy SS Crimson sold at the German Masters Sale for €41,000.
gTPI of 2437 and has just calved with a cracking udder. One of her Kingboy daughters has a gTPI of 2696, one of the highest in Europe and is the number one Kingboy. She sold at the German Masters Sale for €41,000.
Numbers of times the herd has been a regional winner: Six times regional winners, we were Premier Herd winners in 2008 and runners up in 2012 and 2015.
Herd classification: 66 Excellent (17 scored 93 points or more), 87 VG.
What do you feel in your herd’s appearance helps their performance? We have always bred for good udders, good feet and legs and plenty of dairy strength – these are the building blocks for longevity. These are traits that help to keep cows trouble free, which is important for high lifetime profitability.
What is the most recent investment you have made in the farm? In 2014 we put up a new shed to house 100 cows bedded on sand cubicles. In 2015 we purchased our 310 acre home farm, previously we had been tenants on a large family estate.
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