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Princess Royal Award
Mary Mead was presented with the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers’ Princess Royal Award by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace on 30th April. The honour was made for her outstanding services to the UK dairy industry. As well as overseeing the family’s 1400 acre farm at Blagdon, Bristol, Mary is a committee member of the British Friesian Breeders Club. She has been a staunch supporter of the breed
and a driving force for the club since its formation in 1990. She was instrumental in achieving separate genetic evaluation for the British Friesian, enabling the breed’s fertility and longevity to be recognised not only nationally, but globally. The breed’s resurgence is reflected in semen exports growing rapidly in the last five years to 17 countries, with Lakemead bulls being fully represented.
Dates for your diary Thursday 11th
Derbyshire, DE12 6PB Saturday 27th
Carmarthenshire, SA17 5AR Friday 14th
– Sunday 16th
The rules are currently chang- ing for lifetime production awards, from now on when an animal reaches LP100 members will receive a framed LP100 cer- tificate for the animal.
When the animal then reaches LP130 members will receive a rose bowl or paperweight for the animal. Members will need to apply for the rose bowl or paperweight within three months of receiving the award. Animals achieving LP100 will continue to be recognised in The Journal.
Faddiley, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8JH Saturday 13th
June, Regional Judges Conference, Woodhey Hall, Woodhey Lane, June, HYB Competitions Day, Woodside Farm, Linton, Swadlincote, June, Feithy Open Day and TAG sale, Cilfeithy-Uchaf, Kidwelly, August, HYB Weekend Rally, Royal Agricultural University,
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6JS UK Dairy Day Triplets
The Barrett family had a pleasant surprise on the 12th of February when they welcomed triplet heifer calves in to the world. Clarick Bonus Quickstep entered her third lactation by calving triplet heifers by Mainstream Manifold. Sired by Magor Bonus Allen last recorded at 59kgs and is one of 350 pedigree Holsteins in the Clarick herd which averages 10,500kg.
4 THE JOURNAL JUNE 2015
Preparation for UK Dairy Day is in full flow, with the event taking place at Telford International Centre on Wednesday 16th September. The event’s prinicipal sponsors are confirmed as Cogent, NWF Agriculture, Holstein UK, Eprinex and Barclays and trade stand space is already sold out. The show is also set to feature a show of more than 180 cattle including the National Holstein Show, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey and Jersey classes. Judges are confirmed as Nico Bons for Holsteins with Mark Logan and John Suffern judging the coloured classes. Once again there will be seminars running throughout the day along with external foot trimming demonstrations. This year’s show will include a learning and development zone as well as new product zone. New for 2015 will be the Red Ribbon Sale in conjunction with Harrison and Hetherington which will be held immediately following the cattle show. A champion’s dinner is also organised for the evening of the show which will be an opportunity for everyone to socialise and celebrate. Tickets are on sale at
www.ukdairyday.co.uk/tickets with an early bird offer available of £14/ticket.
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