Tickets for the draw to raise funds for the Addington Fund are available , the Prize is a choice of Hamps Valley Annabelle 7 or £1000 and the tickets sell for £20 each7 The services of the Addington Fund have never been in greater demand as a combination of 12 months of appalling weather combined with rising inputContinue reading
North Somerset Show 2013. This year’s North Somerset Show was held on Monday 6th May at Wraxall Nr. Bristol. A far cry from last year’s show, the day was beautiful and not a quagmire in sight!!! Exhibitors with cattle forward were Brian and Sheila Adams, also representing the ARC Addington Fund, and the Parfitt Family. Continue reading
These are just a few of the good cows seen in Cornwall this week, they are all daughters of bulls proven in the UK and there is semen still available from Grumpy, Ivor, Pedro and Surprise. Contact EGCS for details.
EGCS have recieved an order today for 80 straws of semen from 2 bulls Trewey Surprise and Trewarnevas Red Oak, to be used by a group of 4 Herds in Brittany that are managing their herds on an extensive grazing regime and have used Jersey semen in the past. An interesting opportunity to see how theContinue reading
Seth Johnson listed the 10 sires with most daughters registered in the USA in 2012 in the April AGA Journal, he commented that 9/10 are “Proven” sires and 8/10 are A2xA2 and accounted for 28% of heifers registered. In England& Wales a different picture emerges with 7/10 most popular bulls are young bulls and theyContinue reading
After each of the Guernsey proof runs ,lifetime production awards are calculated and awarded automatically and pedigrees are amended with either Diploma of GDM (Grand Diploma of Merit) for a lifetime yield of more than 5000 kgs of Fat +Protein CM/CME (Certificate of Merit) .The production level has been raised from 2500 to 3000 kgs of FatContinue reading
After the April Proof run the”potential” Bull mother list has been updated and as ever it contains an exciting mix of cows and cow families, there are 19 new cows/heifers on the list (1 in 3) which is much higher than normal. The highest new entry at No 2 is Bourton Clover 33 who sits behind her motherContinue reading
The cows pictured are Top Left Bickfield Indus 7 , Centre Bickfield Sweet William 31 Centre Bickfield Alison 42 and Lower Left Bickfield Linda 35 Kim Sales who chairs the EGCS Judges Panel has submitted a report of yesterday’s workshop. This year’s Judge’s Workshop was held on Thursday April 11th at Bickfield Farm, Compton Martin, Nr Bristol, by kind invitation of the Durbin Family.Continue reading
