Uncategorized

Homeopathy at Wellie Level

                      HOMEOPATHY AT WELLIE LEVEL (HAWL) Award winning Farm Homeopathy Course now in its 16th year To be held at HRH The Prince of Wales’s Farm at Tetbury. EARLY BIRD OFFER – Save £55 off our Autumn Farm Homeopathy Course, bringing the cost to just £295Continue reading

Guernsey Global Marketing Cow of the Year.

It is with great pleasure the EGCS can confirm that the Guernsey Global Marketing Cow of the Year is awarded to Briddlesford Laredos Bluebell EX 95. She was bred by the Griffin family of the Isle of Wight and is now owned by the Cox and Evans Families of Carmarthen, S. Wales.   In secondContinue reading

Peter Richardson seeks heifers

Peter Richardson is looking to buy 15 to 20 Guernsey heifers, from recently weaned up to bulling heifers. Can you help him? Please contact him on 01207 762248 or 07827 813961.

Herd Books 1953 – 63 want a good home

 The Society has been offered the following; 12 Herd Books from 1951 to 1963, also 4 Production Registers from 1960 to 1963 belonging to the Whittles family of Shropshire. Please contact Mrs Rebecca Whittles, The Rea Farm, Upton Magna, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4UB. Email  beck@therea.co.uk  to arrange collection or local delivery possible.

New Inbreeding Tool

                 AHDB – NEW INBREEDING TOOL TO BE LAUNCHED AT THE LIVESTOCK EVENT. Following on from the article by Sue Staples in our Spring Newsletter a helpful aid from AHDB to be launched next month; A new inbreeding tool has been developed by AHDB Dairy which checks howContinue reading

Genomics explained thanks to the American Guernsey Association

Genomics 101 Reprinted with permission from the August 2015 Guernsey Breeders’ Journal   By Cheri Oechsle, Managing Editor Genomics – What is it and what does it truly mean? Two questions most dairymen have been asking since the term ‘genomics’ appeared into the daily stream of dairy talk. A seminar was conducted during the NationalContinue reading

UK Guernsey semen to be exported to Canada for the first time.

EGCS have had confirmation today that the Canadian Guernsey Association are to import semen from Briddlesford Bluebells Leopold , VG 89 this is te first time that this will have happened. Leopold’s dam Briddlesford Oaks Bluebell 2 Ex 93 is due to calve shortly for the sixth time and is the fifth generation to qualify for CM /CME . Leopold’s sister Briddlesford Laredo’s Bluebel lContinue reading