At the start of this years showing season, Laura and myself, thought that one of the cows at Bickfield deserved a wider audience than those who are milking her. Having been under TB movement restrictions for the past 4 years, we are now going into our fifth season of ringside viewing and wondering what might haveContinue reading
Top price of 2180gns was paid by Richard Norman from Somerset, for Blacknor Cracker Iceberg Diana, an 86 point heifer sold at Auction at Exeter Market on Friday April 11th. She was part of a consignment from Ian and David Crouch who were selling 12 Guernseys as part of a Gold Top Sale. Andrew Lewis fromContinue reading
http://hoards.com/IB_Highest_Guernsey_Lifetime_Production_Winner The link above will lead to a report from Hoards Dairyman about Walnut Ridge Magic Cher who has produced over 150.000 kgs lifetime
EGCS have been asked to supply 20 served heifers that are tested to be A2xA2 to be the foundation of a new herd in Holland .The buyer has plans to milk a good number of cows in the future and this could be the start of a regular business. Please let Digby Gribble know ifContinue reading
Hamps Valley Kiaora 11 is to travel to Romania next week to become the foundation of a first herd of Guernseys in Eastern Europe. Bred by Don and Kath Salt at Grindon ,Leek Staffordshire she is sired by Mint and in calf to HV Mays Yogi who is out of the 14 yr old ExContinue reading
John Brown from Henfield in Sussex has passed away recently, he was the Manager of the Nuthurst herd of Guernseys for firstly Prince Littler, and then when the Estate was sold for Blyth Model Dairies. John was also EGCS Treasurer and supervised the introduction of the headage levy that was a novel scheme, latterly adoptedContinue reading
EGCS have received an enquiry for 60 heifer calves for export to the Netherlands to form a new milking herd in 2015. The enquiry was made because of the high natural level of Beta Casein A2 within the breed. EGCS are trying to establish the health protocols required before export and have invited the prospective buyer to come to the UK to visitContinue reading
“I sent a rapid response dated 15 January 2013, drawing attention to the level of diabetes in different countries being proportional to the level of A1 milk consumption. I said there was no hope of improving UK the level of type 1 diabetes due to the unavailability of A2 milk. I was wrong. A2 milkContinue reading
