shorthorn

Written by Rachel Birch from Agriland UK Dairy Day 2024 attracted huge crowds for its 10th anniversary event this year. There were over 280 trade stands at this year’s UK Dairy Day, which was hosted on Wednesday, September 11, displaying all aspects of the dairy industry, 100 of which had...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland UK Dairy Day, the UK’s leading free-to-attend dairy event, is being held at the Telford International Centre in Telford today (Wednesday, September 11). Established in 2014, UK Dairy Day is an event to attend for anyone connected to the dairy industry...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland The Cherryvalley Production Sale of Beef Shorthorn Cattle took place via timed auction on MartEye. The sale was conducted in a joint partnership with Ballymena Livestock Mart and Harrison and Hetherington Ltd. According to the organisers, there had been...

Currently milking pure jerseys and have parlour made for them . have a lot of Holstein x jersey heifers coming in next year and plan will be to bull again to Viking red ending up with “golden cross” Will my parlour standings be too small ??🙈🙈

Written by Administrator from Farming Monthly National The countdown is on to the 10th anniversary of UK Dairy Day. It only seems like yesterday that we were planning the first event. Roll on to 2024 and the established event is the place to be on Wednesday 11th September at Telford for...

Giving some thought to what attributes you would measure when selecting stock on an extensive system. Signet etc measure stuff that can only really be measured if you have the animals inside regularly or close at hand. They also seem obsessed with growth so encourage hard feeding. I and others...

Anyone using them in suckler herds? The Dovea Genetics rep told me that a well known Shorthorn breeder (can't remember his name) had seen Kilbarry Harper calves and said they were the best calves he's ever seen, from any breed.

Anyone any thoughts on best market to sell overage steers

3rd one we’ve had in 12 months, had 2 last year one very white milking cow & one friesian bullock . And now an IC heifer 2 weeks ago. (5months in calf) She looked as though she’d had an allergic reaction, though possibly an adder bite or something. She is still swollen and stiff vets now...

What breed do we think these are, I’m not a cattle man, but was thinking Simmental. X, ?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UK Dairy Day 2024 organisers have unveiled the judges for its Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey and Jersey classes in the cattle shows. Paul Harrison will be the Dairy Shorthorn judge, Ian Collins will be the Guernsey judge and Willie Taylor will be the...

To turn a profit from sucklers means spending as little as possible on them while selling a calf once a year that its self has cost the minimum to produce. Obvious isn’t it? So what are the essentials? Spring calving so enough grub to see the through the winter but they probably need to lose...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A newly-launched sire reference scheme for the Shorthorn cattle breed will see beef Shorthorn breeders across the UK being offered the chance to use semen from a trio of top-performance sires at discounted prices. According to the society’s operations...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland All the coloured dairy breeds performed tremendously well at Balmoral Show 2024. The Jersey championship was a case in point. The class was won by the third calver Layward Cosmo Starry Fizz. The same cow went on to secure inter-breed reserve title at...

I have the opportunity of some fenced and watered grazing FOC by a country house hotel. They are adamant they must be photogenic breed that the guests can enjoy looking at as well as tasting good on the plate. They are especially keen on Highland cattle or Belted Galloways. Does anyone have...

Any opinions on this cross, considering BSH heifers to try to the Lim Bull, for a harder cow than BB cross.

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The Borderway UK Dairy Expo returned on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 with the interbreed champion going to MAG Pandor exhibited by Laird Family and Ferme Blondin. This annual expo was held at Borderway Mart, Carlisle and has become a key...

Looking for a Whitebred Shorthorn bull - will be going on some purebred heifers and cows so looking for a registered bull with good shape. We are in Galloway so really looking southern Scotland / northern England

Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do . But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough Part of me feels guilty as if I...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland 10 pedigree, in-calf Speckle Park cows as well as two running with the bull averaged £2,629 at a recent sale held at Ballymena Mart. All the animals were consigned by north Antrim breeder, Richard Creith. The sale topped £3,465, paid for a top quality...