South Wales Holstein Club
The first activity for the year was a very successful show and sale held at Carmarthen Market on 30/1/13. The champion and selling for the top price of £2500 was the heifer Caer Toystory Flora 126 from Caerlleon Farms Ltd, with the 2nd placed heifer Hollybush Papoose 6 from Messrs Thomas, Churchvale selling for the next top price of £2450. At £2350 were the 1st placed cow and reserve champion Caer Mason Erica 97 again from Caerlleon farms Ltd and the 3rd placed heifer Tregibby Lennox Mauritsa from Messrs Wilson, Tregibby. A great average of £2105 was achieved for all the heifers.
On Friday the 1st of February the Annual club dinner was held at the Emlyn Arms, Newcastle Emlyn We were very fortunate as a club not only to have the President of HUK Mr Tom Cope and his wife Sue present, but also the president elect Mr Jimmy Wilson and his wife! After a very interesting and enjoyable address by Tom, and a reminder that one of his best ever show cows Cardsland Eclipse Flo EX96(2) had originated from South Wales, it was time for our winter herd production competition results.
HERD COMPETITION - points based on combined weight of fat and protein, taken from the previous year’s herd annual summary with a calving interval of 400 days, 2 points to be added for every day below 400 and 2 points to be deducted for every day over 400 days.
Winner of the Large Herd – Herdwise Trophy – E&M Jones & Sons (Feithy)
Winner of the Medium Herd – Trefigin Trophy – WP & EG Williams (Waliswood)
Winner of the Small Herd – Crewilpool Trophy – AH & FM Wilson(Tregibby)
A. HIGHEST YIELDING COW – JUNIOR – for 2nd or 3rd lactation cows,100 points for home bred animals, points based on combined weight of fat and protein, taken from previous year’s annual summary, with a calving interval of 400 days, 2 points to be added for every day below 400 and 2 points to be deducted for every day over 400 days.
Winnerof the Emeraldgrove Trophy – SP & SR Davies (Castellhyfryd)
B. HIGHEST YIELDING COW – SENIOR – for 4th lactation and over cows, 100 points for home bred animals, points based on combined weight of fat and protein, taken from previous year’s summary, with a calving interval of 400 days, 2 points to be added for every day below 400 and 2 points to be deducted for every day over 400 days.
Winner of the Alema Trophy – AH & FM Wilson (Tregibby)
C. HIGHEST YIELDING HEIFER – 100 points for home bred animals, 1 point for every kg of fat and 1 point for every kg of protein, points based on combined weight of fat and protein, taken from previous year’s annual summary.
Winner of the Abbeygrove Trophy – AH & FM Wilson (Tregibby)
CHURCHVALE A.I. COMPETITION – HIGHEST YIELDING COW – over the last three lactations, weight of fat and protein, the last lactation to be completed in the annual summary of the year of the competition, 2 points will be deducted for each day over 1,200 days total calving interval for 3 lactations, and 2 points added for each day under 1,200 days, the total interval between the 1st calving date and the last dry date in the qualifying lactations should be no more than 1,200 days. 500 points for home bred
Winner – AH & FM Wilson (Tregibby)
It was another great night for the Wilson family of Tregibby !
On Friday 26th of February another member of the Cope family –Sue, made the long trip down to South Wales to the Forge in St Clears for our speaker evening. Sue who runs the Cattle Information Service gave an excellent address on Inovationn and Introduction to data collection to aid the modern dairy farmer.
We were all amazed at the services and technology available to us as dairy farmers and how easy it was to gain a vast amount of information about our herds at the touch of a button. I’m sure that a lot of farmers have been glued to the CIS website since the meeting.
The following day 27th of Feb was another great show and sale at Carmarthen Market. The top 3 prices were from Messrs Lewis, (Chickwood) . At £2700 was the 2nd placed heifer Actonelm Shuttle Angelic 115, at £2500 was the 1st placed heifer and champion Berllan Luck Crumple and at £2050 was another heifer Actonelm Shuttle Graceful 46. At £2000 was the 3rd placed heifer from Messrs Webber, Castle farm Hollysprings Marios Carris and the 1st placed cow and reserve champion Glwydeth Threat Mistletoe from Messrs Charles, Aberglwydeth was sold for £1880. Again a fantastic average of £2139 was achieved for the heifers.
On Friday the 12th of April at the Emlyn Arms, Newcastle Emlyn, there will be a promise auction to raise money for the HUKI Celebration to be held in South Wales from the 16th-19th of September as the incoming president will be Mr Jimmy Wilson of Tregibby. There are fantastic lots which will suit everybody, some of which are-
A Holstein heifer calf from Tregibby,
A Holstein heifer calf from Troedyrhiw
A Jersey heifer calf from Mr Huw Evans (Nantyci)
Embryos from top families,
, a selection of semen straws,
Rugby tickets,
Football tickets,
Horse Racing hospitality,
A commissioned painting,
Cattle clipping,
A selection of meal vouchers, hampers etc.
Please make every effort to attend. For any more information please contact the club secretary Mrs Eireen Perkins
