The weather not to kind for us this year but what a great day we had traveling to Lancashire visiting the Samlea Herd in the morning we were welcomed by the Eastham family then shown around the farm pointing out many excellent cows in their herd many of them 8th & 9th calvers many Mr Minister cows lasting a long time. When choosing bulls not always looking for type but good fertility as this showed with a calving interval of 377 days. All heifers are genomic tested before they are bred at 13 months of age top 75% to sexed semen having an average first calving of 24months. What an excellent herd to visit then a short drive down the road to a lovely 3 course meal we then moved on to the Stardale herd in the afternoon. We were welcomed by the Burrows family then shown around the farm a walk in the fields to see a great show of cows where the rain didn’t dampen our spirits seeing some very deep bodied cows with great classifications and many of the Vaakje family. When heading back to the yard there was many bulls to view for sale and a lovely purpose-built calf shed just starting to fill up with new born calves.

 

What an excellent day we had many thanks to our hosts for the day and to Chris Morris for organising another great day.

 

Our next trip out was to the Genus Bull Stud at Ruthin to view some of the up and coming bulls and a tour of the stud watching from the viewing area Bulls at work and the collection of semen a very interesting day for those that went.

Our next social evening will be our annual presentation night to be held at Bentley Brook Hotel Fenny Bentley Ashbourne Derbyshire this will include a              

 

3 course meal with the presentation of all the silver ware arranged for Friday 20th October 7.30pm

 

Then on 24th November to be held at The Bowls Club Ashbourne Derbyshire where our evening entertainment is a well-known television personality Mr Charles Hanson from Flog it talking on Antiques and it’s your chance to take along an item to be valued anyone wanting tickets please phone 01538 702274 or contact a committee member.

 

Anne Cotton