Welcome Our New Office Manager, Claire Kimm
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1 The Ayrshire Journal The Ayrshire Journal 2 Editorial Breed Manager’s Report ............................................... 7 elcome Society News ...........................................................8-11 W Conference Report .................................................12-14 To the 2014 Summer edition of the Ayrshire Journal. Breed Heritage Report ................................................. 17 My theme for which I wish to work on in my Young Breeders Gathering Report ..........................20-21 year as your President is “Young Stock”, and Edward’s Update ........................................................ 22 with that I mean people and cattle! Without Ayrshire Diary .............................................................. 24 both of these, the future of our Society will stagnate, and so we must look after both of World Federation Meeting .......................................26-27 them well, and with even more attention in Livestock Report ...................................................29 -35 this department our Society will reap great Shows Results Countrywide ...................................36-39 rewards. Sale Reports ................................................................ 40 I would like to take this opportunity to Classifications/Club Cows ......................................42-50 congratulate Colin and Jenny Christophers Club News ..............................................................55-58 Willie Whiteford along with all members of the Cornwall club for a very successful 2014 conference. The weather was ordered and delivered, and we could have been abroad with the Advertisers fantastic views from the hotel. All of the herds which we visited and the entertainment we received were absolutely excellent. Adamson J & Son ....................................................... 16 Armstrong M/s ............................................................ 53 The repeated success of our Young Breeders event and the involvement of young Baynes G G & Son ........................................................ 5 members has lead our organisation to be the envy of other societies. With the Berresford P ................................................................ 52 thoughts and leadership of Duncan and our senior YB mentors, many enthusiastic young people have been encouraged to help us to promote our breed to the extent Broadley J D & B D F Broadley .................................... 25 of the greatly admired lines of Ayrshires and Red and Whites at the recent Livestock Cattle Services (Ayr) Ltd .............................................. BC show. Christophers W R C & J E ........................................... 18 Embryonics ................................................................. 28 Both Ann and I were thrilled to be involved in hosting the World Federation delegates. Meeting so many overseas fellow breeders was an absolute pleasure for Evans M ...................................................................... 23 us all, and what a fantastic opportunity to show off our great British genetics. Thank GEA ............................................................................ 27 you to all exhibitors at both the Royal Highland Show and the Livestock Event for Glanbia Cheese ........................................................... 40 exhibiting and helping us to achieve so much. My visit to the Royal Highland Show Harrison & Hetherington .............................................. 28 also witnessed two great champions. The Ayrshire - Cuthill Towers Miss Blondie Hunter J & M ............................................................... 15 2 from Arthur and Susan Lawrie and the Red and White who went on to achieve supreme champion - Dilandy Debonair Tabitha Red from the Yates and Lawrie Lawrie A & S .................................................................. 4 families. Congratulations to you all! Lawrie & Symington ..................................................... 53 NMR ............................................................................ 51 It was my great privilege and honour to be your President at a time which was indeed Norbrook Laboratories Ltd .......................................... 19 a very rare occasion, when all of the major silverware at the Livestock Event was won by the Ayrshire breed. Interbreed heifer champion, interbreed cow champion, NWF Agriculture .......................................................... 53 exhibitor bred interbreed cow and heifer and just to top it all winning the famous Reed P & L .................................................................... 6 Bledisloe Trophy for the interbreed group of four. Brilliant! I must also mention the Suffern J ...................................................................... 17 proposed showing uniform which was worn by our exhibitors at this show. I was Tomlinson B ............................................................... IFC very impressed, and so too were so many others. I shall be supporting this to be adopted going forward, and so please remember to discuss this at your clubs, as Windel M ..................................................................... 41 this will be on the agenda at the October council meeting. Window C & L ............................................................IBC Cover: Coverage of Livestock 2014. Images by Richard Hodgson. Designed by Agri Promotions Ltd. Patron: Her Majesty the Queen Hon Presidents: Lord Plumb, DL, Coleshill and J M H Rennie, Brocklehill, Ayr Visit our President: Willie Whiteford, Middle Farm, Ruleholme, Irthington, Carlisle Tel: 01697 72220 website by Business Co-ordinator: Arthur Lawrie - Tel: 01577 830221 scanning this Breed Manager: Duncan Hunter - Tel: 07554 060005 QR code. Cattle Services Marketing & Promotions Officer: Edward Evans - Tel: 01691 682730 / 07814 087913 Office Manager: Claire Kimm, Westburn House, McNee Road, Prestwick, Ayrshire KA9 2PB Tel: 01292 471292 Fax: 01292 474686 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ayrshirescs.org Charity No.: SC007015 The views and opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Society which cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information contained in advertisements. 3 The Ayrshire Journal The Ayrshire Journal 4 5 The Ayrshire Journal The Ayrshire Journal 6 Breed Manager’s Report Written by Duncan Hunter Calf Show at The Three Counties showground in Worcestershire. Keep an eye on the website diary for the dates! What else am I doing or planning? Well, by the time you read this in the summer journal the new proofs will be done. This includes a new PLI Duncan and the young members at the Livestock Show. base change which changes the way the PLI figures are worked out. Image by Jane Steel. Less emphasis will be put on milk and more on longevity and health traits including calving ease. Don’t be alarmed to see figures drop as they will For my first report to you as your Breed Manager, I sit here wondering do across the board and across all breeds. I can’t stress enough to you where to start? Firstly I must, on behalf of us all, thank John Cochrane for all how important it is to record the details of calving when registering his involvement and achievements within the Ayrshire Cattle Society over your pedigree animals and to be honest with calving ease. If you enter the last eight years, and we wish him well in his future endeavours. At the all of your registrations as easy calving with no assistance it is presumed same time, can I also welcome our new office manager, Claire Kimm. I that that information is unreliable and your herd will be excluded from have no doubt that Claire will be a huge asset to us all. evaluations. With a small breed like us, we can’t afford any exclusions! So, what a time it is to be an Ayrshire breeder! On all of my recent travels, I will also be working with CIS and CDI to try to provide an “Ayrshire I have received nothing but admiration from so many within our industry Complete” package where you as members will pay one price for your on the achievements we have made over the last few months. Looking registrations, milk recording and classifications. This has the added back to April when we held our annual Young Breeders gathering in bonus of you choosing your classification dates. I will keep you updated Loughborough, I think all of us involved will remember the most amazing on this. Registrations have been good to this point with several breeders time we all had. Then in May, we had a most fantastic conference in who had “got behind” having now caught up. On top of this, we are Cornwall, for which the entire Cornwall club should be congratulated on getting more enquiries to start grading up commercial herds which has organising everything to perfection! June brought us the Royal Highland no doubt been brought on by the better milk prices earlier in the year. I Show where we were treated to a great display of Ayrshires and Red and will also be looking at the qualifications for the brood cow status over the Whites and also a great gathering of breeders from all over. More recently next few months. If you have a family that you believe may have reached we had the dairy show at Livestock 2014. Sixty three in milk cows full of that status please contact Lesley on her email address registrations@ quality, twelve young breeders who worked tirelessly and professionally, ayrshirescs.org and she will run them through the system to see if they and the most amazing results