Do you know which of your cows are most efficient? “Biggest is not always best,” says veterinary nutritionist, Dr Debby Brown. “Smaller suckler cows are in general more efficient at producing calf weight per unit of cow weight…”
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Beef Shorthorn has huge potential in the South West; it’s an opportunity that continues to remain untapped, says Anthony Thorne. “Whilst Continental cattle dominate the suckler scene, they lack milk, their temperament is questionable …”
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Cattle health schemes provide a framework for establishing the disease status of a herd, as well as guidance for reduction, eradication and certification of freedom from disease. The diseases covered by the health schemes are Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD), Johne’s disease, Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR), Leptospirosis and Neospora.
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“Here at Rowanberry Farm our slogan is ‘the fusion of form and function’ and we will remain committed to promoting and improving Shorthorn cattle for the foreseeable future."
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Cattle breeding is a long-term business for Andre Vrona and his daughter, Jo-Anne Rodger who concede it may take a lifetime to achieve their end goal - to consistently breed a type of Beef Shorthorn that they believe will meet market demand.
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Beef Shorthorn is helping to future proof the Marshall family’s beef enterprise at Kincraigie, home to one of Scotland’s largest suckler herds with 500 cows plus heifer replacements on 2,000 acres of Aberdeenshire LFA.
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Linear classification is designed to identify Beef Shorthorn females that are structurally sound and functionally fit for purpose, according to breed development chairman, Carey Coombs. Last year over 1,000 animals were assessed.
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Recently the Glenbrae Herd, owned by James Nelson from Larne, celebrated 25 years of breeding Pedigree Beef Shorthorns by holding a farm walk for approximately 40 breeders and friends from Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
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Stocking with native breeds was the natural choice for Sir Michael and Lady Sally Nairn when they decided to reintroduce cattle to Balnabroich back in 2010 after a long period when sheep had dominated the farming scene in Strathardle.
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Beef Shorthorn was an obvious choice as a start-up herd for Jim Cameron and Valerie Orr. “It’s a breed that is so easily kept, there’s a good market demand as a result of its increasing popularity…
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Still searching for a functional suckler cow? Then Beef Shorthorn offers a solution says Ian Hollows from experience. Sixteen years on after investing in the breed, and he can vouch it is delivering in terms of efficiency to meet with commercial demand.
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More finishers are required to join Morrisons Shorthorn Beef Scheme. Following its hugely successful launch in 2016, Morrisons’ latest plan is to supply the brand to all its stores.
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Low input, low cost systems are for the now and the way to go, says George Irving who is finding that Beef Shorthorn is offering a solution at Mountbenger, a Borders rough grazing hill and upland unit based in the Yarrow valley, near Selkirk.
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Roger and Tom Elliott have developed a blueprint mixed livestock enterprise. The father and son partnership say they have already established a sustainable business on parks and traditional pasture land rented from local estates which are void of all support payments.
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Suckler producers will have the opportunity to find out more about how Mark Webb is future proofing Eyford House Estate’s 190 cow herd having developed a successful replacement strategy with Beef Shorthorn, when he hosts an AHDB Beef and Lamb open day on Thursday 21 September.
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WBW Surveyors Ltd (Skipton Auction Mart) have been asked by Natural England to offer 192 acres of summer cutting and grazing land for let from 1 July. Being in a SSSI and Nature Reserve, Natural England’s preference is for native breeds to graze the land.
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If you are a fan of BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, then you’ll be aware of that Home Farm is introducing a no-till strategy. Adam Macey is in fact taking a leaf out of the Cherry family’s books.
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We visit the Bulmer family’s Bodior estate located on the tip of windswept Anglesey where Beef Shorthorn is proving to fit like a glove on the low input LFA unit. The herd grazes for literally 365 days of the year, it thrives on the rough stuff – heath, marsh, shrub and scrub…
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Ask Jack Ramsay to sum up Beef Shorthorn and he responds in one sentence. “Quiet, easy calved, plenty of milk to rear a calf every year and great at foraging.” Jack along with Grace speaks from more than 20 years of experience…
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