Newsletter No. 68 - Longhorn Cattle Society

Page 12 Issue 68Longhorn NewsletterIssue 68Longhorn NewsletterPage 9SHOW RESULTSSOCIETY EVENTSSuffolk Show2 and 3 June 2010Judge: Peter CloseBull any age2 forward1 st Riffhams Burlington Mr G Wild/Mr P Guest2 nd Chalkney Legend Miss S ColemanCow or Heifer3 forward1 st Parc Grace Dieu HeartbreakerMr AK Clark & Sons2 nd Riffhams Zee Mr G Wild3 rd Trelawny Amber Mr AK Clark & SonsHeifer, born in 20083 forward1 st Trelawny Image Mr AK Clark & Sons2 nd Chalkney Nexus Mrs SE Coleman3 rd Wenham Jillaroo Mr D CoeHeifer, born in 20095 forward1 st Riffhams Velvet Mr G Wild2 nd Trelawny Jezebel Mr AK Clark & Sons3 rd Colne Valley Bizarre Miss S Coleman4 th Chalkney Opal Mrs SE Coleman5 th Trelawny Jasmine Mr AK Clark & SonsGroup of Three1 st Mr G Wild2 nd Mr AK Clarke & SonsBreed Champion Trelawny ImageReserve Champion Riffhams BurlingtonBest Junior Heifer Riffhams VelvetRutland Show6 June 2010Judge: Mr Bernard Llewellyn MBEBull born before 01.01.20095 entered/ 4 prizes awarded1 st Blackbrook Sabre Mr & Mrs J Stanley2 nd Overdale Iceman Mr JA Warner3 rd Hambleton Hannibal Mr A Nelson4 th Dunstall Genesis Mrs EM HallifieldBorn born after 01.01.20096 entered/4 prizes awarded1 st Riverlands Juice Mr & Mrs R Burton2 nd Blackbrook TouchstoneMr & Mrs J Stanley3 rd Treverton Jethro Miss RE Heard4 th Barlings Jasper Mr & Mrs M ThomasCow5 entered/4 prizes awarded1 st Logan Dulcie Miss RE Heard2 nd Dunstall Harriett Mrs EM Hallifield3 rd Raincliffe Eve Mr M ShearstoneHeifer born in 20087 entered/ 4 prizes awarded1 st Blackbrook Solitaire Mr & Mrs J Stanley2 nd Barlings Ilsa Mr & Mrs M Thomas3 rd Blackbrook Sunshine Mr & Mrs J Stanley4 th Dunstall Indigo Mrs EM HallifieldHeifer born in 200913 entered/4 prizes awarded1 st Dunstall Joanna Mrs EM Hallifield2 nd Blackbrook Treasure Mr & Mrs J Stanley3 rd Riverland Juggins Mr & Mrs R Burton4 th Charnwood Julia Mr JA WarnerBreed Champion Blackbrook SabreReserve Champion Dunstall JoannaBest Junior Heifer Riverlands JuiceBest Junior Bull Dunstall JoannaBEEF PRODUCTION WORKSHOP — 3/4 JulyThis workshop to look at all aspect of beef production at Charles Sutcliffe’sfarm at Tetford and then at Meridian Meats in Louth, Lincolnshire is now full.A report will be in the next newsletter.TRIP TO GERMANY — 30 September - 3 OctoberWe’ve currently got around 30 people interested in joining on the trip to visitherds in and around Germany in October.If you are interested in going please let me know ASAP as I am starting tofirm up the details.SOCIETY AGM WEEKEND — 6-7 NovemberThis years AGM heads south to the Offley Hoo herd at Pilkington Farms, OffleyHoo, Hitchin, Herts by kind permission of Mr & Mrs J Birchall and theRoxton Herd at Roxton House, Roxton, Bedfordshire by kind permission ofMr S Bath. The AGM itself will be on the afternoon of Saturday 6 November.Further information and booking forms will be available on the website and inthe September newsletter but in the meantime a few words from each of ourhosts...Offley Hoo is an award winning farm in Hertfordshire which is part of theKings Walden Estate. Jon Birchall is the Farm Manager. Jon is a finalist forthe 2010 Farmers Weekly Award for Countryside Farmer of the Year andwas awarded the Chilterns Environment Award for 2009. Our TraditionalQuality Meat business won the Countryside Alliance Local Food Award forEast Anglia 2009. The farm grows wheat for Hovis and Warburtons and rearsnative and rare breed Longhorn cattle, Wiltshire Horn sheep and MiddleWhite and other traditional pigs. The farm sells delicious well hung meat directto the customers.The Roxton Herd was started with the purchase of three in-calf cows in October1988. We now run approximately 20 cows which is as many as we cancomfortably house overwinter. I would like to leave them outside but by mid-October in most years they start to poach the parkland badly. Heifers surplusto requirements are sold if good enough to breed, a few cattle are soldprivately after hanging for 3 or4 weeks and the remainder are sold as fat orstores. On average steers are fit to kill at 25 to 28 months.