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BEEF 2014A 20-page Farmers Guardian special pull-out supplement

Edited by Katie Lomas01772 799 [email protected]

BRITISH BLUESUCCESSStory behindthe pedigreeTwyning AshherdPAGES 2-3

FEEDINGSTRAWValue of strawand liquidfeeds forsuckler cowsPAGE 4

HEALTHYCALVESMinimising calf losses inthe rearingperiodPAGE 5

HOME-GROWN Finishingrations basedon homeproducedgrainsPAGES 6-7

FEET MATTERHow much islamenesscosting you inyour beefherd?PAGE 9

MIDHOPESIMMENTALSHealth andcommercialtraits importantfor breedersPAGES 10-11

CLASSIFIEDLISTINGS Nine pages of essentialbeef industrycontactsPAGE 12-20

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When Richard Carterfirst laid eyes onwhat was then theBelgian Blue breed26 years ago at the

Paris agricultural show, he knewthey were the breed for him.

On returning home he cameacross breeder Donald Tyson,who had imported several BelgianBlue females from Belgium.

“I contacted Mr Tyson andbought five Hereford cross re-cipients for £1,750 each, all ofwhich were carrying pedigreeblue embryos from the Frenchcow Lumiere Du pre Rosine.

“The three bulls and two heiferswhich were born from the recipi-ents became the foundation of theTwyning Ash British Blue herd.”

Pedigree beginningsAs soon as the calves were bornRichard, who farms with his sonCharles at Twyning Ash, just un-der the Cotswold Escarpment inGloucestershire, started to recordtheir estimated breeding values(EBVs).

“I had never been a pedigreebreeder before and realised if mycattle were to make their mark, Ineeded to do everything possible

to promote the herd. EBVrecording was one way to raisetheir profile and give them aunique selling point.”

In 1989, Richard was invited tojoin a recording trial with SignetBreeding Services. “All my calveswere recorded and were of thesame age as the other partici-pants, so they were ideal for thetrial,” says Richard.

“I retained ownership of thebulls, with one called Twyning AshGladiator doing particularly wellin the trial results.

“Following the completion ofthe trial, Gerard Tucker of

With what is believed to be the longest recording record for British Blues in the UK, Richard Carter of theTwyning Ash herd believes the future is bright for the breed. Louise Hartley went to find out why.

Breeder seesstrong future forpedigree Blues

Beeflink, a new semen sales busi-ness starting up in Somerset,showed interest in Gladiator.

“After he was sent to HorlicksFarm in Ilminster for semen col-lection, we became a supplier ofBlue semen for Beeflink.”

British Blues did not have astrong following from the sucklercow breeders at that time andmany believed the breed wouldnever catch on as a suckler cow re-placement, says Richard.

“One reason for this was theproblems arising with calvingpure Blues. Their popularity was,however, growing among dairyfarmers for their impressive car-case quality when crossed with aHolstein.

Bulls“Over the next three to four yearsI sold four bulls to Genus, and itwas then the herd began to get afoothold in the Blue beef semenmarket,” he says.

One of those bulls was TwyningAsh Lingard, which was sold for£6,000. He was still producing se-men at 10 years old and is one ofthe longest living British Bluesever kept by Genus.

When Dairy Daughters tookover Beeflink, Twyning Ash con-tinued to be the exclusive BritishBlue semen supplier, with two ofthe bulls, Jingle and Patrick, sell-ing about 35,000 straws each.

“The business was expandingand at this point we had more than50 pedigree Blues and about 175sucklers,” says Charles.

In late 2004, Dairy Daughtersapproached the Carter family with

� 107 pedigree British Blue cattle� 160 Limousin and British Bluecross-bred suckler cows, plusyoungstock� About 30 cross-bred femalesare retained for the commercialsuckler herd, as well as six orseven of pedigree Blues,selected on their EBVs andvisual quality� 250 store and fattening cattle� 50 Mule ewes

� 223ha (550 acres) farmlandsplit across three sets ofbuildings, half of which is rented� 40ha (100 acres) wheat andbarley and 16ha (40 acres) maizefed to cattle� Staff: Richard and Charles� Richard is a director of theBritish Blue cattle society andalso served as chairman of theCentral club, which has nowfolded

Twyning Ash

the idea of combining the semenof three bulls in one straw to makea triple mix.

“Research had shown there wasa 12 per cent increase in concep-tion rate if the semen from threebulls of different breeds were com-bined in one straw.

“Dairy Daughters had discov-ered this increase in conceptionrate was also achievable when using three bulls of the samebreed,” says Charles.

The Twyning Ash triple mixwas the first all-Blue mix availablein the UK.“Farmers could alsohave the added benefit of beingguaranteed a British Blue calf, in-stead of a lucky dip of threebreeds,” he says.

Richard says he selected threehigh EBV bulls for the pro-gramme, each of which were ofsimilar type.

“I was careful to ensure thebulls were of a similar quality sothe calves would be uniform too,”says Richard.

“Luckily, the three selectedbulls – Twyning Ash Ukulele,Twyning Ash United and TwyningAsh Virtue – were already provenand available to collect.

“The semen from three moreproven bulls – Adam, Allen andArmstrong – was combined andbranded as Twyning Ash TripleA. Since then, the triple mixeshave become popular in the dairyindustry.”

Showing and judgingThe British Blue sire has longsince been established in the dairyindustry, but has been gaining mo-mentum within the beef sector,says Richard.

“As cattle with British Bluebreeding became successful at theChristmas fatstock and commer-cial summer shows, beef breedersstarted to recognise the potentialof breed. The Blue bulls you see inthe show ring look different tothose bulls which produce semenfor the dairy industry,” he says.

“The coloured-type Blues arefavoured at shows, so colouredbreeding has become more pop-ular,” he says. “However, most se-men going on to Holsteins comesfrom white bulls. This trend wasestablished quickly in the 1980sand has continued ever since.

“At the time, if Belgian Bluecross Holstein calves had a lot ofblack colouration, it was difficultfor dairy farmers to convince calfbuyers their calves were sired by aBelgian Blue and not a Friesian astheir markings were so similar.

“A white coloured Blue bull will produce a blue and white calf,whereas a blue/black and white

Charles Carter with wife Gemma with their son Franklin and Richard Carter with his wife Julia.

Richard got into the AI industry in 1989, after a Signet trial.

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bull will produce a black and whitecalf, which was in limited demandfrom buyers.”

Richard and Charles believemore emphasis should be paid toEBVs and the commercial poten-tial of the animal, rather than letting colour dictate the value.

Sales“Animals with high EBVs are of-ten ignored at pedigree sales inpreference to those Blues withdark markings, which are ideal forthe show ring,” says Richard.

“Coloured bulls with a low EBVcan often make more than whitebulls with high EBV scores. It ispurely down to colour, eventhough the commercial reality isweight and quality of the endproduct, not the colour markings.”

The family stopped taking theircattle to shows shortly after the2001 foot-and-mouth disease out-break, but Richard has continuedto stay involved in the show scene.

He has judged at many shows,including every Royal show in the

country, apart from the newly-ap-pointed Royal Three Counties.

Although demand for BritishBlue semen from both the dairyand beef sectors is growing,Richard and Charles both agreethere is one big factor currentlyhindering their business.

“The farm is situated in a high-risk TB area and is only 25 milesfrom a recent cull zone in northGloucestershire.

“Pedigree bulls from a TB re-stricted area are often discountedat bull sales, regardless of theirquality or figures,” says Richard.

“Most of our young breedingbulls are sold from home, but wewould like to sell at national andsociety sales. Due to the stigma at-tached to cattle from TB-affectedareas, it is not worth the cost oftransport and show and salepreparation.

“We are Biobest cattle health

scheme members, regularly bloodtest all the stock and have been ahigh health status closed herdsince 1995. This has helped thesale of our bulls at home.

Triple-mix“Our latest semen triple mix iscollected on-farm, due to the TBstatus of the area, and is not avail-able for export.”

Richard and Charles have pre-viously exported semen to Aus-tralia, New Zealand, Poland,SouthAmerica, Texas and Canada.

“Two years ago, a group of in-ternational visitors came to thefarm after attending the RoyalWelsh show, where I had beenmaster judge for the British Blues.

“After looking at the stock, onebreeder from Denmark was impressed with Tywning AshArmstrong and placed an orderfor 1,000 straws of his semen.

“On return home, he ordered afurther 4,000 straws of Adam forhis company, Viking Genetics.”

Richard and Charles have justsigned a deal to be the exclusivesuppliers of British Blue semen toAlta, with the semen collectiontaking place on-farm from a rangeof bulls.

Richard says: “The promotionof native breeds has become pop-ular in recent years, but becauseof their limited carcase size and re-duced feed conversion rate, I thinkthis trend will start to reverse.

“The only way native breeds re-tain support is by retailers offer-ing an additional premium for theproduct and this may be unsus-tainable.

“Due to the conformationachieved when crossing a Holsteinwith a British Blue, I believe therewill always be a demand for BritishBlue semen.”

Animals withhigh EBVs areoften ignored atpedigree salesin preference tothose Blues withdark markingsRICHARD CARTER

Semen from the latest Twyning Ash triple-mix – Flemming, Finlay and Floyd – is collected on-farm due to the TB status of the area.

Two of the herd’s heifers which have very high EBV figures.

White bulls are used in the dairy industry, while colouredbulls tend to be more popular among pedigree Blue breeders.

EBVs are recorded for all British Blue bull calves in the herd.The suckler herd consists of about 160 Limousin and British Blue crosses. PICTURES: Marcello Garbagnoli



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Straw-plus-liquid feed option a goodtool for overwintering suckler herdsF

eeding overwinteringsuckler cows on a straw-plus-liquid feed diet is of-ten seen only as a last re-sort when forage stocks

run low, but according to KW nu-tritionist Mark Scott, it is an optionwhich should be on every sucklerherd menu.

He says not only is it a cost-ef-fective way to increase herdnumbers and stocking rates, butit is also a valuable tool for man-aging body condition and pro-tein costs.

Feeding additional straw through winter can considerablyreduce the pressure on grassland during spring and summer.

New advice on feeding beef cowsSUCKLED calf producers con-cerned about the risks posed tocalves when cows take a long time to give birth are beingencouraged to enhance the rations fed to in-calf beef cows inthe two to three weeks beforecalving.

SAC Consulting’s beef spe-cialist Gavin Hill says he has in-creasingly been asked aboutcows taking too long to calve andnot getting on with the job ofpushing the calf out.

“In some cases prolongedcalvings can result in more calfdeaths. The simple change tofeeding we are recommending

should help to overcome theproblem at very little cost.

“The goal is to ensure cowscan effectively mobilise calciumfrom their body to allow thebirth process to proceed as nat-urally as possible.”

MagnesiumSAC Consulting now recom-mends higher levels of magne-sium are fed to cows two to threeweeks pre-calving – for exampleby supplementing with an extra30g per day of a high magne-sium mineral (15 per cent mag-nesium) along with the normalmineral they use.

Mr Hill says this extra magne-sium will help mobilise the cows’own body reserves of calcium,improving muscle tone in thewomb and preventing prolongedcalvings and the detrimental im-pact that has on the calf.

To implement this advice, pro-ducers need to know the expect-ed calving date of their cows andgroup them accordingly.

This will allow the additionalmagnesium to be targeted moreaccurately to only those animalsin late pregnancy, for exampleby introducing them at a laterdate for groups of later calvingcows.

“Feeding additional strawthrough winter can consider-ably reduce the pressure ongrassland during the spring andsummer,” says Mr Scott. “It al-lows grazing to be the priority,not silage-making, putting thefocus on building cow conditionwhich can be utilised as an en-ergy source during the winter,with benefits for subsequentcow and calf health the follow-ing spring.

“Suckler cows will do excep-tionally well fed just ad lib straw

and around 2.5-3.0kg freshweight/day of a high protein mo-lasses blend, plus a vitamin/mi-neral supplement. And the dri-er environment underfoot instraw yards will typically pro-duce much fewer problems withhoof health and mastitis.”

Body conditionControlling dry suckler cowbody condition during winter isanother challenge, with the highfeed value of grass silage, com-pared to cow requirements,

tending to produce cows whichare over-fit at calving andturnout. The result is often anincrease in calving difficulties,nutritionally-induced calf scourscaused by excess milk produc-tion immediately post-calving,and potentially lower feed in-takes once cows are grazing dueto reduced rumen capacity.

“If we look at the attention todetail paid to dairy dry cow ra-tions, the focus is on large vol-umes of low energy density feedwhich maintain body condition,but keep the rumen full, activeand well-developed,” says MrScott. “The same approachshould be applied to sucklercows.

Ration“The whole ration does not haveto be straw-based. Simply intro-ducing 3kg/cow/day of straw –balanced with 1.5kg of a high pro-tein molasses blend – will nearlyhalve silage requirements, whileat the same time reducing rationenergy density from perhaps10.5MJ ME/kg DM on silagealone, to a much more desirable9.0MJ ME/kg DM.”

The table (left) compares a typical silage-based winter suck-ler ration with options either incorporating 3kg of straw, or replacing grass silage entirely.

The straw-only ration is formu-

lated to meet the typical energy re-quirements of a dry suckler cow(about 70-75MJ ME/day), while ei-ther of those including silage willstill oversupply energy when pro-tein requirements are met.

Example suckler cow winter rations to maintain body condition (550kg LW cow)

kg FW/cow/dayTraditional Plus straw and Straw and liquid silage ration liquid feed feed only

Grass silage 30 17 -Wheat straw - 3 750 per cent crude protein molasses blend - - 2.538 per cent crude protein molasses blend - 1.5 -Vitamin/mineral premix 0.1 0.1 0.1Dry matter (%) 28 39 80Energy (MJ ME/kg DM) 10.5 9.2 7.2Protein (% of DM) 12.3 12.4 12.8

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Calves should receive adequate colostrum in the first six hours, whichshould equate to at least 20 minutes vigorous suckling on the dam.

Minimising calf losses in suckler herdsW

ith between 12and 14 per cent ofcalves failing tosurvive to wean-ing in lowland and

upland suckler herds, producersare being advised to look at waysto minimise losses.Debby Brown, Advanced Nu-

trition’s veterinary nutritionist,says these losses occur duringpregnancy, at calving and pre-weaning, and consequently thecost of keeping a non-productivecow plus reducing the numberof calves to sell is having a mas-sive financial impact.Mrs Brown says: “Firstly it is im-

portant to get ready; whereveryour herd is scheduled to calve – either indoors or out – the envi-ronment should be familiar.

Moving “Cows should only be moved atleast 10 days prior to calving oronce the calf’s feet show. Movingany other time can upset thecow so she slows down with de-livery which, in turn, can lead tocalving difficulties. It can alsoupset intakes and subsequentlyimpact on appetite and milkproduction post-calving.”She says it is important to be

vigilant. “Observe your cows at

least twice daily, and more fre-quently once calving com-mences. If they do not appear tobe getting on with calving as expected then individual exam-inations should be carried out.”Mrs Brown advises carrying

this vigilance though to post-calving with particular focus oncolostrum. “Ideally at least 3.5litres of colostrum should be re-ceived by the calf in the first six

hours. This equates to at least20 minutes vigorous sucklingdirect on the dam.

Suckling activity“Monitor suckling activity in thefirst two hours after birth, and ifthe calf does not look full or thecow does not appear as though shehas been sucked, then an outdoorcalving cow and calf pair should behoused and a housed pair penned

to encourage sucking and, if nec-essary, administer colostrum.”Mrs Brown advises treating

navels as often as possible untilthey have dried up, and shehighlights the importance of hy-giene in the calving area.“Bedding should be refreshed

daily and sheds should be muckedout at least every three weeks.Ideally, calving boxes should becleaned out between every calv-

ing. Using sand to base a beddedyard can help to reduce theamount of bedding needed as wellas disease build-up.”

COMMON health issues in oneto 10-day-old calves:� JOINT ILL: The calf willappear lethargic and is lesslikely to be suckling. Once theinfection reaches the joints thecalf may look stiff and bereluctant to move. The mostobvious joints affected are theknee and stifle joints. Mostinfections come from the navelso ensure good hygiene andtreat the navel regularly� NAVEL ILL: The navel maybe swollen and will be moist;

ensure it dries up quickly afterbirth; regular treatment will helpprevent this problem� SCOURS:Related torotavirus, coronavirus, E.coliand cryptosporidium. These canbe major issues and lead tolosses shortly after calving. Eachcan be reduced by ensuringgood colostrum intake. Ifproblems continue to occur, it isworth considering testing somecalves for immunoglobulins aswell as possibly stripping somecows to test colostrum quality

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Arich seam of entrepre-neurial spirit runsdeep through theScott family fromSwarland, near Al-

nwick, whose Northumberlandfarming business has steadilygrown into one of the largest beefproducers in the UK.The farm today sends 90 head

of cattle to its buyer every week,finished to the highest of specifi-cations and meeting the demandsof the UK’s most exacting retailoutlets.

GrowthBut Fraser Scott and his father,David, have built their businessfrom small beginnings andreached the position of finishing4,500 cattle every year by recog-nising and grasping every oppor-tunity which has come their way.David began by selling milk

from half a dozen cows on thefamily’s morning round before hewent to school. He progressed toselling rabbits, which he strungto his bike and delivered to localbutchers, then added bantams tohis range and eventually movedon to pigs.The fact the move to pigs was

built off the back of the swill fromnearby RAF Boulmer is sympto-matic of much which has followed.

The judicious use of by-products,co-products and the most cost-effective home-grown feeds is arecurring theme.The trading of livestock even-

tually evolved into trading land,and David’s unerring eye for themarket allowed him to buy whenit was down, sell when it was upand gradually build the collateralof the farming business, layingthe strongest foundations onwhich Fraser could build.Today, newly ‘retired’ on the

occasion of his 80th birthday,

A substantial Northumberland farming operation which has exploited co-products throughout its developmentnow finds the best performance comes from home-grown crimped grain. Farmers Guardian finds out why.

Running a tight shipto maintain margins

� Throughput of 90 head offinished beef per week, risingto 100/week this year� Forward stores boughtmainly from Lancaster,Hexham and Acklington marts� Breeds bought mainly ofdairy origin, crossed withAngus or continental� Ration costed at £1.54 perday for heifers and basedpredominantly on crimpedgrain� Crimped grain chosen forrumen health, animalperformance and early fieldwork

� Straw from crimped grainbaled behind combine forbedding and feed� Cattle destined for Scotbeef,shipped twice weekly in thefarm’s own double-deckerlorry� Beef largely retailed bymajor national outlets,including M&S and Aldi� Beef finishing enterprise sitsalongside 850 ewes and 566ha(1,400 acres) of arable� Arable comprises about445ha (1,100 acres) barley orwheat and 121ha (300 acres)rape

Chesters Farm

David maintains a part-time roleas consultant, while Fraser con-tinues to run the family farm. Now totalling more than

1,000 hectares (2,600 acres) andspread across numerous formerholdings, the business of today –including The Chesters andNewton Villa Farm – is a feat oforganisation and a model ofbusiness acumen.As another new building is un-

der construction, at a cost ofabout £200,000, Fraser says: “Itis relatively easy to build a shed

like this without finance today,but that was far from the casewhen we had our ‘big push’ about10 years ago.”The ‘big push’ to which he

refers came when Fraser saw anopportunity his instincts told himto take.“At the time we had far fewer

cattle and buildings and the farmwas predominantly arable,” hesays. “The opportunity arose forus to obtain waste steamed pota-toes from a nearby processingplant, which we would have totake off the premises at a rate of60-80 tonnes a day.”

OpportunityApproaching his bank for a loanof £750,000, he says the moneywas spent mainly on cattle (about£400,000) with the remainderlargely funding new buildings(the farm at the time had just onetriple-span shed) and the equip-ment required to transport thepotatoes.“The product was like soup, so

we had to buy tankers to trans-port the liquid element and thesolids went into trailers,” he says.“We also had to commit to takethe dirty water, which could havebeen up to 120 tonnes every day.This needed specialist equipmentto be spread on the land.”

Committed to remove the en-tire volume the factory produced,cattle numbers quickly increasedto about 1,500 head. Neighbours’farm buildings were rented untilthe farm had built its own and thewhole operation moved up to anew level.“The potatoes came in at such

a rate, we had to give the cattle asmuch as we could,” he says. “Weadded chopped straw and grasssilage to supply long fibre buteven so, I think their perform-ance was held back – they weredirtier than they should havebeen and we had lots of clippingto do before they were sold.”With 70 to 80 cattle moving off

the farm every week at this stage,the Scotts had to continue theirexpansion simply to keep movingthe feed.Regularly visiting Lancaster

market – the main source of theirstore cattle and a venue eitherDavid or Fraser has attendedevery week for the last 35 years –numbers further increased untilthe unit was accommodating1,600.However, always aware the

supply of potatoes could finishas quickly as it had started, theinevitable happened about sev-en years later in 2009, when the

potato processing plant ceasedproduction.“Our back-up plan was to go to

Swarland Grain Driers, where wealways kept a rolling 1,000tonnes of unsold grain we coulddraw on at any time,” he says.Radically changing the ration

to include brewers’ grains with home-grown rolled barley,which went into a total mixed ra-tion with chopped straw andgrass silage, and was bufferedwith limestone flour, Fraser continued to seek other co-prod-ucts to reduce the cost of the ration.

This is anumbers gameand the factmargins aretight is aconstant driverFRASER SCOTT

When the new livestock shed is completed and comes on stream,the throughput of the farm will rise to 5,000 head of cattle per year.

Fraser Scott (right) with father David (centre) and son Oliver.


Cattle ration for heifers and steers – freshweights and costs

Ingredient Rate (per head/day) Cost (per head/day)Crimped barley 6kg (+2.5kg for steers) 75p (+31.25p for steers)Brewers’ grains 3.33kg 14.65pSelcoPlus (wheat by-product) 3.33kg 31.47pGrass silage 16.7kg 30pStraw 0.53kg 3.18pLimestone flour 17g NegligibleTotal 29.89kg 154.3p (185.55p for steers)

Struggling at the time as morebusinesses were alert to the co-product options, he relied in-creasingly heavily on cerealsfrom the farm.“The grain was coming off thefields at about 23-24 per centmoisture, so we had to dry it to 15per cent for storage and subse-quent use,” he says.

Grain drying“We had three gas-powered driers, which was our cheapestoption for drying the corn, butbecause of the late cereal har-vests, we were losing time on get-ting the next crop into theground and had the additionalcost of hiring in staff to speed upthe process.”Anxious the arable operationshould dovetail more smoothlywith the livestock, Fraser waskeen that manure-spreading, au-tumn cultivations and drilling(particularly of oilseed rape)should be brought forward andachieved whenever possible withexisting farm staff.

So in 2011 he decided to trycrimping rather than dry-har-vesting grain. Guided by Michael Carpenterfrom home-grown feed preser-vation specialist, Kelvin Cave, hebelieved this would bring the ce-real harvest forward by three tofour weeks and would dispensewith the cost of drying grain. This, in turn, would bring au-tumn cultivations and drillingforward, allowing time for grass-land reseeds while cutting thecost and increasing the quality ofthe ration.The system met his expecta-tions and even released the shedwhich had previously been usedfor storing dry grain. Instead,part of a former silage clamp wasassigned to the crimped grain,

which was harvested at a mois-ture content of 30-35 per cent,crimped and treated with abuffered organic acid-based pre-servative, and compacted andcovered with double-layered two-in-one sheeting in the clamp.“We considered a variety ofcrimpers to do the job and even-tually bought the Korte 1400,” hesays. “I had seen how it wouldprocess the grains and add thepreservative, and knew we couldreadily achieve a throughput of25-30 tonnes per hour.”Today, crimped grain formsthe largest component of the ra-tion, which has been reformu-lated to include brewers’ grainsand a high energy and proteinwheat by-product, with silageand straw (see table).At a cost of 154p/day for heifers(186p for steers), the ration is alsosaid to have improved the health,performance and the look of thecattle and has reduced the needto clip before sale.Grading sheets tell a similarstory, with predominantly R

grades achieved from dairycross heifers and steers, killingout, on average, at 330kg. Butas one of the biggest suppliersto Scotbeef, the family will nei-ther divulge their price northeir average margin.“I did accurately work out themargin on the Angus-crossheifers last year,” admits Fraser.“They were on the farm for 60days and returned a margin of£61/head. The margin for conti-nentals was less, largely becausethey are on-farm for longer.”

MarginsHowever, he says: “This is a num-bers game and the fact marginsare tight is a constant driver.They are not easy to obtain unlessyou run a tight ship and this iswhat I hope we do.“We will continue to use grainas I think it is the best way of fin-ishing stock and I have not founda better way of processing it thancrimping. “It allows harvest to take placewhen its nutritional value is high-est and there is virtually zerowaste in the clamp,” he says.

“Any co-product, by contrast,has always had its quality de-pleted in some way because ofthe way it is processed,” he adds.This year, he says he will adda new larger tonnage crimper(the Korte 2000) to the invento-ry and increase his crimpedgrain storage to four clamps,each with a capacity of 750tonnes.And as the new livestock shed

also comes on stream, thethroughput of the farm will riseto 5,000 head per year.“But there is no reason whythis system could not work for10,000 just as well as it does for5,000 head,” he says.And does he foresee that hap-pening? He turns to his son andthe next generation who willtake on the task of carrying itthrough. “Ask Oliver,” he says.

100The target number of finishedcattle this year leaving thefarm for Scotbeef each week.

Chesters Farm now covers an area of more than 1,000 hectares (2,600 acres) and is spread across a number of former holdings. Fraser Scott works with Kelvin Cave’s Michael Carpenter to treatcrimped grain with a buffered organic acid-based preservative.

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“It is important to changeyour lameness problems, how-ever small, into opportunities toimprove production and productivity,” says Miss Ross.

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Difficulties can arise whentrying to spot signs of lame-ness, which can be easy if the

cow is ‘hopping’ along, but lessso when signs are as simple asa head nod or a shortenedstride, says Molly McKay, alsoof Norfolk Farm Vets.

She says beef cattle areprone to all the same condi-tions as dairy cattle, both infec-tious and non-infectious, but toa lesser or greater degree.

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herd level with managementchanges.

“Non-infectious causes maybe genetic, for examplecorkscrew claw, which requirechanges in breeding policy for along-term cure with short-termremedial care on a frequent ba-sis. They can also be nutritional,for example laminitis or VitaminE deficiency, or related to thesurfaces they walk on, such aswhite line disease.

“Without knowledge of whatyou are dealing with, it is diffi-cult to be in a position to tacklethe problem.”

In order to get a grip on lame-ness, both vets advise spendingtime with your vet to determinewhat the underlying problemson your farm are.

Miss McKay says a lame bullis even more of a problem forthe herd as his feet are crucialfor him to be able to mount.

“Sperm production can be af-fected for six weeks after oneshort bout of lameness,” shesays.

“He should get 95 per cent ofcows in-calf in nine weeks, soyou need to ask whether yourcows can wait for the bout oflameness to pass and whether

Producing dairy steers ratherthan bulls could be an optionWITH wheat and barley pricesfalling and strong beef demand,many producers are again look-ing at Holstein Friesian bullcalves and how to use them bestin a beef production system.

However Clive Mahony, ofMeadow Quality, says the mar-ket place is changing with manyprocessors tending to buysteers, heifers and top gradebulls (often single suckled)rather than just slaughter anyanimal offered.

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“Black and white steer beef isaccepted by most processors,with a premium over bull beef of5p to 17p/kg – which is £13.50 to£45.90 on a 270kg carcase.”

Mr Mahony says HolsteinFriesian steers can be grown intensively and finished within13 months on total mixed rations, producing 250kg to280kg O-3 carcases and 300kgO4L carcases within 16 months.

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Producing high qualitybeef cattle has been the focus for theHollingsworth familysince World War II.

Originally butchers fromSheffield, the family moved toMidhope Hall Farm, near Stocks-bridge, on the north-easternfringe of the Peak District, in 1945.John Hollingsworth’s fatherwould go to market every morn-ing and buy ‘anything he couldmake money on’ and after finish-ing it on the farm, he wouldslaughter and butcher it to sell itthrough the shop.John believes he learned a lotfrom the family’s ‘butchering

background’. He spent time withhis father selecting cattle in thesale ring for fattening and see thesame animals hung up.He also shared his father’s pref-erence for ‘white-headed cattle’,stemming from time spent withthe dairy herd.

Suckler herd“We milked a herd of 75 BritishFriesians, but then in 1984, whenquotas came in, we had to reduceour herd size so we decided tobuild up a suckler herd,” saysJohn.“I bought our first Simmentalbull, Sterling Manhattan, fromCrewe for 1,400gns. My father

Keeping a close eye on the commercial market and making herd health a priority has secured recognition and topprices for the Midhope herd of British Simmentals. Chloe Palmer visited the Hollingsworth family to find out more.

Commercial focus for pedigree herdwas paying £300 back then forcommercial heifers and I was ter-rified of bringing him home andhaving to tell him how much Ihad paid.”His purchase quickly earnedits price tag, as John explains.“We fattened bulls and heifersfrom him, and everything madetop prices in the sale rings at Hud-dersfield and Penistone. “We also brought some of thecross-bred cows into the milkingherd and one or two were givingas much milk as the pedigreeFriesians.”John was so impressed by theperformance of the Simmentalprogeny, he bought his first pedi-gree heifers in 1988 and usedSterling Manhattan on them togive him his first pedigree calves.When the family finally gave upmilking in 2007, there was littledoubt the focus would switch tothe pedigree herd. The last of thesheep flock were also sold aroundthe same time and a purchasefrom Perth signalled a major stepforward for the Midhope herd.“Dirnanean Snowie walked intothe ring and I knew it was the bullI was going to buy. We paid11,000gns for him. “At the time, it seemed a very

high price, but we have sold ani-mals to the value of £350,000from him. Then there are his fe-males in the breeding herd and weare still using him today.”Since 2007, John has boughttwo more bulls, Corskie Wealthand Delfur Chas, and both haveproved their worth in the pedigreeand the commercial sale rings.“When I buy a bull, I study theirEBVs first,” he says. “I am lookingfor excellent calving ease, goodgrowth rates and eye muscle.” His son Craig is now closely involved with the pedigree herdand shares his father’s views wheninvesting in its future.“The bull must look right. Last

time I went to the sales, I circled 18bulls in the catalogue based onbloodlines, but once I had seenthem all, I had narrowed it down totwo I was seriously interested in.”

MisconceptionsConformation is important toCraig as he believes there are com-monly-held misconceptions aboutSimmentals which wants to dispel.“Many people think of a Sim-mental as a big, ‘growthy’ animal,but we like to keep a lot of shape inour cattle.”A focus on the female line hasalso paid dividends, as Craig ex-plains. “We are looking for goodgrowth rates in our heifers, with

the necessary length in the frameand width, and also excellent feetand legs.“We are always aiming to pro-duce the best females becausethey are the key to good calves.There is nothing among the beefbreeds to match the Simmentalfor milking ability.”The system at Midhope HallFarm has to suit the long, wet win-ters and a short growing season.Most of the farm is permanentgrass, which is grazed, and silageis made on the flatter land. Thereis also some temporary grass,which usually yields at least twocuts of silage and last summerstretched to three.The family has a tenancy for 20hectares (50 acres) of drierground. This allows them to growwinter barley and oats, which theycombine and feed to the bulls.“The cows are all housed on

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straw and we only manage to get300 bales from our rented arableland, so we still need to buy in afurther 1,000 bales,” says John.“But we like to see them on strawand find it reduces disease incidence in the herd.”The commercial and the pedi-gree cows have only grass in summer and silage in winter, withmineral blocks and rock salt, andlive up to their reputation as ‘gooddoers’. Calves are introduced tocreep fed by six weeks of age. Although the herd is all-year-round calving, Craig is aiming formost to calve in the autumn.“We aim most of our bulls andfemales for the spring sales be-cause this seems to be when mostpeople want to buy,” he says.“Our main focus is to get a calffrom a cow each year and we areachieving it. We never have anyfertility problems.”Craig is also very vigilant whenmonitoring the condition of in-calfcows. “Easy calving is as muchabout management as it is aboutgenetics,” he says. “If we think anyof our cows are too fat, we will putthem onto an oat straw only dietwith a mineral bucket.“We find the oat straw is idealbecause it allows the cows toachieve the optimum condition atcalving, but it also contains plentyof natural oils, which keeps theirdigestive system going.”

BloodlinesRunning three bulls with 90 cowsmight seem to be an expensive ex-travagance, but Craig is quick topoint out the reasoning for this.“We want to maintain our ownbloodlines. We bought-in threeheifers a year ago and one testedpositive for IBR, so we have decid-ed we want to remain a closedherd from now on.”Unlike many pedigree breed-ers, the Hollingsworth family hasdecided not to use reproductivetechnology to expand the herd.“We have tried artificial insem-ination and embryo transfer (ET),but it did not work for us,” saysJohn. “We sell a number of ourcommercial females as recipientsto pedigree breeders who use ETbecause they give so much milk.”The family is willing to embrace proven herd health initiatives, however. “We now testall our pedigree and commercialanimals for BVD, IBR, Johne’s andleptospirosis. Buyers always askabout health status, whether they

are buying pedigree or commer-cial breeding animals,” says Craig.Routine vaccination for IBR hasalso had additional benefits, headds. “Since we have been vacci-nating for IBR, we have sufferedvery little pneumonia in the herd.The incidence has dropped frombetween 5 to 6 per cent to lessthan 1 per cent today.”All youngstock receive worm-ing boluses prior to turnout andthe entire herd and followers aretreated with a pour-on at housing.The Midhope herd is signed upto SAC’s Premium Cattle HealthScheme (PCHS). Maintaining thehighest standards in everythingthey do is a recurring theme atMidhope Hall Farm.“If any animal is not absolutelyright, we will not sell it on,” saysJohn. “Anything which does notmake the grade goes for fattening.Our bulls typically make 650kg at13 months and this year they havebeen making a 220p/kg liveweightin the sale ring.”John is quick to point out another benefit of selling com-mercial animals regularly throughthe markets. “Since we have beenselling fat cattle at Selby, we havehad more interest in our pedi-grees. Our potential customerscan see what they will do,” he says.The passion at Midhope Hallunquestionably lies in the futureof the pedigree herd, but MrHollingsworth does not let this dis-tract him from the ultimate goalof any beef producer.“We have to keep our eye on thecommercial market because it iscreates the bottom line in every-thing we do.”

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BEEF BREED DIRECTORYABERDEENANGUS

Chief ExecutiveRon McHattie

Pedigree House6 Kings Place

Perth, PH2 8ADTel: 01738 622477Fax: 01738 636436

Email:[email protected]

BritishCharolais

Cattle SocietyStoneleigh Park,

Warwicks,CV8 2RG

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DEVONCATTLEBREEDERSSOCIETY

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StirlingAgricultural Centre

StirlingFK9 4RN

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4th Street, Stoneleigh Park,Warwickshire CV8 2LG

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The British LimousinCattle Society

National AgriculturalCentre

KenilworthCV8 2RA

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Castle Douglas,Kirkudbrightshire,

DG7 1HY

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Wester Drumlochy, Lornty, Blairgowrie,

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Avenue M, Stoneleigh Park,Warwickshire, CV8 2RG

Sue ArcherBreed SecretaryTel: 02476 692300Fax: 02476 692400

email:[email protected]

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For details telephone

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Breed SecretaryCaroline Poultney

Westpoint, Clyst St Mary,Exeter EX5 [email protected]

Tel: 01392 447494Fax: 01392 447495

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Fell View, Blencarn,Penrith, Cumbria,

CA10 ITX

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01768 88775Email:

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Mr C. CULLEY,33 EDEN GRANGE,

LITTLE CORBY,CARLISLE,CA4 8QW

www.piemontese.org.ukemail: [email protected]

Tel: 01228 562946Fax: 01228 562187

Irish Farm Centre,Bluebell,

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SUSSEXThe Great British

Beef Breedwww.sussexcattlesociety.org.uk

Tel:01580880105

e-mail:[email protected]

SecretaryJayne Borrows

Tel: 01522 511395Email:

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Rock Midstead,Alnwick,

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07891 [email protected] www.beltedgalloways.co.uk

Whitebred Shorthorn Associationwww.whitebredshorthorn.com

Annual Spring & Autumn Salesheld at Carlisle

for more information please contactThe Secretary Jane Wilson,

Tel: 01434 240435email: [email protected]

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Secretary : Barry Allen

Tel: 01768 870433

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