Picture of the Week

Congratulations to the winner of the 2011 HYB President’s Medal, Owain Harries from South Wales. Holstein UK president Jimmy Hull presented Owain with the award at the British Cattle Conference at Telford this week at a dinner attending by over 200 people. Also pictured is Stuart Maclennan of national HYB sponsors Genus ABS.

Three President’s Medal finalists were invited to attend the Conference, the other two being Rachel Richardson of Yorkshire and Shropshire’s Andy Smith.

The new ClassAct tool has launched and is available in the members section here.


For the full press release click here.


***Holstein UK Genomic Type Developments.***

We can now confirm that Holstein UK Genomic Evaluations for Type traits will be officially released in April 2012, to coincide with the official Genetic Evaluation run. Between now and April we intend to complete a formalised period aimed at reviewing and discussing the results, plus finalising the decisions surrounding the publication and structure of the data that we will disseminate. Updates and further information will be communicated through the Journal and via the website between now and April. Watch this space!

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Business Focus

Holstein UK

Business Tools


Holstein UK endeavours to provide its members with powerful tools to give a unique business advantage. This section previews those tools available.

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ClassAct is the latest addition to the Holstein UK toolset. It provides farmers with a unique set of reports and graphs to easily arrange and analyse all of their herds calssification data. The new classact reports can be found by logging in to the members homepage.


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WebReg is a completely free, multi-breed, multi-functional online registration service. This tool is available from theCDI for all pedigree registrations for the following breeds: Ayrshire, British Blue, British Friesian, Brown Swiss, European Angus, Guernsey, Holstein & Montbeliarde.

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Bull Selector is the UK’s only multi-breed, independent bull shorting list which cuts out the bull you don’t want to use. Using this tool could not be easier. Like WebReg, Bull Selector is available from theCDI.


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Virtual Cow

The Holstein UK Virtual Cow makes it easy to envision the ideal Holstein cow. Easily compare all of the traits that the Holstein UK Classifiers look for and control how they appear on screen to match your herd.


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Holstein Search

The Holstein UK Search pages make it quick and easy to find animals that have been registered in our herdbook. To get started use the quick search box underneath the picture of the week. Or go to the advanced search page for more options.

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Ancestry Pages & Factsheets

Ancestry pages enable users to search through an animal’s history looking back at its ancestors pedigree information.

Factsheets make it possible to search for all kinds of facts and figures on any bull or cow that is registered by Holstein UK.

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WebMate has been designed to help breeders identify which of the many hundreds of sires available may best suit their system and is provided free of charge from the CDI Website


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British Cattle Breeders Conference


BCBC invite you to the British Cattle Conference to be held on 23rd – 25th of January 2012 at the Telford Gold and Spa Hotel, Telford, Shropshire.
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2012 Weekend Rally

South Eastern HYB host this years Weekend Rally at Plumpton College on Friday 13th – Sunday 15th April. The programme includes Herd visits to include Tim Gues Huddlestone Herd and John Downings Wintersell Herd, as well as Farm yard Olympics, “Heros and Villains” fancy dress rounded off by the Field to Foto competition. For further details please contact Lynette Smale 01923 695282

NYA Farm Walks

The RABDF and NYA are planning to run a series of farm walks focussing on youngstock rearing though out Spring. The first one will take place at Shanael Holsteins, Greville Hall Farm, Hinston, Evesham, Worcester by kind permission of the Miller Family on Tuesday 28th February. The day will cover topics such as Feeding, Disease prevention and Ventilation. Registration is essential. If you are interested in attending the farm walk please register with Sian Mercer at RABDF on 0845 458 2711 or email sianmercer@rabdf.co.uk. Directions and further details will be sent upon registration.


The Journal

Latest Edition

Issues of the 2009 & 2010 Journal are now available to view for everyone in the 'Members' section.

To subscribe to the Journal and receive the 2011 issues on time, please download the relevant form which can be found by clicking HERE.