Patron: HRH Prince Charles
The South Devon Herd Book Society were very pleased to present a new award at the Harper Adams University Graduation Day in September for the best beef assignment on the FdSc3 Sustainable Livestock Production Systems module.
ARNCLIFFE FARMS, INGLEBY CROSS, NORTHALLERTON, YORKS, DL6 3PA
A beautiful Autumn day in October with warm sunshine and a cloudless sky, glorious scenery set against the North York moorland, and an excellent herd of South Devon cattle – what more could we ask for! The event attracted members and guests from across the country – 15 counties were represented, from the far west of Cornwall to East Sussex and Essex, and up through the country into Scotland.
Sponsored by the South Devon Herd Book Society, Harper Adams University is currently running a feed project to evaluate the replacement of concentrates with a high energy forage.
The winner of this year’s Herd Competition is Sir John Bell, Arncliffe Farms, Northallerton, Yorkshire. Sir John and Lady Venetia Bell and their son Jack manage this commercially run pedigree herd of 100 South Devon cows and their followers, and they were judged the best of 14 herds from across the country by judges Mark Thomas, Colin Edwards and Julian White.
Harper Adams University in Shropshire took delivery in mid-November of 35 South Devon steers bred by W J Wright & Son whose Oxey herd is in Leicestershire.
