Feed Trial Evaluations
Evaluation of the replacement of cereals with a high energy forage with intensively finished weaned spring born South Devon suckled steers.
Patron: His Majesty King Charles III
The Society’s 5th Performance Championships
The Society’s 5th Performance Championships, held at Beef Expo, was a great success and probably the best to date. The quality of the cattle was consistently strong, and produced a great show representative of the breed. The Championships seek to highlight the use of Breedplan performance as well as conformation and structure, and cattle are judged on a combination of performance points and inspection.
Herd Competition 2018 - Winners’ Farm Walk
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.
Harper Adams University Beef Student Award
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.
Winner of Herd Competition
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.