Dairy Shorthorn Articles

Below are list of articles written about various Dairy Shorthorn Members of their experiences with Dairy Shorthorns.

The Land Of The Long White Cloud - By Graham Madeley

“You will never be any closer!” was the message from our New Zealand friends when they knew I would be in Australia for the Illawarra conference and tour. I had visited New Zealand for six cow free days in 1977 so I welcomed the chance to see some New Zealand Milking Shorthorns as well as spending some time in good company. >>more

Gareth Hotchkiss - A Dramatic Change in Breeding Policy for Shropshire Farmer by Jennifer Mackenzie

Shropshire dairy farmer Gareth Hotchkiss is breaking with current milk production trends by running a cross-bred, low-input herd maximising grazed grass. >>more

Robert Kite - Why Pedigree Shorthorns? Recent new young member, Robert Kite, tells his reasons for changing to Dairy Shorthorns.

We chose to switch to dairy shorthorns for a few reasons. We wanted a cow that was easy to manage on a simple system as we would have needed a big investment in new buildings as cubicles were becoming too small for our more extreme Holsteins. >>more

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