Patron: HRH Prince Charles
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.
The date of the Winners’ Open Day will be announced shortly.
The Society’s Council have taken the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Autumn Show & Sale which would have been held at Cirencester on 2nd October, because of low entry numbers. Exceptional management circumstances this year arising from the very late spring and the long hot summer continue to cause shortages of grass and other fodder, which are the underlying reasons for the cancellation.
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.
If you would like to enter this year’s National Herd Competition please complete and return the entry form below. The closing date is Friday 17th August – and please note strict adherence to the Rules. Judging will take place during the first two weeks of September.
Judges: Mr Colin Edwards, Mr Mark Thomas, Mr 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.
