Roll on twelve months and the now 27-month-old heifer Ballinalare Farm Nikita from Mr J & Mr A Wilson, Newry, Co Down, came back to defend her title and win the 2024 RUAS Balmoral Show on the opening day at Balmoral Park, Sprucefield, Lisburn.
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The Foxminster herd based near Poole in Lytchett Minster are bred by FG Luther and Son. Out of ten winners, the Luthers are the only breeders in the south west to have won a Master Breeder Award this year. Each year Holstein UK announces the winners of the award in recognition of Holstein member herds which have achieved a high standard in both classification and production. The award highlights those herds that breed trouble-free long living cows that display desirable traits and conformation. Cows and heifers under each herd prefix are allocated points according to set criteria and only UK bred animals carrying the member prefix, and which are recorded as having produced a lactation within the last two years, are eligible for inclusion in the calculation.