Former All Britain champion Holstein reaching lifetime yield of 70,000 litres wins judge’s vote

The overall champion dairy cow at Agriscot was an eight-year-old Holstein which Danish judge Niels Erik Haahr described as the “kind of cow that makes us money”.

Whinchat Stanleycup Farrah by Gillette Stanleycup is jointly owned by Luke Lancaster, Dennis O’neill and Evening Holsteins. She has had six calves and is approaching a lifetime yield of 70,000 litres. As a five-year-old she won her class at Dairy Day and was All Britain champion.

Dairy show entries were back quite a bit on three years ago. Agriscot chairman and organiser Robert Neil and Martin Dare put the smaller entry down to costs and TB regulations which require 60 days between shows and Dairy Day was less than 60 days ago.

Reserve interbreed was a Jersey from Robert Hunter, West Tarbrax, Shotts. Clydevalley Casino

Marigold, a first calver by Elliots Regency Casino, was brought out by his daughter Alison Lawrie.

The Superheifer, or interbreed heifer award went to a Holstein from Brian and Michael Yates, East Logan, Castle Douglas, with the same family taking the reserve prize with a Red and White heifer.

Eedy Crushabull Acclaim by Oh-river-syc Crushabull ET was only bought from the County Cork-based Eedy herd in July and was being shown by the Yates for the first time. She calved in March and is still giving 30 litres per day but is due to be dried off before calving again in January.

Champion heifer in the any other breed section came from Adam Lawson, Fife, with a July 2020-born Friesian, Lismulligan Priscilla by Catlane Muster.

The cow award went to J Lochhead and Son, with a fourth calver Brown Swiss, Kedar Virestar Jodie by Studers BS Vigor Virestar.

Superheifer Eedy Crushabull Acclaim was a winner.