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James Johnston
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My name is James Johnston, 28years old, married for 5 years, 2 boys Alexander & David, milking 110 cows almost on my own, the day I stop enjoying it I'll chuck it.
Trying to improve my herd with limited resorses.Will probably never keep a dairy bull again, just a limmy sweeper for hiefers.
(been stung with crap stock bulls with good pedigrees).
....wise man once say,"its not turnover, but leftover....." My cows must keep me!
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I dont want index, I dont want type, I want both!!!
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18/1/2006, 23:57
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svennis
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Hi! My name is Sven ,26 years old,studying agriculture at university and hope to finish it with a master exam in april or may, did a two year job training (don`t know, if this is the right word) before that.
My parents own a small farm in the near of the city of Bremen with 25 cows, 150 pigs and a farm shop were we are direct selling our goods (vegetables,fruit,eggs,sausage and many more).
Helping on the farm whenever I can and I am responsible for the bulls that are used since I`ve been 14 or so.
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19/1/2006, 11:02
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BSJW
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I'm back! Local account was deleted so am now global. I was Brian before! 
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14/2/2006, 13:22
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tiffanyoz
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Hi Im Wendy Orchard from Shady Creek in Victoria Australia. We milk 200 cows on 305 acres of Dry land. With 40 acres of Irrigation water that is from a underground bore. We grow some fodder crops eg turnips and Chicory as well as Silage. All our young stock is off the farm from 3 mths old. I have been dairy farming for 30 years. I do all the calf raising as well as milking twice a day. We have a 20 unit swing over herringbone dairy with automatic cup removers. We are heavily into showing cattle and attend International Dairy Week every year as well as Royal Shows. My proudest moment was watching my 21 year old daughter lead our Senior in milk Heifer Orchard Vale Rubens Blackrose VG 85 ( Rubens X Full sister to Ladino Park Talent..Mangoola Storm Redrose EX1E )to Win the Youth show in 2005.My other interests are riding horses..Showjumping and 3 Day eventing.
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19/2/2006, 10:50
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Bullpen
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I am Bob Hardy 51 years old from Shropshire Welsh border. Married two grown up kids.
Trained as a maths teacher,taught for 3 years, decided to try something different before I got too comfortable, joined MMB in 1979 as an AI technician - I was a country boy!
Managed a few AI centres and then went into ET when MMB took over Premier. Travelled extensively across USA looking for embryo donors. Joined World Wide Sires as their man in the UK and Ireland and worked for them for 10 years. Joined Semen World just when Foot and mouth was breaking out. Joined MAFF for the duration of F&M. Became their marketing manager before a final year back on the road.
Now in Golf Club management and loving it!
Still can't resist talking cows though!
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24/2/2006, 16:16
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AndrewR
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My name is Andrew Rutter, I have milked cows since the age of 7, and graduated at Harper in Beer Appreciation in 1998, including a fantastic sandwich year in Canada. I was head herdsman for two years at Deehaven, and from there was offered a job at Genus, and I have now worked as breeding programme manager for three years. I miss milking cows everyday, but love the challenge of the job, and the fantastic people I get to meet, and cows I get to see
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28/2/2006, 11:41
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DLC
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hi guys & gals,
My name is Dawn Coryn 33 years of age & live in the sticks ... erm I mean Cornwall  (where's the Cornish Flag btw?) I have work in the AI industry now for 14 yrs but 6yrs now with Alta.
We farm up on the middle of the North Coast near Padstow - famously "Rick Stein" country! Job revolves around cows & so does the hobby of showing or selling decent stock (hopefully) but I'll shut up now & look forward to catching up around the threads.
Cheers
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6/3/2006, 17:41
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DLC
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Cheers Matey!!!!!!! 
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6/3/2006, 20:31
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Bullpen
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Hiya Dawn,
You modestly forgot to tell everyone how you had the National Holstein show champion in Typex Blackstar Fabiola! God bless her.
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7/3/2006, 18:15
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DLC
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Hiya Dawn,
You modestly forgot to tell everyone how you had the National Holstein show champion in Typex Blackstar Fabiola! God bless her.
Thankyou  & fyi... a Shark grand daughter is just fresh 10 days & looks decent - not quite like granny but 2 in one lifetime would be pushing it!!!
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8/3/2006, 10:48
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Dairylands
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Hello All,
I have been reading and enjoying cowtalk for a while. My name is Roy McLean and I am married with 6 young children.
I took over my father's small dairy herd 5 years ago.
The rest can wait till relevant posts!!
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8/3/2006, 14:10
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32jpd
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hi everybody, my name is john day i am a herd manager in the not so dairy area of herts/cam boarders looking after 220 black and whites.been working with b/w for 22years must be still enjoying it so the wife says.
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12/3/2006, 10:37
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foxleigh
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I am a 40 year old farmers wife with a 2 yo son. We farm 320 acres in the murray valley of northern victoria,australia.We have 90 acres of permanent sprinklers and the rest flood irigation.we milk 150 reg. holsteins year round.we do source and import( and resell) various us bloodline of embyos and semen that suit us.Both my husband and I have registered holsteins since the early 80s.Prior to marriage I had travelled the world working on dairy farms and also spent time working as a semen reseller , in farm machinery spareparts, tour guide and personal assistant.
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12/3/2006, 20:58
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titantom
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Titantom
my name is tom peters. live in surrey not far from london, bit of a townie i spose, but still get to work with cows!!.i am currently stil at school. off 2 quality holsteins in september then off 2 harper 2 study women, beer, play rugby and perhaps study agriculture! i have my own prefix titan, but have partnerships in cows; whippenscott zenith lizie, ultragen bala honeybee. i was 2nd in the stockjudgin at the royal in 2005. my dad is a farm manager home to limpsfield holsteins home to one of the best milkin shottles in the country!
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29/3/2006, 16:38
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Mark Lee1
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Hello again to all you cow talkers!
I haven't posted anything on here for a while now so thought i should introduce myself to those of you who don't know me already.
My name is Mark Lee, i'm 27 and a farmers son from Northamptonshire.I started a pedigree herd at home after leaving education and then sold it after the foot and mouth outbreak to work abroad.I've spent the last few years involved with cows in New Zealand, Australia and the US.Some of you will know from my previous time on Cowtalk that i've spent a lot of time at Indianhead in different stints over the last four or five years.
I still own about 40 cows in the UK which are housed in different herds around the country and also some animals in the states.These include members of families like the Rosinas from Templedale, Sallie from Hanoverhill, Ballerina and Karens from Indianhead and various others including an EX full sister to Wedgewood Harley Rudolph.
I've been trying to find a small farm for a while now in order to get all the cows back together and start farming in my own right but have since left that idea after being offered a position with Norton and Brooksbank.I've been with them since the new year and have started up the N&B private sales register dealing with their farm to farm sales throughout the UK.
Do come and introduce yourselves at the National or at any of the sales if we haven't met already.
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6/4/2006, 13:57
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Benny19
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Hello all, been posting odd things on here for a while but never got round to this bit. So, my name is Ben Nottage, my parents farm just south of Norwich and own the Forte herd. Pedigree's and showing are our hobbies. We milk between 50 and 60 cows and try to invest in families that are both well respected and sometimes still emerging. Current families include Elegance, Renita, Tabatha, Roxy, Cozy, Dellia, Triuna, Sallie and Rolls.
Both myself and my brother work away from the farm but get back back a lot of weekends to help catch-up with jobs. I work for Semen World doing a lot of their promotional work and inspecting progeny etc. Hope this introduction is ok, speak with you all on the threads, Ben.
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25/5/2006, 13:14
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Grasshill
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I'm Holly. 25. My family have some cows and some goats--I help out a little. I don't know much, but am arrogant enough to pretend that I do.
Humor me my stranger posts, if you please. I don't get out much.
As for our farm, my father will forgive almost anything exempting a high-maintenance cow. If she is tough, he will make room for her. The other kind don't last long.
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25/5/2006, 19:06
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PEOVEREYE
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I sure this ought to go on a separate thread but tell me more on the goats Grasshill i have a curios interest from a distance my friend and neighbour milk 1000 goats aswell as processing about half the uk goats milk . i find them an interesting challenge as the genetics and nutrition are at such an infancy so massive gains can be made as against cows where we are tweaking and perfecting what is already pretty good. Do you milk goats commercially ?
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25/5/2006, 19:19
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Grasshill
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Peovereye: I'll check with my mother, then send you as much information as you can possibly read in two minutes. Personally, I try to avoid them whenever possible so I'm not much help.
Kidding season hits a lull in a week or two. I'll quiz her when she's on break.
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27/5/2006, 23:56
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Jerry T
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Velly intellesting. Congratulations Mark. I live in Lincolnshire and am now retired and once knew a velly little about cows. I have five children and suspect that you may catch up one day!
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11/6/2006, 10:48
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moo2you
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Hi my name is Claire Swale, just on the right side of 30, 2 children, Jack aged 6 and Harvey aged 5. Originally from Worcestershire in the centre of the UK, brought up with the Castlerhydd herd which is now known as Richaven ( my brothers prefix) Got married and now associated with Joylan up here in sunny Lancashire.
Have been showing cattle for as long as I can remember, do a little judging when I can.... despite everything still love cows.
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12/6/2006, 14:49
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Big Bird
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I am a tenant farmer from Dorset, milking 75 pedigree cows plus followers on 160 acres.
I turn 40 this year, and have been in charge here since Dad died 12 years ago, although my wife of 7 years may well have an alternative opinion. We have 3 boys from 5 years downwards.
'Big Bird' is a tour name from my years of skiing. I'd like to think it was linked to Joel Garner, but I suspect the people who dished the name out knew more about Sesame Street.
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19/6/2006, 19:11
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JoulesH
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Hi
Joules H is 39, female and married to a farmer, we have 60 Holsteins and sheep, a few beef, (selling lamb and beef direct) and loads of wildlife conservation schemes, we do farm walks etc.
I work as a farm adviser (not dairy though) and love our cows to bits.
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3/8/2006, 16:28
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