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British Blue Bull BookVolume 6 - 2008
CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTIONWelcome to the new edition of the British Blue Cattle Society’s ‘Bull
Book’ of British Bred Semen Sires.
This ‘Bull Book’ contains a selection of British Bred Sires with semen available for a range of markets both at home here in the UK and overseas. If you are interested in our Genetics please make your own arrangements to contact the owner of the bull directly. If semen is currently not collected to your particular market protocol it may be possible to rectify this when future semen collections are made. When one calculates the number of calves sired by a particular Beef Breed, the British Blue is the UK’s 5th most popular Beef sire, with over 1 million Blue sired calves being born in the UK in 2003. The British Blue’s growth in the UK is market driven, with meat processors profiting from up to 15% extra yield of saleable meat being obtainable from a Blue X quality carcase. This yield has not been at the expense of eating quality with a Sirloin from a Blue X carcase recently winning a ‘Best Scottish Steak’ competition at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh and The Balmoral Show, Belfast. British breeders are proud of the quality of their cattle and are confident that you will be equally as proud of your calves, which have been sired by our genetics. We look forward to doing business with you. Jim Barber NOTESTotal Breed Evaluation For a total analysis of the complete pedigree population, visit the Breedplan International Database. Semen Status This gives an over simplified indication of the markets for which semen has currently been collected. You are strongly advised to check carefully before making an overseas purchase that the protocol to which the semen has been collected conforms with the current import protocols applying to in your country. Future semen collection can possibly be made to a specific overseas protocol should the size of any future orders warrant it. Society Approved Terminal Sire Semen Royalty Status This applies only to pedigree calves registered in the UK. It is a dual pricing method of marketing semen. A ‘Royalty’ having to be paid to the owner of the semen should a future calf be registered as a pedigree on the British Herd Book. Contact For Semen To follow up an interest you may have in a bull, please contact, in the
first instance, the person mentioned in the ‘Contact for Semen’ box.
For enquiries of a more general nature you may contact the Society office
on Recording Your Herd If you are interested in recording your herd, contact, in the first instance,
Barbara Webster at Pedigree Cattle Services, 6 King’s Place, Perth,
Scotland, PH2 8AD. Why Buy British Belgian Blue Genetics?
The “British Type” of Blue British Breeders imported Belgian Blues into the UK, in the early 1980’s. They recognized their future importance to the modern commercial beef market, being fine boned, heavily muscled, docile animals with tremendous growth potential, leading to a very high percentage of saleable meat. British Breeders have selectively bred the “British Type” of Belgian Blue, with great emphasis being placed on:
This has resulted in the breed now enjoying the distinction of being NUMBER ONE for AI use as a terminal sire in the UK. The experience of British dairy farmers using Blues over many years has led beef farmers to follow their example. Now, with ever greater use of the independent, unbiased BLUP recording data, breeders know that they can rely on a British Blue sire to produce cattle for a wide range of conditions and management systems. ConclusionThe number of British Bred Sires listed in this publication grows
with every new edition; we now feature 24 in this fourth volume. Disclaimer |
latest newsWoodview Britney, bred & exhibited by Andrew Craig took the Supreme British Blue Championship at the 2008 Royal Ulster Show on Wednesday 14th May. [results] The Border British Blue Club Annual Carlisle Spring Show & Sale on Friday 16th & Saturday 17th May. [catalogue] Dungannon Spring Sale 2008 A packed ring, bursting with keen interest, saw the commencement of the spring show and sale at Dungannon Farmers Mart on Saturday 29th March 2008. [report]
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