The Farmers Mart Aug-Sep 2022 - Issue 82 | Page 11

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The bull purchased was Fox de Maurage and the heifer was Herpine de Denville , both 10 months old .

When Eric first purchased Fox he crossed his native bred Galloways with him to produce suckled calves for Hawes Mart but it wasn ’ t long before the herd was wholly pedigree Blues and was quickly supplemented with a few cows from a herd in Northamptonshire , but those two initial purchases were to prove the foundation of everything that has been bred since .

“ All of the cattle in our herd today can be traced back to them ,” says Graham . “ Our membership number is 28 and we are now the longest serving of the 27 that were ahead of us . Our herd is now a closed herd and is Johnnes level 1 , which it has been for the past decade and BvD accredited with the SAC health scheme . “ The Blue has proved itself time and again as has the herd . What they are here for is their breeding and most commercial based beef cattle producers are either crossing with British Blue or Limousin . They ’ ve stood the test of time because of their killing out percentage .

Consistency has been the key to the Greystone herd ’ s success , as it is to the breed too and the Coates ’ have sold 25 bulls to the Genus stud over the years , including providing their first ever bull produced at Rainscar , Greystone Banko . They recently sold another Greystone Oxford . The semen sales from their herd have gone right around the world .

“ Our record price at a breed sale is 18,000 guineas at Carlisle around 12 years ago . Greystone Bonzer ,” says Graham . “ We average around 5000-6000 on bull sales . “ Our herd only runs to 30 pedigree females . We use a mix of AI and natural service . It ’ s a very fluid arrangement . We just put stuff that we think suits to AI and chase up with bulls . We put them into calf around July for spring calving and around New Year for autumn .

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