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DR DICK ESSLEMONT RECEIVES PRINCESS
ROYAL AWARD FROM RABDF
» » DR DICK ESSLEMONT WAS
recently the recipient of the
RABDF Princess Royal Award
in a presentation by Her Royal
Highness at Buckingham
Palace. The award is one of the
highest accolades within the
dairy industry and is awarded
each year to an individual
who has made an outstanding
contribution to the sector
throughout their lifetime.
Dr Esselmont developed
the UK’s first computerised
dairy herd health scheme,
which has been the forerunner
of technology in use on all
progressive farms today.
‘DAISY’ (The Dairy Information
System) was created to run on
a variety of mini-computers, and
allowed farmers to have a same-
day turnaround on their data.
RABDF chairman Mike
King said it was fitting that Dr
Esselmont was recognised by
the whole industry as a pioneer
and communicator.
Mr King said: “The dairy
sector has benefited not only
from the way DAISY exposed
strengths and weaknesses
in management systems, but
also from Dr Esselmont’s ability
to communicate solutions to
a generation of farmers who
were then inspired and able to
embrace the digital revolution.”
Dr Esslemont said: “When
DAISY was launched, I knew
we’d have to sell 80 systems
to break even. But when we
ended up selling 3-4,000 and
started to see competition
develop between herds and
practices all trying to be the
best in fertility and health the
league tables, I realised we’d
developed a much-needed
product.
“It was fantastic to see some
of the data collated from DAISY
pooled for research at Reading
University, with a significant
amount of influential papers
being published as a result.”
The Princess Royal Award
is run by RABDF – the Royal
Association of British Dairy
Farmers – and was first
introduced in 1991. It is open to
people working in any sector of
the dairying and in any capacity.
Each year the winner is selected
by RABDF Council based upon
whom they believe has provided
an outstanding contribution to
the sector.
Dr Esslemont (centre) with wife Bridget receiving
his presentation from Her Royal Highness.
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