Top Jerseys show what can be done

摘要

Brothers Hugh and Tom Richardson's 112-strong Wheelbirks Jersey herd based near Stocksfield, Northumberland, won the RABDF Lilly Hill Trophy for the breed this year. By paying attention to detail, the Richardsons, their herd manager Chris Shipley, Carrs Billington nutritionist Julie Sargent and vet lain Carrington, of Intake Vets, Hexham, have, year-on-year, increased the number of calvings and improved fertility, lifted yields while increasing milk from forage and margins over purchased feed.