Jim runs 105ha, with the help of his wife Jesme and son John, in two units in central Scotland. They keep 110 Holstein Friesians, followers and beef stores. Jim is actively involved in grassland and breed societies and milk industry politics. It mustbe 20 years since I started going to the Dairy Event at Stoneleigh, and I have not missed many since, I believe my first visit was the second occasion after the RABDF moved from London to Warwickshire. It was a very primitive affair then, in comparison with today! I even took Holstein cows to it for nine years on the trot, which was an eight-day job from when we left home to our return. I think the first year was either 1976 or 1977. At that time, there were about three times the number of Holsteins toFriesians on the milking trials.
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