Foot & mouth disease in East Asia
[30/04/2010]
Climate change in a climate of change
[02/03/2010]
ILDEX Vietnam 2010 - the solutions for Vietnam’s sustainable growth
[02/03/2010]
UK Sheep meat exports pass the £300 million mark in 2009
[02/03/2010]
Certification Updates
[27/02/2010]
Global Food prices up again according to FAO
[08/02/2010]
New logo selected for all EU organic products
[08/02/2010]
EBLEX beef and sheep roadmap to livestock emissions reductions
[08/02/2010]
Outlook Conference diary alert
[08/02/2010]
Record entries for National All Breeds Show promise a spectacle to dispel the February blues
[08/02/2010]
Make a date: British Cattle Conference 24-26 January 2011
[08/02/2010]
A very merry Christmas (and good year) for British pork sales, at home & abroad
[08/02/2010]
Paris in the Springtime
[07/02/2010]
Aberdeen-Angus semen heads for Estonia
[05/02/2010]
Lloyds TSB Agriculture continues sponsorship of Beef Expo in May
[05/02/2010]
British Blue, British Charolais and British Limousin beef semen exports to USA ...... and Denmark
[05/02/2010]
New JSR International Sales Director
[05/02/2010]
Dairy Burke Trophy moves to new National All Breeds Show
[04/02/2010]
New British semen storage and distribution unit opens
[04/02/2010]
JSR in the Ukraine
[08/12/2009]
Spring into Spring - EBLEX export marketing push
[08/12/2009]
New National All Breeds Show 2010
[08/12/2009]
Male sexed Limousin semen - another ‘world first’ for Crawford Brothers
[04/12/2009]
A Sustainable Breeding Future - British Cattle Conference 25-27 January, 2010
[03/12/2009]
Au revoir and bienvenue to Herefords as they head from England to France
[02/12/2009]
Cogent expansion: commitment and optimism for UK cattle genetics’ future
[01/12/2009]
New Genus ABS appointments in Europe and UK
[01/12/2009]
New British owned AI company launched
[01/12/2009]
British Blues join Semenstore.co.uk
[01/12/2009]
Mad for Madison
[23/09/2009]
New British Angus company launched in response
[23/09/2009]
IndAgra-Farm - UK’s livestock breeding sector are there for business!
[23/09/2009]
Where Asia’s feed, livestock and meat industry do business
[21/09/2009]
National Ploughing Championships 2009
[21/09/2009]
Limousin ‘Goldies Terence’ semen exported to Norway, Finland and Australia
[21/09/2009]
Positive signs for English pig sector
[21/09/2009]
Defra minister to open the Dairy Event and Livestock Show
[08/09/2009]
JSR continues global expansion
[02/09/2009]
World record price for a sheep
[31/08/2009]
Cows for Cambodia!
[28/08/2009]
Cutting edge agricultural research under microscope
[26/08/2009]
GB Bulls Open Day and NEW August DVD now available
[25/08/2009]
Portuguese Pig Producers Choose UK Breeding Stock
[25/08/2009]
Picston Shottle celebrates his tenth birthday
[25/08/2009]
Agriscot - the UK's No 1 Farm Business Event
[25/08/2009]
Strong British team at Expointer
[25/08/2009]
The Dairy Event and Livestock Show 2009
[13/08/2009]
A strong technical team helping the British pig industry
[13/08/2009]
BEEF EXPO 2010 is at Hexham
[12/08/2009]
AHDB appoints new EBLEX director
[12/08/2009]
Expointer And 100 Years of Devons in Brazil
[10/08/2009]
New export initiatives for livestock & meat sectors
[27/07/2009]
EBLEX and BPEX relocate to Stoneleigh
[27/07/2009]
News on latest meat sector economics publications & services
[23/07/2009]
Pig campaign wins major international awards
[29/05/2009]
Doors open for lamb exports to United Arab Emirates
[06/04/2009]
World Shorthorn Conference 2010 – A world of opportunity in the home of the breed
[23/03/2009]
Pig export news from ACMC
[23/03/2009]
UK’s Beef and Lamb exports up
[05/03/2009]
Breeding polled cattle made easier
[05/03/2009]
British pork exports hit £160million
[20/02/2009]
Genus expands business in China
[20/02/2009]
'Positive future' for dairy industry
[23/01/2009]
British Limousin Pedigree sales in 2008 exceed £5 million
[15/01/2009]
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During his illustrious career Shottle has topped the UK foot and leg rankings a staggering 15 times, has been consistently at the top of the UK type rankings, is in the top 10 for Index ranking in five countries, including being number one in the USA, Canada and Italy. With a classification of EX96 points, he is the joint highest classified bull in the UK.
Shottle was born on July 23rd 1999 at Spot Acre Grange near Stafford, England, the home of the Pickford family and Picston Holsteins. His Dam, Condon Aero Sharon EX91, part owned by the Pickford family and Tallent Holsteins in Cumbria, is the highest UK Brood star cow at 60 stars and was voted global cow of the year by Holstein International in 2007. His sire was Carole Prelude Mtoto.
Genus ABS purchased him and after testing through the Cornerstone programme he entered the main stud in 2004, since then he has sold over 500,000 doses of semen. Shottle semen has been exported to over 30 countries and has over 14,000 milking daughters worldwide with more than 28,000 registered daughters in the UK alone. New daughters are being registered at the incredible rate of 15 per day.
Shottle daughters are in high demand and achieve consistently high prices including Wabash-Way Emily Ann who made $630,000 at the Global Glamour Sale in 2008. Shottle is also widely used as a sire of sons and has been used by most AI companies. He is renowned for his ability to produce daughters combining outstanding production, type and management traits.
His success has turned Shottle into a bovine celebrity and in addition to regular appearance in the farming press his fame has seen him mentioned in The Times, Financial Times, Independent newspapers and even Playboy magazine. Henry Lewis, President of the British Cattle Breeders Club and Chairman of BLG says “We in Britain are really proud of the Pickford family’s success in breeding Shottle and also congratulate Genus ABS in their global marketing of his genetics.”
Sires of the quality of Shottle come along very infrequently and we are delighted
he is continuing to produce into his tenth year,” comments Hugh Ratcliffe,
Genus ABS European Business Development Manager for Dairy Genetics. “He
has already made a huge impact in global Holstein breeding and his impact will
continue to be felt for many years to come.” For more, see www.genusbreeding.co.uk
[25/08/2009]
