• The classifier has again visited the herd in late May when we had 4 EX and 16 VG cows as well as 2 VG heifers and 20 GP heifers, particular highlights include:-
  
  
  

  Animal	Details	Score
  B Lord PI Dixie 224	3rd calver fresh since October, projected to over 12,500kg , still giving over 43kg per day, served to Samuelo and by Branchal Lord Lily	EX92
  B Lord Katkin 64	Another 3rd calver, she calved late January and is giving over 53kg over a day, also a daughter of the herd sire Branchal Lord Lily who is served to Sanchez. 2nd generation EX.	EX91
  B Babette 430	Milking in her 6th lactation Babette 430 is a daughter of Branchal Lava (a Delta Lava son). She is still on over 37kg per day at over 200 days calved	EX91
  B Showman Babette 477	A 3rd calf ABS Showman daughter who is projected to over 11, 500kg and she calved in December 2009	EX90
  B Bolton Elusive 273	One of a number of great Sandy-Valley Bolton daughters at Branchal, she is a 35kg per day plus heifer already served to Scooby Duu	VG86-2yrs
  B Bolton Mystery 35	With a VG87 mammary this is a great uddered Bolton who calved her 1st in mid April and is giving over 38kg per day	VG85-2yrs

  
  
• BOLTON HEIFER WINS HOUSTON SHOW ON 5th JUNE

  Branchal Bolton Elusive 273 won the Championship and was 1st Heifer in Milk also Branchal Lord Katkin was 1st Cow in Milk

  
  
  Branchal Bolton Elusive 273 - Houston Show Champion 2010
  
  
• After a long hard winter we have finally got the cows out to grass and nearly finished the lambing. We last milk recorded on 1st May and were very pleased with the herd performance, 160 cows and heifers averaged 35.4kg with the highest yielding cow being Branchal Lord Katkin 64 who gave 62.4kg, the 13 Branchal Lord Lily daughters averaged 47.3kg at 164 days calved.
  
  
• It was our local show, Kilmacolm on 8th May where we had a successful day, Branchal Lord PI Dixie was Champion Holstein and Interbreed Champion, while Branchal Bolton Elusive 273 was Heifer Champion and Reserve Champion.
  
  
  Branchal Lord PI Dixie 224 - Kilmacolm Interbreed Champion 2010
  
  
• We are looking forward to our next classification visit on 26th May and will update more then
• We have just had the annual statement back from CIS, our new Herd average is 8842kg at 3.88% fat and 3.30% protein(on 166 records).
  
  We continue to be very impressed with daughters of our own bull, Branchal Lord, with four 2nd lactation Lord daughters averaging over 11,799kg.
  
  Our highest yielding cow last year was also a Branchal Lord daughter,
  Branchal Lord Mervyn 11 GP83 who gave 14,281kg at 3.65% fat and 2.95% protein in 305 days in her 2nd lactation.
  
  
• A History of Branchal, a 20 page book chronicling the farm, the herd and the family is now available. We are asking for modest donations towards the purchase of a book, with monies received going to Cancer Research UK. We hope you find this pictorial and editorial account of the last 100 years of Black & White breeding interesting.

• Again we thank everyone who attended the sale on 19th August, read more about it on the Stock for Sale page.
  
  
• The classifier called again on 15th May, when 14 heifers and 33 cows were scored. It was a successful day with a further 7 EX and 15 VG as well as 4 VG-2yrs.
  Our latest cows to score EX are:-
  Branchal Sherringham Molly 79
  Branchal Babette 432
  Branchal Donor Clybloem 64
  Branchal PI Dixie 205
  Branchal Lookout PI Dixie 218
  Branchal Elusive 161
  Branchal Elusive 221
  
  
  Branchal Sherringham Molly 72 EX91
  
  
• It was Kilmacolm Show on Saturday 9th May when Branchal Lord PI Dixie 224 VG87 (pictured below) in her 2nd lactation was Reserve Champion.
  Branchal Igniter Paula VG86-2yrs also won the heifer in milk class.
  
  
• We classified for the first time for a number of years back in September, that day we secured 5 EX cows and 37 VG, the classifier is due again when the remainder of the herd will be scored, and with subsequent visits the herd will raise its scores. Excellent animals so far include:

  Branchal Molly 62

  Branchal Katkin 60

  Branchal Divina 55

  Branchal Babette 451

  Branchal Pride 97

• We have decided to mark the Branchal Centenary with a special sale of 50 young milking animals at Carlisle on Wednesday 19th August, visit the Stock for Sale page to find out more about it !

HIGH BRANCHAL, BRIDGE OF WEIR, RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND, PA11 3SL

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