Farm Name: Strongbark Holsteins

Owners: Jim and Karen Strong

Location: Albion Park, New South Wales (2 Hours south of Sydney on the Southcoast of New South Wales)

Size of Farm: 200 milk cows, 400 total head of cattle, and 180 acres of land

What’s currently in your tank? Jasper, Goldwyn, Lheros, Windbrook, Atwood, Windhammer, Damion, and Destry

Your Favorite cow and bull of all-time? Favorite Bull- Comestar Leader
Favorite Cow-Strongbark Broker Candy (Sire: A Conant-Acres-JY Broker-ET-TV), she has five Excellent and seventeen VG Daughters.

Stongbark Broker Candy, Junior Champion International Dairy Week, Supreme Champion Sydney Royal, Junior, Intermediate, & Senior Champion New South Wales State Show.

Stongbark Storm Candy EX4E: 1st Jr 2-year-old International Dairy Week, Supreme Champion Sydney Royal, 2X Champion Cow New South Wales (NSW) State Show.

Stongbark Allen Candy 2nd ET VG 89 Max: Intermediate Champion NSW State Show & Sydney Royal, 1st 4 Yr Old in Milk Sydney Royal, watch for her at International Dairy Week.

What Bull will have the greatest impact on the Australian Holstein? Goldwyn, mainly through his sons. Let’s hope it is a good impact!

Future goals for your farm/cattle? To breed good uddered, deep ribbed, square rumped cows with the ability to milk, from our best cow families.

Submitted by: Jessica Achen New South Wales, Australia

LEADER TAKES UK NATIONAL HOLSTEIN CROWN
RESULTS FOR THE 2009 UK NATIONAL HOLSTEIN SHOW

SUPREME CHAMPION (and BEST UDDER)
Wills Brothers, Bassingthorpe Leader Dilys 10

RESERVE SUPREME CHAMPION (and EXHIBITOR BRED)
Seaton Farms, Styche Lyster Sally PI

HONOURABLE MENTION
Wills Brothers, Riverdane Outside Hazel

Monday 16th February 2009
Holstein UK celebrated 100 years of cattle breeding history as part of its centennial year celebrations with the 28th hosting of the National Holstein Show at The National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.

Judge Brian Carscadden placed the sixth lactation Bassingthorpe Leader Dilys as his Mature, Best Udder and Supreme Champion. Seaton Farms split Wills Brothers from a Champion and Reserve double with Styche Lyster Sally edging out Riverdane Outside Hazel into the Honourable Mention placing. ~Bruce Jobson reporting

A full report on the 2009 UK National Show will appear in an upcoming issue of Holstein World.