In the hunt for Gold

OB Brothers Chris (SDA, 92-97) and Rich (SDA, 90-95) Norman of Pembridge, Herefordshire have been named as the third finalist in this year's NMR/RABDF Gold Cup competition.
They have developed a 600-cow dairy along with a 200,000 bird broiler unit and an anaerobic digester on their 162-hectare family farm. Attention to detail, with an emphasis on staff training, means that the team is well equipped to achieve the best from the Friesian Jersey crossbreds on an autumn block calving and paddock grazing system. Average milk yields of 5,536kg, at 4.99% fat and 3.70% protein, are combined with a cell count of 97,000cells/ml and a calving interval of 374 days. farming a 600 Friesian Jersey cow dairy on an autumn block calving and paddock grazing system