Something a bit different for a Friday afternoon at Abbey Farm. The Prime Minister paid us a visit to talk about farming in the uplands.

I am delighted to launch an online merchandise shop for the British Parthenais Society, which means no stock being held by us, therefore no direct cost to the Society at all, in fact a percentage of all sales will be returned to Society funds thanks to Sam Small and his team at Stash Shop.

Following advice from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, we wish to inform breeders who intend to purchase Parthenaise cattle that only animals registered in an approved EU herd book are eligible for pedigree registration in the herd book of the British Parthenais Cattle Society.

In case you’ve not read your Farmers Weekly yet this week, I thought I’d let you know that the Parthenais Chairman, James Duerden has again got a fantastic article on the breed and his herd.

4 month old calves from the Black Dyke herd (Gill and Miles Bentham).

Fantastic to see so many people taking interest in the Society stand at The British Beef Expo 2019, this is a breed that should not be over looked!

James Duerden was invited over to judge the Irish Parthenais cattle at the Tullamore Show on the 12th August.

Fantastic to see so many people taking interest in the Society stand at The British Beef Expo 2019, this is a breed that should not be over looked!

In case you’ve not read your Farmers Weekly yet this week, I thought I’d let you know that the Parthenais Chairman, James Duerden has again got a fantastic article on the breed and his herd.

Following advice from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, we wish to inform breeders who intend to purchase Parthenaise cattle that only animals registered in an approved EU herd book are eligible for pedigree registration in the herd book of the British Parthenais Cattle Society.

To keep up with the demand for the Parthenais James Duerden from Ulverston, Cumbria (Killerwick herd) went to France earlier in the year and selected nine maiden heifers for customers. Of the nine heifers six have gone to form two new herds at Stoke-on-Trent and Oswestry.