Our bulls form the core of our herd, both from the point of influencing the future direction of our herd but also the futures of our pedigree and commercial customers herds. Our attitude here is the same as our cow herd philosophy, coming from the ground up.

Mobility and soundness are even more important here though given the live weights we expect our bulls to attain and the ground conditions they will have to endure throughout the year.

Efficient weight gains and respectable heights are extremely important to us. You shouldnt have to look for your stock bull amongst the cows, he should stand out!

Whilst making extensive use of Embryo Transfer we have been fortunate to access some of the most powerful genetics around at present. Whilst our initial goal was to get heifer calves from this the resultant bulls have had a tremendous impact on our herd and we are delighted to say the herds of many other pedigree Hereford breeders throughout the UK, who are now having calves sired by our bulls. It is our hope that by selecting embryos with the breeds leading genetics and bringing them to a grass based country and grass based systems we can exploit their potential to perform in a low cost production system. Combining these genetics with our established families, we believe will combine the performance and efficiency attributes we need for a 21st century beef industry.

 

 

Dorepoll 1 10H Headliner

 

Headliner was our first breakthrough bull! Sired by MSU Star Headliner and from Misters 19D Tessa, Headliner has been the backbone of our breeding programme since arriving on the ground! We have never had a bull influence our herd so much but the real icing on the cake is the influence he has had in the herds that have used him throughout the Uk and beyond! Headliner improves feet, legs and movement, udders, milkflow, temperament, feed conversion and muscling. Used him on heifers or cows safely. His semen is in short supply so dont hang around. EU Exportable semen.

 

 

  View Headliner's pedigree and current EBV's here

 

 

 

Dorepoll 1 93N Nationwide

 

Nationwide was one of the feature lots and high sellers in the 2007 Red Carpet Classic sale. We are as excited today as the day he was born about the potential and influence brings to Hereford breeding in the UK. Nationwide is the heaviest bull we have produced to date, and one of the most economic! Birth weight of 44Kg, 100 day of 225Kg and a 400 day of 736Kg pretty impressive. He has style, breed charcter, length and POWER in abundance.

Not only is Nationwide great to look at but his pedigree is brimming with great cattle. His sire Remitall Nationwide 93N comes from a Remitall Keynote 20X mating to Remitall Catalina 24H the 2 most influential cattle in the Hereford breed today. His dam remitall Sally 131K needs no introductions either, being a past Canadian National Champion and a Dam of distinction. What more could you want. EBV's?  Nationwide is in the top 1% of the breed for 600day weight and terminal index, top 5% for milk and has the top values for both 200Day and 400 day weights.

Semen is available in a limited supply in 2008 and fully available for 2009. Contact us for information and orders. EU exportable semen.

View Nationwide's pedigree and current EBV's here.

 

Dorepoll 1 73J Jonathan

 

Jonathan was another feature of the Red Carpet classic, although he has been a highlight of all our farm tours since his birth. He has so many strong points its hard to know where to start listing them. Stature, character, bone strusture, muscling, efficiency and the list goes on. His dam was piurchased from Greg Hill in Ontario, with the plan being to fly her home. Unfortunately Foot and Mouth disease broke out and we were unable to get her home before the import regulations changed. Its safe to say that she wasnt the greatest flushing cow around with 4 embryos from flushes but we did get 4 calves from these! We have 2 full sisters to Jonathan and a 3/4 brother, Dorepoll 1 Online (see below). His sire Remitall Jonathan was my pick of the bulls I saw on my first trip to Canada- size, length, meat and loads of eye appeal, making him an obvious choice for flush sire. In his limited show career Dorepoll 1 Jonathan has taken the NI National Calf showCchampion Male in 2005, Balmoral Supreme Championship twice (2006&2008) Reserve Male Championship at the Royal Show 2006. We think he is one of the top bulls in Europe at the moment, why not come and see him for youself? Semen is not available for sale until next year to give our partners a chance to get some calves on the ground.

Jonathan isnt just going to influence the herds that use him , hes going to influence the whole breed.

View Jonathans pedigree and current  EBV's.

 

 

Dorepoll 1 122L Online

Online is a 3/4 brother to Jonathan as noted above. Online is sired by the well known Remitall Online 122l who needs no introductions, there arent many bulls that have seen so much use successfully in the history of the breed. The string of Champions both in the ring and in the field he has sired is vast.

Dorepoll 1 Online has the potential for more of the same. Just look at his brother! Heres a strong maternal bull but delivering performance and meat. He has the genes to bring easy calving and vigorous calves what the breed is renowned for and essential in our modern low imput systems. Online has been used extensively throughout Poland for these very reasons. Owned by Thornby Farms. Exportable semen available From Thornby Farms or Dorepoll Herefords.

View Onlines pedigree and EBV's here.