DairyCo bull bonanza at the Dairy Event

Ten lucky dairy farmers will win up to 200 worth of dairy semen each at this years Dairy Event and Livestock Show, in a Bull Bonanza competition being held by DairyCo.

The competition is being run to promote the importance of good genetics and how, by working with DairyCo Breeding+, farmers can get more from their herd breeding.  Participating AI companies are: Semex, Cogent, Genus, Avoncroft, Sterling Sires, Dairy Daughters, Bullsemen.com, The Viking Profile and ABS.

By entering the on-stand competition dairy farmers will be part of a prize draw that will take place on both days of the event, with five lucky winners drawn each day. Each winner can choose semen from a single high PLI bull nominated by one of nine AI companies.

Dairy farmers can enter the competition by completing a short series of questions on postcards being handed out at the entrance to the NEC and on the DairyCo stand.  The prize draw will take place at the end of each day.

DairyCos aim is to promote world class knowledge to British dairy farmers so they can profit from a sustainable future.

To achieve this DairyCo aims to:

• Ensure farmers have access to world class information needed to improve competitiveness, GHG reduction and productivity

• Ensure farmers have access to direct and indirect support to help them improve their profitability through better business management

• Ensure that dairy farming is reducing its impact on the environment

• Ensure farmers understand the benefits of breeding and use the related tools

DairyCo is funded entirely by milk producers, via a statutory levy on all milk sold off-farm, at the rate of 0.06p per litre.  This provides an annual income of around 6.5m.

DairyCo is a division of the statutory levy board, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)