GALLOWAY CATTLE

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GALLOWAY CATTLE
Hannah Raines Hedgeley Livestock www.hedgeleyliv
estock.com Tel [phone]
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Brief outline of the presentation

• Introduction
• Information about the breed and meat quality.
• Why is this breed suited to Estonia?
• Animal Husbandry and associated costs.
• Hedgeley Livestock Export Services.
• Questions

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Galloway breed information

• Oldest and purest of UK native cattle breeds.
• Naturally polled hill cattle.
• Very well suited for converting rough grazing
  into lean meat.

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Breed Traits

• Common colour black (also dun, red, white and
  belted).
• Double coat of hair.
• Thick fringe and hairy ears.
• Good milkers producing strong calves.
• Easy calving and excellent mothering abilities.
• Long life expectancy.

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Breed Traits

• Unselective grazing patterns
• Lean succulent meat
• Cows 525-620kg
• Bulls 775-950kg
• Steer finished weights 600kg
• Bulling heifers 500 550kg

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Meat Quality

• One of the purposes of raising cattle is for the
  production of meat.
• Increase in demand for tasty, low fat, tender
  juicy product.
• 1994 study in Canada comparing commercial breeds
  with Galloway.
• This revealed that Galloway beef had low fat
  content and beneficial Omega 6 and 3 essential
  fatty acids.

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Table to show Fat and Cholesterol content for
different meat samples (Study from Maple Brae
Farms, Canada 1994)
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Table to show consumer satisfaction research
project (National Livestock and Meat Board, Texas
1994)
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Conclusions

• Studies show Galloway beef is not only tasty but
  also perceived to be healthier than meat from
  other cattle breeds.
• MARKET PREMIUM FOR MEAT

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Why is the Galloway suited to Estonia?

• Hardiness.
• Good foraging ability.
• Strong maternal instinct.
• Good quality meat.
• Ability to convert low quality forage to meat.
• Very popular in Germany why?

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Animal Husbandry

• Current system on our farm in Northumberland.
• Spring Calving (March- June).
• Weaning calves November.
• Out wintering of all cows (silage and grass).
• Minimal veterinary input.
• Easy care, extensive system.
• Steers can be finished off grass or intensively.
• Low cost system.

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Table to show benchmarking data from our farm
versus UK farm data (May 2005)
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Meat Price - UK

• Premium for Galloway meat
• Continental steer 2.10 / kg
• Galloway meat 2.40 / kg
• 600 kg steer killing out at 60 360kg dead
  weight
• 108 extra per steer coupled with low costs

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Basic Gross Margin Comparison

• 206 extra margin before fixed costs for Galloway
  compared to continental suckler cow herd

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Hedgeley Livestock

• Hedgeley livestock was set up in Spring 2006
  following uplift of beef ban by John
  Carr-Ellison.
• John Carr-Ellison is an experienced farmer who
  has a 1600ha estate in Northumberland and has
  also been actively involved in the management of
  large scale arable farming operations in
  Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia since 1995.
• Hedgeley Livestock aims to organize the sourcing
  and exporting of high quality breeding stock in
  to Europe, particularly Germany, Estonia,
  Lithuania and Latvia.

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Why use Hedgeley Livestock?

• Access to some of the best pedigree bloodlines in
  the UK mostly from the North of England and
  Scotland.
• Vast knowledge of livestock production and
  management.
• Dedicated team that will carry out the export of
  the animals removing the uncertainties of
  sourcing animals from another country.

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Cattle available costs

• Bulling Heifer - 650 plus transport
• In Calf Heifers - 800 plus transport
• Bulls (cost dependant upon pedigree) - 1000
  -2500 stock bull
• All would be sourced, put through the relevant
  export tests and exported through Hedgeley
  Livestock.

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Approximate export costs

• Export tests - 25/head
• Administration costs - 10/head
• Haulage costs - 145/head
• Ferry Costs - 12/head
• Total costs per animal 192

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Trips to UK

• Direct flights Tallinn, Riga and Kaunas to London
  Stansted (low cost airline)
• Nov flights currently 20-60 euros plus taxes
• Flights daily to Newcastle from London Stansted
  (6-90)
• We would be happy to arrange trips to view
  animals at Hedgeley

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Conclusions

• Galloways
• Suitable for beef production in Estonia
• Superior meat quality (good market prospect)
• Trips to UK can be arranged to source animals
• Hedgeley Livestock experienced in management and
  export of animals
• www.hedgeleylivestock.com

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