Inch Herd

12/08/2026

Congratulations to Ulster Ayrshire Cattle Club organisers and competitors for running a successful and enjoyable herd competition last week. Thanks to the judge Duncan Hunter for giving his time to judge the competition.
We are delighted to have received
1st placed cow family overall with dam Inch Viljar Joan EX92 and daughter Inch Thiago Joan EX91
1st placed cow (small herd) Inch Thiago Joan EX91
1st placed daughter group of four (small heard) sired by VR Vehmaa
2nd placed heifer (small herd) Inch Vehmaa Frances VG classified fresh

We have a small herd of 12 Viking bred registered Ayrshires and are really proud of them.

The Joan family go back to foundation cow St Jarnia 532 EX93 imported from Sweden. She comes from long line of great type 10352 kgs 5.21% BF 3.44%P
Her Dam was Hon Mention (Production inspection cow of the year)
11262kgs 4.2%BF 3.3%P
We currently have 4 members of this family

01/08/2026

01/08/2026

INCH VALID Swedish Red
Sells at Kilrea on Tuesday 4th of August

+358 kgs milk +0.21%bf +0.16% protein

Born 2nd May 2025

Born 2nd MAY 2025 Tag ixo 370057 7286 2

Sire VR Vimo

Plus 410 kgs milk +0.36 %bf +0.21% protein

Dam Inch Farnam Alba

1st 8793 kgs 5.40 % bf 3.25% protein

3rd Dam Inch Linne Alba EX 91

5th 11348 kgs 5.97% bf 3.56 % protein

5th Dam Alba EX 93 imported

5th 9052 kgs 5.12 % bf 3.22% protein

01/08/2026

INCH NAIRN
HOLSTEIN FREIESIAN hybrid
Sells at Kilrea on Tuesday 4th of August

BORN 11 th APRIL 2025

SIRE INCH NEXT

Dam INCH PERSISTENT DAPHNE EX 91

11531 kgs 4.49% bf 3.11%protein

G dam Inch Shottle Daphne 10 EX92
11206 kgs 5.11%bf 3.22% protein

3rd Dam Inch Storm Daphne EX 95

12325 kgs 4.78%BF 3.53% protein

4th Dam Inch Jed Daphne EX 93

01/08/2026

Sells at Kilrea on Tuesday 4th of August
INCH JIBE
FRIESIAN

Born 6 th JAN 2025 tag 7234 6

SIRE INCH JAY

DAM INCH SEM17 DAPHNE EX 92

1079 kgs 4.96 % bf 3.53% protein

Gdam INCH PINNACLE DAPHNE 7 EX 92 11987 kgs 4,12 % bf 3.62% protein

3rd Dam INCH BLACKISLE DAPHNE 2 EX 92 11441 kgs 5.51%bf 3.39% protein

20/07/2026

We had an enjoyable day at Castlewellan show on Saturday. Thanks to Jack King for clipping our team. Congratulations to Newry herd winning Champion. Pleased to get Reserve with Inch lambda Daphne.

15/07/2026

Choice of Bulls for Ballymena

Next Friday,17 th July, the Inch Herd offer a choice of pedigree black and white bulls .One is Holstein ,Inch E, sired by Einstein and out of Ex 92 dam. The other, Inch Jibe, is a Friesian sired by Inch Jay and also out of Ex 92 cow. Both bulls are bred for production with strength. Further details from James Cleland (07714250571) or Jim Morrison (07903337577)

INCH JIBE

Sire INCH JAY

Dam Inch Sem17 Daphne EX 92

1 7058kgs 3.94 % bf 3.66%protein with SSC 59

2 8615Kgs 4.73% bf 3.58% protein with SSC 44

3 9199 kgs 3.95% bf 3.41% protein with SSC 63

4 10079 kgs 4.96% bf 3.53% protein

She is sister to Inch Doorman Daphne VG 85

10103 kgs 4.47% bf 3.52% protein

G Dam Inch Pinnacle Daphne 7 EX 91

1 7635 kgs 5.41%bf 3.58% protein

2 8192 kgs 4.71%bf 3.70% protein

3 8393 kgs 5.25%bf 3.69% protein

4 9626 kgs 5.06% bf 3.56% protein

5 11987 kgs 4.12%bf 3.562% protein

She is sister to

Inch Shottle Daphne 12 EX 91 (3E)

12859kgs 4.71% bf 3.18 %protein

Inch Shottle Daphne 21 EX 93 (7E)

11135 kgs 4.45%bf 3.28% protein

Inch Evolution daphne Ex 91 (4E)

10450kgs 3.99%bf 3.58% protein

Inch Pinnacle Daphne EX 90 (3E)

10647kgs 4.26% bf 3.32% protein

Inch Pinnacle Daphne 3 EX 91

10221kgs 6.43 % bf 4.08% protein

Inch Pinnacle Daphne 5 EX EX 90

11144kgs 4.90%bf 3.60% protein

And several top proven Ai sires including Inch Persistent –no 1 Type sire in breedl

INCHl E

The Holstein bull is sired by Einstein who is well proven to bred cows of medium size ,great health traits, high components and excellent type. His dam INCH SOUND AVICE EX 92 has projected yield 10480kgs 5.32 bf 3.31 protein.

29/06/2026

It was a great pleasure to achieve 1st in the premier section best small herd Northern Ireland herd competition last week. We are proud to have achieved this 6 times out of the last 9 years. Well done to all the other competitors.
Here’s a few photos taken around the competition time.

23/06/2026

DUNGANNON DAIRY SALE-This Thursday 25th June.