Export News

from Christine Ball

BGS Overseas representative

22/08/11

• In June 2011 five AN kids from the Monach, Braynusen (2), Kilbarchan & Jemaly herds flew from Heathrow to Moscow. The first goats / sheep ever to be exported from the UK to Russia. Negotiations started in Nov 2010 & many visits to AN herds around the country took place from February to May. Right up until the end I didn't know if they would really go or not. I thought Dubai was complicated but this was something else. But they made it. They were followed in July by two lovely spotty AN goatlings from the Friarlea herd.  
• A British Alpine male from the Friarlea herd is due to be transported to Guernsey in early September. 
• Two shipments of kids are due to fly to Trinidad in early Sept from Gatwick. 22 AN's including two bucklings will go first. Followed by 25 whites. 
• A shipment of dairy (31) & Boer (13) kids is due to be transported to Greece on Sept 15th. This will take 5 days including two 24-hr stops en route at Control Posts and an overnight ferry crossing from Italy to the Greek mainland. Their destination is the Peloponnese region not far from ancient Olympia where the Olympic flame will be lit prior to the London 2012 Olympics. 
• Cian Condon who works for Teagasc in Ireland http://www.teagasc.ie/ will be visiting a few commercial herds in England in September. He will give presentations to Irish goatkeepers including points of interest from his visits. Cian took over from John Twomey who retired a couple of years ago. This collaboration could result in more exports of good quality stock for Irish herds. 

Mrs C Ball, Orchard Cottage, Befcote Lane, Gnosall, Staffs ST20 0EB.
Tel/fax 01785 824897
Mobile 07903763670
christineball@peaclond.freeserve.co.uk  or info@goatgenetics.com

22/04/11

A shipment of AN's, BS's and Boers is booked for Greece. Hopefully (bluetongue-free status permitting) these kids will travel overland in September. The client will be visiting the UK in May to see his kids.

BGS member Lincoln Thackorie has ordered another shipment of S/BS & AN kids plus two AN bucklings. I am still sourcing one buckling and a few AN females.

Swiss visitors will be coming to the UK in June to look at British Alpines. As far as I know we only have four BA herds with SMS. A critical situation for EU export.

If you have well-bred, excellent quality kids available for export preferably from milk-recorded stock please let me know. CAE whole herd negative / SMS for EU Countries.

Mrs C Ball, Orchard Cottage, Befcote Lane, Gnosall, Staffs ST20 0EB.
Tel/fax 01785 824897
Mobile 07903763670
christineball@peaclond.freeserve.co.uk  or info@goatgenetics.com

15/08/10

Two very smart BT type female kids were exported to the Isle of Man in July from the Goosemead herd for Leslie Goodfellow who used to have a small BT commercial herd in Essex. In due course they will be mated to Sandford Caspian a pure Togg buckling who was exported to Leslie last year. 

Also in July Keith & I delivered four male kids to their new owners in Switzerland. Three AN’s (Friarlea, Abbotswell & Holdbrook) went to Theresia Marbach in canton Luzern and a BT boy (Monach) went to Fabien Demierre in canton Fribourg. They have wonderful new homes and you can see an album of photos on the link below. The monorail was quite a spectacular adventure!
 http://pets.webshots.com/album/578233908bHBMFo

Two shipments of kids (50 in total)are due to fly to Trinidad for BGS member Lincoln Thackorie at the end of September.  

Hot off the press:-Following much recent concern about non-SMS semen being banned for use in SMS herds, DEFRA acted quickly and efficiently to overturn this rule. So SMS herds will still be able to AI their females using non-SMS semen.

Mrs C Ball, Orchard Cottage, Befcote Lane, Gnosall, Staffs ST20 0EB.
Tel/fax 01785 824897
Mobile 07903763670
christineball@peaclond.freeserve.co.uk  or info@goatgenetics.com

22/03/10

Further news of EID.
This only applies to goats born on or after January 1st 2010 and only to those being exported to other EU Countries. They will require one electronic tag and one non-electronic tag with matching ID.

Trinidad.
Two bucklings from the Ashdene & Toddbrook herds were exported to Trinidad by air from Gatwick on Feb 3rd for Lincoln Thackorie.  A further 50 BS & AN kids are due to fly to Trinidad in Sept/Oct.

There is no change to our PZ bluetongue status (which restricts EU exports to free zones) but I keep hearing we are doing well and getting closer to regaining our free status.

Many other enquiries are being dealt with including Switzerland, CZ, St. Vincent, Holland, Barbados and Ghana. If you have well-bred quality kids available for export with SMS/CAE neg status and preferably from milk-recorded stock please let me know. You would need to be able to do your own 30-day standstill prior to export.

Mrs C Ball, Orchard Cottage, Befcote Lane, Gnosall, Staffs ST20 0EB.
Tel/fax 01785 824897
Mobile 07903763670
christineball@peaclond.freeserve.co.uk  or info@goatgenetics.com