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Hallow Holsteins secure seventh Royal Ulster Winter Fair inter-breed championship

Co Wexford-based Hallow Holsteins notched up their seventh Royal Ulster Winter Fair inter-breed championship

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Inter-breed and Holstein champion, Hallow Octain Twizzle, from Hallow Holsteins, Gorey, Co Wexford.
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Inter-breed and Holstein champion, Hallow Octain Twizzle, from Hallow Holsteins, Gorey, Co Wexford.

The 2024 winning cow, Hallow Octain Twizzle, calved for the second time back in March of this year. Twizzle is projected to produce just short of 12,000litres of milk during her current lactation at...

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