There’s a lot of competition for this year’s NMR/RABDF Gold Cup which will be presented September 20th at the Dairy Event in Stoneleigh.

More than 800 milk-recorded herds have met the criteria required to enter this year’s Gold Cup. This means that their milking herd has more than 50 animals with an average cell count for the year ending September 2005 of no more than 200,000/ml and a genetic merit above the level set for the breed.

According to a story in the Stackyard, “Eight British dairy herds have made it to the final stage in this year’s NMR/RABDF Gold Cup out of a qualifying 800 herds.”