Cattle Semen

Cattle semen is available through Genus of Nantwich. The cost per straw is £10 (plus VAT) plus the Genus consignment fee of £4.17. There is an annual limit per breeder of 10 straws per person per bull.

For Sales, contact the Customer Service Team on Tel: 0870 162 2000, Fax: 01270 616702 or e-mail: [email protected]

For all other queries relating to pedigrees, DNA, export, or breeding advice please contact the relevant breed society or the RBST Field Officers.

Please note, there are problems within the industry regarding the transfer of semen between centres. It is important before ordering semen to ensure that your local centre operates in the same network as Genus at Towcester (which is the central store for semen owned by the Trust). Alternatively check that your chosen AI centre has a working transfer system from Towcester in place.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the semen arrives in the best possible state, the RBST regrets that it cannot guarantee the contents of a consignment or the fertility of individual straws.

Any rare breeder wishing to import cattle semen into Northern Ireland from the mainland should contact RBST on 024 7669 6551 or email us at [email protected].

In the Bank - St Fort Squire

The Lincoln Red, currently Category 3 - Vulnerable, is one of the oldest of the UK's native beef  breeds. A polled animal, well fleshed with a deep cherry-red coat, a wide muzzle and well-placed legs and sturdy feet, the breed is ideally suited to range conditions. Originally dual-purpose, the Lincoln Red female makes an excellent easy calving suckler cow. Either pedigree of crossbred, the resulting progeny grow rapidly and can be finished under many different systems either grazing or more intensively, producing marbled, flavourful, succulent beef.

St Fort Squire is represented in the Gene Bank, collected courtesy for breeder Andrew Mylius who established his herd of Original Population Lincoln Reds in 1963.