The Gold Award, issued by IHFA, is for a standard of achievement in the year a registered Holstein Friesian cow reaches 3000kgs of protein production in her lifetime. The Diamond Award, issued by IHFA, is for a standard of achievement in the year a registered Holstein Friesian cow reaches 3000kgs of protein production in her lifetime and classifies Excellent (EX).
IHFA Gold and Diamond Awards are kindly sponsored by FBD Insurance.
A full list of Gold and Diamond Award recipients for 2018 are available HERE and HERE and in the IHFA Spring Journal.
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Donal Riordan, FBD Insurance, sponsor (right) pictured with IHFA President Peter Kennelly and Tom Kelly, Emily Spillane (representing Micheal Spillane) and PJ Kelly who received IHFA Gold Awards for cows in their herd who had reached 3,000kgs of protein production in their lifetime in 2018
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Donal Riordan, FBD Insurance, sponsor (right) pictured with IHFA President Peter Kennelly and John Greene, Andrew Moore, Nell Spillane (representing Micheal Spillane) and Tom Kelly who received IHFA Diamond Awards for cows in their herd who had reached 3,000kgs of protein production in their lifetime in 2018 and classify Excellent (EX)