Welcome to the  home of Holkin Beef Shorthorns, Ian and Nickie Hollows.

We are situated just south of Whitchurch in North Shropshire, very close to the Welsh border and have been developing our herd since 2002 with foundation stock purchased from the  Wenmar and Torside herds.  Initially using bulls bought from society sales we developed strong female lines concentrating on maternal instincts, milkiness, temperament and feet. All our cattle are polled.

We are a High Health Elite Herd, we do not vaccinate and are convinced that maintaining a high health status is key to fertility and performance.

Since 2015 we have used 100% AI on our cows and heifers, either with conventional or sexed semen.  This has allowed us to concentrate on heifer production using high index polled EBV bulls capitalising on faster genetic improvements and allowing us to run with a young breeding herd.

Looking forward our aim is to further develop our cow families to be able to supply first class pedigree breeding heifers to the market place.