2016-06-20 - Well after an amazing show, it’s time to head home. It's 4am, we’re 12 hours into our journey and have just boarded the ferry. Thank you to everyone for making the UK team so welcome on our first official trip over competing at the European Show. To follow up, I’ll…

2016-06-18 - Yesterday we were treated to a super Red and White Holstein Show, which included 2 very special champions – Suard-Red Jordan Irene and Bopi Talent Lotanie. Keep up with today’s action on the All-European Show Facebook page here. (Daily news: Only available in English) …

2016-06-18 - Right now I’m writing this blog ring-side, waiting for the young breeders showmanship to start. Alongside the cow competition, each herd book is able to put forward a junior and senior participant for the young breeders competition, which analyses the young breeders’…

2016-06-16 - Everyone knows that the cows at the European Show draws 1000s of Holstein enthusiasts, but did you know that another attraction is “trade”. In total, 120 trade stands can be found at the show in Colmar covering a variety of products, from AI stations to milk equipment…

2016-06-16 - Show preparations are well under way on day 3 in Colmar and technicians are making the final touches to the show arena. The ring has seats for 8,000 people and features the biggest screen ever used by the venue (17m x 5m). The flowers decorating the ring were donated by the town…

2016-06-15 - One of the interesting factors of the European Show is the differences between the countries. And one of the differences I would like to highlight in this blog is show preparation, as there is great variation between countries. Some countries brought all their cow together in “training…

2016-06-14 - After 24 hours travelling we have finally made it, and that 24 hours is just the truck my cows were on... the truck that left the UK from the Scottish border has been travelling for around 36 hours. It was a mission but we are finally here! Looking forward to getting the cows settled…

2016-06-14 - It’s 2am, we’ve stopped to water and feed through hatches in the side of the truck, and now we are back on the road. Just 4.5 hours to go and then we will be in Colmar! Tiredness is starting to kick in, but everyone is keen and excited to get to the expo and get settled. …

2016-06-13 - The white cliffs of Dover: The mission across the English Channel has begun! (Daily news: Only available in English) 

2016-06-13 - Well the big adventure has started and stage one of the journey is complete – the UK team are on the move! We’re travelling over to Colmar in 2 trucks. The first truck left the Scottish/English border at 6pm last night whilst the 2nd truck, which my cows are travelling…

2016-06-02 - Hi! My name is Izzy Whittaker and welcome to my “All-European Show” blog. Some of you may have noticed my name in Holstein International and know that I work as one of the magazine’s editors… But did you know that I am also involved with my family’s…