new heaton staff

THE NEWHEATON TEAM
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New Heaton is lucky to have two excellent full time employees;
Peter Cockburn (left) has been milking cows since the age of nine, firstly at home on the family farm, but for over 30 years he has worked for the Douglas family. He is highly regarded as a safe pair of hands, who is not afraid to speak his mind.
Stephen Nelson (right) has been at New Heaton for a decade now, and also has dairying in his blood. His father was at the Eshott Herd, and his brother Paul, worked at Hunday, and is now at Eachwich. Stephen is a cow whisperer, great with stock and he serves all the cows, being responsible for the excellent herd fertility. The calving interval is a mere 400 days.
Bob Douglas (right) and his wife Susie (bottom right) do what they can! Providing an extra pair of hands outside as needed and running the paperwork and operations side of the business.
Gemma Irving is a new addition to the team at New Heaton, living locally, and with previous experience rearing calves at Cogent, as well as helping her father with the Flodden herd of Texels and Aberdeen Angus, she has a wealth of experience and lots of enthusiasm. A real sucker for a good Jersey (breeding will out), Gemma is very actively involved in rearing and nurturing the next generation at New Heaton, and is keenly involved with preparing and training our stock to sell at Carlisle.
We appreciate all help provided from external sources such as Peter Townley and his team at Genus who are responsible for all embryo transfer work and Sarah Liddle for her expertise with the clippers and indeed this website! Mark K Jackson photography (Edinburgh) is to be credited for the photos on this page.