ROBERT Thomas, owner of the Risbury Herd of Herefords, has been elected breed society president for the coming year.

He has farmed at Risbury Court, close to Leominster in Herefordshire, since taking over from his father-in-law in 1985. He has had a life-long involvement with the breed and is the third generation of the family to breed them.

Jonathan Moorhouse of Cato Herefords near Taunton was elected vice-president.

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