The Angus Foundation gets a boost

Diana Wood, Marketing & Communications Manager

The Angus Foundation received a $12,550 boost following the Foundation Auction hosted at the ‘Beyond the Beef’ Zoetis Angus National Conference Gala Dinner.

Thanks to the generosity of the sponsors with their donations and the dinner guests making bids, the funds raised will go into the Angus Foundation to provide professional development opportunities for young beef breeders, and to assist in conducting research, development and educational programs for the benefit of Angus breeders and the wider Australian beef industry.

In introducing the Foundation Auction to the team, Master of Ceremonies Sam White recognised the opportunities that the Angus Foundation provides young people in the beef industry. In particular he highlighted the panel session ‘Investing in the next generation: How focusing on people will shape the beef industry’, that featured past recipients (Damien Thomson, Bonnie Cox, Brianna Maslen and Chris Metcalfe) of Foundation funds speaking about their involvement in agriculture and how they have benefited from the Angus Foundation.

‘During the conference, we had the opportunity to see the good work that is done for the youth in and around our Angus community’.

Daniel McCulloch from McCulloch Agencies conducted the auction with several of his team on deck to spot the bids and spruiked the cause to the crowd.

‘Please dig deep, we all know it’s going to a great cause, it's all going to the Angus Foundation and a very big thank you to all the people who donated the items here tonight because without you we cannot run an auction like this.’

The Auction was also supported by AuctionsPlus with 1,301 online views of the catalogue and 24 bids made online.

Auction Items

Lot 1: Angus hide

Donated by Angus Australia

Purchased by Brooklana Angus

Lot 2: Semen Voucher

Donated by Breeder Genetics

Purchased by Koojan Hills Angus

Lot 3: 10 Straws Wrigley Supreme S2

Donated by Shacorrahdalu Angus & Bridgewater Angus

Purchased by Bulliac Angus

Lot 4: 10 Straws Wrigley Supreme S2

Donated by Shacorrahdalu Angus & Bridgewater Angus

Purchased by Spring Park Station

Lot 5: Photography Package

Donated by Showcase by Branded Ag

Purchased by Ben Nevis Angus

Lot 6: Semen Voucher

Donated by Stgenetics

Purchased by Emu Angus

Lot 7: 12 Straws Stokman Solution

Donated by AgriGene

Purchased by Merridale Angus, Granite Ridge Angus and Goolagong Angus

Lot 8: Jack’s Creek Black Angus Cube Roll

Donated by Jack’s Creek

Purchased by Brad Gilmour

Lot 9: Jack’s Creek Black Angus Cube Roll

Donated by Jack’s Creek

Purchased by Eastern Plains Angus

Lot 10: 10 Straws Choice of HF Alcatraz 60F or Schiefelbein Showman 338

Donated by Target Livestock & Marketing

Purchased by Candy Mountain Cattle Company

Texas

• The $225,000 Sale Topper from the 2021 Texas Angus Bull Sale!

• Iceman is backed by one of the most prominent maternal lines in the Australian Angus herd. His dam Texas Undine H647 has been a blue hen in the Texas Angus Program. Texas Undine H647 has now produced 23 sons who have sold for an average of $36,800 at Texas Angus.

• Early calf reports are in, and the Iceman calves are already turning heads, they are sharp made and thick! A regular remark from breeders who have used Icemen, is the amazing consistency of his progeny, who are all stamped with the “Iceman look”

• Male & Female sexed semen now available.