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Heterosis reaps dividends at Windy Station Hereford beef wins Queensland taste battle Sustainability the key for Willinga Pastoral Breed clears $9 million in bulls at on-property sales

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HEREFORDS Australia

CONTACTS Editor Kim Woods Outcross Media 0499 772 860 Email: kim@outcrossmedia.com.au Art direction and design Michelle Hoffman 0409 643 947 Email: mh_design1@outlook.com Advertising Annette Weatherstone 0428 844 937 Email: annette.herefords@gmail.com Michelle Hoffman 0409 643 947 Email: mh_design1@outlook.com Publisher Herefords Australia ABN 86 121 714 332 Email: info@herefordsaustralia.com.au www.herefordsaustralia.com.au P: 02 6772 1399 Chief Executive Officer Michael Crowley RD & E Specialist Hamish Chandler Marketing and Communications Coordinator Olivia Pearce Communications and Breed Development Officer Rowan Koebel Member Services and Operations Manager Ambrose Kenney Registry and Membership Services Assistant Naomi Oehlers Youth Coordinator Nikki Martin Office and Accounts Coordinator Stephanie Archibald Administration Officer Tennille Clarke Board of Directors 2023 Ian Durkin - CHAIRMAN Marc Greening - DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Mark Baker - DIRECTOR & COMPANY SECRETARY Mark Duthie - DIRECTOR & MEMBER LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE Sam Broinowski - YOUTH LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE Annie Pumpa - DIRECTOR & YOUTH LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTORS Sam Becker, Lisa Sharp and Alex Sparkes

Anne-Maree Lloyd, Jedburgh Pastoral Company, Queensland, combines a love of photography, Hereford cattle, horses, nature and outback station life. She captured this stunning image of cows and calves leaving the yards with a drone.

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Herefords fit the bill at Willinga Pastoral

Spring sales clear $9 million in bulls

All mail to: LOCKED BAG 7, ARMIDALE, NSW 2350 The Herefords Australia magazine is published twice a year by Herefords Australia Limited. Articles appearing in the Herefords Australia magazine do not necessarily represent the policies, opinions or views of Hereford Australia.

CONTENTS 4

Chairman’s report

46 National Youth Expo

Chief executive officer’s report

50 Youth Coordinator’s report

Paddock to palate success

10 Superiority off grass or grain 12 Benchmarking carcase performance

52 Youth President’s report 54 W here are they now? Emilie Lyons 56 Youth scholarship winners 59 Pee wee profile

14 Carcase success

60 All-round achiever

15 Beef Extravaganza win

62 Women in Beef

16 Black baldy gold

66 Hungry for Hereford beef

18 Best Breeds battle

68 Tributes flow

24 News • Beef Australia 2024 preview • Geoff Bush awarded • Canberra Royal feature show • End of an era for Oak Downs

71 Centenary milestone at Emu Holes

28 Royal Show results 35 Herefords in the red centre 36 Southern Multi Breed Project update

73 Golden anniversary for Taronga 78 Glen Innes sale report 80 Herefords on grain 83 Gippsland Performance Herefords sale 84 Around the store sales 90 Board of directors 91 Regional contacts

38 Agtech in the paddock

92 Advertisers Index

39 Dubbo National review

93 Breeder’s directory

42 Meet the Youth committee

94 2024 events calendar

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

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Dear Members, 2023 has provided some amazing highlights within the breed and at the same time presented a range of challenges we have had to negotiate in our businesses. From the top prices received at sales across the country, outstanding commercial and stud cattle competition results, to a beef cattle market in consistent decline across the year, floods, fires and drought. Our resilience continues to be tested as we continue to play the long game in an ever changing and evolving industry. There are a number of variables out of our control such as a depressed cattle market as a result of heavy supply due to dry conditions, labour issues in processing plants, and a large amount of meat in storage in some of our key international markets impacting demand. As we look ahead, there is new processing capacity coming online – AMG at Cootamundra, Greenhams Tongala plant expansion, the re-opening of TFI’s Murray Bridge and a second shift at JBS Dinmore (which alone will increase production by 1700 head per day). It may take a while to have an impact on the market however these are positive signs for 2024. As a breed we are focused on long term sustainability and connecting with our customers along the supply chain. As a business, we have implemented the systems and governance to ensure that our members are delivered value for money, are supported with top level service and you are represented in the broader industry context. At the AGM held in May, we announced we are implementing a Sustainability strategy. The area of sustainability is one of the largest macro trends we have seen in a long time. Hereford cattle are extremely well positioned to capitalize on this trend. We have aligned our strategy to the definitions and pillars of the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework (ABSF). The ABSF defines Sustainability as “Sustainability is the production of beef in a manner that is socially, environmentally, and economically responsible. We do this through the care of natural resources, people and the community, the health and welfare of animals, and the drive for continuous improvement.” The key elements of the strategy cover Best Animal Care, Economic Resilience, Environmental Stewardship, People and The Community. When we consider what Hereford cattle do well – fertility, longevity, weight for age, feed efficiency whilst producing high quality beef, you can see how we can deliver what our industry needs. We can work from our strengths and position our breed as a leader in delivering solutions to our industry’s highest priorities. In order to deliver against the plan, the board has supported the business to implement the R&D Advisory Group who worked through prioritization of the R&D program. This group has met to initiate the priority process and they will become a vital part of our R&D consultation moving forward. The Finance, Audit and Risk Committee has met every month this year to ensure thorough oversight of the business financials. The committee has overseen a rebalance of the investment portfolio to ensure active management of this important asset in a volatile market year. In addition, these regular meetings ensure transparency and accountability of the performance of the business. The Herefords Australia board recognize the importance of its role in this regard and take this very seriously to ensure our members funds and business operates at the highest level of performance possible.

Ian Durkin The board and the staff of Herefords Australia are committed to advancing our breed and believe we have the foundations on which to take this breed forward. This won’t be without its challenges, however, if we work together with our members and commercial partners, and continue to create new opportunities, we have a bright future ahead. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for the Christmas period and into the New Year. Regards,

Ian Durkin

CHAIRMAN, HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA LIMITED

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

Dear Members, My feet are now well and truly under the desk and thank you for making me feel welcome! I have spent quite a lot of time understanding the business, meeting our members and developing plans to deliver our strategy. Looking ahead, it is important we continue to build from our strengths and back up any claims we make with data and evidence to position our cattle in the best possible way for the appropriate market segments. Our sustainability strategy and messaging will play a significant role in creating opportunities for our breed. If we can amplify the messaging through our membership, it will make a big difference – one message, many voices. The key components to leverage are: • Fertility – more kilograms produced per cow joined. • Longevity – less bull breakdowns means lower cost per calf produced. • Weight for age and feed efficiency – faster to market reducing cost of production and less emissions. • Superior quality beef – measured by MSA – higher eating quality compliance, higher returns, improved profitability, a satisfied consumer. Our people are such an important component of our sustainability as a breed and organisation. Supporting the next generation of Hereford breeders through the National Youth Expo was certainly a highlight. Over 60 ballot animals were provided for the youth to ensure every entrant had an animal to handle. Some of those animals had also been at the QLD youth show the week before. That level of support from our members ensures the next generation of Hereford breeders have such a positive experience and will return that support in the years to come. I have been focused on collecting and collating as much commercial carcase data as possible. Through voluntary contributions, we now have 35,000 MSA carcase records from QLD to Tasmania. This data allows us to do a number of things: • Benchmark the individual data contributions with the rest of the breed • Benchmark the breed against the national and state MSA grading data benchmarks • Opens commercial conversations about the carcase performance of our breed The influence the seedstock sector has on the commercial profitability of the supply chain is directly linked yet little commercial data is flowing back to the people making those genetic decisions. This is a big opportunity going forward and I will talk about this in more detail in a separate article in the magazine. One of our big areas of opportunity is to ensure Hereford cattle are in demand for the feedlot sector. We all know there is no better breed to finish on grass than Hereford. When the season doesn’t go our way, feedlots are an important market option. I attended the Australian Lot Feeders Association Smart Beef conference where 350 industry people gathered. One key outcome from the event was the launch of the Immune Ready program. Immune Ready is the latest industry wide approach to improving livestock health preparation and performance on feed. It is not tied to any particular animal health company

Michael Crowley and can be achieved using a range of available products. The use of the logo is approved upon the completion of an animal health declaration where you would add the treatments and health information which will then accompany your NVD with the consignment. Speaking with a number of feedlot operators indicates we still have a reputational issue with feedlot health performance. On a positive note, if we are to engage with this program, there are several opportunities to market our cattle into a range of feedlots. I recommend taking a look at this program and speaking with your customers about how they would value this declaration when marketing your livestock to feedlots: https:// www.immuneready.net.au/ Through the year we saw some fantastic results for Hereford cattle in the Ekka Paddock to Palate competition, Casino Beef Week carcase comp, RAS trials and there are strong entries for the Lardner Park steer trial. What this demonstrates is Hereford cattle are performing under a wide range of conditions and feeding programs. Hereford beef won the Norman Hotel “Battle of the Breed” and as a result Hereford beef was featured at the hotel throughout the month of November. The more entries we can get into major events will give us a greater chance to leverage the results for the benefit of the breed. Beef Australia 2024 national carcase competition is well underway and if anyone needs assistance getting involved in this or any other carcase competition, please contact the office. We are also working closely with our commercial partners so keep an eye out for upcoming webinars where we connect our partners with our membership. This will continue into Beef Australia in Rockhampton on May 5-11, 2024, and into Wodonga National Show and Sale where we will run a breed forum ahead of the AGM on May 14 before the Show and Sale on May 15-16. There is a lot going on and I look forward to developing and delivering a range of initiatives with you in 2024! Regards,

Michael Crowley

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

CROSSBREEDING

HE R E FO R DS A u s t ra l i a

Black baldies push the envelope on performance and profit at Windy Station

The cattle herd comes through the yards only a few times a year to increase labour efficiency. By Kim Woods Planning, productivity and performance are the triple drivers of a crossbreeding system using Hereford genetics on northern NSW’s Windy Station. Windy Station is a jewel in the crown of the family-owned Romani Pastoral Company, and covers 24,500ha of cropping and grazing country at Quirindi. A self-replacing beef herd of 70,000 DSE or 3000 breeding females is run on soils ranging from light sands to selfmulching black clays and basalt hills in a 620mm rainfall zone.

Hereford and Angus bulls are used over the primarily Angus female base to produce around 1500 steers a year for finishing to 500kg liveweight for mid-fed 150-day programs. General manager David Lee arrived on Windy Station six years ago and set about putting plans in place to push productivity to an optimum. A target includes pasture renovation to increase stocking rates to an optimum of 100,000 DSE or 4500 breeding females. An economic decision was made to close an on-farm feedlot and move to using the station’s grazing cereal crops

The heterosis benefits of the black baldy result in increased performance and productivity.

to finish cattle as a preferred supplier to regional feedlots. “We join Angus bulls over first and second calvers, and a Hereford bull over the balance of the age groups. Within the herd we are 50 per cent Angus and 50 per cent Hereford genetics,” Mr Lee said. Windy Station has a profitability benchmark for the cropping and beef enterprises of a minimum of 4 per cent return on assets set as benchmark. This is achieved through a focus on increasing bull longevity and weight for age while reducing the cost of production per kilogram of beef produced. Windy Station has derived a genetic selection criteria for bulls to drive the fertility and performance targets to deliver profitability in the paddock. “Benchmarking data drives our decision making to a large degree to achieve that target – we have an efficient, productive herd so we rely on benchmarking data to tell us if we are heading in the right direction,” Mr Lee said. He said the key profit drivers within the Windy herd were labour efficiency, costs of production, and kilograms of beef per DSE. The production system has been simplified to lessen the workload of

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the team ad targeted investment undertaken on infrastructure to improve the efficiency of labour in the business. The cow herd comes through the yards only a few times a year with all husbandry practices concentrated into those periods to reduce constant handling. “Bull longevity is part of the story around the benefits of the black baldy system – the working life of the Hereford bulls on average are double the Angus bulls (four years compared to two), and that is a key part of cost of production,” Mr Lee said. Bulls are screened annually for structural soundness and their BREEDPLAN EBV data sets analysed. The Hereford bulls, sourced from Yalgoo Genetics, have impressed the Windy Station team with their performance and docility.

CROSSBREEDING

and intramuscular fat to ensure eating quality.”

to allow the cow to recover her body condition score before winter.

The herd calves from September 1 to take advantage of the spring/summer dominant native, improved and tropical pastures.

The weaners are grazed on tropical grasses followed by winter cereal crops to achieve an average daily gain that allows steers to be sold at target weights and heifers to reach critical mating weight.

Heifers are joined over four weeks at a critical mating weight of 300kg at 14 months, pregnancy tested in February and calve as two-year-olds. “Our ultimate aim is to compress joining to three weeks to increase labour efficiency. Depending on the season, we keep the surplus heifers and finish them on grazing crops to slaughter weight within nine months,” Mr Lee said. Calves are yard weaned onto hay over 10 days at five to six months of age

Windy Station is participating in a grazing trial and paddock weighing systems with the University of Sydney using an Optiweigh. It is an opportunity to test the application of these technologies in a commercial setting and at scale. Mr Lee said the Optiweigh was ideal for determining the weight range within a mob of steers and alerted the operator to any potential problems with weight loss in an animal.

“Our bull battery is selected on EBVs (estimated breeding values) for moderate birthweight, above average calving ease, 400 day and 600-day weight, moderate mature cow weight, and above average eye muscle area, scrotal circumference and intramuscular fat,” Mr Lee said. “We join the bulls at 2 per cent which is not industry average, and that helps to reduce the cost per calf. All females are naturally joined and there is no AI. “The benefits of heterosis and reduced bull costs are the two big ones in our herd. There is additional weight for age in the black baldy weaners and maternal heterosis benefits from a crossbreeding female. “The focus on genetic information and performance data delivers profitability in the paddock via high fertility, live calves on the ground, high growth in the weaners, positive fat for energy reserves for both females and steers,

Windy Station has a self-replacing herd of 3000 breeding females. All images courtesy Romani Pastoral

THE HEARTY HEREFORD PIE RETURNS TO THE 2024 ROYAL EASTER SHOW!!! The Baking Association Australia in conjunction with Herefords Australia will be producing this gourmet pie each day in the Ag Discovery Pavilion. Tender chunks of Hereford Beef in a rich casserole exactly as nature intended.

CARCASE RESULTS

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Herefords dominate feedlot weight gain in RNA Paddock to Palate By Rowan Koebel Herefords triumphed in the weight gain section of the 70-day trade class in the RNA’s 2023 Paddock to Palate Competition. The pen of Herefords entered by Tom Nixon, Devon Court Herefords, Drillham, were the only purebred team of any breed to win a weight gain section of the competition. The six steers averaged 3.12kg per day with one of the steers topping the individual weight gain section with an average daily weight gain of 3.5kg, the largest across all sections of the 2023 competition. The top performing steer from the team overall scored 113.43 points with an MSA Index of 53.69, 87sqcm eye muscle area, 10mm of rib fat, 8mm of rump fat, 52.92 dressing percentage and a carcase weight of 299kg. Devon Court Herefords purebred team placed sixth and ninth overall in Class 37, fourth overall in Class 38 and 11th overall in class 40. The result backs up Devon Court’s success in the 2021 competition where they claimed champion and reserve 70day carcase with a Hereford and black baldy steer respectively. Devon Court principal Tom Nixon was delighted with the result and to have achieved the win with a purebred Hereford team. Hosted at the JBS Beef City Feedlot in Toowoomba, the Paddock to Palate competition offers producers a valuable opportunity to benchmark their cattle in a commercial feedlot setting. The three-phase competition comprises of best aggregate weight gain, carcase and MSA eating quality with the 2023 competition attracting 875 cattle across three classes: 100-day export, 70-day trade and 100-day HGP-free export. The winning Hereford steers were sired by Devon Court bulls and out of commercial cows with all steers having been DNA tested and sire verified. According to Mr Nixon, the steers were mainly selected for the competition on their phenotypic traits as the genetics are locked in at that point.

“Coming up against the other breeds and crosses, this shows Herefords are well within market spec and what feedlots should be wanting.” Along with the winning pen of Herefords, Devon Court also entered five pens of black baldy steers (also sired by Devon Court bulls) in the competition, two pens in each of the 100day classes and one pen in the 70-day trade class. Continuing Devon Court’s strong results in the 70-day class, the black baldy pen placed fourth overall out of 22 pens with an average daily gain of 2.94kg and in the individual top 30 average daily gain 70-day class placings the Devon Court Hereford and black baldy steers finished first, third and the balance in the top 25 and making over 3kg per day. In the 100-day export class the two pens of Devon Court black baldy steers placed fourth and seventh out of 33 teams averaging 2.73kg and 2.69kg per day with individual placings of sixth, eighth, 10th and 11th with all individually placed steers making over 3kg a day. The top performing steer scored a total of 129.89 points, an MSA Index of 57.76, EMA of 105sqcm, marble score 2, 15mm of rib fat, 17mm rump fat, 54.22 dressing percentage, and a carcase weight of 353kg. In the 100-day HGP-free export class, the Devon Court black baldy teams finished in the top 12 from 28 teams with average daily gains of 2.16 and 2.09kg. The top performing steer overall scored 115.5 points with a carcase weight of 357.5kg, 57.02 dressing percentage, 14mm of rump fat, 10mm of rib fat, marble score 1, 92sqcm eye muscle area, and a MSA Index of 55.48. Mr Nixon would like to see more Hereford breeders involved in commercially based competitions around the country. “No matter the outcome having the breed in front of people is so important, as Hereford breeders we have to get out and show it to the industry.” Yulglibar Pastoral Company placed eighth in the 100-day HGP free export class with a team of Santa Gertrudis/Herefords on an average daily gain of 2.28kg.

“We made a phenotypic choice on hair type, structure and overall outlook, once they were fat we wanted them to be a good animal to look at,” Mr Nixon said.

ABOVE: Tom Nixon, Devon Court Herefords, won the highest individual weight gain of 3.5kg in the Paddock to Palate competition. Image: Beef Central LEFT: The top Devon Court steer had an average daily gain of 3.5kg, the largest across all sections of the 2023 competition. Image: Devon Court

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CARCASE RESULTS

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Hereford daily weight gains on track in Gippsland grass fed steer trial Hereford and black baldy steers continue to steam ahead off pasture in Australia’s only grass-fed trial at the 48th Lardner Park Steer Trial in Victoria. At the fourth weigh on October 17, the overall herd average daily gain was 1.26kg, and overall average liveweight gain was 132kg. Eight producers with 12 purebred and infused Hereford teams have entered the Warragul based trial which began in July with 70 mixed breed steers entered from around Victoria from 25 producers.

Hereford entries at the start of the grass fed Lardner Park Steer Trial. Image: Lardner Park

The steers are being grazed on a mix of ryegrass and clovers and supplemented with a molasses based mineral feed.

the top average daily gain was 1.46kg and 1.32kg daily gain overall.

gain is 1.82kg by an Angus steer from Wes Stott, Leven Vale, Glenhope.

Leading the average daily weight gain on 1.8kg is a Simmangus steer from Chase Jones, Jones Farms, Moorooduc, Vic. The highest overall average daily

The fifth and final weighing will be held on November 28 before processing on December 4.

Entrants have access to steer trial data on interactive dashboards, allowing them to view the combined carcase and MSA information at the end of the competition. The team of two Hereford steers entered by Alistair Black, Riverline, Myrtlebank, Vic, recorded a top average daily gain for the period of 1.63kg and a top average daily overall of 1.52kg.

Hereford infused steers perform on hoof and hook in NSW feedlot trial

Cath Paul and James O’Malley, Molesworth Pastoral, Molesworth, had a top performing purebred steer record 1.51kg average daily gain for the period and 1.47kg daily gain overall.

A Hereford infused steer has been awarded champion individual entry in the hoof component of the 2023 Merriwa Show Prime Cattle Woolworths Feedlot trial.

The two teams entered by David Meikle, Tarwin Poll Herefords, Meeniyan, recorded a top average daily gain for the period of 1.49kg and top average daily overall of 1.51kg. The top steer in the two teams from Stan and Denise Walker, Charellen Poll Herefords, Pearsondale, recorded an average daily gain of 1.43kg for the period and 1.44kg daily gain overall. Geoff Gooch, Rathlyn, Sale, had a top average daily gain of 1.23kg and 1.31kg for the daily gain overall with his Herefords. Steve Robinson, Moorville Herefords, Moorooduc, had a top average daily gain of 1.23kg and 1.30kg for the daily gain overall with purebred steers. The black baldy team from Barb Stewart, Riverbend, Kernot, had a top average daily gain of 1.40kg and 1.55kg daily gain overall. Among the two purebred teams from Tim Hayes, Tarcombe Herefords Ruffy,

The cattle had been inducted at the Alexander Downs Feedlot, Merriwa, NSW, on June 9 and fed for 96 days before the hoof judging at the Merriwa Spring Show, on September 16-17. Judge Matt Spry, Holbrook, NSW, was looking for consistency among the pens of three trade steers. Champion individual was awarded to a Charolais/Hereford steer for vendor Wayne Cook, Paul Fuhrmann and Blair Flynn, Melaleuca Pastoral/ FCF Partnership, Casino. The champion beast received the AG Gill Pastoral Co perpetual trophy and Wendouree Challenge Cup. Judged by Brett Littler, Mudgee, the carcase section resulted in a black baldy/Limousin cross pen winning the class for induction weights 271310kg for John and Ainsley Maben, Merriwa. In second place in the class was a pen of Limousin/Herefords from the Carrigan family, Merriwa. The Merriwa Show Prime Cattle Woolworths Feedlot trial catered for vendor bred, milk tooth and non-HGP treated trade steers of 230-270kg liveweight, and 271-310kg liveweight. The feedlot competition at Alexander Downs was based on induction criteria, daily liveweight gain, dressing percentage, profitability and carcase specifications. The steers were processed on October 6 with the hook competition judged on weight, dentition, P8 fat, fat colour and texture, saleable meat yield (muscle score, rib eye area and rib fat depth), and eating quality (pH, meat colour, weight for maturity, Bos indicus percentage, marbling and fat distribution).

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CARCASE RESULTS

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Carcase data - unlocking insights that drive profitability By Michael Crowley

Grassfed Hereford Carcase Data Percentile Brands - Young Cattle with OSS </= 200 Only

Herefords Australia has been focussed on collecting and collating as much commercial carcase data as possible and through voluntary contributions, now has 35,000 MSA Hereford and Hereford cross carcase records from Queensland to Tasmania.

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• Benchmark the individual data contributions with the rest of the breed

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120

380

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130

350

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• Benchmark the breed against the national and state MSA grading data benchmarks

30%

315

140

340

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303

140

330

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• Opens commercial conversations about the carcase performance of our breed

50%

292

150

320

60.2

60%

282

150

300

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Most recently, this data has also opened conversations about how we can link all data in the supply chain back to the breeders. I recommend the use of this data when you are talking with your commercial bull buying clients, commercial customers or anyone who may challenge the carcase credentials of our breed. I would also welcome any data contributions your bull buying clients may have as I feel this may add value to your relationship with your customer and build our evidence of superior carcase performance using Hereford sires. We have quality to burn, and it is vital we get this message out to the industry.

70%

271

160

280

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This data allows us to do several things:

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In analysing the MSA grading data, it becomes clear we have a powerful data set to review where we are going well and where we need to improve. Like every breed, there is variation however if we can identify the key drivers to improve and breed more of the top end cattle, we will be in great shape for the future. As this table shows, to achieve higher MSA index outcomes (key payment specification), we need to deliver heavier weight at younger age and the more marbling the better. The traits in the MSA model are additive so we must not single trait select. What this also shows is our average MSA index outcome is in the top 25 per cent of all MSA graded cattle nationally. Considering the data has come from central QLD to Tasmania and covers a broad range of seasonal conditions – including the worst drought in living memory, this is a very good result.

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Graph 1: Hereford MSA Index Distribution 'ƌĂƉŚ ϭ͗ ,ĞƌĞĨŽƌĚ D^ /ŶĚĞǆ ŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚŝŽŶ As this graph highlights, the big valuable as it provides data and evidence Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƌĂƉŚ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƌŝĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ĐŽŶƚŝŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŝĨƚ ƚŚĞ opportunity is to reduce the variation, that our breed delivers when it comes to ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌ͘ dŚĂƚ ǁ continue to shift the curve to the right eating quality. ǀĂůƵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĨŝƚĂďŝůŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝǀĞ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ,ĞƌĞĨŽƌĚ ĐĂƚƚůĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĚĂƚĂ ŝƐ and produce more of the animals that The more data I can receive the better. ǀĂůƵĂďůĞ ĂƐ ŝƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ĚĂƚĂ ĂŶĚ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ďƌĞĞĚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌƐ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĞĂƚŝŶŐ Ƌ will be worth more to the consumer. I encourage all members to reach out to That will drive value and profitability your bull buying clients to see if we can for our customers and drive demand continue to build on this data as it is a for Hereford cattle. This data is highly very compelling story.

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Focus on carcase traits pays off for Truro in Sydney Royal Beef Challenge Hereford and Hereford infused steers dominated daily weight gain, eating quality and carcase specifications in the 2023 RAS Beef Challenge. Scott and Pip Hann, Truro Whiteface, Bellata, NSW, entered five teams of purebred and Hereford/ Santa Gertrudis cross steers in the Challenge held at the Wilga Feedlot, Bellata.

Truro Whiteface steers at the Wilga Feedlot at Bellata. Image: Truro

The commercially focused competition assesses cattle at all stages of the finishing process including live assessment, carcase judging, profitability and eating quality. In the first phase of the feedlot competition, Truro placed third in the 100-day export class in for average daily weight gain of 2.25kg. Their steers also placed second in the individual highest daily weight gain of 2.66kg in the export pens. The three pens averaged over 2kg per day weight gain.

In the second and final phase of the competition, the carcase results, Truro placed first (136.8 points) and third (131.5 points) with purebred steers in the 70-day domestic class team carcase judge, first (25.96 points) and three steers placed equal third (24.56 points) in the individual carcase judge. In the 100-day export class, Hereford/ Santa Gertrudis steers from Truro placed equal first (125 points) with Milner Ag and Texas Angus in the team carcase grid, second (2.65 points) in the individual daily weight gain, third (22.91 points)

in the individual carcase grid, and first (66.09 points) individual eating quality. The three Hereford/Santa cross teams had an eating quality index of 59.25 up to 66.09 and a top profitability of $353.12. “Average daily weight gain is the biggest profit driving trait in any beef operation, especially in feedlot situations,” Mr Hann said. Mr Hann said Truro has entered the competition since 2011 and feedback from previous Challenges had encouraged them to focus on increasing carcase quality and intramuscular fat.

Hereford infused steer wins the double for SA school at Melbourne Royal A Hereford infused steer has triumphed in the Royal Melbourne Show carcase competition on the hoof by winning championships for a South Australian school. Grant High School, Mount Gambier, exhibited the champion school and college steer or heifer, a March 2022 drop Simmental/Hereford cross steer bred by Grantley Muller and sired by Tennysonvale Nitrate and out of Rellum Farms YN200. This entry emerged from a win in the led export class 520kg and over. The 626kg liveweight steer went on to be sashed the champion export steer or heifer on the hoof under judge Peter McGilchrist and Grant High School won the Bott-Burston Perpetual Trophy as the most successful school exhibitor. On the hook, the steer placed ninth with a carcase weight of 353kg, MSA Index of 57.79, rib fat of 12mm, rump fat of 11mm, eye muscle area of 61sqcm, and 84.37 points. In the led classes, Finley High School placed fourth in the led domestic 350-450kg with a purebred steer from the Doyle

The champion export steer shown by Grant High School. family and sired by Glentrevor Nixon, while in the led heavy domestic 450-520kg, Ballarat Grammar placed fifth with a purebred steer by Yarram Park Herefords. Herefords Australia Youth member Henry Brewer, Tallangatta Valley, and representing St Paul’s College, Walla Walla, was junior champion schools and college steer or heifer parader.

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Hereford infusion gives winning steers the edge at Beef Extravaganza By Kim Woods Hereford infused steers have taken out the champion lightweight and reserve champion middleweight carcases at the 2023 Colin Say and Company Beef Extravaganza. Drawing 160 entries, the event was held at the Glen Innes showground on September 8-10 and the carcase judges were Jason Siddell, Wandsworth, and Brett Littler, Mudgee. The champion lightweight steer was a Limousin/Hereford cross entered by Mathew O’Dwyer and Neil Goetsch, Kalbar, Qld, and won the open led steer 436-470kg. Coonamble High School, NSW, exhibited the winner, a Limousin x Limousin/Hereford cross, of the open led steer 506-540kg on the hoof and went on to win the hook with a score of 86.7, MSA Index of 64.45, rib eye area of 100sqcm, rib fat 7mm, marble score 2, rump fat 11mm, 58.5 dressing percentage, and a carcase weight of 311kg. The entry won the reserve champion middleweight carcase and was the open winner of the Colin Say $1000 incentive. The Herefords Northern NSW sponsored highest point led purebred Hereford carcase was exhibited by the Dean family. The steer placed fourth on the hook in the junior led steers 481-540kg and had an MSA Index of 62.14, 9mm rump fat, eye muscle area of 83sqcm, 11mm rump fat, and a carcase weight of 283kg. Southmania Poll Herefords, Tenterfield, NSW, placed third on the hook in the unled steer or heifer 401-470kg with a Square Metre/Poll Hereford cross steer with 89.5 points, a MSA Index of 63.1, dressing percentage of 58.9, 9mm rib gat, 84sqcm eye muscle area, 10mm rump fat, and carcase weight of 258kg. HDCA Kids placed second on the hoof and third on the hook in the unled steer/heifer 330-400kg with a Limousin/Hereford cross with a carcase weight of 216kg, dressing percentage of 60.9, MSA Index of 63 and 85 points.

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Pasture fed black baldy wins gold for Claystone quality

By Kim Woods A sirloin steak off a pasture raised black baldy steer produced and processed by Claystone Meats has taken out a gold medal for grass-fed beef in the prestigious 2023 Royal Sydney Show Fine Food Show. Running for almost four decades, the annual industry flagship event attracted 33 entries across the branded beef division. The antibiotic and HGP-free steer was the first entry by Christian and Stacey Allen, Claystone Premium Canberra Meat, in the competition, with the carcase hung for 21 days and the steak scoring 95 points. Christian, a fifth generation cattle breeder, and Stacey, a third generation commercial Hereford breeder, like the Hereford and black baldy’s fertility, finishing ability off grass and doability in their cold winters. “We find the Herefords have the outer muscular fat and the Angus the intramuscular fat so together they are good unit for us, and are doing what we need them to do,” Stacey said. The couple and their two children live on a property on the outskirts of Canberra at Hoskinstown, using sustainable methods and low stress handling techniques to produce ethically raised beef. They join Hereford bulls to Angus cows and Angus bulls over Hereford cows, retaining a portion of the F1 females in the herd and pushing the steers and surplus heifers through the Canberra butchery. The couple wanted to value add to their 300-cow commercial beef herd and take control of the supply chain from paddock to plate by processing through their own boning room to take advantage of a large consumer market on their doorstep. “We started the butcher shop just over two years ago and it has grown incredibly quickly from supplying a few local restaurants to online sales, most supermarkets in Canberra and now direct to Sydney consumers, and 88 Canberra restaurants,” Stacey said. “Covid forced the business into trading via an online model and it pivoted really quickly. It has been a very strong learning curve.”

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Herefords given thumbs up by beef connoisseurs in the Best Breeds Trophy By Kim Woods Consumers have given Hereford beef the eating quality tick of approval, voting it as the winner of the prestigious Norman’s Best Breeds Trophy at Queensland’s most beef centric venue. The competition has been hosted annually by Brisbane’s Norman Hotel since 2015 with Hereford announced as the winner in 2023 up against three other major breeds. Held during Ekka in August, the competition involves consumers being served a kebab with four 40-gram pieces of rump steak portions of each breed to judge on flavour, tenderness and overall liking. The hotel partners with JBS Foods Australia to isolate the breeds for this competition. Norman Hotel Executive Chef Frank Correnti said Hereford would now feature as Norman’s Best Breed Winner during November with a 400-gram rump taking centre stage in the meat cabinet and feature at a special lunch for guests from Herefords Australia. “The consumers saw Hereford as a consistent product – there was not a huge margin across the board but at the end of the day the product stood up for itself in eating quality,” Mr Correnti said. “This entrée kebab style with four pieces of rump steak is a great way for people to understand the different breeds behind their steak.”

with the hotel’s producer suppliers to ensure consistency and quality. “At the end of the day consumers are wanting quality in a steak but some prefer a grass-fed product and others grainfed.” He said although highly marbled steak was still popular, the average steak intake on the plate at the Norman of 400 grams resulted in consumers choosing beef with a lower marble score.

ABOVE: Consumers were given skewers of rump from four different breeds to judge on flavour, tenderness and overall liking. Images: Norman Hotel BELOW: Award-winning chef and beef tasting judge Frank Correnti.

“The flavour profile of a high marbled product can be very rich… so to have a 400gram highly marbled rib eye fillet is quite indulgent. Consumers go for the lower marble score so they can have a bigger piece of steak and not feel overindulged,” he said. “Tenderness is extremely important with 90 per cent of our products MSA graded. I’m big on ageing of meat to ensure the right level of tenderness and all of our product is pre-aged off-site for a minimum of four to six weeks for a rib fillet, and eight to 12 weeks for a rump before a knife goes through it.” Mr Correnti said the menu was annually scrutinised for its beef brands, their eating quality and availability.

The meat cabinet at the Norman regularly features on social media and is lauded as making any butcher blush with more than 16 cuts of steak on display.

“We need to partner with producers with the ability to supply the Norman Hotel with the same product day in, day out for that year. We have a great relationship with JBS and are in constant talks with them weekly.

“This covers all the major primals, while sausages are made on site, and the meat cabinet is arranged daily with fresh product – it is a wow factor with customers and a real talking point,” Mr Correnti said.

“When it comes to choosing the cattle, producer or brand, I work backwards from the plate size and determine who can supply a carcase to meet the criteria to put a 250 gram rib fillet on the plate without it looking too small.

“We are about the beef mantra and really promoting beef to consumers.” Billed as “Brisbane’s worst vegetarian restaurant”, the Norman serves around 2500-3500 beef meals per week, prepared by a team of 27 chefs.

“I don’t want the eye muscle area too big or 6kg plus cub rolls as I don’t want it looking like a pancake on a plate – the primal needs to be around 2.2-3.2kg to ensure a 250 gram steak will have a nice thickness to it.”

An award-winning chef and beef tasting judge, Mr Correnti specialises in carcase to plate, regularly liaising

The Norman is home of the 1kg steak challenge, Australia’s biggest meat tray giveaway and Norman’s big lunch.

Mr Correnti is a proud advocate for the beef industry and conducts Mastersteak BBQ cooking classes at the hotel. “Steak used to be an everyday item but is now a once-a-week product, so consumers are willing to pay the money for quality, service and experience.” Mr Correnti said Australian beef quality was among the best in the world. Herefords Australia chief executive officer Michael Crowley said the win in the battle of the Norman Best Breeds Trophy reaffirmed the superior eating quality of Hereford beef. Mr Crowley said the average MSA Index outcomes for the breed is evidence of the eating quality performance of the breed from Queensland to Tasmania. “Hereford producers are consistently ranked at the top end of MSA graded cattle nationally, reinforcing Hereford’s ability to deliver superior eating quality beef,” he said. “Herefords Australia would like to thank the Norman Hotel and JBS for running this event and are proud to partner with them through the promotion.”

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Willinga Pastoral driving productivity, sustainability and innovation with Hereford cattle

1. Property developer and philanthropist Terry Snow may be known in the mainstream business community for his development of Canberra Airport, but he is also a passionate Hereford breeder. Terry purchased his first Hereford cattle a decade ago for their docility and tractability when campdrafting but has since found they have above average weight gains off grass, exceed Meat Standards Australia Index requirements and hit the supermarket grid specifications. In 2019, Terry Snow purchased Juandah Plains and Glendoan near Wondoan in the Western Downs region of Queensland. It was during a major drought and took a lot of foresight to take the opportunity and trust the potential of the properties. Since then, a portfolio of nine properties have been put together covering over 58,704ha with Juandah being the main hub of the operation. Current capacity is for 15,000 cattle with future development leading to growth in those numbers. Investment continues in fencing, water, roads and pasture improvement to ensure the potential of the properties is achieved.

Queensland University of Technology to test out flux towers as part of exploring carbon and sustainability projects. Looking after the land is key for the Juandah team with long term sustainability of the environment as well as running a profitable enterprise going hand in hand. Andrew is impressed with the Hereford’s fertility and maternal traits as a platform for crossing with Bos indicus cattle, along with performance off grass and grain. “The Herefords strengths in fertility and ability to finish enhances the areas of adapted breeds in our area that need improving. Our pregnancy test result in the second calvers this year was well into the plus 90 per cent range, which is a significant profit driver,” he said. CONTINUED PAGE 22

Using a Hereford and Hereford cross breeding herd, the properties have flourished under general manager Andrew Turvey and his team. They have delivered pasture renovation, best practice livestock management, use of ag tech, such as Optiweigh, to monitor livestock performance and are also partnering in late-stage research and development with 1. The campdraft was supported by a range of commercial businesses including Herefords Australia with competitors fed with Hereford Boss beef procured from JBS. Image courtesy Willinga Pastoral 2. A ndrew Turvey, Willinga Pastoral general manager, and Marc Greening, Injemira Beef Genetics, Book Book. Image: Olivia Pearce

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“We have a good relationship with Coles and are custom feeding 300 heifers on grain for them now,” he said. To showcase the property and to support the local community, Andrew and his wife Courtney organised the inaugural Juandah Plains campdraft which was held on September 6-9, 2023. The event saw 1400 runs of Hereford cattle through the newly completed campdraft arena. A total of $300,000 prize money attracted the best riders in the country to attend the spectacle over four days of the event. The campdraft was also supported by a range of commercial businesses including Herefords Australia with competitors fed with Hereford Boss beef procured from JBS. Terry’s passion spills over to putting the breed front and centre at the 2023 Gold Buckle Campdraft Championships on May 17-20 hosted at his world class equestrian facility, Willinga Park, at Bawley Point, NSW. Pat Cleary, ECM Livestock, Moss Vale, NSW, oversees the procurement of stock for the Willinga Park Gold Buckle event, which is attended by hundreds of competitors and thousands of visitors from around the nation. Mr Cleary said almost 2000 steers are sourced for the event and then finished on grazing crops at average daily gains of 2.4-2.7kg at the Snow’s family property, “Hillview” at Murrumbateman, NSW. “Terry Snow has a particular affinity with the Hereford breed and when he came up with the concept for the campdraft, his vision was to have all Hereford cattle from the very start,” he said. Brett Petty manages the 2429ha acre property Hillview, rotationally grazing 3000 steers on improved pastures and 600ha of grazing cereals as a high value grass fed product for Woolworths. The property is run with 2.5 labour units and all spraying, sowing and silage making is contracted.

3. 3. Hillview manager, Brett Petty, left, and Pat Cleary, ECM Livestock, with Herefords steers sourced for the Gold Buckle Championships at Willinga Park. Images: Olivia Pearce, Herefords Australia 4. Brett Petty, Terry Snow and Pat Cleary at the Willinga Park equestrian facility. Pat Cleary said the Hereford steers easily met the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) eating quality specifications. “Ideally, we turn off the steers at 280-320kg carcase weight – we have a load go out every week of the year – and last year the steers had an overall average carcase weight of 283kg. Ninety per cent of the steers are turned off as milk tooth,” he said. Terry Snow and Pat Cleary source the Hereford steers from the Western Districts weaner sales at Hamilton and Casterton in January followed by the Mountain Calf Sales in March, with paddock sales also a big part in the buying schedule. Terry and Pat also work with Queensland specialist livestock marketer John Scott to source the South Australian stock. “Ten years ago, when we decided to acquire our own cattle. Brett and I wanted Herefords as they were more tractable for camp drafting and you get a beautiful big animal to finish off, that is perfectly suited to the lucrative grass-fed markets post draft,” Mr Snow said. “We have continued with Herefords through all our properties, including the properties in Queensland where we have a big Hereford stand. They are going gang busters up there and we are getting a premium for feedlots for the Herefords, and the proof is in the pudding.

“There is a premium on grass fed beef and these cattle are ideal for grass fed beef, and that’s where we want to end up, particularly in Qld – we have a lot of grass and Pat and John have been able to get a premium for our calves,” he said.

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Head north to Rockhampton in 2024 for a week of everything beef By Rowan Koebel Herefords Australia will once again be exhibiting at Australia’s premier beef event, Beef Australia, to be held in Rockhampton on May 5-11, 2024. Beef Australia is an event that showcases all facets of the Australian beef industry including the latest innovations, products and services. Such a large-scale industry event is the ideal opportunity for Hereford producers to demonstrate the many benefits of Hereford and Hereford-cross cattle through the range of competitions held in conjunction with Beef 2024. The prestigious Nutrien Ag Solutions Stud Cattle Championship will run over the course of the week with more than 1500 entries expected from more than 30 breeds, culminating in the Parade of Champions, followed by the judging of the Interbreed Championship. The Hereford classes were well supported and hotly contested at Beef 2021 and members are encouraged to consider exhibiting in 2024.

The Nutrien Ag Solutions Commercial Cattle Championship is also a great opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of Hereford and Hereford-cross cattle. The Commercial Cattle Championship is held at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange (CQLX), Gracemere with classes for both grass and grain fed steers and heifers. Entries for the Commercial Cattle Championship are open now and close on March 15, 2024. The AMPC National Beef Carcase Competition is open to all beef producers, with participating processors in each state. The competition aims to give feedback to producers about compliance of beef carcases to market specifications, lean meat yield, and eating quality of those carcases (MSA index), with classes for both grass and grain fed cattle. Nominations for the Carcase Competition are open now and will close one month prior to the intended slaughter date of the entrant’s cattle. The last slaughter date is February 29, 2024. It is vital to check the participating processors list as each plant has specific processing dates for the competition entries. Herefords Australia will host social events and information sessions with industry partners at our stand in the Exhibition Hall, site E17 and E18 and members are invited to drop by at any time over the week. Flashback to Beef 2021, from left Lisa Sharp and Ro Koebel, Herefords Australia, with Peter Yoemans, Jenny Woodward, Matt Wordsworth and Charlie Yoemans with Hereford heifers from Jarrah Genetics.

Geoff honoured for devotion to the show movement NSW Hereford breeder Geoff Bush was honoured for his lifelong involvement with agricultural shows with a Champion of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW award in 2023. The award acknowledged his involvement over the years with beef cattle at the Royal Easter Show and his work representing the cattle sector and supporting judging competitions. Last year Geoff had been awarded with life membership of the Agricultural Societies Council. Geoff and his family have continuously exhibited Herefords at the Royal Easter Show every year since 1954. Geoff has been a steward

in the beef cattle section since 1990 and has judged at the Royal Easter Show on several occasions.

including serving in the role of show president.

Geoff, of Cootamundra, has served as vice president, president and treasurer of the Council and was involved in organising the formation of the ASC Next Gen Group. He is a major contributor to the young judges and paraders competitions, imparting his expert knowledge acquired from competing and exhibiting at local shows and the Sydney Royal Easter Show with his Hereford cattle. A past HAL Board director, Geoff has been an active member of both Gunning and Cootamundra shows

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Hereford breed to put on a spectacle in Canberra in 2024 In one of the nation’s biggest displays of the breed, more than 100 Hereford cattle will parade as the feature breed at the 2024 Royal Canberra Show. To be held on February 23-25, the Royal Canberra Show feature breed program will include major prizes for champions in the led ring, youth herdsman competition, Hereford-only youth paraders, led steer section and a charity steer auction. Coordinator Tim Reid encouraged breeders to enter their animals and steers in what will be an opportunity to showcase the breed to a potentially large audience. Tim and Jemma Reid, JTR Cattle Company, are donating a Hereford

steer by Maildaburra Jarrah J2 for the charity auction to raise funds for Dolly’s Dream. “We encourage stud and commercial producers to come along and enjoy the event – we are keen to promote the breed to a wide audience,” Tim said. The last time the Hereford breed was the feature breed at Canberra was in 2013 when 100 cattle and handlers were used to create the numeral 100 in the arena as part of the show’s 100year anniversary. Judge was Richard Bradstock, UK, and associate Jess Crock, Barham, NSW, presided over a split ring of Herefords and Poll Herefords.

The senior, grand and supreme champion Hereford bull was Centennial Grouse G205 exhibited by Paul Rogers, Centennial Herefords, Holbrook, while the senior and grand champion Herford female was Claystone Albia exhibited by Claystone Poll Herefords. In the Poll Herefords, senior and grand champion female was Elladee Nora exhibited by Llandillo Poll Herefords, The Lagoon, NSW, and the senior, grand and supreme exhibit was Llandillo Warrabah, Llandillo Poll Herefords. For more details on the 2024 feature show contact Tim Reid on 0458 141 155.

Oak Downs disperses after 44 years of breeding More than 40 years of breeding came to an end for South Australians Andrew and Vanessa Schwarz with the dispersal of Oak Downs Poll Herefords in September.

across the country. After the Naracoorte sale folded, they joined forces with Kerlson Pines to hold a joint unled sale for more than a decade, including the state’s first video auction.

As one of the state’s influential studs, Oak Downs had enjoyed significant success since Andrew’s parents, Trevor and Kathy Schwarz, founded it in 1979 with the purchase of three joined heifers from the neighbouring Majestic stud.

At the dispersal, a total of 213 lots sold from the 218 offered to a top of $8500 twice and average of $3122.

As past vendors at the Dubbo, Wodonga, Broken Hill and Naracoorte multi-vendor sales, Oak Downs has sold bulls

Topping the sale was PTIC heifer Oak Downs Marinda T17 sold to Mills Poll Herefords, Finley, NSW, and Oak Downs Queenie Lass with her April drop bull calf purchased by Willowsfield Agriculture, Alumy Creek, NSW. Oak Down stud’s Trevor, Kathy, Vanessa, Andrew and Ruby Schwarz with Nutrien Stud Stock’s Gordon Wood and Richard Miller after the dispersal sale. Images courtesy Oak Downs and Stock Journal

New team member welcomed at HAL New administration officer Tennille Clarke has joined the team at Herefords Australia head office in Armidale. Tennille assists the member services and operations team and brings great knowledge of the beef cattle industry having worked in breed societies before starting her role

at Herefords Australia. She also runs her own beef cattle farming business.

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Monterey takes grand champion double at Adelaide Royal Show Monterey Poll Hereford stud backed up a successful debut at the 2022 Royal Adelaide Show with a clean sweep of the ring this year. Monterey principal Ben Langford, Rockleigh, exhibited the grand champion bull and female, junior champion bull and female. Monterey Endure T006, by US sire NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 123D and out of stud matriarch Minalcowie Nikki C77, took the judge’s eye to be sashed as junior and grand champion bull. Weighing 644kg and scanning with a raw eye muscle area of 104sqcm, the bull had 10mm on the rump and 8mm on the rib, and emerged from the 14 to 18 months class. Judge Scott McKay, Newlyn, Victoria, cast his eye over 12 entries from three exhibitors, and was impressed with Endure’s length, depth and overall strength. Stablemate Monterey Nikki T017 won the eight months and under 14 months class to take the junior champion sash and then grand champion female. Nikki was sired by Allendale Gallipoli Q003 and out of Monterey Nikki R009, with her structural soundness, cleanness

Junior and grand champion bull Monterey Endure T006. Image: Mavstar through the front, and wedge-shaped rear impressing the judge. Morganvale Krystle T92 won the heifer 14 months and under 18 months while Urrbrae Agricultural High School won the junior bull eight months and under 14 months with Urrbrae Tank Monterey stud took out the Ausure City and Rural Trophy and the Bendulla Stud prize for the most successful exhibitor. Young cattle handler Elle Davies, Wild Bear Herefords, Paris Creek, won the sub junior class in the beef cattle young paraders championships.

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Urrbrae Agricultural High School, Netherby, placed third on the hoof in the led steer with Poll Hereford entry Urrbrae Trev in the purebred heavy domestic 450-500kg, won the most professional show team, and was reserve champion breeders’ group. Ben and Caitlin Davies, Wild Bear Herefords, partnered with Mount Compass Area School to place third on the hoof (390450kg) and hook (200-250kg) with Wild Bear Sampson in the school’s purebred light domestic steer. Prepared and shown by Mount Compass, the steer also received the Herefords SA Inc prize for the school and breeder exhibiting the highest scoring Hereford steer on the hoof and hook. Sired by Truro Posh P065, the steer had an MSA Index of 62.58 and dressed at 58.9 per cent. Central Yorke School exhibited Hereford steer Champ Bobo Junella to second on the hook in the school’s export 300330kg class. Hereford steer Kilkerrin Curtis placed fifth on the hook in the school’s heavy domestic class 250-280kg. Days Whifeface, Bordertown, placed fifth in the purebred heavy domestic (280-300kg) on the hook and third in the heavy domestic eating quality carcase with Days T031. Naracoorte High School placed third on the hoof and hook in the crossbred heavy domestic 500-540kg with a black baldy.

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Truro Sherlock crowned Champion of Champions interbreed bull at Ekka to cap off a stirling show ring career One of the most decorated Hereford bulls of modern times, Truro Sherlock S188 (P), completed a hattrick by being crowned the Champion of Champions interbreed bull at the 2023 Royal Queensland Show in August. With owner Scott Hann on the halter, Sherlock out gunned the Shorthorn, Droughtmaster, Angus and Brahman bull champions in a unanimous decision under judges Erica Halliday, Ben Nevis Angus, Walcha, NSW, Scott Ferguson, Glen Oaks, Nobby, and PJ Budler, Texas, USA. Sherlock impressed for his enormous eye muscle, ideal fat cover, bone, carcase, structural correctness, overall balance and presence. Earlier Sherlock had been sashed as senior and grand champion bull in the Hereford ring under judge Shane Bishop, Garglen Brahmans, Moura, Qld. Sired by Yalgoo Peacemaker P034, the rising two-year-old weighed 1050kg, had a raw eye muscle scan of 144sqcm and fat depths of 16 and 11mm. Reserve senior champion bull was Cootharaba Barney (P), a son of Cootharaba Xander and exhibited by

With the grand champion female Devon Court Ruth R003 and heifer calf is Dale McVicar, Traveston Poll Herefords, and Katherine Rose, Traveston. Image: TJB Photography & Media Australia Ian and Anne Galloway, Cootharaba Herefords, Roma, Qld. The junior bull sash went to Galloway Cattle Company’s Cootharaba Sherriff (P) while in reserve was Jindalee Think Big T022, sired by Wallan Creek Storm L057 and exhibited by Angus and Eunice Vivers, Jindalee Herefords, King Plains, NSW.

In the females, Dale McVicar, Traveston Downs Poll Herefords, Traveston, exhibited the three-year-old cow Devon Court Ruth R003, sired by Rayleigh Nullabor N069, to senior and grand champion. The cow was shown with her autumn drop heifer Traveston Downs Uptown Girl U001. Reserve senior champion was Kalara Royal Revona S010 exhibited by Jamie Hollis and Mikayla Passmore, Clifton, Qld, while the junior champion female was Reevesdale Carla T026 exhibited by Graham and Felicity Reeves, Reevesdale Poll Herefords, Gum Flat, NSW. The reserve junior female was Eclipse Irish Rose T001 shown by Emily Taylor, Eclipse Poll Herefords, Quipolly, NSW. The pair of bulls was won by Galloway Cattle Co, the breeder’s group by Truro Whiteface, and progeny stakes group by Richard Ogilvie, Te-Angie Poll Herefords, Wongwibinda, NSW. In the Prime Beef competition, a pen of six Hereford/Santa Gertrudis steers placed third in the RNA Prime Beef 621740kg class and later sold to JBS Australia for 320c/kg for Yulgibar Partnership.

Sophie, Matilda, Champion of Champions interbreed bull Truro Sherlock S188, Scott and Pip Hann, at the 2023 Royal Queensland Show. Image: Truro

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Young breeder takes both grand champions in Hereford ring at Royal Perth Show Young Hereford breeder Thomas Spencer continued to fly the flag for the breed, bringing home grand champion bull and female, and supreme exhibit at the 2023 Royal Perth Show. The 21-year-old stud principal from Spencer Cattle Co, Bullsbrook, exhibited Spencer Thunderstorm T8 (H), a son of Yallaroo Legacy L10, to junior and grand champion bull. The junior and grand champion female was Spencer Juliet T1, a January 2022 drop daughter of Yallaroo Legacy L10 and Yallaroo Juliet N29. The heifer went on to be sashed as the supreme Hereford exhibit by judge Ted Laurie, Knowla Livestock, Moppy, NSW. The reserve junior champion female was stablemate Spencer Juliet T20, a May 2022 drop daughter of Yallaroo Legacy L10 and Yallaroo Julieet J31. Yallaroo Silver Q Q008 was exhibited by Spencer Cattle Co to win senior champion female while in reserve was six-yearold cow Paragon PH Lady Naomi exhibited by Denise Warner, Paragon Herefords, Waroona. The cow was sired by Paragon Lord Griffin and was shown with her July drop heifer Paragon PH Lady Isobel. Spencer Cattle Co won the progeny group and breeders group of three. The stud is around 50 breeders but Thomas is

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Supreme Hereford exhibit Spencer Juliet T1. Image: Spencer Cattle Co planning to reduce numbers in line with the dry seasonal conditions. In April he lost one of his foundation stud cows prior to calving. A caesarean resulted in live twin bull calves. “At 13 years old, Juliet F13 had a good production record. Calving the first time at two years old, she had a calf every year and was coming up for her 12th,” Thomas said. “She produced two WALSA Supreme bull sale top priced bulls in 2018 and 2019, and I was grateful to be able to buy her in 2020. “It’s always sad to lose those great dams, but I’m feeling super lucky to have these twin calves- 13 calves in 13 years is a great run. I’m also glad to have gotten a heifer calf from her last year.” Thomas said it was a struggle to hand raise the two calves, but they were progressing well now. He plans to continue to fly the flag for the breed at Perth in the show and carcase sections and has ambitions of exhibiting at Sydney Royal in the future.

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In the miniature Hereford results, Denise Warner, Paragon Miniature Herefords, Waroona, exhibited the junior champion bull, Paragon Lord TJ. The 17-month-old bull was sired by Paragon Lord Peter and out of Paragon Lady Olivia.

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Paragon Lady Tina, a March 2022 drop daughter of Paragon Lord Pluto was sashed as junior champion female while the 2019 drop cow Paragon Lady Opra, sired by Paragon Lord Liam and out of Paragon Lady Gail, was senior and grand champion female with her calf Paragon Lady Ita. Paragon stud went on to win the pair of females and breeder’s group of three.

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A day to remember for Wanrua Poll Herefords in showring at Melbourne A seven-decade commitment to the showring and two powerful youngsters resulted in a day to remember for the Manson family at the 2023 Royal Melbourne Show. Wanrua Q Victoria T252 emerged from the heifer nine to 12 months class to take the junior and grand champion female and supreme exhibit for exhibitors Andrew and Caroline Manson, Wanrua Poll Herefords, Newry, Vic. Paraded by Sam Garvin, the 11-month-old heifer was sired by Tondara Mason P037 and out of Wanrua Q Victoria Q67. The heifer was among the first progeny of Tondara Mason, a former Melbourne Royal Show champion. To top off the win, the Manson family was recognised for 70 years of showing cattle and awarded legendary status at the Royal Melbourne Show. Ninety-year-old Ian Mason, who started the stud 69 years ago, received the award on behalf of his family. “This recognition is testament to all our hard work over the years that has come to fruition,” Andrew Manson said. He went on to exhibit the junior and grand champion bull, Wanrua Tank T253, a 11-month-old also sired by Tondara Mason P037 and out of Wanrua Chloe Q066. Judging the Hereford ring was Damon Englund, Deep Creek Cattle Services, Upper Stowport, Tasmania. Mr Englund was impressed with the supreme exhibit’s performance, feminity, and thickness. Reserve junior champion female was Kianma Princess T006, shown by Keirin and Nikki Martin, Kianma Herefords, Forbes, NSW. The 13-month-old heifer was sired by Mawarra Terminator Q274 and out of Kianma Princess P007. Rod Bowles, Grangeview Park Poll Herefords, Axe Creek, Vic, exhibited the senior champion female, Grathlyn Jewess R015 (PP), an October 2020 drop daughter of Emu Holes Strata N011 and out of Grathlyn Jewess L042. R015 emerged as a winner of the class cow or heifer 24 to 36 months.

Senior champion female, Grathlyn Jewess R015 (PP). Paul, Richard and Katherine Weston, Pakenham Poll Herefords, Pakenham, Vic, showed the November 2015 drop cow Pakenham Mance (P) to reserve champion female. Mance was sired by Sevenbardot Diamantina G48 and out of Pakenham Mance D03. The reserve junior champion bull, Kianma T-Rex T002 was exhibited by Kierin and Nikki Martin, Kianma, and was a son of Eathorpe Precision P040 and out of Kianma Matchless P009. The Holt family, Tondara Herefords, Urana, NSW, paraded 25-month-old Tondara Guggenheimer S004 (AI) (H) to win the senior champion bull. He was sired by ILR Ribeye 88X 449B and out of Tondara V-9 Novelty 117. The reserve senior bull sash went to Grangeview Park Sovereign, a May 2021 drop son of Heatherdale Sovereign VII and out of Grangeview Park Kassie. Wanrua Poll Herefords won the best three head, any age, both sexes, with Grangeview Park in second, while Kianma Poll Herefords won the best pair females under 20 months with Wanrua Poll Herefords in second. 1. Junior and grand champion bull, Wanrua Tank T253. Image: Wanrua 2. W anrua Q Victoria T252 was junior and grand champion female. Image Showcase by Branded Ag Marketing

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Suzuki triumphs as supreme exhibit in the red centre and tops at $19,000 By Kim Woods South Australian Hereford breeder Tom Honner triumphed in the ring at the Alice Springs Show on July 8-9 winning supreme champion with Minlacowie Suzuki after a 1600km trip. The 19-month-old bull added to the multiple supreme titles Tom and wife Amy, Minlacowie Poll Herefords, Minlaton, have won at the red centre fixture. Suzuki (AI) (PP) is a son of New Zealand sire Koanui Techno 3062 and out of Minlacowie Last Day M23, and was later sold in the Alice Springs Show bull sale for $19,000 to repeat buyer Wally Klein, Orange Creek Station, Hugh, NT. The Klein family runs a 4000 cow Poll Hereford and Santa Gertrudis herd on their station 100km south of Alice Springs and finish cattle in an on-farm feedlot to heavy weights. The family purchased five bulls in total to average $13,000 including two at $11,000 from Days Whiteface, Bordertown, SA. Lachy and Lou Day sold all five bulls to average $9300, including two to Todd River Pastoral Co, Alice Springs. Minlacowie sold two bulls to average $17,250 with Minlacowie Sam making $15,500. Suzuki and Sam were sashed as champion interstate pen of two bulls and champion and reserve champion Poll Hereford bulls. There was a full clearance of 13 bulls with the Herefords topping at

Tom Honner, Minlacowie Poll Herefords, with his supreme exhibit Minlacowie Suzuki. Images: Minlacowie $19,000 and the Droughtmasters at $5500 for an overall average of $8577. All seven Hereford bulls sold for an average of $11,571.

interstate female with a Kerlson Pines bred cow, reserve champion interstate female, and placed second in the NT bred cow and calf.

In the led classes, judge Marc Greening, Injemira Beef Genetics, Book Book, NSW, was impressed with Suzuki’s overall softness, doing ability and carcase.

An Undoolya station bred heifer lent to the Department of Education won reserve champion NT bred female.

Organised by the Centralian Beef Breeders Association, the cattle competition drew competitors from South Australia, Alice Springs and north to Tennant Creek and Sandover with 125 head. The Hayes family, Undoolya Station, Alice Springs, won the champion NT bred bull class with Undoolya Toro, champion

Ben and Nicole Hayes received the Centenary Cup for the champion NT bred pen of two steers. Nicole said the Poll Hereford steers came out of the mature class to win and weighed an estimated 550-600kg liveweight. The couple exhibited 32 head including nine bulls and heifers loaned to the Department of Education for young handlers to show. The Department of Education paraded the led Poll Hereford bull under 18 months, while Undoolya won the NT bred bull under 18 months, and the mature bull class with Poll Hereford entries. In the junior handler classes, Lily Sabadin won the handler 10 years and under with a hand reared poddy calf, and the junior judging 12 years and under.

Minlacowie Suzuki and Minlacowie Sam averaged $17,250.

Rilee Sabadin won the junior handler 12 years and under, Isabel Sabadin the calf classic for 12 years and under, Tara Hodgins the calf classic 13 to 18 years, Carson Miller-Kruger the junior handler 13 to 18 years, Tenace Mulholland juvenile judging 13 to 18 years and Tony Penhall the best kept pen.

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Building a reference population for a new age of multi-breed genetic evaluation By Hamish Chandler The Southern Multi Breed project is a collaborative research and development project involving NSW Department of Primary Industries and the University of New England conducted over five years from 2020 to 2025. The project is co-funded by NSW DPI, UNE, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Commonwealth Government through the MLA Donor Company (MDC). The project builds a dataset for six major cattle breeds (Hereford, Angus, Wagyu, Charolais, Shorthorn and Brahman) of hard-to-measure traits such as those influencing female reproductive performance (such as anoestrus, age at puberty), meat quality, carcase traits and feed efficiency. This dataset will be included in the Hereford BREEDPLAN analysis and combined with the reference population data from previous Hereford BIN projects, co-operator herds and breeders’ herds to improve the accuracy of genomic EBVs. The Southern Multi Breed (SMB) Project also provides the starting point for building a reference population for a new age of multi-breed genetic evaluation. This type of evaluation will give Hereford breeders the ability to benchmark their herd’s genetic merit against a wider range of breeds and will ultimately allow bull buyers to determine which bulls best suit their needs comparing each breed on the same basis. All calves generated by the projects are intensively recorded from birth to the end of backgrounding (steers) or grow out (heifers). Recording includes accurate birth date, birth weight, calving ease and survival, gestation length (AI calves only), weaning weight, flight time, docility score, yearling weight and structure. Other traits such as worm egg count, are recorded regularly beginning at weaning and continuing until the steers enter the feedlot and the heifers wean their first calf. Following weaning, the heifers have regular ovarian assessments conducted using real-time ultrasound performed by ultrasonographers to

determine follicle development and identify the attainment of puberty. At first lactation cows are regularly scanned after calving to determine their return to cycling. Females have live weight, hip height, body condition score, eye muscle and subcutaneous fat depth recorded prior to mating and at weaning each year, and are assessed for calving ease, teat and udder score at calving. Steers have weight, scan traits and net feed intake recorded while in the feedlot, with full abattoir, meat quality and consumer testing undertaken following slaughter. All animals are genotyped in alignment with BREEDPLAN standards to allow their data to contribute to singlestep genetic evaluations. As well as the traits mentioned above, two additional overlay projects led by the University of New England and CSIRO, and supported by MLA, are using the calves born in SMB project to measure methane emissions using Grow Safe feeders and immune competence records. The SMB project has just finished the third year of the five-year project with the fourth group of calves having

Steers have weight, scan traits and net feed intake recorded while in the feedlot. Image courtesy NSW DPI recently been born. About 50 per cent of these calves are the progeny of heifers born during the first year of the project. The project has now more than 1400 Hereford (6000 across all breeds) birth records including calving ease, 980 Hereford (4500 all breeds) weaning records, 240 Hereford (1100 all breeds) feedlot and carcass records and 270 Hereford (1200 all breeds) heifer puberty and fertility records. The project will continue to generate more data in the coming years particularly for the traits measured later in life. The data collected by the project to date has been collated ready for entry into within-breed BREEDPLAN evaluations. Herefords Australia staff are working with SMB project staff and ABRI to combine this information with the Hereford dataset and test its impact on our BREEDPLAN evaluation results. This data will add significant accuracy to published EBVs such as those for carcase and days-to-calving traits.

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MINIATURE HEREFORDS

Miniature Herefords - so, what is the point? By Alison Livermore, Australian Miniature Hereford Breeders Network The Miniature Hereford probably sounds like a bit of a gimmick. An animal that only has a value to hobby farmers who need something to keep the grass down on their 10 acres and a pet for the grandkids to feed. In fact, the Miniature Hereford has an important role in today’s world and has firmly established itself as a valuable commodity. These are some reasons to consider a miniature bull for your farm. 1. A mature mini bull can easily service a full-size Hereford heifer with the subsequent benefit of small birth weights. First time calvers can have an easy birth and mini calves hit the ground running. Additionally, the calf becomes a Generation One (G1) miniature. If you continue to breed down by G4 the offspring can be registered as a Miniature Hereford. A G2 or G3 is desirable to mini breeders as a way of introducing new genetics to their herds.

Weight 410kg, carcase weight 230kg = 56.1%, meat yield 147kg = 36% of L =64% of CW.

2. Butchering value. The Miniature Hereford must be a frame score of 1 or less by the age of 3 years. By keeping the size at a frame score of 0 or 1, half the small Hereford is the perfect size for the average domestic chest freezer. An 18-monthold steer we had processed came in at the following: Live

3. Animals per hectare. On average, you can carry two Miniatures to one full size animal which gives great flexibility with changing climatic conditions. In drought times a core herd can be retained as the Mini thrives on hard times and feed costs are easier to meet than with the bigger cattle.

On average, you can carry two Miniatures to one full size animal which gives great flexibility with changing climatic conditions.

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Optiweigh - in-paddock weighing driving productivity The company has machines across the country, including remote areas across the north. Mr Mitchell said the only way to make the device practical was to connect it to ‘the cloud’.

Armidale producer Bill Mitchell’s innovation enables in-paddock weighing and monitoring of cattle.

The system measures average daily gain of the mob and individual animal performance which can be used to predict market readiness of steers, joining weights of heifers, give early indications for animal health treatments, early indications of any fluctuations in animal performance and pasture performance that may not be easily assessed visually.

The Optiweigh systems records the weights of cattle as they are drawn to the unit by a lick block or salt block. By collecting this data, the results can be reviewed daily enabling real time livestock weight monitoring unlocking value for the producer.

The highly portable, Optiweigh can be towed behind a ute, side by side or quad bike with an easy setup and reduces the need to weigh cattle in the yards as regularly, reducing labor and animal stress.

“Every unit now has satellite technology for the price of a mobile phone service. Producers get an email every morning telling them what their cattle weigh.

By Michael Crowley Optiweigh is a fully portable inpaddock weighing system that works in all environments, does not require animal training, and does not require installation of additional infrastructure.

“We trialed so many different services, but the most significant breakthrough was signing up with a company called ‘Swarm’, which is a low-cost satellite network,” he said.

“Our operation is focused on meeting target weights for target markets, which is why assessing weight gain is so critical. It’s made a massive difference to our operation. “We send more dollars out every time we send cattle to market because we better time our sales. We want to go as high as we can on the grid, without going overweight, but we still want to make sure they’re sold before the feed starts to go off and the weight gain tapers off.” Mr Mitchell estimates the system has delivered up to $70 more per head on every truckload. He said it also allowed for better monitoring of paddock condition and rotation of stock at the right times, rather than waiting until they start to go backwards.

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DUBBO NATIONAL

Seedstock producers source outcross genetics to $30,000 at Dubbo By Kim Woods Repeat stud buyers wanting outcross genetics pushed prices to $30,000 at the 2023 Dubbo National Poll Hereford Sale. Held at the Dubbo showground on June 6, the sale was interfaced with AuctionsPlus and drew 69 registered buyers. In the live lots, 48 bulls sold under the hammer from the 82 offered for a top price of $30,000, gross of $448,500 and average of $9343. In the females, eight sold from the nine offered to top at $10,000, gross $52,000 and average $6500 to give an overall sale gross for the live lots of $500,500 and average of $8937. A package of four embryos sold for $1000 each.

1. Phil “Bluey” Commins, Nunniong Herefords, Ensay, Victoria, bid the top price of $30,000 over the phone to

secure the grand champion bull Valley View Sandman S030 (P). Sandman was offered by Paul and Angela Durkin, Valley View Poll Herefords, Warialda, NSW, and was a July 2021 drop son of Injemira Anzac H006 M187. Repeat buyers Pat and Kerrie Bredhauer, Lambert Pastoral Company, Charleville, Qld, outlaid the second top price of $28,000 for reserve junior champion bull Grathlyn Serenity S058 (AI) (PP), sold by Max and Andrew Rayner, Grathlyn Pastoral Company, Hargraves, NSW.

Nelson and Randall Carlow, Kidman Poll Herefords, Dubbo, partnered with Jeff and Robyn Holcombe, Rayleigh Poll Herefords, Narrabri, to pay $20,000 for CONTINUED PAGE 40

1. Junior champion bull LH Wagerer T023, held by Gary Wilkinson, with buyer Nelson Carlow, Kidman Poll Herefords, Dubbo. The bull sold for $20,000 to Kidman and Rayleigh Poll Herefords, Narrabri, NSW. All images: Kim Woods 2. Vendor Paul Durkin on the halter of grand champion bull Valley View Sandman S030 which sold to Nunniong Herefords, Ensay, for the top price of $30,000.

3. Brett Young, Rochester, and Bruce Gunning, Emu Holes, Gunning, with the $17,000 Grathlyn Startup S008.

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the junior champion LH Wagerer T023 (AI) (PP) offered by Ross Lee, Lee Way Herefords, Ootha, NSW. Vendors Ben and Annabelle Monie, Thornleigh Herefords, Little Plain, NSW, sold Thornleigh Anzac S173 (AI) (S), an August 2021 drop son of Allendale Anzac K4, to Neil and Carmel Croker, Taralga, for $18,000. The bull weighed 876kg and scanned with an eye muscle area of 125sqcm. Bruce and Pam Gunning, Emu Holes Herefords, Quirindi, NSW, and Brett Young, Rochester, Vic, outlaid $17,000 for Grathlyn Startup S008 (AI) (PP), a son of New Zealand sire Limehills Starter and offered by Max Rayner, Grathlyn Pastoral Company. Senior champion bull Llandillo Soldier S42 (TW) (PP), a son of Grathlyn Pacemaker and weighing 968kg, was sold by Llandillo

Poll Herefords, The Lagoon, NSW, to Bareela Pastoral Company, Barraba, NSW, for $17,000. Grand champion female Llandillo Tigeress S160 (P) was sold by LLandillo Poll Herefords for $7000 to Andrew and Jessica Quirk, Pinnacle Poll Herefords, Forbes, NSW, for $7000. Gavin Alston, Orange, NSW, paid the top price in the females of $10,000 for reserve senior champion Grathlyn Careless R011 (PP), a September 2020 drop daughter of Grathlyn Nomination, and with her spring drop bull calf, Grathlyn T023, by Boyd Blueprint. 4. Reserve junior champion Grathlyn Serenity S058, held by Andrew Rayner, sold to Pat and Kerrie Bredhauer, Lambert Pastoral Company, Charleville, Qld for $28,000 5. Reserve senior champion female Grathlyn Careless R011 held by Brett Young and her bull calf Grathlyn T023 held by Richard Thompson, sold to Gavin Alston, Orange, for $10,000. 6. Grand champion female Llandillo Tigeress S160 (P) sold for $7000 to Andrew Quirk, Pinnacle Poll Herefords, Forbes. On the halter is Lee White, Llandillo Poll Herefords, The Lagoon, NSW.

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Meet your Herefords Australia Youth Committee for 2024 Cassie Bush

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Cassie grew up in Cootamundra, NSW, on her family’s Hereford and mixed grazing property where the Bush family have run Herefords since 1953. She is undertaking a double degree in Law and Agriculture at the University of New England, aiming to contribute to and achieve better policies for the Australian agricultural industry. Cassie has been involved with many Hereford events from a young age along with NSW agricultural shows and Sydney Royal Easter Show. She has also volunteered with several community organisations and charities. Cassie is looking forward to helping other young people learn about and become involved in Hereford cattle. “This is my second year on the Hereford Youth Committee, and I want to be able to have the opportunity to show other young people the advantages of breeding Herefords,” she said.

Grace grew up in Sydney and relocated to Armidale in 2021 to study a Bachelor of Agriculture at the University of New England. “My passion has grown since becoming involved with Te-Angie Poll Herefords, Wongwibinda, NSW. I am passionate about extending opportunities to schools to become more involved in agriculture nationally, specifically through the stud beef industry. “I hope to work with the committee to facilitate nationwide programs, engaging youth in all aspects of stud and commercial breeding to create networks within the Hereford breed, further gaining opportunities in the broader industry.”

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PUBLICITY OFFICER Taylah grew up on her family’s Hereford stud in Gippsland and began working full time at Mawarra in 2017 where she completed Cert III & IV in Agriculture and a Diploma in Agribusiness Management. She worked on a mixed farming enterprise in New Zealand for two months in 2019. Taylah enjoyed travelling and working with BJS Livestock Photography before returning to Mawarra. “The future of our industry begins with our up-and-coming youth, a highlight of my involvement with the National Youth Committee is being able to encourage, teach and support the next generation of cattle enthusiasts,” she said.

Tabby lives on a beef cattle property in northeast Victoria and is studying a Bachelor of Agricultural Science through Charles Sturt University. Outside of university, she works fulltime at the Northern Victorian Livestock Exchange in an administration role. She spends weekends on the farm working with cattle and often preparing them for the show ring. Tabby became involved in the Hereford breed through the 2018 Hereford Youth Expo. Herefords Australia Youth is an organisation she is passionate about and, after attending four Hereford Youth Expos, she is looking forward to working behind the scenes with the committee for the 2024 Hereford Youth Expo and beyond. CONTINUED PAGE 44

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GENERAL COMMITTEE Grace grew up on her family’s commercial Hereford property at Macarthur in southwest Victoria. Grace and her sister Emily established Emigrace Poll Herefords in 2017. She is managing a 350 head cattle property near her home and joined the HAL National Youth Committee in 2020. “I have enjoyed helping organising the National Youth Expo as well as trying to promote the Hereford breed. I have had the opportunity to meet more like-minded people and gained more knowledge from industry leaders through my participation on the committee,” she said.

Emily lives on her family’s beef cattle property on the edge of the Liverpool Plains in NSW. She has always had a passion for working with cattle and a few years ago established her stud Eclipse Poll Herefords. She is undertaking a Bachelor or Rural Science at the University of New England, Armidale, with the goal of a career in meat science or genetics. Emily joined the Hereford National Youth Committee to further promote the Hereford breed and help the youth develop and follow their dreams.

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GENERAL COMMITTEE Aleacea is from Dulacca, Qld, has completed a Bachelor of Agriculture and gained work at a Condamine feedlot. She grew up on a Hereford stud and started in the youth movement at the age of five. Aleacea started her own Hereford stud and became heavily involved with the Herefords Queensland Youth. She is passionate about promoting the next generation of youth into agriculture and especially the beef industry. “I hope to bring fresh ideas that help create a sustainable Hereford Youth movement,” she said.

Mitchell is in Year 11 and lives on his family’s beef cattle property at Quipolly in NSW. He has a passion for Herefords and the beef cattle industry, and enjoys preparing and showing cattle. Mitchell hopes to gain a school-based traineeship with the agricultural industry specifically as a stock and station agent. His long-term goal is to focus on stud stock sales. Mitchell joined the Herefords Australia National Youth Committee to help promote and grow the breed at a youth level. “I am passionate about the ag industry, and want to explore more in depth with the Hereford breed.”

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Record National Youth Expo deemed a success for Hereford breed

1. By Kim Woods A record number of young cattle handlers from around Australia and New Zealand converged on Parkes for a packed program of learning new skills, competing and forming lifelong friendships at the Herefords Australia National Youth Expo. Held at the Parkes showgrounds in central west NSW on July 6-9, the expo drew a record 143 young handlers aged from five to 25 from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and a team from New Zealand Herefords. In the major awards, Grace Collins, Armidale, NSW, received the Herefords Australia Youth Travel Scholarship worth $5000 while the Most Potential Breeder Award winner Albert Telford, Mumble, NSW, received a registered heifer donated by Kidman Poll Herefords, Dubbo, NSW.

Junior competitor Rory Hutchison, Rockleigh, NSW, received the President’s Award and automatic entry to the 2024 Herefords Australia National Youth Expo. Daryl Holder, The Cattle Shop, presented the Jason Sutherland Memorial Award to honour the contribution made by Jason to youth, the breed and the cattle industry. The award was judged by the herdsman judges and was won by William York, Dalby, Qld. Ben and Katelin Davies, South Australia, presented the Wild Bear Scholarship for entry to the SA All Breeds Heifer Show to Katie Burridge, Spring Farm, NSW. New competitor Oscar Feuerherdt, Culcairn, NSW, received the Novice Award from Greg and Del Rees, The Ranch Poll Herefords, Tomingley, NSW, while Mitch Rees received the Encouragement Award. Ballot cattle were donated by TeAngie, Llandillo, Kianma, Glenholme/

Kirraween, Rose View, Barton Fields, Tondara, The Ranch, Cloverlee, Kidman, Allanae, JTR, Kalnee Park, Eclipse, Yalgoo, The Cottage, Shotgun, Sundene, Bendoc Park, Reevesdale, and Glenalvie. Peter Godbolt and Tim Reid were over judges in the junior judging, Roger Evans judged the cattle, while educational lectures were provided by Lee White, Jonathon Tink, Joel McGuire, Rose Philipzen, Hannah Powe, Michael Crowley, Ben Davies, Daryl Holder, Keirin Martin and Nelson Carlow. Paraders judge Hannah Powe found it challenging to split the competitors for the grand champion parader but settled on William Van Gend, O’Connell, NSW. William received the Geoff Bush Trophy from Geoff Bush, Glenholme/Kirraweena Herefords, Cootamundra, NSW. In the pee wee division, champion junior judge was Charlotte Smith and reserve junior champion Lola Quirk. Elle Davies was champion herdsman and Abbey Lawton in reserve while

All images: Kim Woods 1. Grand champion herdsman Sam Garvin, Orange, NSW, pictured with herdsman judges Nikki and Keirin Martin, Tim and Jemma Reid, Peter and Nat Godbolt, Nelson Carlow, Pip and Scott Hann, Del and Greg Rees.

2. Grand champion junior judge Mitch Taylor, Quipolly, NSW, with over judges Peter Godbolt, Albury, NSW, and Tim Reid, Roslyn, NSW.

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3. champion parader was Elsie Stevens and reserve champion Charlotte Smith. In the junior division, champion junior judge and champion herdsman was Rory Hutchison with Cloe Hughes reserve champion junior judge, Lani Lumsden reserve champion herdsman, Max White champion junior parader and Lachlan Hooper in reserve. Sam Garvin, Orange, NSW, again dominated the subintermediate division being champion junior judge, champion parader and grand champion herdsman. Maddison Hann was reserve champion junior judge, Emily Hann reserve champion herdsman, and Jack Smyth reserve champion parader. Mitch Taylor, Quipolly, NSW, showed his talent to emerge as champion intermediate herdsman, reserve champion parader, champion junior judge and grand champion junior judge. Mitch will now go on to be an associate judge in the Hereford ring at Beef Australia 2024 at Rockhampton, Qld. Tom Hooper was champion intermediate junior judge, Maggie Willis reserve champion junior judge, Max Humphries reserve champion herdsman, and Angus Johnson champion parader. In the highly competitive senior division, William Van Gend dominated winning the champion senior herdsman and champion senior parader. Skye Hubbard, Cobbity, NSW, was champion senior judge, while Lillian Oke was reserve champion senior judge and reserve champion parader. Emily Taylor, Quipolly, NSW, won reserve champion senior herdsman.

In the cattle classes, Amelia Miller parade Yalgoo Vanessa T301 (P) to calf champion, and Charlie Tarlinton handled the reserve champion Cloverlee Asteret T001 (AI (P). Llandillo Vanessa T101 (P) was paraded by Lola Quirk to junior champion female and in reserve was Kianma Princess T003 (AI) (P) with Jack Smyth on the halter. Sam Garvin expertly paraded Kianma Matchless S022 (P) to senior and grand champion female with JTR Cherry Ripe S020 (AI) (ET) and Jack Nunan in reserve senior champion. Judge Roger Evans, Tamworth, NSW, was impressed with the grand champion’s skin, functionality, maturity pattern and refinement. Matchless is a 2021 drop daughter of Eathorpe Precision P040 and owned by Keirin and Nikki Martin, Kianma Herefords, Forbes, NSW. The futurity class was won by Llandillo Gladiola S18 (P) with Alfie Quirk, the champion bull was Kianma Top Gun T008 (S) with Max Humphries on the halter. Georgia Moody, New Zealand, was on the halter of reserve champion bull Kianma T-Rex T002 (P). Black baldy heifer Glenalvie Belle was commercial champion for Holly Hutchinson and her buddy Hannah Flynn with Emily Taylor exhibiting her own black baldy steer Eclipse Texas Ranger to reserve champion. Skye Hubbard, Shotgun Livestock, Cobbity, won the bred and owned class with Shotgun Elsa T001 (PP) and Harrison Guy showed his heifer Llandillo Canary T4 (PP) to win the owned class.

All images: Kim Woods 3. Rory Hutchinson, Rockleigh, NSW, received the President’s Award and automatic entry to the 2024 Herefords Australia National Youth expo. 4. Grand champion parader William Van Gend, O’Connell, NSW, receives the Geoff Bush Trophy from parader judge Hannah Powe. 5. Katie Burridge, Spring Farm, NSW, won the Wild Bear Scholarship from Ben and Katelin Davies, Wild Bear Herefords, Meadow, South Australia. 6. Grand champion female Kianma Matchless S022 with Sam Garvin on the halter and judge Roger Evans, Tamworth, and Herefords Australia CEO Michael Crowley.

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2023 proved to be quite the successful year for the youth! I can’t go past the most successful Expo we’ve had to date, not only did we have the most competitors seen for a long time but also the positive feedback received from competitors, parent helpers and even those who were unable to attend but followed along at home.

got where they are today - with all having very different career paths involving some who studied and other who went straight into the work force.

Congratulations to the National Youth Committee on the tremendous job of pulling it all together and a massive thank you to those who assisted along the way. Your efforts definitely did not go unnoticed.

We also participated in group activities pushing the young leaders outside of their comfort zone. Placed into different groups for each session to discuss ideas and how they were to achieve those ideas to then deliver that to the room on some hot topics.

Since the Expo we have seen a couple of committee members fulfil their term on the committee – Alicia Trovatello, Tori Kitschke and Harry Scoble. Thank you for your enthusiasm and contribution to the Herefords Australia National Youth movement. With that, welcome to the committee, Grace Collins and Aleacea Nixon. 2023 didn’t finish there, we had the honour of sending three youth delegates to the Australian Registered Cattle Breeders Association conference in Brisbane during October. Along with myself, Alicia Trovatello and Emily Taylor enjoyed the two half-day conference with 30 other delegates from across all states and breed societies. It provided leadership training as well as giving us the opportunity to sit in front of some of the agricultural industry’s most inspirational and successful leaders. Listening to their stories of how and why and how they

It was a great way to end the year with some new ideas driven by the conference for the youth movement to implement over the next 12 months. Although the year is coming to a close, our committee is still working tirelessly with plans for 2024. With an excited and driven committee led by our new incoming President Cassie Bush, I believe the Hereford Youth Initiatives for 2024 will be some of the most interactive and hands-on over the year since before Covid, and we can’t wait to see you all at our 2024 National Expo in July 2024. Make sure you keep up on our socials for all the exciting news and events.

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Youth President’s report If you thought 2022 was a great year for Herefords Australia Youth – take a look at 2023! The Herefords Australia National Youth Expo held in Parkes saw a record 143 participants from the eastern states and New Zealand attend this successful event.

It has been extremely rewarding and heartwarming to be a small part in building the next generation of Hereford enthusiasts, and I encourage all breeders to get involved in this wonderful program.

Participants had the opportunity to learn and compete, while still having fun. I was blown away by all participants’ enthusiasm and eagerness to learn about the beef industry.

I would like to acknowledge other outgoing committee members Harry Scobie and Tori Kitschke for their efforts over the years.

These events cannot be run without the support of sponsors, parents, and volunteers – I thank you all for your continued strong support of the Expo.

I look forward to seeing all our Youth Members representing Herefords in 2024, under the leadership of new President, Cassie Bush.

We have once again seen great success in our fundraising efforts for other initiatives through the auctions and 2024 Calendar. Once again, thank you to the Herefords Australia community for your generous support of the Youth Program, which all proceeds have and will go towards funding our scholarships and other exciting initiatives. As the curtain closes on my time on the Herefords Australia National Youth Committee, I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities the Committee has presented me with, and looking back, how far I have developed personally in almost five years. I am indebted to everyone I have built relationships with during this time, not limited to but including all Committee Members, our Youth Coordinators, Herefords Australia staff, Hereford breeders, sponsors, parents and volunteers – but most importantly – our Youth Members.

Alicia Trovatello YOUTH PRESIDENT

Incoming president’s comment I am honoured to be the incoming Herefords Australia Youth president and am looking forward to what the Herefords Australia Youth Committee and members will bring forth in 2024. At our last National Youth Expo, we had incredible numbers of kids competing and cattle present, and our new committee is hoping to show more young cattle enthusiasts the advantages of breeding Herefords. Our newly elected committee consists of new and returning faces who all have a passion for cattle and

a dedication to the Hereford breed, and we are ready to lead the way, bringing exciting opportunities next year to our Hereford youth.

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Hereford steer ticks the boxes for St Mary’s and wins on the hook St Mary’s Catholic College’s ag show team tasted success with a purebred Hereford steer at Casino Beef Week Hoof and Hook competition by taking out champion lightweight steer. Agricultural teacher Aaron Kennedy said it was the first broad ribbon for the Casino based school in the carcase competition since 2011. The steer was purchased as a 10-month-old weaner from commercial Hereford producer Joe Leven, Doubtful Creek, and halter trained and finished on Rhodes grass and a feedlot ration by the students. On the hook, the purebred steer scored 88.63 points, dressing at 212.4kg with 3mm rib fat, 6mm rump fat, 78sqcm eye muscle area and MSA Index of 57.01. To cap off the success, the 375kg liveweight steer was sold at auction for 810c/kg or $3037 to the Butler family. The ag show team consists of 15 students from Years 7 to 12 and they exhibited Hereford, Charolais and Limousin entries. Casino Beef Week is held in northern NSW each May over nine days providing entertainment, education and competitions showcasing the beef industry. In the led steer classes, Bonalbo Central School Ag team exhibited a Simmental/ Hereford cross steer to second in the under 350kg, and Joe Leven showed a Hereford steer to fourth place. The Dean family placed fourth with a Hereford cross steer in the 401-450kg class while in the returning steers, FDC Partnership placed second with a Limousin/Hereford. On the hook, the Hereford steer from St Mary’s Catholic College placed first in the junior under 400kg with the Dean family in fifth. A Simmental/Hereford called Unit exhibited by Bonalbo Central School won the open under 350kg. The St Mary’s Hereford steer also won the open 351-400kg with the Dean family’s Hereford cross steer in fifth with a 218kg carcase weight Hereford cross. The champion lightweight steer was the St Mary’s Hereford and the reserve champion the Simmental/Hereford from Bonalbo Central.

The ag show team students and staff from St Mary’s Catholic College, Casino. Image: St Mary’s “It was a fantastic effort for a small school,” St Mary’s Ag teacher Aaron Kennedy said. “We were that impressed the Hereford could meet all the market specifications,” Mr Kennedy said.

“For us, we wanted a British breed that could compete but with a really good temperament as they are around students all the time – my priority as a teacher is temperament and that is what drew me to the Hereford breed in the first place.”

Carcase consistency at Elite validated by success on the hook at Wingham Elite Poll Herefords has had back-to-back success with a purebred steer in the school steer challenge of the 2023 Wingham Beef Week carcase competition. Prepared by Scone Grammar School, the 12-month-old steer, Dougie, had a liveweight of 355kg, carcase weight of 188.5kg and a dressing percentage of 53.1. Placing second in the 336-370kg class, the carcase had a P8 fat depth of 10mm, 4mm on the rib, an eye muscle area of 82sqcm, and MSA Index of 63.37 and total score of 88.79. The steer went on to win reserve champion lightweight steer on the hoof and hook in the event held on May 8-12. A second Elite steer exhibited by St Joseph’s High School, Aberdeen, had the highest MSA Index score of 63.12 in the light middleweight 406-440kg liveweight and was fourth in the class. All entries were processed by Wingham Beef Exports, NSW. A Brangus/Hereford steer exhibited by St Pauls College, Walla Walla, placed third in the light middleweight carcase class. Wingham Beef Week is a community-based event with a week-long program focusing on all facets of the beef industry. It provides students, juniors and producers with an opportunity to participate in assessment, meat judging, beef appreciation workshops, parading and judging competitions. Elite principal Kay Payne said the competition validated the commercial emphasis of the stud’s selection program, with the steer by Herefords Australia Super Sire Elite M202 Q008.

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Where are they now?

Emilie Lyons

The rapidly evolving world of carbon farming and industry targets of carbon neutrality by 2030 is keeping agronomist Emilie Lyons busy working with producers from around the nation.

Emilie said CarbonLink evaluates how land managers can benefit from pushing carbon to depth below 300mm in the soil. “The top 300mm of the soil profile is labile and always has carbon in-cycle – the good managers are getting a 50-60 increase in their carbon stock at depth. It’s about being grass farmers rather than livestock farmers and consequently both benefit.

Emilie works as a carbon farming adviser for CarbonLink and also operates a cattle trading operation in Victoria with her partner. She was the recipient of the Herefords Australia Youth Ambassador 2014-15 while studying a Bachelor of Animal Science at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. At the time she was competing in the Intercollegiate Meat Judging competitions, and had a passion for nutrition and genetics, prompting her to join Herefords Australia Youth. Emilie went on to receive the CM Hocking scholarship, which helped fund her role in a research project in New Zealand focusing on feed conversion and nitrogen efficiency in ruminants. Although the 29-year-old grew up in Melbourne, her family had a farm at Strath Creek running commercial Hereford cattle and the Whispering Valley Poll Hereford stud. “With Hereford Youth I learnt to get out of my comfort zone and network, and I still retain those connections which have been really beneficial when working in the industry,” she said. After graduating, Emilie got her first job in 2015 with Nutrien Ag Solutions at Seymour, Victoria, where she was encouraged to move into agronomy. This entailed returning to CSU to complete via distance education a Bachelor of Agriculture, to become a qualified agronomist, going on to work in crops and pastures in north central Victoria. “I developed a understanding for agriculture,” she said.

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Emilie moved on to become a Carbon Farming Advisor with CarbonLink in June 2022 and continues to run a trade operation of Hereford and Angus females with her partner Dom on leasehold property in the Macedon Ranges. CarbonLink was involved with the nation’s first project accurately measuring soil carbon, at scale, over a

five-year period and across 18,000 ha in central Queensland and northern NSW. The project produced the first data to indicate the application of regenerative farming practices, even throughout periods of severe drought, can contribute to net gains in carbon stored. “The sustainable practices people are implementing are not only improving their carbon stocks in the soil but also their overall business structure, creating more drought resilience in terms of diversity of income, water holding capacity in the soil and consequently carrying capacity,” Emilie said. “Beef can be significantly carbon negative, which is a big tick for the Australian beef industry, but the calculations and emission data models utilised across the industry are using outdated information and research. We need people to understand carbon can be a strong secondary source of income, especially in drought.” Emilie works with landowners on feasibility studies of their carbon projects to evaluate management, size, location and key on-farm practices to determine carbon sequestration potential and develop a modelled outcome on a 25year or 100 year basis. She then progresses the proponent through the registration phase, land management and monitoring strategy. “The whole onboarding process is generally about six months and once the project is declared, they can work towards receiving their first ACCUs (Australian Carbon Credit Units) for sequestered carbon within a maximum of five years from registration.”

“One of the most common practice changes is focusing on ground cover by intensifying stocking rates through increased rotation and dividing paddocks with wire and water, allowing for longer rest periods where biodiversity and perennial grasses benefit from sending their roots to depth. “The carbon and water cycles work hand in hand – the better the soil health, structure and porosity, the better the water holding capacity and carbon function in the soil.” Emilie said once soils reach a 2-2.5 per cent organic carbon content, producers benefit from the functioning of soil biology. Composts, non-synthetic and synthetic fertilisers are another practice change which can be used in a carbon project, assisting to improve soil health and overall function. Ideally rainfall of 500mm or above is considered optimal to sequester carbon but sequestration is being measured in regions of Western Australia with minimal rainfall, highlighting sequestration is not necessarily dependent on rainfall. “Aside from rainfall, whole farm holistic management is the key driver,” Emilie said. On her family’s own farm, Emilie is seeing the benefits of rotational grazing. She is happy with how her career is progressing and developing as a carbon farming adviser, working alongside producers from all over Australia. She was recently the recipient of a Upskill and Invest – Young Farmers Scholarship from Agriculture Victoria for professional development. Emilie plans to complete a KLR Marketing course to analyse markets, trends and make more informed business decisions towards trading and breeding cattle.

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Herefords Australia Youth scholarship winners A young woman who hails from the suburbs of Sydney but has developed a passion for cattle is the winner of the Herefords Australia Youth Travel Scholarship valued at $5000. Judges Keirin Martin and Katelin Davies announced Grace Collins as the recipient at the Herefords Australia Youth Expo dinner at Parkes on July 8.

She has ambitions to serve on the national youth committee and aims to eventually breed Herefords. Young cattle handler Albert Telford walked away from the Herefords Australia National Youth Expo at Parkes with a foundation heifer for his new herd.

The judges chose a person who would use the scholarship to learn and further their knowledge of the industry, not just in Australia but further abroad and apply those learnings to Hereford Youth. Grace is an integral part of the Te-Angie Poll Herefords team at Wongwibinda, NSW, and plans to use the scholarship to travel to New Zealand in March to inspect Hereford genetics.

Nelson Carlow, Kidman stud, Dubbo, presented the Most Potential Breeder Award to Albert Telford. Albert, of Mumble, NSW, was the recipient of the Herefords Australia Most Potential Breeder Award, and received a registered heifer, Kidman Vanity T181, donated by Kidman Poll Herefords, Dubbo, NSW.

Grace Collins, centre, receives the Herefords Australia Youth Travel Scholarship from Keirin Martin and Katelin Davies. Image: Branded Ag

Albert is impressed with the temperament and carcase of the breed, and is keen to expand his own stud, Telford Vale Poll Herefords, founded 18 months ago. Katie Burridge, Spring Farm, NSW, received the $500 Wild Bear Scholarship from Ben and Katelin Davies, Wild Bear Herefords, to attend the South Australian Junior Heifer Expo.

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Lachlan adds to his herd after Most Potential Breeder win at youth camp Young Hereford breeder Lachlan Bacon expanded his stud with a registered heifer when selected as the winner of the Most Potential Breeder Award at the Herefords Queensland Youth Association Show. Held at the Dalby showgrounds from June 29 to July 2, the youth show drew 57 participants from throughout Queensland and northern NSW, including a truck load of 24 heifers plus handlers from Te-Angie Poll Herefords, Wongwibinda, NSW. Te-Angie principal Richard Ogilvie donated a registered heifer for the Most Potential Breeder Award with Lachlan, of Ownaview Herefords, Upper Freestone, Qld, chosen as the winner. University of New England student Grace Collins, Armidale, NSW, was runner-up. Lachlan has been participating in the Hereford Youth program since he was 10 and runs Ownaview in partnership with his brother Riley. The brothers also won the champion bred and owned animal of the show, while pee wee competitor Lane Passmore, Clifton, Qld, was awarded supreme champion of the show, receiving a Callaway heifer donated by the Duthie family, Irvingdale, Qld. Tom York, Jackson, Qld, was the grand champion herdsman and Riley Bacon was the reserve champion while grand champion junior judge was Willow Gilliland and reserve grand champion Tom York. Grace Collins was grand champion parader and Riley Bacon reserve, while grand champion public speaker was Abby Dwight-Nowland,

Toowoomba, Qld, and reserve was Dougall Skene. The young cattle handlers took part in educational and workshops over the four days along with paraders and judging competitions plus a visit to Australia’s largest feedlot at Grassdale. In the pee wee division of the junior judging, Willow Gilliland was first, Charlie Potts second and Jacob Schmaling third. Jorja Kirkland won the juniors with Clare Cox second and Ellie Baker third. In the intermediates, Grace Newcombe was first, Riley Bacon second, and Sierra Martin third. Tom York won the seniors with Lachlan Bacon second and Kelsie Wilkes third.

ABOVE: Te-Angie Poll Herefords principal Richard Ogilvie with the winner of the Most Potential Breeder Award, Lachlan Bacon and his Te-Angie heifer. BELOW: Participants got to visit Australia’s largest feedlot at Grassdale.

In the junior paraders, Lane Passmore won the pee wee, Willow Gilliland second and Luke Schmaling third. Emily Ballon won the juniors with Layne Martin second and Myles Gilliland third. Riley Bacon won the intermediates with Khloe Edwards second and Grace Newcombe third. Grace Collins won the seniors while Lachlan Bacon was second and Holly Speers third. HQYA president Aleacea Nixon and secretary Mitchell Portbury backed up from last year to again share the Queensland Ambassador award for their efforts organising the camp. Aleacea said the cold weather did not deter a good roll up of young handlers and balloted cattle.

“Our biggest feedback was the kids had a lot of fun, which is what we want to hear. We had some great talks and donated prizes,” she said. “Our numbers have picked up this year and the camp has changed location (from Millmerran to Dalby). We had Andrew Lynn, principal research scientist from the University of New England to talk on the influence of genetics on meat eating quality and the kids got to see Remolea Poll Hereford steak prepared at a local butcher for taste testing. “There was a big focus on practicing for paraders while the seniors and intermediates visited the 70,000 head Mort & Co Grassdale feedlot.” The HQYA committee has grown from five to 12 with burgeoning interest in the youth program.

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Charlotte hasn’t looked back since attending her first youth expo It was excitement plus for Charlotte Smith when she won champion peewee junior judge and reserve champion pee wee parader at only her third show. The nine-year-old from Holbrook, in southern NSW, was buddied with Emily Taylor and showed heifer Eclipse Lily S002 to her victories at the 2023 Herefords Australia National Youth Expo at Parkes. Charlotte, a Year 4 student, has dived head first into cattle showing since attending her first show, the Herefords Australia National Youth expo at Wodonga 12 months before. She won champion junior judge in the pee wee division, presented by overjudge Peter Godbolt, and reserve champion pee wee parader presented by Del Rees, The Ranch Poll Herefords, Tomingley. Charlotte lives on a farm with her two siblings and parents Sarah Yensch and Liam Smith at Holbrook. Charlotte quickly picked up on the cattle handling skills, tying up, clipping and parading, and has been mentored by Lilian Oke and Emily Taylor at both Nationals and other handler’s camps. Her brother Ryan, 12, also attended the 2022 National Youth Expo sparking an interest in joining the show team at his school. “Both Charlotte and Ryan are at every show they can and are keen to start their own stud – they are really trying to dive in.

We have become the newest show family,” Sarah said. “Charlotte was so pleased just to be at Parkes. The ballot system is fantastic and makes it possible for the children to be there and learn. “The breed has some fantastic people willing to give their cattle, time, expertise and effort to help these little ones who may not be from a stud or cattle background. “It gives the kids confidence and responsibility – it is a big thing for little kids to get that boost. I can definitely recommend it, it has been one of the best things we’ve done for the kids, they are so happy.” Outside of cattle, Charlotte enjoys riding her horse, playing cricket, swimming, golf and netball. “I want to have my own heifer and start a stud,” she said.

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Junior profile - Max White There is not much Max White doesn’t tackle in his daily life aside from cattle cricket, football, basketball, golf, netball, athletics and even performing at the Sydney Opera House. It’s a wonder the Year 6 student finds time to sleep – he can often be found deep in feed and gear, helping out his father Lee White and stud assistant William Van Gend preparing and coordinating the big teams of over 20 heifers at the shows and youth expos. Max loves the clipping cradle and is always keen to go head-to-head with Will on fitting out cattle when preparing for competition. Max, 12, is a student at Perthville Public School and lives on Llandillo Poll Hereford stud, The Lagoon, NSW, with his parents Lee and Claire. With their help, he runs White Family Beef, a Red Angus stud of about 60 breeding females. A highlight for Max was being on the halter of the calf champion at the 2022 Royal Melbourne Show, WFB Red Cherry Ripe, fitted by Lee and part owned by Lee’s father Peter White. Max loves the Hereford breed and the community around it – he has made many friends and lists his favourite event as the paraders. At this year’s Herefords Australia National Youth Expo he was champion junior parader and at the 2022 event at Wodonga, Max was sashed reserve

junior herdsman and reserve junior parader, whilst parading senior and grand champion female and grand champion exhibit Llandillo Julie S24.

Max White parades his heifer at the At the 2022 National Herefords Australia National Youth Expo All Breeds Junior Heifer at Parkes. Image: Kim Woods Show he helped get 19 head ready for the event Outside of cattle, Max plays cricket and had time to enter the clipping/ for City Colts (premiers), football for the fitting competition, and was also junior Bathurst Panthers Under 12s (runnerchampion in the NH Foods Angus Youth ups), basketball with the Llandillo Bulls National Roundup junior judging. (premiers), competed at discus at the “I have been working with cattle since I could walk and just want to produce good cattle,” Max said. “It is always good to try new things, meet new people. My mentors are my dad and Will, who is incredible with what he does with fitting and the paraders. “I love the paraders – being in the heat of the moment with the animal and the judge.” Max’s top tips for junior paraders are to take three deep breaths before entering the ring, smile, and always look at the judge. “For junior judging, definitely have fun, take three deep breaths beforehand and take as much time as you need as it is not like you are on a time limit.” Max has his eye on being an over judge when he is older, especially a Royal Show.

Western Region Zone athletics carnival and also takes part in the school chess club, choir, mixed netball and drama group. He was a member of the school’s recorder group to perform at the Sydney Opera House in 2022 in a mass performance of 700 school students, including 500 playing recorder. Each evening after sport, Max gets dropped at the cattle shed to help with preparing the huge show teams of heifers, steers and bulls, with clipping, washing and halter breaking. “I do love my clipping and there is a lot to improve but I can get to the point of doing it as a job when I’m older. It is very tiring getting a team of 20 head ready with each animal needig to be groomed every day.”

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Breaking through the glass ceiling in the cattle industry

Jane Leake, a long-time supporter of the Glen Innes Hereford Bull Show and Sale, is principal of one of the nation’s oldest Poll Hereford studs. Image: Kim Woods

By Rowan Koebel If anyone knows how challenging it can be to carve a place for yourself as a woman in the Australian beef industry, it’s Jane Leake. Now the stud principal of one of the oldest Poll Hereford studs in Australia, Bahreenah, Ms Leake didn’t come by this achievement lightly. The Bahreenah stud came into existence when Jane’s father Dr David Leake had completed his medical training in England and returned home to the Upper Murray in 1931 with a passion for Poll Hereford cattle. Ms Leake’s uncle Louis Leake was the inaugural chairman of the Australian Poll Hereford Society and operated the Cudgeena stud. David’s cattle were initially registered in the Cudgeena herd before the Bahreenah prefix was registered in 1936. The herds ran in conjunction until David’s return from the Second World War in 1949 when the Bahreenah herd moved to Tamworth. Ms Leake recalls as a child the stud bulls would be fostered onto dairy cows, and the bulls would be weighed every last Sunday morning of the month by using a tape measure around the girth. From an early age Ms Leake had to learn to be self-reliant. As her mother didn’t drive and Dr Leake was often working long hours at the Tamworth Hospital, Ms Leake was sent to boarding school locally from the age of four and a half, before attending Pymble Ladies College from the age of nine.

As a result, Ms Leake now describes herself as “a fiercely independent product of my environment.” The main challenge Ms Leake faced when looking to one day take over the reins of the stud was that traditionally family farming enterprises had been left to the eldest son, but as an only child and “the wrong gender” the future of the Bahreenah herd seemed uncertain. “Coming from the generation where sons traditionally inherited everything was challenging, it wasn’t an easy journey by any means,” Ms Leake said. Upon completing her schooling in 1973 Ms Leake began nursing at Royal North Shore Hospital before graduating from St Lukes and then undertaking theatre nurse training at the Prince of Wales/Prince Henry Hospital. With her nursing qualifications completed, Ms Leake then moved to Young where she worked part-time at the Royal Canberra Hospital while also establishing a Charolais stud and managing the farrowing pens in a 700-sow piggery. According to Ms Leake her time working in the south of the state gave her new ideas of how improved pastures and cropping could progress the family business. “My time down there changed everything and opened my eyes to different ways of farming,” Ms Leake said. Following her father’s retirement from the Tamworth Base Hospital in 1983, Ms Leake returned home to Tamworth and began working as a theatre nurse while also helping at Bahreenah on days off.

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From 1985 to 1990 Jane worked as a jillaroo for Callenup at Timor and Holtspur Herefords at Wingen, during which time she undertook a Batchelor of Business at Orange Ag College externally. Ms Leake returned to the family farm to begin assisting with the running of the Bahreenah herd in October, 1990. During this time Ms Leake also established a direct-drilling pasture service and along with a friend ran a fitting service to prepare stud cattle for other breeders. Although running the stud was what Ms Leake had always wanted to do, she admits that returning to Tamworth to run the farm wasn’t easy. “A lot of assumptions were made about my capability as a woman, and I had to be selective with where I delt and who I delt with. “Being a female in the industry even back then in the early 90s wasn’t an easy path to tread,” Ms Leake said. Amid the challenges Ms Leake has faced, she also credits a few special

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aspirations since the inception of the Hereford Youth program.

“I was really lucky; I’ve had some great mentors. Nev Green was the overseer for my father while I was in high school, and I’d follow him around all school holidays asking “why” about all parts of the business,” Ms Leake said.

In the past Ms Leake provided work placement opportunities to Tocal students for many years and currently has a partnership established with Bundarra Central School.

Now firmly established as the owner and operator of the Bahreenah enterprise Ms Leake says that the stud now has a more commercial focus than it did in her father’s time when bulls were regularly exhibited and sold at Sydney and Brisbane Royal. Carcase attributes and overall doability along with temperament are the core drivers of the Bahreenah herd, with bulls now sold privately and at the Glen Innes Bull Sale each year. “You need to put solid foundations under your animals; frame, carcase, doability and milk are our main focus,” Ms Leake said. Ms Leake also takes a special interest in fostering a love for the beef cattle industry in the next generation and has been supporting young people in rural

“We support Bundarra Central with a couple of steers each year. We’ve been working hard with the Bundarra kids, and I just love it. “It’s about teaching them to be responsible young adults, and there’s so many kids that I can sit back and be proud of what they’ve become because of junior judging and cattle showing,” Ms Leake said. Although acceptance of women in the industry has improved, upon reflecting on where she is now and what has been achieved along the way Ms Leake puts her success (often in the face of opposition) primarily down to her overall outlook. “It’s about your attitude and how you go about it, that’s about two-thirds of it,” Ms Leake said.

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All Hereford ingredients keep field day visitors asking for more at AgQuip Hereford beef sourced from the JBS Hereford Boss brand kept the visitors to one of the nation’s biggest field days coming back for more as they munched their way through 3500 steaks. AgQuip at Gunnedah in northern NSW attracts tens of thousands of visitors from across the country each year with Herefords Northern NSW members owning their own building at the site, guaranteeing hungry patrons a great steak every year. This year members served up 3500 steaks, 600 sausage sandwiches, 300 Hereford beef pies and 200 beef bacon and egg rolls across the three days.

They were assisted by students from The Armidale School students and Inverell High School while Herefords Australia chief executive officer Michael Crowley and R D & E Specialist Hamish Chandler were on hand to speak about the eating quality of Hereford beef. The Hereford beef pies were made by Stewart Latter, The Bread Basket, Kurri Kurri. Stewart, a head judge for the Baking Association of Australia, supplied 4000 bread rolls, 388 pies and 90 loaves of bread to Herefords Northern NSW. The beef bacon was supplied by Claystone Meats, Canberra, was a medal winner after the business received a bronze for the product in the 2022 Sydney Royal Fine Food Show. The Hereford beef sausages were supplied by Texas Butchery, Queensland, and sourced from Greg Scurr, Tahlan Poll Herefords, Casino, NSW. Members also had the Herefords Australia merchandise trailer on display and Northern Group caps for sale. Visitors were able to read the back story on how the beef came from cattle renowned for their docility, meet MSA grading specifications and were the foundations of Australia’s beef trade. Emily and Mitch Taylor, Eclipse Poll Herefords, Quipolly, had several young heifers on display.

ABOVE: Two field day patrons enjoying their Hereford steak sandwiches at the Northern NSW Herefords site. Images: Northern NSW Herefords BELOW LEFT: Heifers from the Taylor family, Eclipse Poll Herefords, displayed the docility the breed is noted for. Money raised by the site at AgQuip is put towards promoting the breed throughout the region and supporting youth programs. Graham and Felicity Reeves, Reevesdale Poll Herefords, Gum Flat, used their annual leave for the week to oversee the operations and team of 14 people per day. Mrs Reeves said customers were coming back repeat times, loving the quality of the steak, complimentary tea and coffee, and undercover seating. “We opened early to serve breakfast for the trade stalls and they loved the beef bacon and egg rolls. It was nice to offer a beef product for breakfast.”

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Chris Lisle, right, at the 2023 Herefords Australia National Sale, Wodonga. Stud principal of Tummel Herefords Chris Lisle died at the age of 66 on September 25, 2023 at “Lochaber” Walcha. A service was held at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Walcha, on October 12. Chris was born on October 14, 1956, to parents Gordon and Olga, who had founded Tummel Herefords the following year in 1957. Chris was a stalwart of the Hereford breed, providing support and guidance to many breeders. He could regularly be spotted at many sales. A respected member of the Hereford community, he was known as a good judge of cattle and one of the most loyal supporters of the breed. In his eulogy, close friend Gary Olric reflected on Chris’ life as a successful and dedicated Hereford breeder.

“He was also a family man, a great friend to many and someone who really enjoyed socialising and helping other people,” he said. “He was a people person, a man who enjoyed social interaction, attending bull sales and catching up with friends and fellow Hereford breeders. He also enjoyed competing at local shows and attending major shows, such as the Ekka and Sydney. “The tributes I admired most about Chris was his honesty, loyalty, reliability, generosity and selflessness, which ensured that Chris was someone you could always count on and people found easy to like.” Gary said Chris always took a keen interest in the trainee livestock salespeople at the local Elders office and a lot of them have remained close friends. Chris is survived by Pauline and Ian Hawkins, and Susan and Warren Nicholls and their families.

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Vale - John Douglas Hann John Hann has been remembered by his family and friends as a farmer with a honest work ethic and passion for his wife and children, Hereford cattle, animals, sport and community.

Scott recalled his father worked hard all his life, never gave in and never gave up.

John Douglas Hann was born at Moree Hospital on July 17, 1938, a second son for parents Jack and Marion Hann. He was one of four children and spent his entire life at “Truro”, Bellata except for his school years.

“He was extremely good at fixing things, from his collection of “things he might need one day” from clearing sales,” Scott said.

One of his major mentors in the early days was his uncle Val Hann at Courallie Park, where he had great fun growing up with Tony, Roger and Jimmy Hann. Over the years John helped his father at “Truro” and when his parents decided in 1962 to move to Marion’s family property, “Letterkeen” at Lismore. John and his brother Mackie purchased Truro and ran the property together for many years. John met Peggy Clarke of Collarenebri in 1959 and they were married on October 14, 1961, at the Anglican Church in Collarenebri. In 1963 on May 24 their first son Tom was born and was followed by Scott on April 10, 1966.

“Dad loved his John Hann loved his horses, Hereford cattle and horses, Hereford his dog. Image: Hann family cattle and his dogs. He loved all organise a new shed and facilities at the animals and had a special way with Moree showground.” them. He loved his sport being an active John also served as a director on the member of Berrygill Creek Cricket Club Moree Pastures Protection Board (now and Tennis Club for so many years as Local Land Services). I can remember. He was one of the After a 50-year partnership, Peggy original members who built the church passed away on October 12, 2015. He at Terry Hie Hie. “Dad was an active member of died at the age of 85 on May 24, 2023, the Berrygill Bush Fire Brigade, being at Moree Hospital. captain for many years. Dad also loved leatherwork and woodwork and went on to be involved in the Men’s Shed, helping

John is survived by Tom, Margo and grandson Charles, Scott, Pip and granddaughters Tilly and Sophie.

Vale - Peter John “Jack” Pedersen One of Gippsland’s longest serving cattlemen, Peter John “Jack” Pedersen, born in Sale Hospital on August 12, 1932, died on August 2 at the same hospital aged 90. Jack began working for the Clark Fairview Estate about 1953 at the 7000 plus acre property “The Ridge” at Rosedale. And work he did, managing the property’s cattle and horses, there was also weekend work showing cattle and breaking in young thoroughbreds for the racing fraternity. At “The Ridge”, the 1964 compete dispersal sale of the Ridgeview Hereford Stud fetched the Australian national average record price, sold by auctioneer Alf McGeoch. The sale fetched almost 90,000 Guineas in total and AML&F manager Mac Brain lauded Jack for the job he had done. Jack was one of six children to Peter and Maisy, and spent his young years in Cobains, attending primary school and graduating to Sale Technical School. He traced his family lineage to Wuk Wuk and Lindenow South, the gold-mining town of Grant and the Dargo High Plains. Jack mustered cattle for the Treasurers around Dargo and laboured for the Parkers, and it was always a tough choice between horses and Herefords.

In 1965 Jack moved to “Fairview” at Bundalaguah where Des Pennefather was running Herefords along with other properties at Newry. In 1972 Jack and Doreen struck out on their own on 102 acres of irrigation country at Airly’s “Ormskirk”, a property that would be home for 44 years. The couple ran predominately Friesian stock and milked cows for more than 20 years. On retirement, Jack and Doreen started the Basford Hereford stud, for 24 years and transitioning from horned to homozygous polled cattle. Aged in his mid 70s, Jack went to TAFE to be trained in bovine artificial insemination, always looking to master new developments in animal husbandry. The couple sold “Ormskirk” in 2016. Jack is survived by his wife of 68 years Doreen, eldest son Bryan and youngest Daniel. His daughter Sharon died in April last year.

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Generations of passion and dedication notch up 103 years of Hereford breeding By Rowan Koebel Quirindi based stud Emu Holes will celebrate an impressive 103 years of breeding registered Hereford cattle on New Year’s Day 2024, firmly cementing their place as one of Australia’s longest running beef stud herds. Stud principal Bruce Gunning is extremely proud of his family’s long legacy with the breed. The stud began in 1921 when Bruce’s grandfather Bert Gunning purchased Sydney Royal prizewinning sire Harben Middy as a foundation sire for the herd. Foundation females from the Minerva, Last Day and Fancy families were purchased from Tocal along with two registered females from Gunyan Station in Texas, QLD. Poll Herefords were introduced to the stud 20 years later in 1941 with the purchase of Milton Romeo 2nd who was used over the stud’s horned cows, and Milton Park bloodlines were used consistently in the stud for over 20 years. Today Emu Holes runs approximately 50/50 horned and polled cattle across their stud and commercial herds. The stud was initially located at “Biggam” on the Monaro before moving to “Okeh” at Cooma in 1926, “Neringla” at Braidwood in 1938, “Bibbenluke” at Bombala in 1946 then onto the current location at Quirindi. Each time the herd was moved the property name was used as the prefix for the stud. In another historical feat, the move north from Bombala to Quirindi in the

1. 1940s was at the time believed to be the largest ever movement of stock northwards from that area. Although the stud was spilt in 1980 with Bruce’s uncle and cousin beginning the Emu Hills stud, the Emu Holes herd has been passed on through the generations with Bert leaving the herd to Bruce’s father Jack, who then left the stud to Bruce. Bruce hopes to continue the family legacy through

his daughter Brooke’s family, with his grandchildren Hudson and Adalyn taking on the Emu Holes stud one day. One of the highlights Bruce recalls from the stud’s long history is achieving the all-breeds record top price at auction at Sydney Royal in 1987 with Emu Holes Dakota D7 selling for $48,000. Although the record was broken the next day with a $60,000 sale, Dakota’s result remains one of the proudest moments of Bruce’s career with straws from the record-breaking sire still in the Emu Holes AI tank today. Prior to his record-breaking sale, Emu Holes Dakota D7 had also won Grand CONTINUED PAGE 72

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Champion Hereford Bull at Brisbane Royal in 1986. Multiple other prize-winners have come from the Emu Holes stable over the years with champion sashes collected from Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne Royal shows. The Gunning family have also turned their hands to judging, with three generations (Jack, Bruce, and Brooke) having judged Hereford cattle at Sydney Royal. Emu Holes began holding their own on property sales in the 1960s and at their peak were holding two sales annually offering both bulls and females. “We had 59 on property sales over the years, and at one stage we were selling up to 240 bulls per year,” Mr Gunning said. Now that the stud has scaled back in numbers, bulls are offered annually at the Wodonga and Dubbo National Sales and occasionally at the Glen Innes Bull Sale. Bulls and females are also offered for private sale year-round. Bulls and females have been sold internationally over the course of the

4. stud’s history with animals selling to South Africa, Chile, Japan and Vanuatu. Performance recording has always been an important aspect of the Emu Holes stud which is driven by the desire to consistently improve their herd. “We’ve aimed to improve the quality and performance of our Herefords over the years, and we began performance recording in our own herd in the 1960s,” Mr Gunning said.

The early adoption of in-herd performance recording is testament to the Gunning family’s passion for progress, as the first Hereford BREEDPLAN analysis wasn’t completed until 1985. In further service to the Hereford breed both Jack and Bruce served on the Hereford Board with Jack also serving one term as chairman. When it comes to the reason for Emu Holes’ long and successful history, Bruce puts the accomplishment down to generations of passion and dedication, “and maybe just a little madness!” 1. G unning girls Brooke Rayner, Claire Sliper and Julia Steele. Images: Gunning family 2. P am and Bruce Gunning at the Royal Melbourne Show in the 1980s. 3. E mu Holes Dakota 4. B ob, Egbert (founder), Jack and Bruce Gunning, at the 50th anniversary in 1971.

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Taronga affords a beautiful view of Hereford cattle across 50 years For Bill and Kathy Lambert, winning the Herefords Australia champion pen for both steers and heifers at the 2023 Casterton weaner sale was a highlight of their five decades of breeding cattle. The couple was presented with their 50-year membership certificate at the Herefords Australia annual general meeting at Wodonga, paying tribute to their involvement in the breed since 1973 with their Taronga Poll Herefords. Raised on a dairy farm at Paschendale in southwest Victoria, Bill left school at 15 to milk cows and established the Poll Hereford stud at the age of 17 with the purchase of a 13-year-old polled cow and bull calf for $250 from the Grampians stud at Dunkeld. He later sold the yearling bull at the Casterton bull sale for $140. Bill had settled on polled cattle from the start as New Zealand had announced a ban on horned cattle at abattoirs in the early 1970s. The stud was named Taronga for the local indigenous word for “beautiful view”. Paschendale was originally a soldier settlement of 39 farms and named for the World War I battlefront in France. Bill’s mother, Valma Lambert, 92, still lives on the original home block. Bill and his brother Geoff took over management of the property in 1990 on the death of their father, Bill senior, and only splitting the partnership two years ago. Their commercial Hereford herd dates back to 1973 but the family continued dairy farming until the dairy burnt down in the mid 1980s and the transition was made to beef. At age 19, Bill borrowed some money from his grandmother to buy eight heifers from Kent Grove stud, Mount Schank, SA, with the principal Max Wright going on to be a mentor for Bill. Another mentor has been Jim Gunn, Sevenbardot Herefords. Coming from a dairy background, Bill placed emphasis on udder, conformation, temperament, eye setting and muzzle width while Max helped him refine his selection traits. Max invited Bill to enter bulls in his bull sale in the 1980s. Taronga initially sold bulls in the Casterton and Heywood multi-vendor bull sales but from 1986 bulls were sold by private treaty during on-farm open days. Taronga also participates in the Victorian Beef Week field days. Bill concedes he concentrates on selling commercial bulls to mainly commercial purebred Hereford producers within a 100km radius. Bill and Kathy run 100 registered breeders and 150 commercial cows, with homebred sires progeny tested in the commercial herd. “All new stud sires are used over the stud females for two years and any unsold homebred sires are used in the commercial herd. I like to keep turning my sires over,” Bill said. The couple like to buy bulls through the Wodonga National Show and Sale, having purchased Ceato Techno S500 and Ke Warra Chester along with Rosstulla Safari S69, who was used for the 2023 joining and also invested in Mountain Valley Sonny Bill S077, Strathvalley Traveller T026 to be used for the 2024 joining.

Bill and Kath Lambert, Taronga Poll Herefords, with their 50-year certificate awarded by Herefords Australia. Image: Kim Woods Warragundi Pasadena P055 and Doodle Cooma Qunicy have bred well in recent years for Taronga. Bill enjoys studying proven genetics used across many decades in herds around the nation and is known for his library CONTINUED PAGE 89

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On-property sales hit high note of $140,000 and clear over $9 million in bulls By Kim Woods Repeat seedstock and commercial demand underpinned the 2023 spring sales circuit for the Hereford breed which topped at a seasonal high of $140,000 and cleared $9.6 million worth of bulls. A total of 39 on-property sales were held in NSW, Victoria and Queensland from June to October against a backdrop of a declaration of an El Nino and nerves in the store and prime cattle markets. In the sales breakdown, 1375 horned and polled bulls were offered and 1013 sold under the hammer for a 74 per cent clearance, gross of $9,672,654 and average of $9548. Northern NSW stud Bowen secured the top price of the season at $140,000 when the 902kg Bowen Solomon S009 went under the hammer on July 20. David and Olywn Lyons, Melville Park Herefords, Vasey, Vic, snapped up the 23-month-old son of Bowen Notorious N245 sight unseen and being impressed by the bull’s BREEDPLAN figures, including a low birthweight EBV. Volume buyers at Bowen were Okeview Farms Pty Ltd, Scone, NSW, buying 10 bulls to a top of $18,000 and average of $9500. One of the breed’s most decorated bulls of the modern era in the show ring, Truro Sherlock S188, was sold under the hammer for $130,000 for vendors Scott and Pip Hann, Truro Herefords and Poll Herefords, Bellata, NSW. The Yalgoo Peacemaker P032 son was bought in partnership by Merawah Poll Herefords, Boggabilla, Hunter Lakes Poll Herefords, Richmond Lakes, and Tenaru Poll Herefords, Goondiwindi. Truro cleared 19 of 38 bulls to average $14,263. Third top price of the season and a new record for the stud was $102,000 at the Reid family’s Talbalba Herefords, Millmerran, Qld, when Talbalba Kingswood T011 was knocked down to a partnership of new clients Andrew and Carolyn McLaughlin, Valma Poll Herefords, Whitemore, Tasmania, and Cam Clements, Nova Poll Herefords, West Ridgely, Tasmania. The 18-month-old son of Days Kingswood Q139 weighed 709kg and

had scanned in the top one per cent of the breed for muscle. Talbalba cleared 55 from 62 bulls for an average of $14,655. Fourth top price of the season was $70,000 Hereford bulls averaged $9548 across and a new stud record for Mountain 39 on-property sales in Spring 2023. Valley, Coolatai, NSW. The stud Image: studstocksales.com.au cleared all 34 bulls for an average of $14,705. Marc Greening, Injemira inaugural on-property sale with a Beef Genetics, Book Book, NSW, complete clearance, top of $21,000 outlaid the top price for 24-month-old and average of $10,363. The 1060kg, Mountain Valley Scooby Doo S073, by 29-month-old Hylands Hi Class S413 The Ranch Payroll P031. The second topped the sale purchased by Ross and top priced lot, Mountain Valley Sea Blake Smith, Glenellerslie Herefords, Biscuit S114, was secured by Stephen Adelong, NSW. Peake, Bowen Poll Herefords, Barraba, for $40,000. The Campion family sold all 28 bulls to a top of $30,000 at their Amos Vale sale Kicking off the spring selling season at Pinkett, NSW. Commercial producer was Greg and Tyler, Hillview Herefords, and repeat buyer Robert Reid, Howlong, Tyringham, in June with a top price of NSW, secured the top price bull Amos $10,000 and average of $5056. The Vale Jumanji S016. top price bull Hillview Schaffer S055 sold to the NSW Department of Primary David and Kate Collins, Glenwarrah Industries, Guyra. Herefords, Bundarra, NSW, sold 19 from 28 bulls to a top of $35,000 and The late Chris Lisle, Tummel Herefords, average of $10,000 with the top price Walcha, outlaid the top price of $16,000 bull, Glenwarrah Marshall S771 sold to at the Cara Park Herefords sale on July 3 Paul and Judi Sykes, Karoonda Herefords, for Cara Park Emperor S1008. Cara Park Gelantipy, Vic. A further nine bulls were sold seven from 17 bulls for an average sold after the sale. of $9142. Steve and Therese Crowley, Tycolah The sale was held in conjunction Poll Herefords, Cobbadah, NSW, topped with Grant and Kylie Kneipp, Battalion their sale at $30,000 for Tycolah Herefords, Dundee, when 12 from Undoolya S022 secured by Jason 15 bulls sold to a top of $12,000 for Caughlan, Wonderview Poll Herefords, Battalion Tampa S095to Robert Hain, Bylong, NSW. The stud had a complete Gunyah Herefords, Cooma, NSW, and clearance of 43 bulls and averaged averaged $6666. $11,023. Jeff and Robyn Holcombe, Rayleigh Ben and Leanne Rumbel, Supple Poll Herefords, Narrabri, held their 14th Whiteface, Guyra, paid the top price of annual bull and female on-property sale $28,000 for Yalgoo Reply S215 at the on July 14. Bulls sold to a top of $22,000 Yalgoo Genetics bull sale in August at for Rayleigh Schwarzenegger S19 to long Walcha, NSW. The stud cleared 34 of 36 term clients Wilfred and Gisela Stiener, bulls for an average of $10,242. Coonamble, NSW. The sale cleared 24 from 28 bulls to average $12,292. Cascade Saviour S017 was bought by Bernard Hore, Mullengandra, for the The O’Leary family, Remolea Poll top price of $26,000 at the Cascade Herefords, Clifton, Qld, topped at stud sale in July. The two-year-old bull $21,000 on July 17 with Remolea Scone weighed 1048kg and had an eye muscle S169 (PP), a son of Dalkeith Nipper N082, area of 140sqcm and 46.5cm scrotal with both his IMF and EMA in the top circumference. The sale raised $1459 10 per cent of the breed. The bull was for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. bought by Pat, James and Nicki Pearce, Yavenvale Poll Herefords, Adelong, NSW. Repeat buyer Peter Swatridge, Nevertire, NSW, outlaid the top price The Thomas family, Kylandee CONTINUED PAGE 76 Herefords, Glen Innes, held their

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of $28,000 at the Curracabark stud sale, Gloucester, on July 24 for Curracabark Satisfaction S362, a son of Yarawa South Paradise P112. Topping the sale averages for the spring on-property sales at $14,911 was Merawah Poll Herefords, Boggabilla. Bruce Staniforth, Condobolin, NSW, paid the top price of $28,000 at Merawah for the 990kg Merawah Upper Level along with two more bulls to $20,000 for his herd of 800 whiteface breeders. Mount Riddock, Alice Springs, was the volume buyer with 10 bulls to average $12,500. Greg and Del Rees, The Ranch Poll Herefords, Tomingley, NSW, paid the top price of $26,000 for the 856kg two-yearold Kidman President S038 at the Carlow family’s Kidman Poll Herefords, Dubbo, on-property sale on August 29. Kidman averaged $11,416 for 24 bulls sold. The Hollis family’s Lotus Hereford stud, Pinkett, NSW, topped at $21,000 for the 940kg Lotus Saxon S115 purchased by Bruce Gunning, Emu Holes Herefords, Quirindi, NSW. Wanrua Poll Herefords, Newry, Vic, paid the top price of $16,000 for VP Redford T043 at the Vielun Pastoral Company sale, Mudgee, NSW. Tom Nixon, Devon Court Herefords, Drillham, Qld, cleared 79 per cent of bulls for an average of $7538 and a top of $18,000. There was a 100 per cent clearance of semen straws to a top of $400 and average of $350 per straw. The top price bull Devon Court Endure S083 was bought by Ross Dawson, Moura. In the spring sales circuit biggest offering, Ironbark Herefords, Barraba, sold 96 bulls under the hammer from 146 to a top price of $16,000 twice and average of $8479. The two top price bulls were bought by Nara Pastoral Holdings, Burnie, Tasmania, and Stuart Larsson, Mallanganee.

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The Locke family, Wirruna Poll Herefords, Holbrook, NSW, topped at $16,000 for Wirruna Seaview S104 and averaged $8619, clearing 65 from 69 bulls. The first online spring bull sale held by Yavenvale Poll Herefords, Adelong, NSW, resulted in a top price of $15,500 for Yavenvale Swanky S738 bought by Barry and Fay Hicks, Gundowring, Vic. Sam and Sarah Becker, Jarrah Genetics, Banana, Qld, topped at $15,000 for their Herefords with Jarrah Endure S304 selling to Marland and Mendez, Bungadoo. Concluding the season was the Lethbridge family, Warren Point Poll Herefords, Mitchell, Qld, topping at $16,000 for Warren Point Tibet T025, recording an 86 per cent clearance and average of $5977. The stud was celebrating an impressive 87 years of breeding and their 54th sale. In the female sales, Hillview Herefords, Tyringham, sold five from seven heifers for an average of $2370 and the top price heifer Hillview Cherry S061 made $3850 bought by Angus and Eunice Vivers, Jindalee Herefords, Kings Plains, NSW. Rayleigh Poll Herefords cleared all 16 registered heifers to a top of $7000 for Rayleigh Faith T34 to C and J Latimore, Wauchope, NSW. The Latimore family were volume buyers taking home five heifers. The heifers averaged $4136. Kidman Poll Herefords cleared eight from 10 stud females to a top of $8000 for Kidman Miss Gunn R127 and calf and average of $5750. Commercial heifers joined for a January calving to a Kidman Poll Hereford bull and weighing 454478kg, sold for $1200. The Locke family, Wirruna Poll Herefords, Holbrook, NSW, sold all 10 stud females to a top of $8000 twice and average of $4500, and all four groups of station mated females, 23 to 36 months of age, to average $2000 and top $2400. The top price PTIC heifers, Wirruna Flora R244 was bought by Bendoc Park Poll Herefords, and Wirruna Cora S080 by P and S Eggleston, Bethanga, Vic.

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$11,981

Battalion

$12,000

$6666

Bendoc Park

$15,000

$5733

Binara

$11,000

$6687

Bowen

$140,000

$13,928

Cara Park

$16,000

$9142

Cascade

$26,000

$8688

Curracabark

$28,000

$9958

Dalkeith

$11,000

$6571

Devon Court

$18,000

$7538

Elite

$10,000

$5933

Glenwarrah

$35,000

$10,000

Gunyah

$6000

$4773

Hillview

$10,000

$5056

Ironbark

146

$16,000

$8479

Kianma

$5000

Jarrah

$15,000

$6529

Josslyn

$4000

Kidman

$26,000

$11,416

Kylandee

$21,000

$10,363

Lambert

$14,000

$7000

Lotus

$21,000

$9828

Merawah/ Tenaru

$28,000

$14,911

Mountain Valley

$70,000

$14,705

Oldfield

$11,000

$6889

Rayleigh

$22,000

$12,292

Remolea

$21,000

$7256

Talbalba

$102,000

$14,655

Te-Angie

$5000

Tobruk

$14,500

$7389

Truro

$130,000

$14,263

Tummel

$16,000

$8600

Tycolah

$30,000

$11,023

Vielun Pastoral

$16,000

$7909

Warragundi

$13,000

$7500

Warren Point

$16,000

$5977

Wirruna

$16,000

$8619

Yalgoo

$28,000

$10,242

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Black Hawk genetics keenly sought by seedstock producers at Glen Innes By Rowan Koebel An impressive son of the recordbreaking Battalion Black Hawk K7 fetched the top price at the 78th annual Glen Innes Hereford Bull Sale in July. The overall sale result saw 35 of 58 bulls sell to a top of $18,000 and average $7438, while nine of 13 female lots sold to a top of $5000 and averaged $3472. Offered by the Monie family of Thornleigh Herefords, Little Plain NSW, Thornleigh Black Hawk S206 reached the sale top of $18,000, selling to David Phelan, Yarram, Vic. The 22-month-old sire weighed in at 880kg with a raw EMA of 126sqcm, IMF scan of 6.2, rib and rump fats of 10 and 16mm respectively, and a scrotal measurement of 39cm. Mr Phelan was impressed with Black Hawk S206’s raw data and overall sire appeal, describing the bull as a “standout”. Black Hawk K7 genetics also featured in the pedigree of the second top priced bull Truro Sisco S160 which sold for $11,000 to Tummel Herefords, Walcha, NSW. Offered by Courallie Herefords, Sisco S160 is a Black Hawk K7 grandson, sired by Thornleigh K7 Nostalgic N287. Tummel also collected the fourth top priced bull; another Black Hawk K7 son, paying $10,000 for Thornleigh Black Hawk S207. The third top price of the sale of $10,500 was paid by Denis Forrest of Barraba for Jindalee Secretariat S087. A 22-month-old son of Lotus Nudgee N174, Secretariat weighed in at 850kg

1. 1. Thornleigh Black Hawk S207 sold for $10,000 to Tummel Herefords, pictured with Hugo Monie, the late Chris Lisle, Lincoln McKinlay and Ben Monie. Images: Rowan Koebel 2. J indalee Secretariat S087 sold for $10,500, pictured with Eunice and Will Veivers, Jindlee Herefords, purchaser Denis Forrest and Elders agent Nick Hannaford. with a raw EMA of 128sqcm and rib and rump fats of 11 and 17mm. Out of a Wallan Creek Argus female, Secretariat S087 appealed to Mr Forrest with his completeness and sire appeal. In the female draft the top price of $5000 was paid by JD Gibb Pty Ltd for Dundee Toga 17 S305. Offered by long-time Glen Innes vendor Roger Kneipp, the two-year-old heifer was sired by Dundee Bonanza M025 and out of a Courallie Kodiak K592 female and had been joined to Dundee Koorajong. In the show classes, long-time exhibitors Willgoose Herefords swept the broad ribbon pool winning grand champion bull, champion pen of three and champion truckload of six bulls.

Exhibited by Phil and Lyle Yantsch of Spring Creek, QLD, the grand champion sash was presented to intermediate class winner Willgoose Elgar S106 by show judge Geoff Bush of Kirraweena and Glenholme Herefords, Cootamundra, NSW. At 23 months of age Elgar S106 tipped the scales at 955kg with a raw EMA of 138sqcm and an impressive scrotal measurement of 43cm. Sired by Yagaburne Nightwatch N298 and out of an Allendale Rosemount E7 female, Elgar impressed the judge with his capacity and sire appeal. Elgar S106 later joined stablemates Willgoose Equator S016 and Willgoose Elusive S042 to be awarded first placed senior and grand champion pen of three bulls. The champion pen of three were then joined by Willgoose El Alemein S118, Willgoose Election S107 and Willgoose Einstein S131 to take out the Bundarra Trophy for the champion truckload of six bulls. In the individual classes earlier in the morning, first place in the young guns class was awarded to Dundee Topline T124, a 19-month-old son of Karoonda Taupo exhibited by Roger Kneipp. The junior bull class was won by 22-month-old Wendouree Superman S016.

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Exhibited by Ray and Shane Jamieson Superman weighed in at 935kg with an EMA scan of 128sqcm and rib and rump fats of 18 and 30mm respectively, impressing the judge with his scale and movement.

First place in the senior bull division was awarded to Willgoose Elusive S042 who was part of the champion pen of three and also won the prestigious Yardsmen’s Pick award. In the junior pen of three class, first place was awarded to the Yagaburn team, which comprised of Yagaburn Saddler S003, Yagaburn Simon S119 and Yagaburn Sherlock S143.

Exhibited by the Glasser family of Goondiwindi, the Yagaburn team impressed Mr Bush with their evenness and overall outlook. 3. Show judge Geoff Bush with Phil Yantsch, Willgoose Herefords, and grand champion bull Willgoose Elgar S106.

4. Second top priced bull Truro Sisco S160 with vendor David Hann, Courallie Herefords and purchaser, the late Chris Lisle, Tummel Herefords.

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Herefords ticking boxes for efficiency and animal health at Ironbark Feedlot By Rowan Koebel The Spencer family of Ironbark Herefords have hit the ground running in the lot feeding industry with their own on-property feedlot going from strength to strength, demonstrating the value of Hereford cattle in the grain fed market. What began in August 2021 as a way to diversify the business and generate cash flow during and following the drought has become a significant stand-alone business and source of valuable data for the Ironbark stud. Based at Barraba in northern NSW, the feedlot is run in conjunction with the Ironbark stud and commercial herds, and the businesses complement each other by supporting commercial bull buying clients and promoting the stud at the same time. The feedlot is managed by Isabella Spencer, who in partnership with her brothers Ben and Hugh, came up with the initial feedlot design and went through the process to get all necessary approvals. When the feedlot first began, cattle were sourced from saleyards, but according to Ms Spencer the animal performance was inconsistent. Cattle for the feedlot are now primarily sourced directly from Ironbark bull-buying clients and the consistency has improved drastically. “We noticed a huge difference going from saleyard cattle to our own Ironbark cattle, it’s a big thing to know what you’re going to get before the cattle are killed. I can guarantee their quality and consistency,” Ms Spencer said.

This guaranteed consistency of product has led to the Ironbark feedlot supplying a premium, carbon neutral brand for a leading Australian supermarket.

According to Ms Spencer, the supermarket was looking for suppliers that could provide a consistent and efficient product and saw a great opportunity with the cattle being produced at Ironbark. “It was really rewarding for us for the supermarket to approach us and to recognise that we had a good product. We’re now supplying a very exclusive brand with only a limited number of suppliers nationally,” Ms Spencer said. Ironbark principal Adrian Spencer attributes the success of the Ironbark cattle in the feedlot to the stud’s heavy investment in modern genetics and focus on carcase attributes and MSA outcomes, making the cattle consistent and suitable for premium markets. It is only Ironbark blood cattle sourced from a select number of clients that are processed through the feedlot and into the carbon neutral brand, with suppliers for the premium product having to meet a few more requirements to be eligible. “We’re quite selective about what clients go into the carbon neutral brand. They’ve got to do a carbon footprint report for their farm each year and collect a lot more animal data across their herd. Luckily new farm management technology is making that data collection easier,” Ms Spencer said. However, supplying a premium product attracts premium prices, which Ms Spencer is pleased to be able to pass on to their suppliers. “Where there’s previously been a push for black cattle for premium markets it’s nice to be able to reward our Hereford clients,” Ms Spencer said. Efficiency in production along with overall quality are the key focusses of the Ironbark business with these targets also being passed on to suppliers. “We’re looking for the most efficient animals from birth and aim for 1-1.1kg average daily gain over the whole of the animal’s life. Our clients’ cattle generally get to us before they’re 12 months old, although this can depend on seasonal conditions,” Ms Spencer said. Cattle enter the feedlot at 320-380kg and are grain fed for 100 days with a target weight of 310kg dressed, with the Hereford cattle consistently hitting the right specifications. “We’ve got Herefords doing 2.3-2.4kg per day on grain while still not blowing their P8 fat cover, which has definitely been impressive,” Ms Spencer said. Since the feedlot began sourcing the majority of their cattle direct from Ironbark bull buying clients feedlot health problems have also declined with few instances of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD), pink eye or structural health issues arising.

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All animals are treated with a BoviShield vaccine and Rhinoguard nasal spray on induction to the feedlot, with no prefeedlot vaccination requirements passed on to suppliers.

According to Ms Spencer the complementary relationship between the feedlot and the stud is also benefitting Ironbark clients, with more data being passed back to bull buyers who then use this information to make more informed selection decisions for their businesses. “Our clients want to work with us more to finetune their data, they come to us prior to the bull sale to work out what to select. We’re closer than ever with our clients and helping them produce the best product they can,” Ms Spencer said.

1. Isabella Spencer manages the on-property feedlot which vertically integrates the beef enterprise at Ironbark.

2. Ironbark’s on-property feedlot supplies a premium, carbon neutral brand The use of MSA carcase data out of the for a leading Australian supermarket. Images courtesy Spencer family feedlot is not only benefiting Ironbark clients, but also the Ironbark stud 3. Hereford cattle enter the feedlot at 320-380kg and are grain fed for 100 days. operation. Having the stud and feedlot run side by side enables the Spencers to see the data in real time and make decisions based on what she initially saw herself following, however she is thoroughly direction they need to take in order to further improve and enjoying being involved in in such a fast-paced industry. become more efficient. “There’s always new research and new innovations around Having studied fashion and business at university Ms Spencer admits that running a feedlot is not the career path

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Northern multi-vendor feeder and weaner sale draws buyer demand for Herefords By Kim Woods Queensland’s only multi-vendor single bloodline store sale for Hereford genetics topped at 312c/kg and grossed $714,337 on September 4. Grant Daniel Long and Nutrien Livestock hosted the 3rd annual Lambert infused feeder and weaner sale at Blackall, yarding 776 Hereford and Hereford infused, and Euro cross steers and heifers to average $920. The first sale in 2021 grossed $1.3 million with Hereford weaner steers topping at 646.2c/kg and followed up in 2022 to average $2073 and top at 688c/ kg. Market conditions have been very different in 2023, but strong competition on the cattle lifted the sale above the market at the time. Vendors vied for $5000 in prizemoney and a $1000 bull credit donated by the Bredhauer family, Lambert Pastoral Company, Charleville.

Jack Burgess, GDL Blackall, Kelly Hauff, CA Hauff & Son, Blackall, and Jeremy Barron, Nutrien Ag Solutions Blackall, at the presentation for champion pen of heifers. Image courtesy of Lambert Stud

The pens were judged by Simon Drury, Condamine Feedlot, with the sale being a forerunner to a Hereford and Charbray bull sale on the same day. Lot feeders active on the commercial pens included Condamine, Dalby, Goondiwindi, and restockers at Barcaldine, Blackall, Tambo, and South Australia. CA Hauff & Son, “Colart” and “The Springs”, Blackall, won the champion pen of heifers, their purebred Herefords weighing 444kg and returning $782 or 176.2c/kg. Their 509kg Hereford feeder steers, which were the runnersup in the steers 381-520kg class, sold for 300.2c/kg to return $1530. Tambo’s CG Glover & Son, Prospect, won the heifer 301380kg and champion pen of feeder heifers with their HerefordSpeckle Park cross females weighing 346kg, and sold them for $631 or 182.2c/kg. Lambert Pastoral Company “Lambert” Charleville sold Hereford steers, 470kg, returned 306.2c/kg or $1439. Their yearling Hereford unjoined heifers, 255kg, sold for 191.2c/kg or $487. Lambert Pastoral co-principal Scott Bredhauer said the single bloodline sale of Hereford, Hereford infused and Charbray cattle had become an annual event with this year’s rates 20 to 30 per cent above current market prices. He said the sale had drawn strong repeat support from vendors despite the weakening cattle market. “There is demand for quality flatbacks, especially Herefords with big red eyes, structural soundness, frame and doability,” he said. Mr Bredhauer said the Hereford injected an earlier maturity pattern, extra fat coverage and increased compliance rate

in the terminal crossbred weaner progeny in the northern markets. “Hereford bull sales have been strong this year in Queensland going into straightbred and crossbred herds. We had a Hereford bull going into an Angus herd for black baldies while others are going over Brahman and Droughtmaster females chasing the flatback market, softness and extra weight gain. “One of our regular straightbred Hereford clients bought four bulls for an average of $10.500. Some clients are running Brahmans in the north and use Hereford bulls over the Brahman cows to produce weaners to be run in the softer country to increase market compliance. Others are using Herefords as a quick maturing terminal cross over Droughtmaster cows.” The family run about 800 commercial Hereford and Charbray cows, finishing the progeny on native herbages and buffel grass pastures. “The Herefords do well on the native pastures and are supplemented with Beachport Liquid Minerals when needed.” Mr Bredhauer said there was potential to expand the Hereford infused side of the sale and he would be interested in hearing from any crossbred producers willing to enter cattle next year. Cody Trost, Grant Daniel Long, quoted the best of heavy feeder steers making 312c/kg with the middle run at 285305c/kg. “The best of the trade steers made just over 300c/kg with most making 280-290c/kg and the weaners was a similar story with the best achieving 312c/kg and the majority selling for 275-295c/kg. “We saw the heavy cattle sell strongly and a little less demand for the weaner cattle.” Mr Trost said heavy heifers sold to a top of 208c/kg while the tops of the weaner heifers were 206c/kg and the lighter weights made 180-205c/kg.

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Mundook Turbo powers to the top of breed for carcase and fertility and Jill McAinch, Mudook Herefords, Hereford BREEDPLAN EBVs and market Sarsfield. selection index values. Tarwin Terrence T046 (PP), a They had to meet strict performance homozygous polled son of Wirruna driven selection criteria, were Nolan N146 was the second top price independently structurally assessed, at $8500, purchased by Paul and Jenny fertility and semen tested. O’Sullivan, Malabar Farm, Tarwin Lower. Mr Kee said many of the sale bulls Bill and Minnie Kee, Warringa Herefords, had low birthweight, high calving ease Sarsfield, had a 100 per cent clearance and short gestation length genetics of their four sale bulls to average $6125. and EBVs. Lot 1 Warringa Trendsetter T201 sold Selling agents were Elders and Nutrien to the NSW Department of Primary Ag Solutions, and the sale was hosted Industries for $6500 for use in their by AuctionsPlus. Southern Multibreed Project. The Gippsland Performance Herefords Trendsetter ranked in the top 3 per 4th annual online bull sale will be held cent of the breed for gestation length on September 4, 2024, on AuctionsPlus (shorter), and birth weight (lighter), top at 11am. A bull inspection day will 4 per cent for calving ease direct, top be held at the respective properties 10 per cent for rib fat, intramuscular fat on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, from and docility. 9am-4pm. The other three Warringa bulls sold to new and repeat clients from East Gippsland and Gippsland mountains. David Meikle, Tarwin Poll Herefords, also had a 100 per cent clearance selling his five bulls for an average of $6600. All bulls were Herdbook registered, sire verified, Mundook Turbo T231 (AI) (PP) topped the sale at poll status, DNA $13,000. Image: Gippsland Performance Herefords tested, had full

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A young sire ranking in the top one per cent of the breed for carcase weight and the selection indexes topped the 3rd annual Gippsland Performance Herefords online bull sale on September 6. A son of Wirruna Quambone Q135, Mundook Turbo T231 (AI) (PP) was purchased for $13,000 by Tim Hayes, Tarcombe Herefords, Ruffy, Vic, and Quamby Plains Poll Herefords, Hagley, Tas, from vendors Gary and Jill McAinch, Mundook Herefords, Sarsfield. The homozygous polled bull is a Herefords Australia Super Sire and ranked on BREEDPLAN in the top 1 per cent for carcase weight, and the Southern self-replacing, Northern selfreplacing, Southern Baldy Maternal and Northern Baldy Maternal indexes. He also ranked top three per cent for calving ease daughters, gestation length, milk, eye muscle area, rib fat, intramuscular fat, top 4 per cent for calving ease direct, top 10 per cent for 400-day weight and rump fat, and top 15 per cent for 200- and 600-day weights. Turbo had 100/100 eye pigment and was a heifer’s first calf. A total of 21 bulls were offered with 10 sold to a top of $13,000 and average of $7250. Several bulls sold after the sale. Vendors were Stan and Denise Walker, Charellan Poll Herefords, Pearsondale, Bill and Minnie Kee, Warringa Herefords, Sarsfield, David Meikle, Tarwin Poll Herefords, Meeniyan, and Bill Lack, Willack Poll Herefords, Heyfield, Gary

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Grass fed heavy Hereford steers in demand to $2200 and females to $2410 at national store markets

At the Casterton mid year sale, European Union accredited Hereford weaner steers sold for 350c/kg while the heifer portion made 310c/kg. Image: Kim Woods By Kim Woods Heavy grass-fed Hereford steers have continued to meet with demand across the nation’s winter and spring store and prime sales with prices reaching $2200 while joined females with calves peaked at $2410.

while J and N Hutchison sold 511kg purebred steers, 16 to 18 months, for 300c/kg or $1533. Coast View sold weaners weighing 331kg, 10 to 12 months, for 285c/kg or $943. Their sisters weighing 241kg made 234c/kg or $564.

The heavy steers over 350kg and up to 695kg returned $1390-$2200 or 212-432c/kg while yearling Hereford steers made $960-$1470 or 234-362c/kg and feeder steers sold for $810-$1560 or 207-330c/kg. Backgrounding steers averaged $1050 or 319c/kg.

Ennerdale Proprietors Pty Ltd sold weaner steers by Ennerdale stud sires, weighing 346kg and 14 to 18 months, for 330c/kg or $1141, and the heifer portion, 374kg and 16 to 16 months for 245c/kg or $916. D and S Swayne sold heavy heifers, 517kg, 18 to 22 months, for 250c/kg or $1292.

In the Hereford steer weaners, those weighing over 350kg liveweight returned $990-$1400 or 255-394c/kg, and those weighing 280-350kg made $920-$1210 or 247-401c/kg. The lighter weight calves under 280kg returned $760-$844 or 304-378c/kg.

In July, Glynbrae Pastoral Company sold Poll Hereford cows, 690kg, and calves, for $1740 at Mortlake.

There was plenty of activity in the joined female pens with PTIC cows making $1050-$1920, PTIC heifers returning $1100-$1470, PTIC cows with calves $1750, and PTIC heifers with calves making $1850-$2410. Weaner heifers over 300kg liveweight sold for $564-$1110 or 234-327c/kg, those under 300kg made $610-$770 or 234-439c/kg, unjoined yearling heifers sold for $812-$1540 or 209-299c/kg, and grown heifers $1012-$1358 or 170-255c/kg. Non station mated cows with calves returned $1670-$1740, unjoined cows sold to $1757 and unjoined heifers with calves made $1700. In Victorian markets at the Mortlake June store sale, R Morrow sold Hereford steers, 488kg, 20-22 months, Kanimbla blood, and grass fed for 322c/kg or $1572

At the Casterton mid-year sale, Shallum Holdings, Casterton, sold weaner steers, 270kg, eight to nine months, Taronga, Injemira and Melville Park blood, for 350c/kg or $945. Their heifer portion weighing 213kg and EU accredited, made 310c/kg or $660. D Murphy & Co sold grown heifers, 16 to 18 months, 397kg, grass fed, and Bowmont blood, for 255c/ kg or $1012. H Cowland sold heifers, grass fed, EU accredited, Taronga blood, 13 to 14 months and 310kg for 262c/kg or $812. At Yea in June, Kaldera sold heavy steers, 565kg, for $1450 or 256c/kg and 471kg steers at $1390 or 295c/kg while at Kyneton in the same month, P Gooch sold Glendan Park blood steers, 330kg, for $950 or 287c/kg. Molesworth Pastoral sold Wirruna and Claredale blood steers, 308kg, for $1210 or 392c/kg. In the Leongatha store sale, Campaspe, Kilmore, sold 601kg purebred steers for $1720 or 286c/kg and 580kg steers for CONTINUED PAGE 86

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$1710 or 295c/kg. At Bairnsdale in July, N McKenna sold purebred heavy steers, 696kg, for $2200 or 316c/kg. Jeringadah Grazing, Korumburra, sold station mated heifers, 488kg, and 2.5 years, with black baldy calves for $1980 while Bell Mare Meadows, Pine Mountain, sold station mated cows, 546kg, and 3.54 years, for $1760. Non station mated cows, 627kg and four to 10 years, Andtravern and Glendan Park blood, with Allendale blood calves, were sold by Chandpara Pastoral Company, Tylden, for $1670. M and K Noonan, Rochford, sold steers, Taunton Park blood, 267kg, 13 to 14 months, for $960 or 358c/kg in July. Phoenix Park, Tatong, sold station mated cows, 597kg, six to 10 years, for $1190 or 199c/kg. At Bairnsdale, a consignment of rising two-year-old steers by the Brownlow family, Bairnsdale, returned $1600 or 255c/kg for a pen weighing 626kg, while 578kg steers made $1580 or 273c/kg, and 614kg steers returned $1570 or 255c/kg. The entire draft was bought by South Gippsland buyer Don Bowman, Elders Leongatha and Korumburra. North East Water, Wangaratta, sold Hereford heifers, Wirruna blood, 551kg and 28-29 months, with black baldy calves for $2410. D Laverty, Lucyvale, sold Kanimbla blood yearling steers, 434kg and 16-18 months, for $1345 or 309c/kg and 356kg steers, 13 to 15 months, for $1175 or 329c/kg. Tim Hayes, Tarcombe Herefords, Ruffy, sold non station mated ex-stud heifers, 551kg and 24 to 26 months, with spring drop calves by Wirruna Molong M010 and Tarcombe McLaren Q203, for $2120. Barry and Fay Hicks, Gundowring, sold a run of 52 weaned steers, Yavenvale blood, EU and Greenhams Never Ever accredited, 419kg, 11 to 12 months, for $1315 or 313c/kg. At Wodonga, Wayne Kruetzberger, Rand, sold Rotherfield blood heifers, 395kg, for $1110 or 281c/kg and Bernard Hore, Mullengandra, sold heifers, 303kg for $770 or 254c/kg. Willgrow Pty Ltd, Kyalite sold steers, 497kg, for $1815 and Pine Lodge, Tocumwal, sold PTIC Hereford cows for $1920. Millbrook stud, Alexander, sold a draft of 140 Yavenvale blood steers to $1120 or 401c/kg with the tops weighing 279kg. In the grown steers at Wodonga, Ken Merkel, Bethanga, sold 444kg Herefords for $1600. P and M Kirk, Everton, sold

In the Hereford steer weaners, those weighing over 350kg liveweight returned $990-$1400 or 255-394c/kg, and those weighing 280-350kg made $920-$1210 or 247-401c/kg at national store sales. 355kg steers for $1400 or 394c/kg and Jeanette McCormack, Bullioh, sold 311kg heifers for $1020 or 327c/ kg. Ross Trethowan, Cookardinia, sold Glenellerslie blood steers, 352kg, for $990 or 255c/kg and B Pritchard, Tallangatta Valley, sold Rosstulla blood steers, 347kg, for $860 or 247c/kg. Robert Reid, Howlong, sold a line of 60 Mawarra and Sugarloaf blood steers, 14 to 16 months, with the tops at 468kg making $1470 or 314c/kg. Sleigh Pastoral, Ruffy, sold PTIC cows, six to seven years, joined to an Allandale bull and 618kg, for $1690. Zoe Chen, Geelong, was buying her first cattle at Ballarat in May and invested in Hereford steers, 328kg, for 335c/kg or $1100 from vendor Woady Yalock. Lynn and Pam Vearing, Glen Goulburn Poll Herefords, Whittlesea, sold 595kg steers at Pakenham for $1820 or 305c/ kg. Across the border into NSW where Yalgoo Partnership, Walcha, sold PTIC heifers, Yalgoo blood, 441kg, 15 to 16 months, for $1100 or 249c/kg while J and M Hull, Tamworth, sold PTIC cows, 523kg, three to four years, for $1150 or 219c/kg. Bahreenah, Tingah, sold feeder steers, 372kg and 13-14 months, for $1160 or 311c/kg. KEA Farms, Tamworth, sold non station mated Cascade blood cows, 590kg, four to five years, with calves for $1740. Daryl Bjorksten, Beralga Herefords, Guyra, sold a draft of 97 feeder steers, 472kg, 16 to 18 months, Wandong

blood, HGP free, and Bovilis vaccinated for $1560 or 330c/kg. Marra Creek Livestock Company, The Marra, NSW, sold a draft of 74 non station mated heifers, 436kg, and calves by Injemira Robert Redford Q287, for $1850. The heifers had been bought out of the Victorian weaner sales. At the Forbes store sale, David and Lyn Hooper, Forbes, sold 335kg steers for $1060 or 316c/kg. Okeview Pastoral, Wantabadgery, sold a draft of 270 weaned heifer, 10 to 12 months, Bowen, Cascade and Yavenvale blood, and 252kg, for $610 or 242c/kg. Bee-Bar, Coonamble, sold a line of 48 future breeders, Waratah blood, 350kg, 14 to 16 months, for $1050 or 299c/ kg. Heathfield Pastoral Co, Moree, sold a run of 64 yearling steers, 308kg, 10 to 12 months, for $1030 or 334c/kg. Nowley Pastoral Company, Burren Junction, sold a draft of 48 yearling steers, 402kg, Talbalba and Rayleigh blood, and 16 to 17 months, for $1460 or 362c/kg. EU accredited, grass fed, and bunk trained backgrounder steers, 329kg, Bowen blood, and 10 to 11 months, were sold by J and L Chaffey, Tamworth, for $1050 or 319c/kg. They had been vaccinated with Bovilis + MH1, grazed on an oat crop, bunk trained on lucerne and oaten hay for 10 days then weaned onto tropical pastures, gaining 1.2kg a day since weaning. Cuddleemurra Partnership, Quirindi, sold Truro and Ironbark blood weaned steers, 327kg, 10 to 12 months, for $1040 or 317c/kg. John Blight and Co, CONTINUED PAGE 88

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Griffith, sold Wirruna blood steers, 381kg, 11 to 12 months, for $1020 or 267c/kg. At the Forbes July store sale, John Cobb, Condobolin, offered a run of mixed age Hereford cows, 628kg, and calves, two to four months, and rejoined to Poll Hereford bulls to a top of $1750, mixed age cows PTIC to Poll Hereford bulls to a top of $1500 and mixed sex weaners, four to seven months, to $760 or 348c/kg for steers and $720 or 439c/kg for heifers. At the Gundagai annual weaner sale Lyndall Smart and Gary Hindmarsh, Hindmarsh Enterprises, Adelong, sold Hereford heifers, 276kg, for $630, and AJ Beaven, Tumbarumba, sold steers, 276kg, for $840 or 304c/kg. Yaven Pastoral, Adelong, sold a run of 55 Yavenvale and Injemira blood steers, 338kg, for $920 or 272c/kg at the Tumut store sale, and I Cain, Adelong, sold Yukon Park blood steers, 385kg, for $1000 or 259c/kg. A draft of 172 feeder steers, Yavenvale blood, 413kg and 12 to 14 months, were sold by Okeview Pastoral, Wantabadgery, for $1240 or 299c/kg and 234 feeder steers, 409kg, 13 to 15 months, for $900 or 219c/kg. Macleod Pastoral, Jingellic, sold weaned steers, Guilford and Injemira blood, 399kg, 11 to 13 months, for $1075 or 269c/kg. Pregnancy tested heifers, Wirruna blood, 453kg and 21 to 22 months, returned $1470 for D and K O’Leary, Elong Elong. John Blight & Co, Wilbriggie, sold a run of 58 PTIC cows, 723kg, Wirruna blood and six years, to a top of $1700. They were due to calve in July to Wirruna bulls.

David and Vicki McCallum, Tooma, sold PTIC heifers, 463kg, Yavenvale blood, 25 to 27 months, for $1210 or 261c/kg. P and J Woodhouse, Book Book, sold Injemira blood feeder steers, 390kg, and 12 to 14 months, for $810 or 207c/kg. Over to South Australia where G and B Kuhl, Kongorong, sold 409kg, 14-month-old PCAS steers for $1250 or 234c/kg to Westside at the Mt Gambier store sale. Walkenny Park, Cape Bridgewater, sold 305kg, PCAS accredited, Bowmont, Bra-Ma and Ardno blood steers for $940 or 308c/kg to Miller Whan and John. Wenan sold Hereford steers, 473kg, for 300c/kg or $1420 at Mt Gambier and Bra-Ma Herefords, Port MacDonnell, sold 399kg steers for 313c/kg or $1250. Nampara Pastoral Co, Lucindale, bought two drafts of Allendale blood steers from Willochra, Melrose – the heaviest averaged 473kg at $1900 and a lighter draft averaging 414kg at $1790 or 432c/kg. Heading north to Queensland where Bowen Downs Poll Herefords, Tara, sold station mated heifers, 353kg and 18 to 23 months, for $1340 or 379c/kg. Vermont Pastoral, Murray’s Bridge, sold a line of 29 PTIC cows, 478kg and 32 to 36 months, joined to a McPherson Herefords bull for $1050 or 219c/kg. Tim Meredith, Kentville, sold Hereford cross steers for $1900, milk tooth heifers for $1540 and weaner steers for $1000 at Laidley. Myrelle Christiansen won the champion pen of heifers with her Hereford cross heifers at the Silverdale weaner sale and sold them for $770. Hereford steers from J Aiken, The Summit, weighing 223kg made 378c/kg or $844 at Stanthorpe. Across to Western Australia, B and S Trust sold black baldy steers, 408kg and 18 to 20 months, for 424c/kg or $1734 at the Elders Boyanup Feeder Sale in June. Also at Boyanup, S Talbot sold 455kg purebred steers for $1120 or 245c/kg to Richard Pollock, Nutrien Livestock, Waroona. K and K Weir, Wendering, sold Hereford cross steers, 354kg, for $1040 or 294c/kg at Muchea.

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Also at Muchea ED Wedge, Gingin, sold Hereford cows, 751kg for $1757 or 233c/kg and the Harlow family, York, sold Hereford cross steers, 465kg, for $1452 or 312c/kg. Days Pastoral Co, Meekatharra, sold Hereford steers, 626kg, for $1440 or 230c/kg at Muchea. D and M McKinley, Moora, sold 363kg steers for 378c/kg or $1372. Cotton Holdings, Boyanup, sold 313kg purebred steers, 14 to 16 months, for 284c/kg at the Elders Boyanup store sale. I and J McKay, Three Springs, sold heavy purebred bullocks, 834kg, for $1768 or 212c/kg and heavy heifers, 799kg, for $1358 or 170c/kg at Muchea. M and J Culloton, Moonyoonooka, sold purebred steers, 370kg for $1021 or 260c/kg. Down to Tasmania where Nawoc Agriculture, Hagley, sold non station mated future breeders, 308kg, and 11 to 15 months, for $1270 or 412c/kg. Fonthill Farm, Sassafras, sold yearling steers, 326kg and 12 to 13 months, for $1150 or 352c/kg and future breeders, 285kg, for $670 or 234c/kg. St Peters Pass, Oatlands, sold unjoined heifers, 404kg, and 23 to 24 months, with black baldy calves, for $1700 while B and B Elphinstone, Melrose, sold yearling heifers, 333kg, 12 to 13 months, for $700 or 209c/kg.

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Black baldy wins gold for Claystone quality cont. FROM PAGE 16

allergies to preservatives and fillers in dog food, so we removed them to produce a scientifically tested product,” Stacey said. Claystone’s purpose-built chill chain, warehouse facility and small shop front in Canberra is the base for the company’s wholesale production and employs 12 staff. “We process beef and lamb, and source in chicken and pork. We have a buyback program in place whereby we buy back calves at weaning from our bull clients provided they hit all the health and liveweight targets. That enables us to get genetics we trust back into our program,” Stacey said.

Through those colder months we can supplementary feed the cattle with silage and brewer’s grain. “At the moment the steers are being finished on a grazing rye crop to a carcase weight of 260kg with an adequate fat cover. “The consumer market in Canberra is conscious of where their food comes from, and our food miles are super low. They do want to know the cattle are ethically raised and are happy to know the animal has been cared for plus it is important the cattle are antibiotic and hormone free.

“Before covid, I was still going to work on the farm and do a little in the shop but the rate of growth and support we’ve had meant I’m now full time in the shop.

“The majority of people doing a weekly grocery shop are not looking for heavily marbled meat. For a special occasion we produce dry aged meat which is a more marbled product.”

“We have a strong relationship with a Canberra brewery and have 30 tonnes of brewer’s grain delivered each week.

Stacey said the quantity of sausages and minute steaks in the Sydney market had increased off the back of recent

rises in the cost of living compared to a year ago. Claystone has strong wholesale demand for quality beef mince. “Value adding is the key in this business,” she said. Claystone Meats also provided the beef bacon for the egg and bacon rolls served on the Hereford stand at the 50th AgQuip Field Days held in Gunnedah on August 22-24. When it comes to marketing, the business attends one weekly farmer’s market and has a heavy social media presence, producing several reels per week featuring Stacey promoting different cuts and recipes. “We are active on Facebook and Instagram with a post per day plus a story, and do a lot of electronic direct mail marketing,” she said. “It is something you have to do consistently, otherwise you get bumped down the algorithm.”

Taronga affords a beautiful view of Hereford cattle across 50 years cont. FROM PAGE 73

of Herefords Australia annuals and sale catalogues going back 50 years. The family entered the on-farm cattle challenge at the 2023 Tyrendarra Agricultural Show, placing in two categories with a mix of home bred PTIC stud and commercial heifers: first in the individual heifer over 15 months and under 24 months and third in the group of five heifers under 24 months. Calving in March/April, the commercial yearling heifers are AI joined and 10 weeks for the cows via natural service. They are run on ryegrass-based pastures in a 650mm rainfall zone. Taronga bulls are weighed at birth and weaning, ultrasound scanned for rump, rib, eye muscle area and intramuscular fat, and semen tested by Nationwide Artificial Breeders, with 15 out of 20 bulls selling to a top of $15,000 and average $6266 in 2022. The stud herd was supplemented this year with three cows and calves and three heifers purchased at the Oak Downs dispersal. The Lambert family has been supporting the Casterton weaner sales since the 1980s and Bill recalls the average of

$634 received for the draft of 120 steers in 2008 being similar to the present 2023 market. Their record top price was in 2022 of $2241 or 628c/kg for 160 steers weighing 357kg. “The biggest thrill for me was winning the champion pen for steers and heifers this year – the competition has always been strong, and I wasn’t expecting that. The weaner sale is always our main aim and we have our repeat clients of steer finishers and backgrounders on the steers and lot feeders on the heifers,” Bill said. “In the last few years, butchers and restockers have been buying the preg tested empty heifers off AuctionsPlus or they go to Teys Australia. “The best part of the stud business is the friendships we have made in that 50-year journey – you can make a phone call or drop in to see someone’s cattle and that networking has given us a wider perspective on what we are chasing,” Bill said. With children and grandchildren keen to carry on with Herefords, Bill and Kathy are satisfied the Taronga prefix will continue into the future.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Meet our team for 2024. For the benefit of the membership, included are details for the Herefords Australia Limited Board of Directors

Ian Durkin CHAIRMAN Mobile: 0427 299 012 Email: ianthomasdurkin@bigpond.com

Mark Duthie DIRECTOR and MEMBER LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE Mobile: 0448 016 950 Email: mark.duthie@gdlrural.com.au

Annie Pumpa DIRECTOR Mobile: 0458 227 277 Email: Annie.Pumpa@genuspic.com

Marc Greening DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Mobile: 0411 043 039 Email: marc@injemira.com.au

Sam Broinowski DIRECTOR and YOUTH LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE Mobile: 0429 476 221 Email: sambroinowski@bigpond.com

Lisa Sharp DIRECTOR Mobile: 0447 949 650 Email: lsharp@herefordsaustralia.com.au

Mark Baker COMPANY SECRETARY Mobile: 0424 152 950 Email: mbaker@herefordsaustralia.com.au

Sam Becker DIRECTOR Mobile: 0417 576 667 Email: sam@jarrahcattle.com.au

Alex Sparkes DIRECTOR Mobile: 0428 270 381 Email: sparkesy2@gmail.com

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REGIONAL CONTACTS

Regional Breed Development Groups - contact information NEW SOUTH WALES Central Tablelands Herefords Association Paul Hancock, Secretary “Whim Park’’ 66 Kings Plain Road, Blayney NSW 2799 T: 02 6368 2140 - M: 0418 639 597 E: whimpark@bigpond.com.au Hunter Valley Herefords Association Jessica Grosser, Secretary 893 Hinton Rd, Nelsons Plains NSW 2324 M: 0456 800 533 E: mondeo.p.h@bigpond.com.au Herefords Australia Northern NSW Association Amy Rawson, Secretary 3/25-27 Chisholm Street, Inverell NSW 2360 M: 0437 385 681 E: amy.louise.rawson91@gmail.com Herefords Australia Northern NSW Youth Jessica Kernahan, Secretary M: 0427 316 975 E: herefordsnorthernnswyouth@gmail.com Sydney Regional Herefords Breeders Group Ellen Hussein, Secretary 2 Eskdale Close, Narellan Vale NSW 2567 M: 0411 089 578 E: ellenhussein@gmail.com Western Regional Herefords Association Brooke Rayner, Secretary “Grathlyn’’, Hill End Road, Via Mudgee NSW 2850 T: 02 6373 8677 E: grathlyn@gmail.com Southern NSW Hereford Breeders Group Brittany Sykes, Secretary PO Box 435, Cootamundra NSW 2590 M: 0408 734 696 E: brittanysykes@outlook.com.au

Southern NSW Hereford Youth Group Helen De Costa, President 28 Taber Street, Uranquinty NSW 2652 T: 0448 353 764 E: hdecosta@bigpond.com

QUEENSLAND Herefords Queensland Association Inc Julie Nixon, Secretary Colville Park 1091 Dulacca South Road, Dulacca QLD 4425 M: 0414 253 936 E: weetalabah@gmail.com Herefords Queensland Youth Association Mitchell Portbury, Secretary M: 0437 087 449 E: Mitchell.portbury@gmail.com

VICTORIA Victorian Herefords Youth Group Elle Woodgate, Secretary 1 Armstrong Street, Buchan Vic 3885 M: 0428 192 229 E: victorianherefordyouthgroup@outlook.com North East Victorian Herefords Group Ferruccio Tonini, Secretary RMB 1045, Glenrowan Vic 3675 T: 03 5766 2417 E: glenpoll@internode.on.net Herefords Gippsland Lauren Hill, Secretary M: 0427 750 250 E: lauren@karoondapark.com Corrangamite Hereford Breeders Group Inc Margaret Allen, Secretary PO Box 105, Mortlake Vic 3272

Northern Herefords Group Inc Debbie Young, Secretary PO Box 109, Rochester, VIC 3561 M: 0417 370 385 E: strathvalley@bigpond.com

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Herefords SA Cameron Hills, Secretary PO Box 108, Goodwood SA 5034 T: 08 8210 5299 E: chills@adelaideshowground.com.au Herefords SA Southern Tyson Smith, Secretary PO Box 85, Rendelsham SA 5280 M: 0400 654 259 E: tysonsmith_21@hotmail.com

WESTERN AUSTRALIA Western Australia Herefords Association Sandra Woods, Secretary 1791 Westdale Rd, Beverley WA 6304 T: 08 9647 2029 M: 0439 964 720 E: terraneil@wn.com.au

TASMANIA Tasmanian Performance Herefords Judy Fry, Secretary 206 Plummers Rd South Forest TAS 7330 T: 03 6458 3364 M: 0418 319 689 E: jamena1@bigpond.com Herefords Australia 16 Uralla Road Locked Bag 7, Armidale NSW 2350 T: +61 2 6772 1399 - Fax: +61 2 6772 1615 Office hours: 8am to 4pm E: info@herefordsaustralia.com.au

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• Agri-Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

• Mawarra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

• Ag Wholesalers . . . . . . . . . . . 28

• Melville Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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• Akubra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

• Merawah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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• Amos Vale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

• Mountain Valley . . . . . . . . . . 25

• Austbrokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

• Neogen Australasia . . . . . . 66

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• Baking Association of Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

• Newcomen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

• BeefGen Australia . . . . . . . . 21

• Nunniong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

• Bowen Downs . . . . . . . . . . . 93

• Nutrien Ag Solutions . . . . . 15

• Braelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

• Oldfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

• Burrawang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

• Optiweigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

• Devon Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

• ProWay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

• Doodle Cooma . . . . . . . . . . 50

• Quamby Plains . . . . . . . . . . . 42

• Dubbo National Show and Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

• Rayleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

• E astern Spreaders . . . . . . . . 56 • Echnida Ag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 • Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 • Farmers Breeding Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 •G ippsland Performance Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 •G lendan Park . . . . . Back cover • Glenellerslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

• Remolea . . . . . . . . Inside front • Rosstulla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 • Rotherfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 • Stanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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• Tarwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 • Te-Angie . . . . . . . . . . . 48 & 49 • The Cattle Shop . . . . . . . . . . 92 • The Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

• Glenwarrah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

• T obruk Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

• Grant Daniel Long . . . . . . . . 67

• Truro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

• Guilford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

• Tycolah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

• Gunyah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

•V alley Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

• Hillview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

• Valma/Nova . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

• Hylands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

• Vielun Pastoral . . . . . . . . . . . 27

• Ironbark . . . Inside back cover

• Wanrua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

• Karoonda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

• Wirruna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

• Kirraweena Glenholme . . . 32

• Wodonga National Show and Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

• Kylandee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

• WRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

• Llandillo . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 & 65

• Yavenvale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

• Tarcombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

•G len Goulburn . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

•K e Warra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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Amos Vale Herefords Bull Sale - 25th July 2024

Open Day - 24th June 2024

Mark & Wendy Campion - 0428 334 626 www.amosvaleherefords.com.au

GUILFORD POLL HEREFORDS

50th Annual Bull Sale: 5th April 2024 “Guilford” Ouse TAS 45 Bulls

JS & AP Peters “Burrawang South” Forbes NSW 2871 P: 02 6864 2404 Ross Lee M: 0447 865 858

Sires Include: Yavenvale Powerhouse P499 Mawarra Star Attraction P033 Guilford Nuclear N19 Guilford Anzac P24 Guilford Patriot P23 Churchill Broadway 858F Bowen Qwade Q064 Guilford Jocular J139

Guilford Stockman S077 sire: Guilford Petroleum P24 2023 top price of $22,000 sold to Yavenvale Herefords, NSW.

Enquiries to Philip Davie 0427 871 444 - philip@guilford.com.au

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KE WARRA

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7TH ON PROPERTY SALE

Easy calving, high carcase merit sons of Wirruna Nolan N146 on offer at Wodonga 2024

Saturday 22nd June 2024 - 1pm, TYRINGHAM 26 BULLS | 6 HEIFERS Top priced bull at 2023 sale was lot 3 for $10,000 to DPI and 19/26 sold to average $5065 6/7 HEIFERS AVERAGED $2370 TO TOP AT $3850 GREG AND KAYLA TYLER - 0428 578 126 www.hillviewherefordsandtylerangus.com.au

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2024 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Visit www.herefordsaustralia.com.au for an updated listing of events JANUARY 2024 12-14 Herefords Northern NSW Youth Show 2024 27 Andtravern Beef Week open day 27 Glendan Park Beef Week open day 27 Glen Goulburn Beef Week open day 28 Tarwin Beef Week open day 29 Mawarra Beef Week open day 29 Warringa Beef Week open day 29 Newcomen Beef Week open day 29 Karoonda Beef Week open day 30 Tarcombe Beef Week open day 30 Rosstulla Beef Week open day 31 Sugarloaf Beef Week open day 31 Wirruna Beef Week open day 31 Kirraweena/Glenholme Beef Week open day 31 Doodle Cooma Beef Week open day 31 Yavenvale Beef Week open day 31 Injemira Beef Genetics open day 31 Glenellerslie Beef Week open day 31 Roseview Beef Week open day 31 Injemira Beef Week open day 31 Yavenvale Beef Week open day

Glen Innes, NSW Lancefield, Vic Kyneton, Vic Glenburn, Vic Meeniyan, Vic Longford, Vic Sarsfield, Vic Ensay Vic Gelantipy, Vic Ruffy, Vic Beechworth, Vic Towong, Vic Holbrook, NSW Cootamundra, NSW Wagga Wagga, NSW Borambola, NSW Book Book, NSW Adelong, NSW Cootamundra, NSW Book Book, NSW Borambola, NSW

FEBRUARY 2024 1 Truro Whiteface autumn pre-sale Bellata, NSW inspection day 2 Ennerdale Beef Week open day Dundonnell, Vic 3 Yarram Park Beef Week open day Willaura, Vic Macarthur, Vic 3 Emigrace Beef Week open day Bordertown, SA 3 Days Whiteface Vic Beef Week open day 3 Melville Park/Melville Beef Week Vasey, Vic open day 3 Wilkah Beef Week open day Vasey, Vic Bordertown, SA 6 Days Whiteface SA Beef Week open day 6 Allendale Beef Week open day Bordertown, SA 8 Truro Whiteface autumn sale Bellata, NSW 12 Yarram Park annual bull sale Willaura, Vic Adelong, NSW 13 Glenellerslie annual bull sale 14 Ennerdale annual bull sale Dundonnell, Vic 14 Yavenvale annual bull sale Borambola, NSW 18 Hereford National Youth Expo entries open Towong, Vic 19 Sugarloaf Creek Herefords bull sale 19 Days Whiteface annual bull sale Bordertown, SA 19 Allendale annual bull sale Bordertown, SA 20 Morganvale annual production sale Keith, SA 20 Injemira Beef Genetics Book Book, NSW annual bull sale 23 Glendan Park annual bull sale Barfold, Vic 23-25 Tasmanian Junior Beef Expo Deloraine, Tas Canberra, ACT 23-25 Royal Canberra Show

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26 Melville Park/Melville bull sale 26 Wilkah annual bull sale 29 Wirruna bull and female autumn sale

Vasey, Vic Vasey, Vic Holbrook, NSW

MARCH 2024 1 Entries close Herefords Australia National Show and Sale Dubbo 6 Tarcombe annual bull sale 6 Kirraweena Glenholme annual bull sale 9 Llandillo Beef female sale 13 Nunniong annual bull sale 13 Newcomen annual bull sale 18 Mawarra Genetics sale 19 Black Stump bull sale 19 Karoonda annual bull sale 20 WALSA Supreme bull sale 22 Wanrua Poll Herefords bull sale 22-2/4 Sydney Royal Easter Show

Ruffy, Vic Cootamundra, NSW The Lagoon, NSW Ensay, Vic Ensay, Vic Longford, Vic Blackall, Qld Gelantipy, Vic Brunswick, WA Newry, Vic Sydney, NSW

APRIL 2024 4 Quamby Plains 40th annual bull sale

Hagley, Tas

5 Guilford annual bull sale

Ouse, Tas

19 Schipps Beef online production sale

MAY 2024 3 5-11 14 15-16

Stanford annual bull sale Beef Australia 2024 Herefords Australia Breed Forum & AGM Herefords Australia National Show and Sale

Bathurst, NSW Rockhampton, Qld Wodonga, Vic Wodonga, Vic

JUNE 2024 4 14 14 22 24 24 28-30

Dubbo National Show and Sale Remolea Poll Herefords open day Tobruk production sale Hillview annual sale Battalion Beef Week open day Lotus Herefords open day HQYA Heifer Show

Dubbo, NSW Ellangowan, Qld Wagga Wagga, NSW Tyringham, NSW Dundee, NSW Glen Innes, NSW Dalby, Qld

JULY 2024 1 11-14 12 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 24 25 25

Battalion and Cara Park annual sale Herefords Australia National Youth Expo Rayleigh bull and select female sale Kidman Poll Hereford bull sale Remolea annual bull sale Merawah annual bull sale Cascade annual bull sale Bowen annual bull sale Tycolah annual bull sale Mountain Valley annual bull sale Glenwarrah annual bull sale Glen Innes annual Show and Sale Lotus annual bull sale Amos Vale annual bull sale

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Glen Innes, NSW Parkes, NSW Narrabri, NSW Dubbo, NSW Ellangowan, Qld Boggabilla, NSW Currabubula, NSW Barraba, NSW Cobbadah, NSW Coolatai, NSW Bundarra, NSW Glen Innes, NSW Glen Innes, NSW Pinkett, NSW

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The whiteface cattle that perform in the feedlots

NEW SIRES 9108G

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51st Annual

FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 2024 @ 12.30pm l Mulwarree Yards, Barraba NSW

BULL SALE 150 GENOMICALLY TESTED, SIRE VERIFIED STUD HEREFORD BULLS ADRIAN SPENCER 0429 659 766 HUGH SPENCER 0438 614 301

Email: office@ironbarkherefords.com.au l www.ironbarkherefords.com.au

This will be the best offering ever produced at Ironbark

11TH ANNUAL BULL SALE FRIDAY 23RD FEB 2024

SALE PREVIEW: SAT 27TH JAN 2024

45 rising 2 y.o. Hereford and Poll Hereford bulls Sale held in conjunction with Adameluca Angus

Alvio Trovatello: 0419 191 193

Andrew Green: 0427 400 337

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