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Jacobonia aids a return to form
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Holstein results
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Jersey results
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Red and White Holstein results
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Brown Swiss results
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McGraw honoured with Bette Hall award
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Cherrylock hits the spots at IDW
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Youth Day results
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Guernsey results
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Honouring Laurie Wells
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Sundae gives the show ring a good shake
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Breed Society News: Guernsey
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Youth camp inspires next generation
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Matt Templeton awaits judging in the IDW ring with Avonlea Reginald Jacobonia.
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here are many ways to describe a good show. For Matt and Nicola Templeton, taking out grand champion cow with Avonlea Reginald Jacobonia is certainly one of them. Add to that a second place in Holstein senior 2 class and first place win and best udder in the intermediate red and white show with Cairnsdale Absolute Red Delight — Red, a class win and honourable mention in senior 3 with Coomboona Pety Satin, a third place in a strong senior
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Holstein milk class with Burn — Brae Samuelo Peachy and a class win and best udder in the senior jersey class with Adadale Tequila Primrose 7 and you would have to agree with Matt when he says it was a ‘pretty awesome’ result. “Everything just came together this year for us,” Matt said. Success for the couple has come off the back of a pretty tough year that saw Matt receive some intensive treatment for cancer; his beloved cows were always a huge driver for recovery.
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“I would think about Jacobonia and Satin and even though we don’t make a great living out of them, they are definitely a driver to get me out of bed every day,” Matt said. Unable to show at IDW last year due to sickness, Matt was walking around the sheds looking at cows when he came across Jacobonia in the Avonlea string. “I saw her standing there and I couldn’t stop thinking about her. I rang John to see if he would sell and he came back to me a day later and said yes,” Matt said.
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IDW’s Grand Champion Cow for 2020 is Avonlea Reginald Jacoboina owned by the Templeton family from Tarwin.
“I have some nice young cows coming through and even though it is great to buy some good cow in, I am looking forward to breeding my own and seeing where that will take us.”
Matt said Jacobonia hasn’t skipped a beat since. “Jacobonia is a great cow to work with — she has such balance and dairy quality and she is no fuss. She is one of those cows that looks good but also pays her way and she even runs with the other cows in the herd some of the time.” Holstein judge Brent Walker said Jacobonia was one of those good cows the world was trying to breed. “She certainly fits the new mould. You don’t need a great big tall cow, width is where it matters, and great feet and legs to walk to the dairy and she was just it for me,” Brent said. Matt said he bought Pety Satin from the Coomboona dispersal sale 18 months ago. “She is a cow with a very bright future. Her frame and the way she is made are faultless and I don’t think I have ever had a young cow as good as her before,” he said. Matt said he showed the aged cow Samuelo Peachy for his parents — a cow purchased from the Mackie brothers at Meeniyan. “Dad is always giving me a hard time about showing but he secretly likes it and for her to stand third in a strong mature class was a great achievement,” he said.
“Peachy was also a favourite standing in the stalls when people came to look at our line, everyone was commenting on how much they liked her.” Matt said the success with Primrose 7 was a great thrill for the Paulger family (Nicola’s maiden name) because Nicola bought the cow down to Victoria from her family home in Queensland. Absolute Red Delight is owned in partnership with Stuart Menzies. “Stuart and I have owned and bred cattle together for the past 12 years and for her to stand first place red and white intermediate was great.” Matt laughs as he says he will try and do it all again next year. “I have some nice young cows coming through and even though it is great to buy some good cow in, I am looking forward to breeding my own and seeing where that will take us.” Matt has his fingers crossed the string is pregnant but if not, he might leave Jacobonia and flush her. “We have a few cows calving at the moment that haven’t been shown before and hopefully they will find their way to the Winter Fair.”
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HOLSTEIN RESULTS JUNIOR CHAMPION: Cherrylock Chassitys Innocence Cherrylock Cattle Co, Tallygaroopna, Vic. Sire: Val Bisson Doorman-ET, dam Ms Chassity Atwood 57814 ET.
Strong showing for Elmar
RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION: Cherrylock BH Apple Cider-RED Sun Vale Holsteins, G Hargraves, D and M Schirm and F and D Borba, Cashmore, Vic. Sire: Cycle McGucci Jordy-RED, dam Bluechip EV Shesawesome Apple ET-Red. HONOURABLE MENTION: Rusty Red Jordy George-RED, Judson Jennings, Chapple Vale, Vic. Sire: Cycle McGucci Jordy-RED, dam Rusty Red Liner Georgie-RED. INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Elmar Solomon Jessica 5-ET, Elmar Holsteins, Leitchville, Vic. Sire: Walnutlawn Solomon-ET, Elmar Goldwyn Jessica 11-ET. RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Lightning Ridge Beemer CamillaIMP-ET, Busybrook Holsteins, P Smit and G Fullerton, New Zealand. Sire: Pol Butte MC Beemer-ET, dam Buttleview Door Camilla-ET HONOURABLE MENTION: Coomboona Pety Satin, B, J, M and N Templeton, Tarwin, Vic. CHAMPION COW: Avonlea Reginald Jacobonia B, J, M and N Templeton, Tarwin, Vic. Sire: Siemers Mogul Pety, Coomboona Super Satin. IDW INTERMEDIATE INTERBREED CHAMPION Elmar Solomon Jessica 5-ET. INTERMEDIATE BEST UDDER: Lightning Ridge Beemer Camilla-IMP-ET. CHAMPION HOLSTEIN COW: Avonlea Reginald Jacobonia, B, J, M and N Templeton, Tarwin, Vic. Sire: Regancrest Reginald, dam Avonlea Ignite Jacobina. RESERVE CHAMPION: Avonlea-YF Windbrook Cinnamon-ET, Cinnamin Partners, Blighty, NSW. Sire: Gilette Windbrook-ET, dam Linsand Aspen Cinnamin-ET. HONOURABLE MENTION: Arrowlea Atwood Candy-ET Maxmount & Smethurst Park Holsteins, Poowong North, Vic. Sire: Maple Downs -I-G W Atwood-ET, dam Strongbark Jasper Candy 2nd-ET.
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teve and Deanne Hore (pictured with son Brady) were delighted with Elmar S Solomon Jessica 5-ET champion and interbreed champion win.
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t was another great Holstein show for the Elmar team from Leitchville. There is always great interest surrounding the famed Jessica family and two-year-old in milk Elmar Solomon Jessica 5 VG87 certainly didn’t disappoint, taking out a class and best udder win and going on to hit the big time with an intermediate Holstein champion win and IDW GRAND CHAMPION HOLSTEIN SHOW 2020: Avonlea Reginald Jacobonia. SENIOR BEST UDDER: Mario Park Atwood Midas-ET MD and JE Polson, Oxley Island, NSW. CLASS 20 PEN OF THREE FEMALES: Templeton Family, Tarwin, Vic. EXHIBITOR ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: Wishart Family. PREMIER SIRE HOLSTEIN SHOW: Walnutlawn Solomon – Semex. PREMIER BREEDER: JH and CJ Gardiner, Cardinia, Vic. PREMIER EXHIBITOR: Gorbro Holsteins, Cohuna, Vic. AUSTRALIA’S GRAND CHAMPION 2020: Avonlea Reginald Jacobonia B, J, M and N Templeton, Tarwin, Vic.
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intermediate interbreed win. The two-year-old in milk class was once again a strong line-up and the team was delighted when Elmar Crush Lulu-ET placed second. Steve and Deanne Hore said the twoyear old class was always strong and it was great to go one and two and even better to see their boys Marty and Brady standing side by side in the ring. “Jessica five is probably one of the most correct young cows we have ever bred,” Steve said. “She is more developed than her mother Jessica 11, who was Grand Champion cow and supreme Holstein at IDW in 2018.” Steve said it was also great to have a win with a cow they hadn’t shown before. “There is always a sense of expectation when we show the Jessica family because there is always a lot of interest in the line and it was great to see Jessica 5 go well this year,” Deanne said. Elmar also took home a third in senior three-year-old in milk with Kaarmona Goldwyn Marigold 12 VG88, a sixth in four-year-old with Elmar Firstclass Jessica VG87, a fifth in five-year-old class with Elmar Goldendream Serenade EX91 1E, a third in pen of three females and third in two daughters of the same dam (Jessica 11).
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Windy Ways Galaxies Dawn 7- the grand champion jersey and reserve interbreed champion for 2020.
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indy Ways Galaxies Dawn 7 has an unbeatable record at IDW. She won junior 2 in 2018, intermediate Jersey champion 2019 and grand champion Jersey and reserve interbreed in 2020 — she has never been beaten in her class. Part-owner Frank Walsh from Windy Ways Tongala said he has grown to expect the four-year old to perform in the ring. “She stood up well in the ring again this year and if we can keep getting her back to IDW, I think she can keep
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winning — she just gets better and better each year.” Frank laughed. There is no denying Dawn has had a good year in the ring, taking out champion cow and interbreed champion at Sydney. She is also doing well in the herd with current production sitting about 30 litres, making her one of the top-producing cows in the herd. Currently classified EX 93, up from EX90, Frank said she was a special cow that has stood out from the start. A chrome heifer calf she had last year is looking like following in her footsteps, with
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Frank saying she is a standout amongst the 100 calves. Frank purchased the foundation cow of the Dawn family 20 years ago. The greatgrandmother to Dawn 7 was purchased for $1400 and went on to produce 496 kgs of butterfat in a 296-day lactation — a trait she has passed on down the generations. Frank said the win did bring a few tears to his eyes and has given him the inspiration to keep going for a few years longer. “My grandson Mitchell is doing a great job and the farm is in pretty good hands.”
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Campbells finish up on a high W
hen Trevor and Julie Campbell decided to sell their Jimann Jersey herd it was the culmination of 53 years of breeding. While it was time for the couple to move on from the dairy industry and enjoy a much-deserved retirement, there were two cows they couldn’t quite part with. One of them was IDW’s intermediate Jersey champion, best udder and interbreed reserve champion Jimann Tequila Maree. It has been a great year for the senior three-year-old in milk, winning intermediate champion at Rochester and the northern Victorian On-Farm Challenge, coming third overall in the state final. Maree spent six weeks with Brad and Jess Gavenlock in preparation for the show — Brad said she was just one of those cows that found that extra 10 per cent on show day and looked amazing. Trevor and Julie were happy with a class win, excited by a champion win and
ecstatic with a reserve interbreed. “The win feels like a pinnacle,” Julie said. “There were two things we always wanted to achieve, a win in the Great Southern Challenge and an IDW broad ribbon and now we have done both — we just thought a class ribbon was a great achievement.” Trevor said that when they sold their herd, Maree was just too good to get lost in the system. He can remember buying the foundation cows of the Jimann herd when he was a 16-year-old kid. “I bought 11 yearlings for $60 in the late 1960s,” Trevor said. Julie added that it must have been a lot of money back then because they were still paying the loan off when they got married a few years later. “Mandy 3 was a cow that lived to 22 years old — she was a 90-point cow back in 1974 and a lot of good cows descend from her,” Trevor said.
Trevor and Julie Campbell (left) with intermediate champion and interbreed reserve champion Jimann Tequila Maree, led by Murray Polson.
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JERSEY RESULTS JUNIOR CHAMPION: Philmar FC Upto Mischief, Andy Cullen, Cohuna, Vic. Sire: Sunset Canyon Andreas, dam Riverside Tequila Miss. Reserve Junior Champion: Rivendell Victorious Valana, Hayley Menzies, Worrigee, NSW. Sire: Rapid Bay Black apple, dam Rivendell Getaway Vera. Honourable Mention: Halscott Oliver P Vogue, J Lindsay and L Witte, Huntingdon, NSW. Sire: Dutch Hollow Oliver P, dam Parrabel Excitation Vogue. INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Jimann Tequila Maree, TJ and JH Campbell, Rochester, Vic. Sire: Tower Vue Prime Tequila, dam Jimann Spiritual Maree. Reserve Intermediate: Champion Bushlea Viral Iris, Shae Tweddle, SA. Sire: Bushlea pn Viral, dam Bushlea Brac Iris. Honourable Mention: Brookbora Love Lies 735, Jayke and Bec Fisher, Girgarre, Vic. Sire: Cairnbrae Bontino, dam Brookbora Love Lies 675. CHAMPION COW: Windy Ways Galaxies Dawn 7, Cherrylock Cattle Co and Windy Ways Jersey, Tallygaroopna, Vic. Sire: Galaxies Celebrity, dam Windy ways headline Dawn. Reserve Champion Cow: Brookbora Love Lies 678 Brookbora, Aspire, Parrabel and Rockstar, Tennyson, Vic. Sire: Pannoo Abe Vanahlem, dam Brookbora Love lies 607. Honourable Mention: Salvation Black Ginger Gorbro Holsteins, C Allen, C Couch, A McRae, Cohuna, Vic. Sire: Lencrest Blackstone, dam Rivenside Rumours Ginger. GRAND CHAMPION JERSEY EXHIBIT: Windy Ways Galaxies Dawn 7 Cherrylock Cattle Co and Windy Ways Jersey, Tallygaroopna, Vic. Best Udder: Brookbora Love Lies 678 Brookbora. Pen of Three: Geoff and Natalie Akers, Tallygaroopna, Vic. Exhibitor Encouragement Award: Leo McGrath, Koroit, Vic. Best Sire: Tower Vue Prime Tequila — Agri-Gene.
(L-R) Honourable mention Halscott Oliver P Vogue led by Brad Gavenlock, reserve junior champion Rivendell Victorious Valana led by Hayley Menzies and junior champion Philmar FC Upto Mischief led by Andy Cullen with judge Chris Hill.
indy Ways Galaxies Dawn 7 with judge Chris Hill (left) W and owners Brad and Jess Gavenlock and Frank Walsh.
Premier Breeder: Brookbora Jerseys. Premier Exhibitor: Brookbora Jerseys.
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Georgie wasn’t very rusty in the ring
RED AND WHITE HOLSTEIN RESULTS JUNIOR CHAMPION: Cherrylock BH Apple Cider-RED, Sun Vale Holsteins, G Hargraves, D and M Schirm and F and D Borba, Cashmore, Vic. RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION: Rusty Red Jordy George-RED, Judson Jennings, Chapple Vale, Vic. HONOURABLE MENTION: Lightning Ridge Avalanche Lotto-ETREDD, Patten and F and D Borba, Sale, Vic. INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Cairnsdale Absolute Red DelightRED, Menzies Farms and M and N Templeton, Tarwin, Vic. RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Bluechip EV Shesaawesome Apple-ET-REDCherrylock Cattle Co, Tallygaroopna, Vic. HONOURABLE MENTION: 345, Ricky Nelson, Irrewillipe, Vic. CHAMPION COW: Rusty Red Liner Georgie-RED, Judson Jennings, Chapple Vale, Vic. RESERVE CHAMPION COW: Mitch Chipper Beauty-IMP-ET-RED, Mitch Holsteins and TPM, Bamawm, Vic. HONOURABLE MENTION: Rusty Red Barbie Georgie-RED, Sun Vale and Rusty Red Holsteins, Cashmore, Vic. DW GRAND CHAMPION: Rusty Red Liner Georgie-RED, Judson Jennings, Chapple Vale, Vic. BEST UDDER: Mitch Chipper Beauty-Imp-Et-Red, Mitch Holsteins and TPM, Bamawm, Vic. Premier Sire: Cycle Jordy Red – Stgenetics.
Red and White Holstein junior heifer line up.
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UDSON Jennings from Chapple Vale can’t ask too much more of Rusty Red Liner Georgie-RED — his best
cow. Not only has she given him six, sexedsemen calves, the seven-year old is now champion red and white and grand champion red and white for 2020. A fitting way to end her show career and enter retirement. The fact she didn’t make it to IDW last year because she had been sick with mastitis made her return even more special. “I didn’t think I would get her quarter back,” Judson said. Rusty Red has always held her own standing top 10 amongst the black and whites — this is the first time she has shown in a red and white show. “The judge said he loved her frame and openness “She is a friendly giant but very bossy as the people who worked with her at the show found out. She likes to give you a head butt every now and then if you get too close to her,” he said. Judson said he can’t fault his best cow
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who just keeps getting in calf year after year. “I am unsure of the plans for her future, but I am over the moon with how she went this year. I will retire the old girl now; she deserves a rest. She is in calf to sexed Unstoppable and I can’t believe how she holds to sexed semen first go.” Rusty Red had two daughters at the show — Reserve Junior Champion Red and White Rusty Red Jordy George-RED who went on to receive Honourable Mention in the Holstein class. Jordy George is owned in partnership with Mal Nikora. “She placed first in her class overall against the black and whites and we were very happy with that.” Two-year-old Rusty Red Diamond Becky-ET-RED, owned by Ricky Nelson, Zac Anderson and Judson, was honourable mention intermediate red and white champion. “It was a really good red and white show this year. Entries and quality were up, and I think anyone would be happy to take home any of the cows on show this year and milk them in their herds.”
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Rusty Red Liner Georgie-Red.
Holstein judge Brent Walker with owner Judson Jennings and Erin Kliesterlee with senior champion Red and White Holstein Rusty Red Liner Georgie-Red.
Absolutely... SHE IS A JESSICA Absolutely
Elmar Solomon
Jessica
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1st 2 Yrs in Milk & Best Udder in Class, Intermediate Champion Holstein &
Intermediate Interbreed Champion IDW 2020
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Elmar Firstclass Jessica VG87 6th 4 Year Old in Milk IDW 2020
Elmar Crush Lulu GP83 2nd 2 Yrs in Milk IDW 2020
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Kaarmona Goldwyn Marigold 12 VG88 3rd Senior 3 in Milk IDW 2020
Elmar Goldendream Serenade EX91 1E 5th 5 Year old in Milk IDW 2020
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showing what it takes It was a clean sweep for the Tandara Brown Swiss team. Ben Govett (left), Jenn Charlton and judge Kevin Ziemba.
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t doesn’t matter how many times you attend Dairy Week and it doesn’t matter how much success you have had previously, there are always nerves — even when you are Ben Govett from Tandara Brown Swiss. Ben is no stranger to IDW success amongst the breed, having won grand champion cow six years in a row, but this year with his mature cow team, he says for some reason he was unusually nervous. “I don’t know why but leading up to this show I was the least confident I have felt in a while,” Ben said. Not that he should have worried — Tandara owned or bred animals featured in the top three in every class except for
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honourable mention junior champion. Ben said he was particularly pleased with Tandara Etvei Heidi 217 winning grand champion Brown Swiss exhibit — this was the 10th show for the IDW veteran and her first grand champion win. In her nine previous IDW shows, she had never placed lower than second in her class and she had gone on to win reserve intermediate champion, reserve champion and best udder of show. Heidi is in her seventh lactation and has produced more than 70,000 litres of milk. “As far as a milking cow goes, she has been trouble-free, having only every had mastitis and foot rot once in her life — she is a super dairy cow, trouble-free and has a pretty good udder,” Ben said.
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It has taken 10 shows but finally Tandara Etvei Heidi was crowned champion Brown Swiss exhibit. Ben is pictured with partner Michaela Shrimpton and son Cooper.
Two days before the show she was also announced as the Victorian winner of the On-Farm Challenge by judge Brian Leslie. “Heidi has been reserve champion a few times so it was really great for her to win after 10 years,” Ben said. Ben said Heidi’s only fault was her distaste for the wash bay. “She doesn’t love the show life like the other cows, I think she prefers life on the farm,” Ben laughed. Judge Kevin Ziemba said he could have given the senior champion ribbon to any one of the three great cows — Etvei Heidi 217, Mobby Sarajevo 101 or Miss Payssli Lola. “I was proud of the fact we presented such a strong line,” Ben said.
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A lady of love
BROWN SWISS RESULTS JUNIOR CHAMPION: Tandara Superstar Sarajevo 146, Drop Bear Syndicate, Tallygaroopna, Vic. Sire: Superbrown Kiba Superstar, Dam Tandara Paray Sarajevo 120. RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION: Tandara Bender Lotus 3-TWIN, Tandara Brown Swiss, Bacon and Leppart, Dingee, Vic. Sire: P. Livello Bive Pays BenderET, dam Miss Payssli Lola. HONOURABLE MENTION JUNIOR CHAMPION: Bridge View Lola, Damien Doecke, Woods Point, SA. Sire: Jobo Wonder Bosephus, Mountain View Lola 8. INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Tandara Vivid Lunda 260, Tandara Brown Swiss, Dingee, Vic. Sire: Superbrown Vivid, dam Tandara Dever Vivid Luna 216.
Damien Doecke with honourable mention Bridge View Lola or Lady Lola as she is affectionately known.
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here is always a story behind every cow at International Dairy Week, including Brown Swiss Bridge View
Lola. The 23-month-old heifer was the only animal to win a broad ribbon in the Brown Swiss show that was not Tandara Brown Swiss owned or bred. Bridge View Lola, owned by Damien Doecke and fiancé Candice Kole from Woods Point, South Australia, was named honourable mention junior champion. “We call her Lady Lola, and my fiancé and I have had a lot of fun with her,” Damien said. Lady Lola won class 4 — dry heifer born 1/1/18–30/06/18. “We are thrilled with her class win and honourable mention because we didn’t have any huge expectations for her,” Damien said. “The judge described her as a strong powerful heifer and that is exactly what she is, although she might have been a little too fat at IDW,” he laughed. Her weight issue might come from the fact she spends her days in and around the house garden as a family pet. Having said that, Lady Lola did place fourth in the interbreed show at Royal Adelaide last year. “Hopefully she will have a good future ahead of her and I can’t wait to see what happens once she calves — I am not sure if she will end up in the dairy though, Candice seems to think she might stay with us and get milked as a house cow,” Damien said. The Doecke family are no strangers to showing success with their Springvale Illawarra stud (Springvale Pride 29 is the 2020 reserve champion Illawarra) but considering they only have six Brown Swiss amongst their 300 Illawarras, Lady Lola’s
success is even more special. Lady Lola is the daughter of a cow the family purchased from Robbie Raddle from Mountainview Brown Swiss. “We were buying some Illawarras and ended up with a few Brown Swiss, one of which is Lady Lola’s mum,” Damien said. “We have had a lot of Illawarra breeders hang it on us with Lady Lola, but she really has been a lot of fun for us. She has been a great way for Candice, who is not from a farming background, to find her way in the dairy industry and she did a lot of the work clipping and preparing her for IDW.” Candice moved to the farm two years ago where she first met Lady Lola as a calf. “I fell in love with her straight away and my first thought was she’s so pretty; as I’m a hairdresser that’s what came to mind,” Candice said. Candice said Lady Lola has always been treated like a pet. “We developed a bond where we play chasey around the chicken pen and became best friends — meeting Lola has opened me to love this breed and now the passion to grow,” she said. Candice spent five months disciplining Lola to learn to lead, along with herself as she was a complete beginner — Lady Lola might have been the only Brown Swiss at her first show at Adelaide, but Candice said she led her with love. A fourth intermediate placing gave the couple the inspiration to take Lady Lola to IDW. “We didn’t know what to expect at IDW, but we are extremely happy with her result — we must give credit to Damien’s father Warren Doecke for helping with the breeding and genetics on the farm,” Candice said.
RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Tandara Biver Sarajevo 125, Tandara Brown Swiss, Dingee, Vic. Sire: Scherma Blooming Biver, dam Tandara Huray Sarajevo 79. HONOURABLE MENTION: Tandara Cartel Sarajevo 129, Tandara Brown Swiss and D Bacon, Dingee, Vic. Sire: Victory Acres Genom Cartel, dam Tandara Poster Sarajevo 104. CHAMPION COW: Tandara Etvei Heidi 217, Tandara Brown Swiss, Dingee, Vic. Sire: Etvei, dam Tandara Aim Heidi 190. RESERVE CHAMPION COW: Tandara Mobby Sarajevo 101, Tandara Brown Swiss and M Dennis, Dingee, Vic. Sire: Superbrown Mobby -TM, dam Tandra Simvitel Sarjevo 44. HONOURABLE MENTION: Miss Payssli Lola, Tandara Brown Swiss, Dingee, Vic. Sire: Payssli, dam Mountain View Lola 2. IDW GRAND CHAMPION BROWN SWISS EXHIBIT: Tandara Etvei Heidi 217, Tandara Brown Swiss, Dingee, Vic. BEST UDDER: Miss Payssli Lola. PEN OF THREE: Tandara Brown Swiss. Exhibitor Encouragement Award: Simpson Family, Denilliquin. PREMIER SIRE AWARD BROWN SWISS SHOW: Superbrown Vivid — Genetics Australia. PREMIER BREEDER: Tandara Brown Swiss, Dingee, Vic. PREMIER EXHIBITOR: Tandara Brown Swiss, Dingee, Vic.
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Grand Champion Ayrshire Hillcrest Ambush Bangle.
Bangle’s road to success G
reg and Kim Wilson only purchased Hillcrest Ambush Bangle in October 2019, but the Ayrshire has already had a pretty busy schedule. Travelling from Queensland down to her new home at Irrewillipe in south-west Victoria, across to Tallygaroopna for preparations for IDW, to Tatura and then back home again — all within four months. The travel has all been worth it after the seven-year-old Ayrshire won her in milk class, best udder, champion cow and grand champion Ayrshire exhibit. Greg said it had always been a family dream to own a cow from the famed Bangle family after his dad and brother saw Rockvale Conn Bangle win supreme champion exhibit at IDW in 2013. “Conn Bangle is the grandmother of Ambush Bangle and that is the reason we bid on her at the Hillcrest dispersal sale,”
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Greg said. The family also bought a Bangle yearling and another older cow from Hillcrest, bringing their Ayrshire grand total to four, amongst 1000 Holstein and cross-bred cows. There are firm plans of increasing Ayrshire numbers and after flushing Bangle and receiving seven eggs, they are well on the way. Greg said buying Bangle and trucking her down to Victoria did come with some risks, but they all went unfounded. “We really didn’t know how Bangle would go but she hit the ground running and integrated into the herd with no worries at all,” he said. Shortly after, she entered the Western District Ayrshire Cattle Club on-farm challenge, which she won, and went on to win champion cow.
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“I asked a couple of people if they thought she could go to IDW,” Greg said. “Brad from Cherrylock Cattle Co came down and had a look at her and he thought she had potential, so we sent her up to him in December.” Greg said Ambush Bangle was a great cow with qualities you would like in any cow breed. “She walks well and in a herd of 1000, that’s essential. She has good capacity, is a long cow and is all dairy, she is real quality.” Greg and Kim made the trip up to watch her in the ring on the Tuesday and returned to see her perform again in the interbreed on Thursday. “She looked really good on Tuesday and even thought I thought she had no chance on the Thursday in interbreed, it was magnificent to see her out there and she really held her own.”
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AYRSHIRE RESULTS JUNIOR CHAMPION: Parkville Rockstar Lorna-ET, James Dillon, Ruby, Vic. Sire: Kamouraska Rockstar, dam Rockvale Burdette Lorna 2. RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION: Mayfield Farms Vicking Showcase, Vicki and Paul Timbs, Jaspers Brush, NSW. Sire: De La Plaine Vicking, dam Mayfield Farms Potter Showcase.
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he crowning of champion intermediate Ayrshire Hillcrest Jumper Lorette VG88 might have come as a surprise in some ways for Boldview Farms Scott Braendler after purchasing the three-year old from the Hillcrest dispersal sale in Queensland last October. Scott said Lorette was well grown for her age, had an awesome udder and was correct all the way through; he needn’t have worried about her depth of body for age in comparison to her size (which he thought could have been an issue) — judge Francois Beaudry thought she ticked all the boxes. Boldview paid a breed-high price of $21,000 for Lorette after missing out on her dam Hillcrest Hammer Lorette, EX 92, 4E in the Hillcrest sale. “We love the udder and all roundness of this family, which was a real push for us to get some of these characteristics into our herd,” Scott said. Scott said that to have a win in such a strong show was fantastic and in his role as Ayrshire president, he was extremely
HONOURABLE MENTION JUNIOR CHAMPION: Geelunga Burdette Dea Geelunga Ayrshires, Echunga, SA. Sire: Palmyra tri Star Burdette, Grand-View Bbbk Dreamer. INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Hillcrest Jumper Lorette 2nd, Boldview Farms, Kalangadoo, SA. Sire: Lessard Jumper, dam Hillcrest Hammer Lorette.
proud of the show that exhibitors put together for feature breed this year. He praised all exhibitors, including those from NSW and northern Victoria who have been experiencing one of the toughest seasons on record, and yet still managed to send quality cattle to the show. “Exhibitors made a special effort to get their best cows to Tatura and it was a big show full of quality cows,” he said. “It was great to have the Ayrshire World Conference come to Australia and see such a strong line-up of cattle — everybody was blown away by the quality and there has been no negative feedback at all.” Scott said the Ayrshire breed was gaining popularity and a show as outstanding as this year’s IDW was a credit to the breed. He said the sale was also well supported, with top-priced Geelunga Burdette Dea selling for $10,000.00. The 20 sale lots averaged a record $4437.50 while embryo lots found their way to countries all over the world.
“It was great to have the Ayrshire World Conference come to Australia and see such a strong line-up of cattle — everybody was blown away by the quality and there has been no negative feedback at all.
RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Paschendaele Forever Gigi-IMP-ET Eagles Partnership, Gooloogong, NSW. Sire: Forever Schoon Predator, dam Palmyra Ragimore Evb Gigi. HONOURABLE MENTION INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Regal Park Model Solax, D and S Mayo and family, Gerringong, NSW. Sire: Terrace bank Free Beer, dam Regal Park Solax. CHAMPION COW: Hillcrest Ambush Bangle, Greg and Kim Wilson, Irrewillipe, Vic. RESERVE CHAMPION COW: Rockvale Burdette Olga, SN Cole and RL Byrne, Wagga Wagga, NSW. HONOURABLE MENTION: Regal Park Model Solax, D and S Mayo and family, Gerringong, NSW. IDW GRAND CHAMPION AYRSHIRE EXHIBIT: Hillcrest Ambush Bangle, Greg and Kim Wilson, Irrewillipe, Vic. BEST UDDER: Hillcrest Ambush Bangle, Greg and Kim Wilson, Irrewillipe, Vic. PEN OF THREE: Munden Farms, Nilma North, Vic. Exhibitor Encouragement Award: The Cole family, Wagga Wagga, NSW. PREMIER SIRE: Palmyra Tri Star Burdette – World Wide Sires. PREMIER BREEDER: Kevin Smith, Hillcrest Ayrshires, QLD. PREMIER EXHIBITOR: Scott and Cheryl Braendler, Boldview Farms, South Australia.
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// SIRE REPORT WORLD WIDE SIRES XXXX
Whether you are looking for polled, red, Holstein or color breed genetics, WWS Australia has you covered! 7 HO14645 EUSTICE-PP is a Homozygous polled GForce sire who offers a desirable combination of Production and Type at +293 BPI. This A2A2 7HO13939 STARR-P son will transmit high levels of milk and protein while improving type and udders at +1395 PTAM, +0.07 per cent Protein, +2.24 PTAT and +2.34 UDC. He also excels as a calving ease sire (6.4 per cent SCE) that transmits longevity (+4.3 PL). From the Larcrest “C” family, the dam of EUSTICE-PP is a maternal sister to 14HO13973 DICTATE PP. A descendant of Apple herself, 7HO15023 ANALYST-RED is the ultimate improver! Sired by Unstopabull and out of Milksource Byway Affection (EX-90), ANALYST-RED will correct rumps, improve udders (+3.25 UDC) and sire the showwinning kind (+3.89 PTAT). According to Michael Heath (USA), he is “quite possibly the hottest new young red bull in the world.” A Unix son from the renowned 7HO11477 MCCUTCHEN daughter, Walnutlawn McCutchen Summer (EX-94), 7HO14920 SELECT is an exciting GForce sire for type enthusiasts (+4.01 PTAT, +3.59 UDC). You can use him in the heifer pen with confidence (6.3 per cent SCE) and he excels for components at +0.17 per cent Fat and +0.04 per cent Protein. His daughters will be capacious, long-lasting cows that excel for udder health at +1.5 PL, 2.77 SCS and +1.6 Mastitis. Additionally, he is a brother to the popular Crush son, 250HO14503 SUBBAN. Elite type, production and sire fertility can be expected from 250HO14579 HANCOCK. This 250HO12961 DOC son is the only sire in the WWS line-up above +4.00 PTAT and +1400 Milk. He improves milk and component yields while transmitting beautiful udders at +1492 PTAM, +0.05 per cent Fat, +0.02 per cent Protein and +3.56 UDC. Backed by 10 generations of Very Good and Excellent dams from the Cookiecutter “H” family, HANCOCK will create the next generation of value added pregnancies with +1.1 SCR. The perfect combination of production, functional type and desired health traits with +367 BPI can be expected from
14HO14828 MORTON. A son of 7HO12940 BUBBA, from a Spring dam, MORTON is an A2A2 sire that will appeal to all milk markets (+1517 PTAM, +131 CFP). In addition, he is an easy calving sire (6.8 per cent SCE) that improves longevity, fertility and udder health at +6.6 PL, +2.4 FI, 2.76 SCS. With +$985 DWP$, he is sure to increase producer profitability. Colour Breed Enthusiasts For the Jersey enthusiasts looking for an exciting flush option, 7JE01528 DISCO is a high component Kappa Casein BB sire who excels as an udder specialist with an impressive +36.00 JUI index. He is expected to transmit average frames with shallow, well-attached udders and sire daughters who breed back efficiently (+1.4 DPR). Additionally, he creates pregnancies with a positive SCR. If you’re a Brown Swiss breeder dreaming of blue ribbons and purple banners, check out 7BS00905 RAMPAGE! This elite Type sire (+1.10 PTAT) sire is backed by four All-American and six Excellent dams! With +2.4 SCR, he promises to create value added
pregnancies. At +200 PPR and +1.20 PTAT, 7BS00914 SKYHIGH boasts a unique combination of elite index and type. He transmits high milk yield from beautiful udders with +1548 PTAM and +1.33 UDC and his daughters will be upstanding, balanced cows that last (+1.8 PL). Backed by eight generations of Very Good and Excellent dams, SKYHIGH hails from the renowned Pot-Luck SB Butterfly EX-94, the 2007 All-American Aged Cow. Sired by 7 gU00471 RANDALL and backed by a show-winning dam, Marodore Boomers Valium (EX-94), 6GU00113 VENGEANCE transmits exceptional type and beautiful udders at +1.40 PTAT and +0.80 UDC. You can count on him to breed long-lasting, functionally correct daughters (+1.9 PL). 14AY00126 ROANOKE is backed by a pedigree of show-winners! Sired by 7AY00087 POWER out of an EX-90 Alaska dam from the 2-time Grand Champion at World Dairy Expo Palmyra Berkely P RuthET, it is no surprise that ROANOKE is a Type specialist at +1.20 PTAT.
7HO11477 MCCUTCHEN daughter, Walnutlawn McCutchen Summer (EX-94).
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// SIRE REPORT XXXX GENETICS AUSTRALIA
There are three exciting new additions to the Genetics Australia line-up courtesy of our friends from World Wide Sires.
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HO14501 — ODC Parison EDISON is an A22 Parison son from a 90-point Delta daughter. EDISON is a great option for improving milk flow at over 2000lbs! Along with this are nice yields of fat and protein with break even percentages. EDISON sires quality udders with attachments and depth being standout features. EDISON ticks all the fertility boxes — over 2 points DPR and 1.7 SCR! To round things out, he has a calving ease rating of 5.6 combined with shorter gestation length. Genetics Australia’s Marketing Assistant, Kelsie Hore commented, “rarely do you see a bull that can transmit such strong udders and still rate highly for the important fertility and calving traits”.
Big Deal MGGD Bacon-Hill Suprise Mindy.
The Welcome P family has produced another superior young sire in the form of 7HO14742 — PABLO. PABLO excels for udders with a Composite of 3.07! He is off the scale for Udder Depth and Fore Attachment and Rear udders are as high and wide as you can make them. Not only that, but PABLO solves your fertility problems with a fertility Index of 4.0 and DPR of 4.3. Good ratings for calving ease coupled with shorter gestation add to PABLO’s versatility. 14HO14894 — BIG DEAL is a bull that straddles both the US and the Australian systems. BIG DEAL has a BPI of 393 with balanced production and great health and fertility traits on the Australian system. His US numbers have BIGDEAL at over 900 Net Merit and 2748 gTPI. This A22 sire transmits solid type with fore and rear udder attachments a feature. His US numbers for fertility reflect the Australian result with a Fertility Index of 3.3. Kelsie Hore adds, “BIG DEAL is a super production option and his good ratings for health and wellness traits make him an easy choice for those looking for profitable genetics”. Semen will be available for Autumn joining. Contact your Genetics Australia representative for more information.
Pablo Dam, Welcome Heinsenberg Polo.
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Zoe and Tony Hayes (left) from Llandovery Illawarra celebrate Llandovery Guses Freda junior champion and interbreed win with reserve interbreed Jersey Philmar FC Upto Mischief, Andy Cullen.
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nternational Dairy Week just got better and better for Illawarra Llandovery Guses Freda. Owned by the Hayes family from Girgarre, she was good enough to win Illawarra junior champion on Tuesday and then turn around on Thursday and take out interbreed junior champion. It was Freda’s first show and while the family thought she looked handy; they had no idea she would do so well. “As the week progressed, she just got better and better and as she settled into the show, she looked the best she ever has,” Zoe said. Zoe said on the day of interbreed judging she got someone to ring her dad who was home working on the farm. “I thought maybe Freda had a shot at reserve and I wanted dad to be there, but when we won champion interbreed it was very exciting. That was the first time we had ever had an interbreed win,” Zoe said. Zoe said Freda doesn’t come from one of their more typical show families but rather an old foundation family. “Freda’s mum placed third in her class as a heifer, but we sold her, and she went to Queensland. Freda has those modern dairy characteristics that everyone is looking
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for — she is dairy right through but still has the strength to make up a very good cow.” Zoe said it is exciting for the breed in general to see an Illawarra animal compete so well in the ring and win top spot. Reserve junior champion Llandovery Foremans Betty is another new member of the show team the Hayes family are looking forward to working with. “She has had two class wins at IDW and it was good for her to win reserve,” she said. Reserve Intermediate Champion Llandovery Foremans Betty is owned by the Hayes family and their worker Charlie Lloyd. “It was great for him as an up-andcoming young breeder to have some show success and it was exciting for us.” Zoe said IDW 2020 was full of ups and downs — cows they thought would perform might not have done so well while others did. “It was a show of mixed emotions but overall we are happy with the result and it was another great week.” On a personal note Zoe said she was excited to win the state judging which will see her go on to compete at the National final in New Zealand in October.
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hen Shane Bourke and Matt Henry visited IDW last year they took the opportunity to take a trip out to Whorouly to take a peek at the famed Ovensdale herd of Robert and Maree Newton. The family were holding a complete dispersal sale of their Illawarra herd and standing out in the paddock, Ovensdale Pearl took their eye. “She was the best ‘type’ cow in the paddock,” Shane said. Tough times in the Queensland dairy industry had already seen the mates buy a couple of cows together and they decided to add Pearl to their syndicate. It was a fortuitous move. The six-year-old is now IDW grand champion Illawarra exhibit for 2020. Shane and Matt purchased Pearl in March last year and by the end of April she had found her way to Queensland, calved, had a bull who will most likely be collected, and settled into life in the sunshine state. “We entered Pearl in the Gatton show where she won the Illawarra show and supreme all breed and best udder,” Shane said. As time went on Pearl continued to hold form and the boys decided to bring her down to Tatura — an 18-hour oneway trip. “We stopped overnight at the Forbes show ground, milked her there and then spent the lead up to the show with the Hayes family at Girgarre. “Pearl is a great traveller and she didn’t miss a beat. She doesn’t stop and if you keep the feed up to her, she will just keep eating,” he said. Getting Pearl up and ready to walk the ring at IDW might have been a long haul but the mates said they would do it all again if they had a cow that was good enough. Interestingly Pearl alternates between Matt’s farm and Shane’s — Matt has a herringbone and Shane has a rotary, but she doesn’t seem to care which shed or herd she is miked in. “She doesn’t hesitate to get on the rotary as long as there is food in front of her, she is happy,” he said.
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Champion Illawarra cow Ovensdale Pearl.
Illawarra results
CHAMPION COW: Ovensdale Pearl 534, Henry and Bourke, Hodgsonvale, Queensland. RESERVE CHAMPION COW: Springvale Pride 29 Springvale Enterprises, Murray Bridge, SA. HONOURABLE MENTION: Llandovery Bm Pearl 1611 James Breen & R & A Heath, Beeac, Vic.
JUNIOR CHAMPION: Llandovery Guses Freda, Hayes Family, Girgarre, Vic. Sire: Llandovery Gus, dam Llandovery Visions Freda 1831.
INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Panorama Angeline 48, Cherrylock Cattle Co, Tallygaroopna, Vic. Sire: Panormam Classic, dam Panorama Angeline 25.
RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION: Llandovery Foremans, Betty Hayes Family, Girgarre, Vic. Sire: Lllandovery Stells Foreman, dam Llandovery LB Betty 1487.
RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Llandovery Visions Joan, Hayes Family and Charlie Lloyd, Girgarre, Vic. Sire: Llandovery Verbs Vision-Et, dam Llandovery JR Joan 983.
HONOURABLE MENTION JUNIOR CHAMPION: Panorama Blossom 2, Cherrylock Cattle Co and A Dorries, Tallygaroopna, Vic. Sire: Panorama Fabulous, dam Allen Vale Blossom 20.
HONOURABLE MENTION RESERVE CHAMPION: Bridge View Moss Rose 4, Damien Doecke, Woods Point, SA. Sire: Springvale prides Anticipation, dam Bridge View Moss Rose 2.
IDW GRAND CHAMPION ILLAWARRA EXHIBIT: Ovensdale Pearl 534 Henry and Bourke, Hodgsonvale, Queensland. BEST UDDER: Ovensdale Pearl 534. PEN OF THREE: Hayes Family, Girgarre. EXHIBITOR ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: Shane Bourke and Matt Henry. PREMIER SIRE AWARD ILLAWARRA SHOW: Three Creeks Verbenas Viper — Evans family. PREMIER BREEDER: Hayes family. PREMIER EXHIBITOR: Hayes family.
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Significant dairy industry contributors and Bette Hall award winners Jenny Gray, Pam Malcolm, Trish McGraw (2020 winner) Lisa Broad and Lyn Boyd.
McGraw honoured with Bette Hall award
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very year, IDW celebrates a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the dairy industry through the Bette Hall Power of Women in Dairy Award for Excellence. In 2020 Trish McGraw joined former winners Lisa Broad, Pam Malcolm, Jenny Gray and Lyn Boyd. Trish grew up at Nirranda South in the Western District on her parents’ Lincrest Jersey and Charmwoods Guernsey Studs. Her earliest childhood memories involve exhibiting cattle at Melbourne Royal, ensuring her love of showing and good cattle was developed from a very young age. In the late ‘70s/early ‘80s as a single mother she wanted her children to have the same great experience showing cattle as she had growing up, so she developed a very successful red poll stud that saw her crowned most successful exhibitor at Melbourne Royal nine times. In 1986 she teamed up with husband Stuart McGraw and settled in Gippsland
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where together they developed the very successful Glen Afton Ayrshire stud. The couple milked 100 cows through a walk-through. Trish was very hands-on and heavily involved in all of the breeding decisions. She loved studying pedigrees and wasn’t afraid to invest in the best, purchasing Brookfield Belle Star for $7500 at Merv Burgmann’s dispersal, an Australian record at the time. Trish laughs as she said Stuart’s eyes got bigger and bigger as the price for Belle Star crept up and up. The Glen Afton Stud soon became the third highest Ayrshire production herd in the country as their success in the show ring continued to rise. The couple dominated Melbourne Royal’s Ayrshire Show in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, with best udder, champion cow, intermediate and junior champion awards. In the centenary year of the Ayrshire Society (1991), they bred and owned champion cow Glen Afton Lucy Patsy.
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In the mid-’90s the world Ayrshire Conference was held in the US and a call was put out for embryos — Brookfield Belle Star was selected to represent Australia and the McGraw’s became the first stud to export Ayrshire embryos to America. Trish has always been involved in her local Ayrshire club and loves to promote the breed. She has always been passionate about helping youth and has been involved with VASV, organising and providing cows for junior judging competitions at local and state level. In 1993 she drove kids up to Hurlstone Ag School (near Sydney) to participate in an Ayrshire youth camp, where she stayed and helped the whole week — the following year she started up her own at Lang Lang, which was a huge success. Now 80-years-young she is just as passionate about the Ayrshire Breed as she was years ago and continues to promote and develop the cows and breed she so very much loves.
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rad and Jessica Gavenlock from Cherrylock Cattle Co, Tallygaroopna, are still smiling after IDW 2020 became their best show ever. It’s a huge achievement to just take a team of 41 head to Tatura let alone have every single animal finish top 10. Add to that 13 class wins, 26 top three finishes, 13 championships and 7 best udders in class and no wonder Brad describes the week simply as amazing. “December 5 to January 25 is just a
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blur for us,” Brad said. “It is pretty full on as preparation consumes our life and it was just a huge relief to get 41 animals out in the ring and on time.” The show began with a bang for Cherrylock when Hillcrest Ambush Bangle owned by Greg and Kim Wilson from Irrewillipe was crowned champion cow and grand champion Ayrshire exhibit in a strong field. “Greg and Kim hadn’t shown before and it took a lot of work to get Bangle ready for
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the show, which made her win even more rewarding for us all,” Brad said. Winning junior champion Brown Swiss with Tandara Superstar Sarajevo 146 and the Drop Bear syndicate was another highlight. “We bought her at our Fast Track to Success sale when Jessica fell in love with her. I was lukewarm on the idea until I heard the name of our syndicate and then I was in. It was a bit of fun with a few friends and it was great to have that win,” he said.
Feature // The syndicate now has plans of taking the nine-month old to Sydney in April. Brad said a personal highlight for the couple was Panorama Angeline 48 taking out intermediate champion. “That is her fourth championship in a row, and she has never been beaten at IDW,” Brad said. The fact the couple ended up with Angeline at all was a miracle in itself. “I bought Angeline as a birthday present for Jess from Keith Dorries. I had the pick of the herd but when I selected her Keith had already donated her for a raffle prize,” Brad said.
“I got into Holsteins to prove a mate wrong and we have had some pretty good ones since.” In a fortuitous turn for the Gavenlock’s, the lady who won the raffle didn’t like the colour of the heifer and chose a different animal, leaving Brad and Jessica with Angeline. The win of grand champion Jersey exhibit Windy Ways Galaxies Dawn 7, owned by Cherrylock and Frank Walsh from Tongala was another highlight. “Dawn is one of those cows that could just show herself, she is that good. She has never been beaten at IDW either,” Brad said. Brad said one of the surprise wins of the show came with intermediate champion Jimann Tequila Maree, owned by Trevor and Julie Campbell from Rochester. “She was one of those cows that found that extra 10 per cent and chose the right day to peak,” he said. “It was no surprise when we got her out in the ring because she looked great out there, but if you had of said to me a week before she was going to be intermediate champion I would have been surprised.” Brad said up until eight years ago he never even owned a Holstein. “I got into Holsteins to prove a mate wrong and we have had some pretty good ones since.” Cherrylock Chassity Innocence backed up her Winter Fair win in 2019 with the same at IDW taking out junior champion Holstein Heifer. “We also bred the reserve junior champion Cherrylock BH Apple Cider-Red who was sold to a syndicate and that felt pretty good too,” Brad said. Cherrylock have quite a few of their Holsteins calving. Brad said it took a lot of hard work to breed a good cow and having genetics from some of the best cow families in the country certainly helped. “In the Brown Swiss we have the Sarajevo family while for the Illawarras we have the Angelines — both these families can be traced back to decades of great cows,” he said.
Brad and Jess Gavenlock with Frank Walsh and grand daughters Erin, Ava and Amelia with Jersey judge Chris Hill.
Windy Ways Galaxies.
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(L-R) Honourable mention Kaitlyn Joyce with Bechlah Park Velocity Non.i Senior, reserve junior champion junior leader Shae Tweddle with Merseybank Tequila Song and junior champion heifer junior leader Hannah Gleeson with Philmar FC Upto Mischief.
Youth Day results JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER SENIOR LEADER: Georgia Sieben, SD and JL Sieben, Torrumbarry, Vic. Brindabella Meridian Connie. RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER SENIOR LEADER: Tegan Afford, Courtney Afford, Woods Point, SA. Billaview Burdette Jazmine. HONOURABLE MENTION: Cally O’Shannessy, J Lindsay and L Witte, Huntingdon, NSW. Wanstead Davids Sally 2.
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JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER JUNIOR LEADER: Hannah Gleeson, Elm Banks, Crossley, Vic. Philmar FC Upto Mischief. RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION JUNIOR LEADER: Shae Tweddle, Benlargo Holsteins, Glencoe, SA. Merseybank Tequila Song HONOURABLE MENTION: Kaitlyn Joyce, Joyce Family, Tongala, Vic. Bechlah Park Velocity Non.i Senior
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CHAMPION IN MILK HEIFER SENIOR LEADER: Georgia Sieben, SD and JL Sieben, Torrumbarry, Vic. Brindabella Solomon R Midge RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION IN MILK HEIFER SENIOR LEADER: Sarah Lloyd, Foleama Jerseys, Tatura, Vic. First Choice Galaxie Evening. HONOURABLE MENTION: Tahlia Railton, GG and JD McPhee, Finley, NSW. Hillview Park Cammotion Eve. SENIOR CHAMPION IN MILK HEIFER JUNIOR LEADER: Aila Bevan, Brookbora Jerseys, Tennyson, Vic. Brookbora Love Lies 748. RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION HEIFER JUNIOR LEADER: Angus Fraser, Wallacedale Jerseys, Poowong North, Vic. Wallacedale Brax Melys HONOURABLE MENTION: Mikaela Daniel Dylander Park Jerseys, Kyabram, Vic. Sunshine Farm Lovely 285. IDW GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER: Georgia Sieben, SD and JL Sieben, Torrumbarry, Vic. Brindabella Solomon R Midge. IDW RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER: Aila Bevan, Brookbora Jerseys, Tennyson, Vic. Brookbora Love Lies 748. HONOURABLE MENTION: Angus Fraser, Wallacedale Jerseys, Poowong North, Vic. Wallacedale Brax Melys.
Above: Big Deal MGGD: Bacon-Hill Suprsre Mindy-ET VG-86 Far left: Pablo Dam: Welcome Heisenberg Polo-ET VG-85 Left: Edison Dam: OCD Delta Early 34963-ET EX-90
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Darby Norris led Gilbert Sigrid 20 to glory winning intermediate champion Guernsey.(L-R) Bradley Coy, Toby Powles, Darby Norris, Lisa Coy, Chloe Powles and Sarah Powles with son Noah.
Guernsey results JUNIOR CHAMPION: Rockmar Pilot Madison, M and R Shea, T and S Shea, N and M Wilkie, Bacchus Marsh, Vic. Sire: Lindrain Grumpy Pilot, dam First Love McKenzie. RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION: Crookslea Kakadu Doreen, N and M Wilkie, Bacchus Marsh, Vic. Sire: Golden Gate Prada Kakadu, dam Crookslea Doreen 4th. HONOURABLE MENTION: Glamorous Knight, Barbell Crawford Family, Numbaa, NSW. Sire: Golden Gate Judgement Knight, dam Exkwizit Active Barbell.
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INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Gilbert Sigrid 20, DD Guernseys, Kyabram, Vic. Sire: Golden J Yogibear Garrett, Gilbert Sigrid 17th. RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: Brookleigh Jocette, LF and JM Cleggett, Glencoe, SA. Sire: Brookleigh Bob-ET, dam Brookleigh Jocelyn. HONOURABLE MENTION: Kearla Latimer Koala, Mansour Ahmed Al Dhaheri, UAE. Sire: Coulee Crest Fame Latimer, dam Florando Sd Koala 7th.
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CHAMPION COW: Rockmar Miami Graceful, Mark and Roxanne Shea, Bacchus Marsh, Vic. Sire: Rockmar Showtime Miami, Rockmar Showtime Graceful. RESERVE CHAMPION COW: Exkwizit Active Barbell, Crawford Family, Numbaa, NSW. Sire: Sniders Golddust Activate, Exkwizit Aaron Barbie. HONOURABLE MENTION: Exkwizit Bolero Abby, Crawford Family, Numbaa, NSW. Sire: Millbourne Bolero, dam Exkwizit Dynasty Allstar. BEST UDDER: Rockmar Miami Graceful. PEN OF THREE: L and J Cleggett. EXHIBITOR ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: The Hayden Family, Queensland. Premier Sire: Indian Acres Prada – Semex. PREMIER BREEDER: L and J Cleggett. PREMIER EXHIBITOR: L and J Cleggett.
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showing what it takes
Rockmar Miami Graceful owned by Mark and Roxanne Shae.
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t was double the victory for Mark and Roxanne Shae from Rockmar Guernseys from Bacchus Marsh with Rockmar Pilot Madison winning junior champion and Rockmar Miami Graceful winning best udder and senior champion cow. Considering the dairy herd consists of just 20 milkers, quality is obviously not an issue in the Shae herd. Mark said Pilot Madison was all-breed heifer at Geelong last October and her mother Rockmar Crosby Graceful was reserve champion at IDW in 2016. “She always showed potential as a young calf and is looking like a good heifer,” Mark said. When six-year-old Rockmar Miami Graceful calved down, Mark also thought she was looking the goods for another run at IDW. His intuition was on the money when judge Grant Liebelt pronounced her champion Guernsey. Miami Graceful is no stranger to having
a ribbon hanging around her neck; in 2017 she was reserve intermediate Guernsey, 2018 champion Guernsey and in 2019 reserve champion. The VG88 cow has only given the Shae’s one heifer — Rockmar Lexus Graceful, she was intermediate champion at the Geelong Show last year. Mark is the third generation of the Shae family to show the Guernsey breed. The family may no longer milk commercially, but they have been able to turn their love for the Guernsey breed into a hobby and the 20-odd milkers are certainly enough to keep them on their toes. Up until IDW, Darby Norris only had one Guernsey but she was a good one — intermediate champion Gilbert Sigrid 20. The 2.5-year-old heifer was also named best udder in class prompting Darby to label the show fantastic. “Sigrid has a wonderful frame. I purchased her with Digby Gribble from
the UK in a 2018 sale because we liked her body, longevity and production of the cow family, which is always important,” Digby said. Sigrid is currently producing 40 litres a day after her first calving. “She certainly knows how to milk,” he said. Darby said it was exciting to have his grandkids and daughter at the show to witness the success of Sigrid. Daughter Sarah Powles is the fourth generation of the family to be involved with Guernseys, with Darby’s grandfather first becoming involved with the breed back in the 1930s. Darby decided to add to his Guernsey herd with the purchase of Donny Brook Geobruce Sweetpea for $6000 at the IDW Guernsey sale. “She is a very good bodied heifer, in calf and looks like the type of animal I could bring back to the show in the future,” he said.
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WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE PROFILE SELECTIONS FOR THE
Solid Gold Collection SALE HELD ON FARM WEDNESDAY 13 th MAY 2020
45 Fresh Young Cows Sell
MIAMI EXCITATION
Lisa
5101 EX91
SELLS
3rd Senior 3 In Milk IDW 2019 5th 5 Years In Milk IDW 2020 Pregnant to Publican 29/11/19
“She stopped a lot of people in their tracks, walking along our string at IDW & is a great cow to work with in every situation” Photo: Bradley Cullen
35months 6404 3.6% 231 K/P 4.6% 294 K/F 305 Dy PI 113
Her Dam: Miami Vanahlem Lisa EX90 37months 7793 3.6 284 K/P 4.6 357 K/F 305d PI 123 61months 7328 3.6 263 K/P 4.2 306 K/F 305d PI 131
Miami Valentino Girlie 5165
Miami Magnify Dawn 5206
Grand-Dam:
MIAMI ANDREAS Dawn 5584
Dam: Miami Valentino Girlie 5165 ET-VG88 (above)
Senior Champion Melbourne Royal 2013
2nd Jnr 2 In Milk Warragul Autumn Fair
42m 8956 3.4% 307 K/P 4.5% 406 K/F 305 PI 129 55m 8657 3.6% 310 K/P 4.0% 344 K/F 305 PI 123
Will be freshly calved for the sale Not many Andreas daughters in Australia
MIAMI VIRAL Girlie 5478 Photos: Bradley Cullen & Simon Tognola
Miami Gannon Girlie 4254
MIAMI GANNON Girlie 4254 ET EX93 (above)
SELLS FRESH 34m 5667 3.7% 207 K/P 4.5% 258 K/F 305 PI 109
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Sister to Supreme IDW Junior Champion Miami Magnify Dawn 5206 (above)
MIAMI VANAHLEM Daisy 5455 VG86 (2 Yrs) SELLS 4th place 2 Yr old Semex Great Southern Challenge 2019 | Current PI 123 Will be freshly calved for the sale | Dam: Miami Ares Daisy EX90
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PHILMAR DAIRY COMPANY, HOME OF MIAMI JERSEYS 1129 Cobden-Terang Road, Cobrico 3266 Mark: 0419 320 777 Philippa: 0400 833 133 Mitchell: 0437 833 288 philmardairycompany@gmail.com Artwork: Kelsie Hore
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Paul Douglas, NHIA director, presents the award to genomic services officer, Miranda Clark.
The late Laurie Wells has been honoured with the naming of meritorious service award.
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pioneering legend within herd improvement has been honoured with the naming of an annual award by the National Herd Improvement Association. The late George Laurence Wells will be remembered with the Laurie Wells Meritorious Service Award. The first awardees were announced at a special dinner held during International Dairy Week in January in Shepparton. Laurie grew up on a dairy farm on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh. From a young age he was devoted to dairy cows as evidenced by his annual holiday funded by pocket money and taken at the Royal Melbourne Show, watching dairy cow judging from front row seats. At the age of 30, Laurie decided to move from the home farm and purchase a dairy farm at Narre Warren. Laurie had befriended several leading breeders at Royal Melbourne showing cows, in particular Bob Marshall, founder of Paringa Holsteins and father of Pam Malcolm and he decided a move east was best. After farming for several years, he encountered one of the wettest seasons on record and with much of the herd suffering from lameness, he decided it was time to sell up. Pondering his future over a cup of tea with Don Leslie, father of dairy auctioneer Brian Leslie, an advert in the Weekly Times for a job at the Victorian Artificial Breeders for a farm hand was pointed out.
Honouring dairy legend He got the job and had a career spanning several decades. Laurie started as a farm hand working with the bulls of the day and developed a reputation for handling problematic young progeny test bulls. He also developed a photographic memory and knowledge of dairy cows that was put to good use by a move into the office. This led to the establishment of what was probably Australia’s first mating service — the VAB Herd Evaluation Service [HES]. This work took him to commercial dairy herds around Australia where his annual visit was eagerly awaited. His cow scores and mating suggestions were all handwritten, long before computer mating and recording. After visiting the Leslie herd in Gippsland, Laurie came back to VAB with an audio cassette of a young Brian Leslie who had recorded a mock auction using VAB sire catalogues. Laurie was most impressed and was sure the kid was going to make it as a top auctioneer. Laurie followed Brian’s career with great pride, and they remained close friends until his passing. Jacqui Biddulph milks around 600 cows on Cowaramup in Western Australia with her husband Bob. Jacqui was grateful for Laurie’s support early in her career. Jacqui moved to VAB after graduating Longrenong Agricultural College without a dairy background and became the first
female sales representative working in the AI industry. She described him as a patient teacher, willing to impart his dairy cow knowledge. Genetics Australia export manager Rob Derksen said he owes a great deal to Laurie. “Laurie taught me so much about what to look for in a dairy cow. Laurie would inspect daughters of progeny test bulls and identify which we should take paddock photographs for use in bull catalogues. “It is of no surprise the majority of the daughters he said should be photographed were by bulls that would end up graduating as proven bulls,” Rob said. Laurie was a pioneer in mating services in Australia but his ability to evaluate and recognise good dairy cows received worldwide recognition in 1987. He was awarded first place in the Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging photographic contest where he placed ahead of over 80,000 entries from 37 countries. Laurie toured the US and Canada on several occasions with cows always the focus of each visit. He was also responsible along with Peter Williams, then Genetics Australia’s sire analyst, to import a young bull from the USA called Caernarvon Cleitus JUDGE — a bull that ended up having a significant impact on the dairy industry in Australia for many years.
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C lydevale Piston Sunsmart.
The Dee Family (L-R) Adam, Mandy, Mark, Ryan, Hannah, Adrian and Colin.
Sundae gives the show ring a good shake W
hen you have been breeding quality cows for as long as the Dee family, from Clydevale Holsteins at Macorna, it’s probably hard to find a favourite — there have been many great cows, over many, many years. And while it is hard for the family to nominate a favourite, Hullabaloo Bolton Sundae EX93 2E 1xM, 1xP comes close. Producing more than 67,000 litres of milk and five tonnes of solids in her lifetime, Sundae has won numerous shows and the All Australian Competition. It all began for Sundae at the Kerang Feature show where, as a two-year-old, she won honourable mention intermediate champion. On her second lactation she won champion cow at the Rochester Holstein Feature Show. The following year she would be champion cow at the Cohuna Feature Show and then go on to be champion cow and supreme udder at the 2017 NHD Victorian Winter Fair. Sundae then also won the honourable mention five-year-old in the 2016–17 All Australian Competition. Her most recent outing saw her place 6th in the mature cow class at IDW in 2019 and then go on to win the All Australian Mature Cow. Getting Sundae to that particular show was not easy after giving birth to mixed twins in October.
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H ullabaloo Bolton Sundae EX 93 2E 1xM, 1xP.
But after surviving a long hot summer Sundae looked great at IDW, where Brad Cullen took her winning photo. Two weeks later she had bad mastitis and nearly died. Sundae recovered and went on to be the top PI cow in the herd of over 400 and produced 12,723 litres and 853 kg solids in her 305-day lactation — she averaged 41.7 litres over her lactation and her will to survive and thrive was phenomenal. While Clydevale love Sundae they give breeding credit to Murray Varcoe from Kyabram after buying her as a pregnant heifer at the North West Stars of the Future Sale. Murray still owns Sundae’s mother, Burn-Brae FC Sundae VG89 (by Finalcut), which he bought as a young cow from Andrew and Stuart Mackie from Meeniyan. They bred the family down from the well known Wranhi Marquis Sunspot VG87 whose third dam came from Paringa Holsteins and traces back to Craigmore Holsteins. Sundae’s progeny are exciting, with daughters by Solomon and Aftershock and granddaughters by Rambo, King Doc, Racer and Clydevale Contrast Piston (ex C, Mr Sam Pisa EX91 2E). Her grand daughter Clydevale Piston Sunsmart was crowned youth show champion at the 2019 NHD Victorian Winter Fair and she’s a daughter of Clydevale Solomon Sunspot GP.
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The family is also milking Clydevale Solomon Sunset VG85, ranked third out of 26 entries in the North West Semex On Farm Challenge and she has a nice King Doc heifer. They also have Clydevale Solomon Sunkist GP83 and she also has a nice daughter by Clydevale Contrast Piston. Another daughter of Sundae, Clydevale Solomon Sunbeam GP84 2yo, placed third senior 2yo in the 2018 On Farm Challenge. Sadly, Sunbeam was down with an injury for eight weeks last year and she eventually gave birth to a healthy heifer calf, Clydevale Rambo Survivor. The will of Sunbeam to live was unbelievable but unfortunately, she did not make it and is now buried on the farm. Sundae will also leave her mark on their herd through her sons. The maiden heifers are AI to sexed semen and then run with a bull. Clydevale Fever Sundance produced 15 daughters and over a couple of years Clydevale Solomon Stark has produced 63 daughters who look like Sundae — black heifers with dairy strength. The family are looking forward to milking the Starks as the Sundance heifers have calved in very nicely. Sundae has given the Dee family many enjoyable and rewarding times and they can’t wait to see what happens with her next lactation.
BREED SOCIETY NEWS:
GUERNSEY President’s message Guernsey Cattle Society of Australia Incorporated President: Laurie Dunne 572 Round Mountain Road, Josephville via Beaudesert QLD 4285 Phone: 07 5544 2193 Email: fernybank.dunne@gmail.com Senior Vice-President: Julie Moore 392 Fernbrook Loop Road, Dorrigo NSW 2453 Phone: 02 6657 3264 Email: julienmick@bigpond.com Junior Vice-President: Sean Tomkins PO Box 361, Gerringong NSW 2534 Phone: 0458 049 805 Email: alembry75@gmail.com Secretary: Joyce Cleggett Box 54 Glencoe SA 5291 Phone: (08) 8739 4368 Email: guernseyaus@activ8.net.au Society web: www.guernseyaus.com
Coming Events March 26 – 28 Toowoomba Royal Show, Queensland March 26 – 29 Farm World, Lardner, Victoria April 3 – 14 Sydney Royal Easter Show, NSW April 13 – 14 Judging days for Guernseys and Interbreed May 14 – 16 Gympie Show, Queensland July 16 – 18 Gatton Show, Queensland August 7 – 16 Royal Queensland Show, EKKA
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hen I last wrote my first column in November the paddocks were mostly bare dirt, now it is a sea of green. It has only been ten days since the storms started and the pasture still looks better from a distance, but we now have hope that we will receive decent rainfall this summer. I know we are not out of the woods yet, with dams and springs needing much more rain before they are replenished but we have hope. The rain appears to be fairly widespread and by the time you read this report, I hope you have all received good falls. In November I judged the On Farm Challenge in Tasmania and Victoria. It was a terrific experience for me to see so much beautiful country, some with lots of grass, meet up with many members and judge beautiful Guernsey cows. Congratulations to all who entered and special congratulations to the winners. My thanks to the organisers and to Michael Smith and the Semex representatives who escorted me around the farms. Last week I attended IDW and again saw a wonderful display of Guernsey cattle. Congratulations to all exhibitors, and to those who presented cattle for the Guernsey sale. The results demonstrate that our breed
has a real place in our industry and the need to continually present the Guernsey breed in a positive light to the wider dairy community. Many thanks go to Josh Smith and his team, in planning and preparing the cattle for the sale. I have spoken of the need to upgrade our web site and I am now pleased to report that the new site is up and running. There is still a lot of work to do but thanks to the efforts of Amy Cleggett it is a reality. Whilst I hear there was a bit of swearing involved, which I thoroughly understand (my computer treats me with disdain) we now have the base to which we can add contacts, information and news. It could take twelve months before we achieve our objective of becoming an information hub for both members and those seeking to breed cows producing the World’s Finest Milk. When you have the chance check it out we are open to suggestions of the content you would like to see there, but remember it is still a work in progress. The Federal Executive meets monthly and if there are ideas you wish discussed please contact me or our Secretary Joyce. Laurie Dunne President
Guernsey youth give it a good go A
N ENTHUSIASTIC Guernsey youth team competed in this year’s International Dairy Week youth challenge. The 10 team members were broken down into three different groups; judging, handlers and clipping, with each section individually scored by three different judges. Our team consisted of some very eager young members to some who have been in the team for many years. We may not have placed in the top three,
but every team member left with a smile and laugh, what more could you ask for. Special thanks to Michael Smith for all his help and support of the team and thank you to all the members who donated equipment, animals and time to support this year’s challenge team. Thank you Semex for your sponsorship of our team. Frances Hayden, Youth Co-ordinator
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Glamorous results for Guernsey girl T
here was strong demand for the IDW National Guernsey Sale. The sale high $7800 was paid for seven-month heifer Glamorous Knight Barbell (T) A2A2 a/c A and A Crawford. This daughter of the 2019 IDW grand champion and this year’s reserve champion cow had just won the calf class and was honourable mention junior champion of the IDW Show. She was purchased by new breeders D and J Watts of Pyree, NSW. Next top lot at $6000 was Donnybrook Geobruce Sweetpea, A2A2, a spring calving heifer from C and C Cleggett, SA backed by generations of high percentage fat, selling
to well-known Guernsey breeder Darby Norris of Rochford Park Guernseys. Long-time breeder Evan Perkins of Dapto, NSW selected two top lots in Meadowvale Lightning Joyful, A2A2, a daughter of the 2018 Sydney Royal Grand Champion Meadowvale Mentor Joyful, EX on account of M and J Moore, NSW selling for $5,000 and Triple J Hulk Deanna, A2A2, a 4 month old heifer from the imported USA Novak Deanna, VG, selling on behalf of Triple J Genetics, Tasmania for $4250. Other noted sales were Donnybrook Dennis Ruby on account of C and C Cleggett and Brookleigh Lady Boo, A2A2, a grandaughter of the famous EX 93 Actions
Brunch on account of L and J Cleggett, SA to new breeders Loxby Guernseys of Laceby, Vic. Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services report seven Heifers av $4807, two embryo packages $3250 while four semen packages were auctioned with proceeds to Guernsey Youth. The sale was organised by Brian Russell, with the heifers managed at IDW by Josh Smith. Unfortunately, restricted transport due to bush fires meant the WA lots were withdrawn.
Brookleigh Lady Boo sold for $4000 Loxby Brown Swiss, Laceby.
Donny Brook Geobruce Sweetpea sold for $6000 to Darby Norris.
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Meadowvale Lightning Joyful sold for $5000 to Evan Perkins.
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2019 All Australian Photo Competition Results CLASS 1 Cow born before 1/1/2014 All Australian A Joshlee Pav Blossom Josh and Hannah Smith Judges placement – 5th, 1st, 1st Reserve All Australian B Rockmar Miami Graceful Mark and Roxanne Shea Judges placement – 1st, 4th, 2nd Honourable Mention C Marloo Ninja Hannah Josh and Hannah Smith Judges placement – 3rd, 3rd, 3rd
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7th Brookleigh Mervyns Gladys Lyndon & Joyce Cleggett
5th Brookleigh Butterstar Lyndon & Joyce Cleggett
8th Brookleigh Decorum Lyndon & Joyce Cleggett
6th Brookleigh Rivalry Lyndon & Joyce Cleggett
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CLASS 2 Cow born during 2014 All Australian A Bruanna Mar Monte Reo Hayden Family Judges placement – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1st Reserve All Australian B Exkwizit Active Barbell Andrew and Abbey Crawford Judges placement – 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 2nd Honourable Mention 4th Brookleigh TM Bluebird C Bruanna Crosby Bear Keane Lyndon and Joyce Cleggett Hayden Family Judges placement – 3rd, 1st, 2nd, 3rd CLASS 3 Cow born during 2015 All Australian A Brookleigh Jocelyn Lyndon and Joyce Cleggett Judges placement – 2nd, 1st, 1st Reserve All Australian B Marloo Caspian United Stuart Moore Judges placement – 2nd, 1st, 1st
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CLASS 6 Heifer born since 1/1/2017 (uncalved) All Australian A Bruanna Ernie Sparkie Hayden Family Judges placement – 3rd, 2nd, 1st Reserve All Australian B MeadowVale YogiGarrett Qaint Michael and Julie Moore Judges placement – 4th, 1st, 2nd Honourable Mention C Kearla Latimer Koala 4 T and S and M and R Shea Judges placement – 1st, 3rd, 4th
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CLASS 7 Heifer born since 1/1/2018 All Australian A MeadowVale Pistol Laura Michael and Julie Moore Judges placement – 2nd, 1st, 3rd Reserve All Australian B Mainvu Garrett Clarabelle Wayne and Belind Owston Judges placement – 3rd, 4th, 1st Honourable Mention C Alembry Latimer Ally Sean Tomkins Judges placement – 1st, 2nd, 7th
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10th MeadowVale Jerome Royal Michael and Julie Moore
5th Bruanna Superman Spring Hayden Family
11th Missy Park Legend Woohoo Dylan & Mikayla Schnoor
6th Joshlee Lightning Beauty Josh & Hannah Smith
12th Joshlee Legend Holm Josh & Hannah Smith
7th Bruanna Frances 13th Hayden Family
13th Giggles Grove Lightning Strike Juleesa Smith
8th Sunny Valley Ladysman Barbie Clark Partnership
14th Triple J Navarro Lyn Triple J Genetics
9th Joshlee Legend Delight Josh & Hannah Smith
15th Ashen Lee Lightning Ashes Amy Cleggett
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t was another successful Western District Dairy Youth Camp in the books for organisers and attendees of the 2020 event. Held January 7–9, the three-day camp was filled with fun and showing practicalities for the 40-odd young people who travelled from South Australia, Northern Victoria, NSW and locally. Committee member Donna Edge said the focus of the camp was to encourage team work and build relationships amongst participants. “The kids come along with a calf of their own, or they are allocated one to care for, for the three days they are here,” Donna said. “It is just like preparing for a show where they are placed in teams and practice the usual skills of showing, judging, handling and clipping.” This year’s event culminated in an entertaining ‘mock’ auction, with the kids working together in teams to present the best animal. “The kids had to research pedigrees and each member of the team had a job to do, whether it was to lead the animal, auction it, or act as a bid spotter,” Donna said. “A local auctioneer came down to help coach the kids and it ended up being quite funny and entertaining – everyone was in hysterics by the end.” This year, organisers decided to take a different track when it came to speakers, calling on Essendon footballer and Noorat local Zac Merrett along with Ben Harkin, who was born without arms, to speak to the kids. “Both speakers were really motivational, and it was great for the kids to hear their stories and what they had to say,” Donna said. Other highlights of the camp included halter making with Geoff Bolch while photographer Brad Cullen helped the kids with a few tips and pointers when taking photos of cows and calves. “We are fortunate the timing of the camp coincides with the UK Holstein exchange,” Donna said. “They came along to the camp and pitched in to help with the kids and share their knowledge and stories of dairying in the United Kingdom.”
Geoff Bolch shares the skill of halter making.
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T he finer points of leading and showing were pointed out during the camp.
Brad Cullen teaches attendees some of the finer points of cattle photography.
A mock auction was a fiittng end to the youth camp.
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BREED SOCIETY NEWS:
ILLAWARRA Illawarra Cattle Society of Australia President: Ian Mueller 0488 321 489 Secretary: Anne Ryan PO Box 189, Kiama NSW 2533 Phone: (02) 4232 3333 Email: anne@lbcentre.com.au Field Officer: Lloyd Peters PO Box 43, Wyalla Plaza Toowoomba QLD 4350 Phone: 0429 834 646 Email: lloyd_au@hotmail.com Web: www.illawarrasaust.com.au
President’s message
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S WE said goodbye to 2019, we thought with drought, fires, lack of irrigation water and lack of fodder how much worse could it get? Then came the Victorian and NSW bushfires, which had a devastating impact on farms, towns and communities. Many dairy farms and families were severely impacted and loved ones were lost. We all hope these families, farms and communities can recover. Some regions have had useful rains of late and I hope good follow up rains come to relieve pressure on drought and fodder. This year’s International Dairy Week brought with it some very favorable weather conditions, which exhibitors and cattle would have appreciated. The Illawarra show was judged by Greg English from Eachamvale stud at Malanda, Queensland with a very impressive lineup of heifers and in milk cows on display from Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
I thought the highlight of the show was the junior, intermediate and senior champion line up of high-quality cattle. To all of those who exhibited I say thank you for your commitment and effort. Congratulations to all prize winners and champions. We had the pleasure of hosting several American Milking Shorthorn visitors during and after I.D.W. I hope that they enjoyed their time here at IDW and visiting Illawarra studs. It is very important to share breeding ideas with the shorthorn breeds worldwide. As mentioned in previous issues I encourage all members to take advantage of the discounted price of $7.70 (including GST) for female registrations, this offer will return to our normal pricing after June 30, 2020. Let us all hope the dairy industry continues to improve and farmers receive a realistic price for farm gate milk and hopefully we can all enjoy a very good season in 2020. President Ian Mueller
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AGRI-GENE Real Australian photographic competition
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