Third generation Brangus breeder, Hayden Hanson is the 2020 Burnham Youth Award recipient. Hayden, currently a Junior Member of the Australian Brangus Cattle Association (ABCA) keeps alive the strong ties the family has with the prestigious award. He’s the third member of the Hanson family to have their name on the plinth. Hayden’s father Brad Hanson, was the third recipient of the award in 2000 while the new latest recipient’s older sibling, Isabella took it out in 2018. Image: KB Consulting
Burnham Youth awarded to Hayden Hanson Hayden’s preferred breed of cattle and his involvement in the Brangus community now and into the future is assured. His parents Brad and Vicki operate the Bullakeana prefix outside Moura in central Queensland. The Bullakeana prefix was established over twenty years ago so it understandable that the young man has had numerous experiences in both the commercial and seedstock arenas from an early age.
Hayden has been a member of the Rockhampton Grammar School Show Team for five years and looks forward to further achievements this year, his final year of schooling. “Some of my fellow team members haven’t shown cattle or lived on a cattle property before joining the Show Team, it’s these fellow team members that I really enjoy sharing my knowledge and skills with at Cattle Club every week. The great thing is that twice a week I get to leave the school grounds “Bull selling season is one of my favourite and do what I love the most, hang out times of year, I thoroughly enjoy with cattle,” added Hayden. researching catalogues, comparing data and inspecting bulls to see what genetics In the past three years Hayden has can be added to our herd to improve our competed in shows and cattle youth genetics,” said Hayden. camps in Victoria, New South Wales, southern and central Queensland. At the tender age of seven Hayden In 2019 he attended the Cooyar attended Junior Beef in Rockhampton Brangus Feature Show, winning Junior and this is where the seed was planted Parading and Prime Judging at the and as he puts it, “I’ve been hooked event. He took out the Darling Downs on showing cattle ever since. Every Sub Chamber finals for Prime Judging year my father and I draft our weaners making him eligible to compete at and select bulls, steers and heifers to the 2019 Brisbane Royal where he break in to compete at local shows and claimed third place in the State Prime carcase competitions.” 20
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Judging Competition and placing in the top five in the Junior Paraders competition. Last year he selected 11 head to break in and prepare for both regional and Feature Shows and Beef 2021. Haydon like many other youngsters in the Brangus fraternity attended the inaugural Brangus Youth Camp along with his three sisters and a team of eleven head. He particularly enjoyed mentoring and assisting other participants throughout the camp, sharing knowledge and experience with juniors that may not have had those opportunities that he had previously been given. At the conclusion of the hugely successful Brangus Youth Camp Hayden took home a chest of awards, first in the Junior Stud Judging (16 – 25 years), Herdsman Award for the same age bracket, Overall Junior Stud Cattle Judge and Grand Champion Herdsman enabling him to become the Associate Brangus Judge at Beef 2021.
