The future of the agriculture industry is bright
Story credit: Alexandra Bernard, The Land There are so many opportunities out there for young people and all the kids I have come across are chomping at the bit to…
DetailsStory credit: Alexandra Bernard, The Land There are so many opportunities out there for young people and all the kids I have come across are chomping at the bit to…
DetailsWhiteface vendors pocketed an extra $396 a head for heifers and $244 for their steers on average above other British breeds at the 83rd annual Mountain Calf Sales this week. …
DetailsHereford steers with known performance and potential to hit the market specifications for the Coles GRAZE grass-fed program were on the shopping list for one southern NSW producer. Will Cotterill,…
DetailsVendors regained their confidence in the market as buyers kicked up a gear on steers and heifers at the Ensay Weaner Sale, lifting autumn drop heifer prices to top at…
DetailsBuyers were met with some of the best line-ups of vendor bred, one mark whiteface weaner calves in the nation for the final leg of the 83rd annual Mountain Calf…
DetailsA big crowd of buyers and vendors descended on the Benambra yards for the opening Elders whiteface fixture of the 83rd annual Mountain Calf Sales on March 7. Restockers and…
DetailsVictorian and NSW steer finishers, restockers and lot feeders converged on the Victorian High Country on Tuesday to bid for whiteface cattle at the 83rd annual Mountain Calf Sales circuit…
DetailsVendors were greeted by a cheaper market in the nationwide store sales during February but quality autumn calving Hereford cows topped at $2980 and grass fed yearling steers sold to…
DetailsThe autumn whiteface bull selling season kicked into gear in February with strong demand from seedstock herds sourcing elite sires and commercial producers wanting calving ease, growth and carcase. Injemira…
DetailsTwo young Hereford breeders are proving they can mix it with the big guns after paying back-to-back top prices at the Injemira Beef Genetics annual bull sale this year. Grace,…
DetailsStory credit – Mel Williams, Australian Community Media (ACM) The Hereford breed originated in Herefordshire in south-west England and was one of the earliest British cattle types to have been…
DetailsMentors in the Hereford breed are helping a young woman transition from an urban background with no agricultural experience to fulfill her goal of running a stud. During the 2023…
DetailsOne young Hereford breeder is looking back in time to find some of the most influential sires of the breed to give his cow herd a boost. Blake Smith, Glenellerslie…
DetailsThere were plenty of Hereford bulls snapped up during the 2023 Stock and Land Beef Week open days by commercial producers, confident in the outlook for the industry. David Meikle…
DetailsYoung Hereford stud principal Narelle Forest has a simple message for other young people interested in a career in the seedstock industry – just give it a go. Under a…
DetailsQualified butcher Luke Lavis understands what the trade and consumer wants and is now drawing on that knowledge to breed commercial Herefords with yield and eating quality. Luke worked as…
DetailsHerefords Australia is today pleased to announce the appointment of Hamish Chandler to the newly created position of Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Specialist. Hamish has an extensive background in…
DetailsAnother elite group of young sires from across the nation has been inducted into the ranks of the Herefords Australia Super Sires catalogue. The cohort of five bulls includes Elite…
DetailsStore sales around the nation in January were marked by a flush of autumn drop weaner steers and heifers with backgrounders and grass-fed finishers competing for quality vendor bred Hereford…
DetailsDairy farmers value adding their calves with a beef cross and using Hereford sires is proving an alternative growth market for one Victorian stud. Tarcombe Herefords, of Ruffy, in the…
DetailsRestockers jockeying for quality future breeders sent prices skyrocketing to a summer weaner sales top for purebred Hereford heifers of $2098 or 662c/kg at Hamilton in Victoria’s Western Districts. Hereford…
DetailsA quality run of autumn drop Hereford steer weaners brought out those supplying grass fed programs with bids to $1965 and 655c/kg across the 2023 summer weaner sales at Wodonga,…
DetailsRestockers and backgrounders from Victoria and South Australia dominated the weaner heifers at Casterton, pushing prices to $1568 or purebreds and $1633 for Hereford infused pens. Selling agents Elders and…
DetailsRepeat buyers returned seeking known quality and performance to pay to $1706 for autumn drop Hereford heifers at Hamilton to wrap up the 2023 Western Districts weaner sales circuit. Selling…
DetailsA grass-fed program supplying Coles Graze accounted for 30 per cent of the yarding at the Casterton, pushing prices to $1833 for autumn drop Hereford steers. Selling agents Elders and…
DetailsA bidding duel between two industry heavyweights set the Hereford lanes alight at Hamilton today as buyers jockeying for quality future breeders sent prices skyrocketing to $2098. The Hereford offering…
DetailsNSW steer finishers competed strongly on big runs of vendor bred, European Union accredited calves at the Hamilton Hereford feature weaner sale with prices hitting the Western Districts circuit topper…
DetailsRepeat buyers looking for quality Hereford genetics for grass fed programs paid to a top of $1828 for autumn drop steer weaners at the Hamilton All Breeds Weaner Sale. Selling…
DetailsIt was the females turn to shine as a bidding duel elicited a top price of $2250 for Hereford infused weaner heifers at Wangaratta, outgunning the steer weaners across the…
DetailsA quality run of autumn drop Hereford weaners brought out those supplying grass fed programs with bids to 655c/kg for the steers at the final day of the week-long January…
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