The updated catalogue for the Herefords Australia Super Sires Program has been released and is now available to view online. Breeders of candidate bulls who met the initial selection criteria were notified at the beginning of December and given the opportunity to nominate one of their eligible bulls for the program. Six sires who met…
The Southern Multibreed Project launch was held at the University of New England (UNE) on Thursday morning. The project is a collaboration between the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI), the University of New England, the Commonwealth Government and Meat and Livestock Australia, along with the breed societies of the participating breeds. The breeds involved…
Each year Howard Yelland, champion of objective measurement and performance recording for improved selection in the Australian Beef Industry, is remembered with the presentation of the Howard Yelland Award. The Australian Beef Industry Foundation and Marcus Oldham College are proud to announce the recipient of the Howard Yelland Award this year is David Jenkin of…
The successful Herefords Australia Super Sires program has entered its second phase with a new round of candidate animals having been identified. The Super Sires program was launched in 2018 when the Herefords Australia Board developed an initiative to help members improve the breed using a young sire candidate that expressed a balance of favourable…
GENEPROB results are now available in the ABRI online animal lookup for all Hereford animals born after the year 2000. GENEPROB is an analysis run with the monthly Hereford BREEDPLAN run and is used for determining the likelihood of carrier animals in the Herefords Australia database for four known genetic conditions; HY, DL, IE and…
Sale date: 10 September 2020 Number offered: 31 Number sold: 31 Top price: $9,000 Average price: $4,570 Name of top priced animal: Dalkeith Prince P041 Sire of top priced animal: Allendale FCF Barkly H127 Purchaser of top priced animal: Tom Lyons, Parmedman Pastoral Co, Gulargambone Sale comments: Sale held online only. A good result considering the…
Beef Australia 2021 will be held in Rockhampton from the 2nd to the 8th of May 2021. The Herefords Australia Beef 2021 committee are in the process of planning a successful event for our breed and exploring the numerous possibilities for promoting Hereford cattle in the northern market. The commercial cattle competitions at Beef are…
Sale date: 29 October 2020 Number offered: 284 Number sold: 245 Top price: $16,000 twice Average price: $4298 Name of top priced animal: Thornleigh Black Hawk Q153 and Thornleigh H Blackhawk P183. Sire of top priced animal: Battalion Black Hawk – both. Purchaser of top priced animal: Ironbark Herefords and J & M Smith respectively. Sale comments: Solid demand on all classes of…
Sale date: 16 October 2020 Number offered: 50 Number sold: 50 Top price: $16,500 Average price: $5397 Name of top priced animal: Warren Point Future P175 Sire of top priced animal: Sevenbardot Future E196 Purchaser of top priced animal: The Wason Family from “Orange Grove” Roma Sale comments: A very good result for the sale…
Sale date: Monday 7 September 2020 Number offered: 26 Number sold: 18 Top price: $11,000 Average price: $6,200 Name of top price animal: Binara Profit P146 Sire of top priced animal: Yavenvale Laser L326 Purchaser of top priced animal: Darren & Alice Marks, Winvic Pastoral, Clermont Sale comments: Thank you to those purchasers & under bidders…
