A new, streamlined board has been announced for Herefords Australia under the leadership of chairman and Victorian breeder Bill Kee. The Board of Directors has been reduced from 12 to seven following the adoption of a new constitution by Herefords Australia. The new board, announced at the annual general meeting in Wodonga on May 15,…
Herefords Australia, in conjunction with AGBU and ABRI have implemented a World First, multi-country Single Step genetic evaluation for the full multi-trait BREEDPLAN analysis, including fertility, growth, and carcass traits. The first EBVs to be calculated using the new Single Step system were released to Herefords Australia members on the 27th of October of this…
There was an extremely strong contingent of Hereford exhibitors at this year’s Royal Melbourne Show, with many high quality animals on display. Brandon Sykes, of Mawarra B Hereford stud, Longford, had an exceptional show with his 14 month old bull; ‘Mawarra B Above and Beyond’. The young bull took out Junior Champion Hereford Bull and…
Hereford genetics have excelled in this year’s prestigious Sydney Royal Beef Challenge. The unique, feedlot based competition is run by the RAS and held at Wilga Feedlot in Bellata. The competition represents all stages of the beef production process, from live assessment through to eating quality. Producers enter their cattle as a lot/team of six…
This years Royal Adelaide Show Led Steer Championship Awards proved to be a very successful competition for Carolyn Mudge of Maildaburra Poll Hereford Stud and the students of the Karcultaby Area School. The competition was hotly contested, with 199 entries from 14 different breeds presented across a variety of classes. Carolyn’s steer, entry number 114…
ALISHA FOGDEN, STOCK JOURNAL – THE grand champion female from the Wilson family’s Kerlson Pines stud at Keith “ticked all the boxes” for judge Jake Phillips in the Hereford judging on Friday, and had a “bright future ahead”. Two-year-old Kerlson Pines Last Day L24 had “good length of body, sound structure, good udder and was…
All broad ribbons for the 2017 Royal Brisbane Show have found their way to Northern NSW at the end of Hereford judging last Friday. Judge Erin Waters, Andtravern Herefords in Lancefield Vic, had her work cut out for her as 71 exhibits were paraded for her careful consideration. Ahead of their annual bull sale next…
ALPA members and guests attending the 2017 ALPA Queensland Young Auctioneers Dinner this Thursday will be treated to some of the finest beef in the country. The Pullman hotel will be serving up Hereford Reserve steak at the annual event held in Brisbane. Hereford Reserve is produced from 100% Hereford cattle sourced from the prime grazing lands of…
THE LAND – The 72nd annual Glen Innes Hereford bull sale topped at $22,000 in the Glen Innes Salesyards on July 28. 78 from 106 horned and polled bulls sold to average $6134 and gross $491,000. 46 from 57 horned bulls topped at $22,000 and averaged $7033; 32 from 49 polled bulls topped at $9500 and averaged…
Hosting the National Herefords Australia Youth Expo for the first time, the Queensland Youth group certainly did not disappoint the youth members and spectators that traveled from across the country to attend. 81 entrants aged seven to 25 and 112 head of cattle attended the event, held at the Pittsworth showgrounds 29th June to the…
