In keeping with the plan to better engage with members and industry experts, the Herefords Australia Board have this week finalised the Board committees and structure with several Herefords Australia members being appointed to the new committees. Deputy Chairman Marc Greening described the new committee structure as an exciting initiative that would allow and encourage…
Entries are now open for the ANZ National Beef Carcase Competition. The competition is conducted as part of the BEEF AUSTRALIA 2021 program of events and is open to producers Australia wide, with participating processors in each state. Being open to entries Australia wide, the competition offers producers from around Australia a unique opportunity to…
Mark Baker and Alex Sparkes have been selected as the new Herefords Australia Board members following a call out to HAL members for expressions of interest to fill the two positions. The Chairman, Trish Worth said she was pleased that so many talented and skilled members had expressed an interest in serving on the HAL…
For the third year in a row Hereford steers have shone in the Royal Adelaide Show Steer Carcase Competition. Hereford steers came away with two wins in the competition, being awarded Champion Light Domestic Carcase and winning the Purebred Export class. The champion Light Domestic steer was a 12-month-old Kerlson Pines steer named Dexter, entered…
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and Southern Beef Technical Services (SBTS) have both recently released a series of online resources directed at both commercial and seedstock producers. The MLA Accelerate program provides a range of resources and informative videos directed at commercial producers to encourage greater use of genetic selection tools. The MLA genetics hub…
A line of yearling Hereford steers offered by Aringa North Pastoral from Korumburra, near Port Fairy, VIC have set a new cents per kilogram price record for non-Wagyu cattle on AuctionsPlus this week. The line of 83 Glentrevor blood Hereford steers averaged 175 kilograms and sold for an incredible 695 cents per kilogram or $1216…
Bids were flying for the opening lot at the Talbalba Herefords 2020 bull sale as Talbalba Emperor P043 was knocked down for $100,000 to Cara Park Herefords, Delungra NSW and Yarram Park Herefords, Willaura, Victoria. The impressive six-figure sum for the 24-month-old stud sire was at the time of sale the second highest price for…
Herefords Australia and Neogen Australasia are pleased to now offer Herefords Australia members the new GGP Bovine 100K genotype. This a higher density genotype that will now be used in the Hereford Standard and Hereford Horn/Poll DNA bundles at no extra cost. Previously these bundles offered 50,000 SNP markers while the new testing will offer…
The Board of Herefords Australia have created a new director role within the Board. The position is ‘Member Liaison Representative’ (MLR). Mr Ian Durkin, Coolatai NSW, (pictured left) was elected to the HAL Board in May 2020 and has been appointed to this position. What is a Member Liaison Representative (MLR)? The MLR position has…
The 75th Annual Glen Innes Hereford Bull Sale took place on Friday 24 July 2020 at the Glen Innes saleyards. Elders Glen Innes conducted the sale with 36 of 49 bulls selling under the hammer for a sale clearance of 73 percent while several of the passed in bulls sold immediately after the sale. Of…
