Alison Johnson, formerly of Norolle Poll Herefords passed away peacefully on the 15th of January 2019 aged 77 years. Alison was the much loved Wife of Clyde and Mother, Mother-in-law and Nan of Julie, Kirrily, Greg, and their families. Loved sister of Peter and family. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Alison’s funeral,…
The run of whiteface weaner sales finished the week at Wodonga on Friday with autumn 2018-drop steers ringing the bell at $1150 and heavy heifers making $1135. Selling agents Brian Unthank Rural, Peter Ruaro Rodwells and Schubert Boers yarded 3703 Hereford, Hereford cross and Euro mixed sex weaners on January 11. All categories across the…
Lot feeders and repeat buyers bid up to 319c/kg and paid a top price of $1259 for Hereford steers at Hamilton on Wednesday afternoon. A total of 2574 Hereford and Euro cross weaner steers and heifers were yarded on the day and sold as 145 lots. Hereford steers made 251-319c/kg, crossbred steers made 260-310c/kg and…
Lot feeders and steer finishers were out in force at the Wodonga Premier Hereford/Euro and Other Breeds grown and weaner sale, paying to 345c/kg for whiteface weaners. Selling agents Elders, Corcoran Parker and Landmark Paull & Scollard yarded 6200 Herefords, black baldies and Euro cross steers and heifers on January 10. Topping the purebred weaner…
The western districts weaner sales continued on Wednesday morning at Casterton with a quality yarding of Hereford steers. The top dollar per head price was paid for 26 of the Lambert family’s Taronga steers averaging 383kg. The EU steers made $1176 or 307c/kg and were sold to Landmark Leongatha. Taronga also reached the equal top…
The Victorian western districts weaner sales kicked off on Tuesday afternoon at Hamilton with a quality yarding of 2986 steer weaners. Bullock fatteners and feedlot backgrounders paid a premium for quality EU Hereford steers while the live export market snapped up around 600 head on the day. The opening Hereford pen of the afternoon was…
By Sophie Holt The inaugural Cootamundra Hereford Heifer Show was held on the 4th to the 6th of January 2019 at Cootamundra Showgrounds. The Hereford heifer show was run by the Cootamundra Show Society with the assistance of the Southern NSW Hereford Breeders Group. The Hereford Heifer Show was designed to encourage and inspire local…
A Super Sires program launched by Herefords Australia is set to deliver high performance whiteface genetics to the cattle industry. The Hereford True Genetics – Super Sires program was launched this month (December) and identifies trait-leading sires offering solutions to stud and commercial breeders. Intramuscular fat (IMF) has been identified as the initial focus, with…
Herefords Australia is rolling out new branding to cement the breed’s position within the genomic era. The new Herefords Australia logo incorporates a white stylised Hereford head on an ochre background. The makeup of the face is an abstract representation of DNA strands and the chosen coloration symbolises the iconic Hereford red and white coat…
JENNY KELLY, The Weekly Times PRICE-wise there was a bit of everything at the early calf sale at Yea. Herefords hit a high note of $1250 to claim both dollar-a-head and cents-a-kilogram liveweight honours, while some of the heaviest Angus cattle were disappointing. Overall the sale favoured middle run and lighter steer calves, as buyers…
