Hereford steers have pushed to the top of the liveweight price ladder at Hamilton as the breed benefits from the grassfed restocking spree sweeping the southern weaner sales. The first drafts of Herefords to be sold at the centre on Tuesday averaged 506 cents per kilogram, according to results calculated by the Hamilton Livestock Exchange.…
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…
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…
The position of ‘Youth Liaison Director’ (YLD) has once again been appointed by the Board of Herefords Australia. Mr Mark Duthie, Irvingdale QLD, (pictured left) was elected to the HAL Board in May 2020 and has been appointed to this position. Mr Duthie has plenty of prior experience with the Youth group, having been HAL…
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…
