Well know Hunter Valley cattleman, Bob Miles, formally of “Strathmore”, Rouchel and the Bingeberry Hereford Stud, passed away at 91 years of age, on Sunday, 10 January, 2021. He was a life member of Herefords Australia. Bob was born and bred at “Buraduc” on the shores of Myall Lake near Forster on the northern coast…
DetailsHerefords Australia General Manager Andrew Donoghue has elected to resign as General Manager, effective as of 12 February 2021. Andrew has been approached to join an International Company and has decided to accept that offer. “Whilst I am excited at the opportunities that my new role will present, I am sad to leave Herefords Australia.…
DetailsHereford heifers have smashed price records at saleyards in the Western District as the breed rides a wave of herd rebuilding and live export demand. Bidding peaked at 632 cents per kilogram for Hereford weaner heifers at Hamilton last Friday, with Herefords the only young females to break the 600c mark. Low numbers helped drive…
DetailsSteers to $1970, av 496c/kg Heifers to $1780, Led by a small but high-quality selection Herefords and Hereford-cross, steer weaners remained hot property on the fourth and final day of Wodonga’s January beef weaner sales that concluded on Friday at NVLX Barnawartha. Topping the whiteface section of the combined Hereford, Shorthorn and Euro breeds market…
DetailsSteers to $1880, av 518c/kg Heifers to $1535, av 499c/kg Hereford weaner prices refused into take a backwards step at Wodonga on Thursday. Supplied by a loyal band of long-term Hereford breeders the market was equally supported by a rusted-on group of restocker whiteface enthusiasts who bid prices equal to and at times higher than…
DetailsRain and the return of paddock feed across Eastern Australia has made Herefords the most valuable calf breed on a per kilogram basis to be sold at Victoria’s premier Western District sales this New Year. Independent figures put out by the Hamilton Livestock Exchange – the saleyard hosting the major store sales in the region – shows Herefords…
DetailsHereford 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.…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsEach 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsGENEPROB 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…
DetailsBeef 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsIn 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…
DetailsEntries 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…
DetailsMark 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…
DetailsFor 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…
DetailsMeat 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…
DetailsA 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…
DetailsBids 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…
DetailsHerefords 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThe grand champion sash at the 75th Annual Glen Innes Hereford Bull Show was brought home by 24-month-old Kylandee Packsaddle P003. This is the fourth year in a row Phil and Brad Thomas of Kylandee Herefords, Inverell have claimed top honours in the Glen Innes Bull Show, a trend Brad says they hope to continue.…
DetailsThe Herefords Australia National Youth Committee have been busy organising a range of initiatives for the coming year, starting with the National Youth Auction this Friday. The Auction will be held online via AuctionsPlus and will run from midday Friday 26 June until 8:30pm on Sunday 28 June (AEST). The auction features 16 lots from…
DetailsGraham ‘Harry’ Day of Bordertown, South Australia has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to the livestock industry in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Mr Day said it was a great surprise and a great honour to receive the award. Graham’s father Allen E Day founded the Allendale stud in 1931…
DetailsThe 59th annual Herefords Australia National Sale (Dubbo) was held online via AuctionsPlus on Tuesday 2 June. The sale saw 16 of 23 bulls sell to a top price of $16,000 and average $8375 while all four heifers offered sold to a top price of $10,500 and averaged $5875. The top price of $16,000 was…
DetailsA new look Board has been announced for Herefords Australia following the Annual General Meeting held on 25 May 2020. Newly elected directors Sam Becker (QLD), Ian Durkin (NSW), Mark Duthie (QLD and Marc Greening (NSW) join current directors Geoff Birchnell (NSW), Tony Haggarty (NSW), Bill Kee (VIC) and Trish Worth (SA). At a recent…
DetailsTo all Hereford Australia Members, The results of the 2020 Herefords Australia Board election have been declared by the returning officer Michelle Paull on 20 May 2020. In accordance with the Constitution, Ian Durkin, Sam Becker, Marc Greening and Mark Duthie have been elected as Directors of Herefords Australia. This will be confirmed at the AGM on the…
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