The Aster cow line dominated the ring at the 2024 Royal Canberra Show’s Hereford feature show with two females taking calf, senior, grand and supreme exhibit for a NSW central…
DetailsA selection focus on marbling, positive fat and muscle is helping two young Hereford breeders genetically lift their family’s commercial operation, while cementing their own futures. Grace, 21, and her…
DetailsHereford infused steers were rewarded for their outstanding average daily gain and health performance winning the champion feedlot pen in the 2024 NSW Beef Spectacular Feedback Trial. A team of…
DetailsA cross breeding program using Hereford and Angus to lift on-farm productivity has produced the champion feedlot team in the 2024 Beef Spectacular Feedback Trial. Bill Garnock, Boco Pastoral Company,…
DetailsA large mural depicting Hereford cattle and Victorian High Country icons of the breed will be unveiled to thousands of livestock buyers and visitors during the famed Mountain Calf Sales…
DetailsThe late Clinton Baulch instilled in his children Tom and Indianna a strong passion for Hereford cattle and that guiding hand helped Tom across the line this week to bid…
DetailsAt just 20 years of age, Grace Collins has already stamped herself as a cattle industry role model and will be winging her way to New Zealand within weeks to…
DetailsVaccinating feeder steers against Bovine Respiratory Disease has paid dividends for a southern NSW Hereford operation with repeat custom from a major feedlot. David and Janelle Manwarring, Jugiong, vaccinate their…
DetailsWith a third generation knocking at the door keen to take over the reins, Hereford breeder Geoff Bush has advice for young people wanting to pursue a future in the…
DetailsA high-performance cereal program for grazing, grain and fodder along with an innovative pasture program is the backbone of an intensive cattle operation for a southern NSW family. Harvey and…
DetailsAn up-and-coming young advocate for the Northern Australian beef industry has been awarded the 2023 CM Hocking Scholarship. 21-year-old Sam Hayes grew up on Deepwell Station, 100km south of Alice…
DetailsMax Hobson worked as a mechanical engineer and project manager for 50 years spending time in in South America and Australia, and at the age of 68 found his Eureka…
DetailsAlicia Trovatello, immediate past president of Herefords Australia Youth, has been appointed as a 2024 Meat and Livestock Ambassador for the Red Meat Industry Program. Participants are trained in community…
DetailsLynn and Pam Vearing have been instilling resilience in their Hereford herd and business for more than five decades, enabling them to ride out both good and challenging times. The…
DetailsAnother group of young sires from across the nation has been inducted into the ranks of the Herefords Australia Super Sires catalogue. Out of the 90 bulls from 13 herds…
DetailsA productive grass-fed business model with sustainability stamped all over it is the focus for Victorian Hereford breeders Jeff and Jenny Smith. Although their property is not that far from…
Details108 young cattle handlers from rural and urban backgrounds across NSW and Queensland paraded 120 cattle, learnt new skills and cemented friendships at the Herefords Northern NSW Youth Camp. Hosted…
DetailsWhether it was for grass, grain or breeding programs, buyers forked out more than $18 million across nine Victorian sales for autumn drop weaners, including Hereford and Hereford infused steers…
DetailsRestockers were flushed out of the woodwork after widespread rain to bid for known quality and performance genetics, pushing prices to 350c/kg for Hereford heifers and finalising the 2023 Western…
DetailsRestockers and backgrounders from South Australia, Queensland, NSW and Victoria jockeyed with feeders for quality weaner heifers with European Union accreditation at Casterton. Selling agents Elders and Nutrien Ag Solutions…
DetailsIn a repeat of last year, two industry heavyweights went toe to toe on the lead run of the Hereford heifers at Hamilton with prices peaking at $970 for the…
DetailsSouth Australian lot feeders and backgrounders competed with their northern counterparts for quality weaned and accredited Hereford steers, lifting prices to 350c/kg and $1320 at Hamilton. Selling agents JM Ellis…
DetailsLot feeders and grass finishers went head-to-head in the Western District sales at Casterton pushing prices to $1270 for autumn drop Hereford steers. Selling agents Elders and Nutrien Ag Solutions…
DetailsGrass finishers figured prominently as the buyers of the Hereford run paying to a top of $1328 for the lead steers at the Hamilton All Breeds Weaner Sale. Selling agents…
DetailsThe message was loud and clear for heavy Hereford cattle for short term trading in grass fed markets as buyers jockeyed at the rail on the final day of the…
DetailsNorthern Victorian whiteface breeders produced a quality yarding of grown and weaner steers at Wangaratta on Thursday, but it was the female’s time to shine with prices topping at $1190…
DetailsAn influx of northern buyers combined with southern NSW and Victorian support pushed prices to 362c/kg for autumn drop steers in the opening Hereford fixture for January. Selling agents Corcoran…
DetailsHerefords have proven their weight gain superiority by placing second overall for average daily gain in Australia’s only grass-fed trial at the 48th Lardner Park Steer Trial in Victoria. At…
DetailsA purebred Hereford steer has done the cattle team from Scone Grammar School proud and placed third in the heavyweight class at the 2023 Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza. The steer…
DetailsBreed Improvement remains at the core of the Irish Hereford Society and we have been busy looking for new genetics and bloodlines abroad. As part of our Breed Improvement Scheme…
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