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40 Argentinian farmers visited Waitara Angus, Trangie NSW, with an Agricultores Federados Argentinos tour of Australia and New Zealand in September

Stephen Branson, with Cass & Charles Kimpton, Toora West, at the Banquet spring bull sale

Matt, Lucy and Sarah Godlee, with Marshall Arnold, at the Ascot Angus Spring Bull Sale. Image: Fairfax Media

out & about

Angus Australia's Robyn Kelly, Sam Hamilton, Nicky Carey and Heather Rocks with Hannah Bourke, Negoen Beef Genomics Territory Manager, at Angus Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, where $430 was raised for the Cancer Council of Australia

Ted Laurie, Knowla Livestock, Moppy via Gloucester NSW and Frank Archer, Landfall Angus Launceston Tas. at the Angus Research Update Day at Tullimba Feedlot, Torryburn NSW

Members of the NSW State Committee at their November meeting

Andrew Byrne, Angus Australia Breed Development & Extension Manager, Achmea Australia Risk Specialists Greg Peet and Mark Vayro and Matthew Angus Bulletin — summer 2019Regional PAge 1Forum Reynolds, Angus Australia Breed Development Officer at the in Toowoomba QLD

56 Contents Summer 2019 | Volume 34

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8 Cover feature image: Bald Blair Dispersal in 1926.

The dispersal was not a complete success despite the large crowd and stud breeding continued. Bald Blair has been subject to many realignments through business separations and partnership changes.

However the White families perseverance and unwavering faith in the Angus Breed saw Bald Blair celebrate its 110th year in 2018.

1 Out and About 2 Contents 4 From the President 5 From the CEO 6 Around the Saleyards 7 2018 bull sale stats 8 Confidence abounds in Angus bull sale results

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Editor: Diana Wood Layout: Ebonie Sadler-Small Printer: printcentre.net.au Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Editor or of the Board of Angus Australia.

Neither the Editor nor Angus Australia takes any responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained within this publication, nor for the outcome (including consequential loss) of any action taken by readers or others based on information contained therein.

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10 2019 Media Kit 11 End of era for some, marks new beginning for others 13 Let’s Celebrate!

14 The History of the “Doddies” in Australia 16 Angus Through the Ages: Part 1, 1919-1944 19 From the vault 20 Around the shows 1919 – 1944 22 From humble beginnings – The History of Roundup 26 Where are they now?

30 Get set for Roundup 2019!

31 Hannah takes out the University of Illinios Scholarship 32 Annabelle Butler heading Stateside

14 33 Tocal Beef Cattle Assessment Course provides learning opportunities 34 Steph’s two weeks across the ditch 36 Looking to the future at BeefEX 38 Angus Australia and Achmea: a multi-year partnership to keep farmers farming 40 The Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation and Angus Australia bring in new crop of interns 41 Interns wrap up their time in CSU and Angus Australia Internship 42 Angus Research Day provides cutting edge information for Angus producers 44 ASBP Cohort 6 Carcase Data Collection and Analysis Completed 47 Who are the ASBP Cohort 9 Sires?

50 Donohoe Cattle Co keeping the focus on productivity, fertility and market flexibility with Angus

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72 Completing Your Inventory Guide

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31 52 Making a profit through Angus fertility, price premium and excelled production 54 Fertility is the top priority 55 Temperament, animal health top priorities at Bracknell 56 Angus steers hit target for premiums 58 Angus Australia announces new ASBP and BREEDPLAN Consultative Committees 59 The journey to Angus.Tech 60 Checking an Animal’s Parentage Verification Status

71 Member Services stats 73 Welcome Scott Wright – Member Services Manager

Angus Studs

75 Engaging with producers over Verified Black Angus Beef

43 Booragul Angus 39 Dulverton Angus

77 Commercial Supply Chain Out & About

37 Dunoon Angus

78 Angus for profitability and carcase

12 Kilburnie Angus

79 Angus Win Big At The Ras Beef Challenge Awards Night

12 Shrublands Estate

82 Around the Shows

61 Searching for your next bull - SaleSELECT 62 Analytical Changes to Angus BREEDPLAN December 2018

88 Angusthroughtheages

87 InstaAngus

63 Breeders need to be efficient with their time

89 Angus Australia Foundation cultivating the leaders of tomorrow

64 Genetic gain in a tough season

102 Angus Australia Staff Directory

69 Fortnightly Angus BREEDPLAN Analyses to Continue in 2019 70 DNA Requirements for Calf Registration

60 DSK Angus

76 Welcome Richard Braund

84 Interacting with social media

67 Introduction of an Angus Parentage Assurance Program

46 Banquet Angus

IFC Kennys Creek Angus 59 Pentire Angus BC Te Mania Angus 54 Tooperang Beef Cattle 25 Weeran Angus

Commercial Advertising IBC Achmea Australia 101 ANIPRO 66 Neogen 101 Nowlan Stock & Station Agent 73 Queensland Machinery Agency 86 Queensland Agricultural

Training Colleges 46 Transport Welding Engineering 86 Transport Welding Engineering 76 Upper Murray Seeds 74 Verified Angus Beef 49 Vetoquinol 68 Zoetis

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from the president Brad Gilmour, Angus Australia President

With 2018 drawing to a close, now’s the time to look back on a year that was challenging for a lot of us. Then again, show me a year that isn’t challenging. Whether it’s the climate, the market, or the arrival of another patch of grey hair, things are never easy.

And yet, I’m always amazed at how adaptive and resilient cattle producers are.

A long look back

December 2017 – January 2018 saw the beginning of our annual weaner sales in South Australia, Victoria and Southern NSW. While prices had inched down from the dizzying heights of 12 months before, producers, feedlotters and backgrounders all had an opportunity to make a dollar from calves with plenty of weight in them.

In January, Wodonga was the host for the Thomas Foods International Angus Youth Roundup, which saw 145 enthusiastic youth members attend. The Dinner Dance and Auction held on the Saturday night saw 340 members and friends enjoy a wonderful evening and raise $21,000 for Angus Youth.

From to strength to strength

During the year we’ve seen a number of long-standing registered herds disperse throughout Australia. This has created a great opportunity for many new and existing studs to invest in different family lines, with some outstanding females on offer. It’s always good to see new and enthusiastic members joining the Angus family.

We wish them all the best in their endeavours. The same is true for those moving on from the registered cattle business. Their hard work over the years has helped make Angus the breed and brand it is today.

This year also saw the continuing growth in Commercial Members who now outnumber Full Members two-to-one.

It really shows the strength, demand and acceptance of Angus genetics throughout the commercial beef sector.

The consumer demand for our Verified Angus Beef brands at retail level all adds to future growth in the supply chain.

Speaking to live export, it’s all about Angus. Whether breeding females – 50,000 this year to date – or feeder steers. In such a tight season it’s been invaluable. China is an important market, but the welfare of our animals is even more important. In light of what’s been in the headlines for live export this year, impeccable animal welfare matters more than ever.

The Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) is now testing Cohort 9 bulls. This dataset has produced the most well credentialed research trial of its kind in Australia.

It continues to measure difficult traits on time and within budget. If you’re looking for high quality, proven sires for your next AI program, and you’re not sure where to start, the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program is a great place to begin.

Angus Tech continues to be updated and improved as a direct result of member feedback. If you’ve hit a hurdle, PAge 4

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ring Scott and his Member Services team, they have the skills to help you through it.

The Consultative Committees associated with each of our major program areas: Angus BREEDPLAN, Northern Development, World Angus Forum, ASBP and Angus Youth continue to bring great ideas to the fore. These Committees include a mix of youth and experience and I’d like to thank both the past and present Committee members for your contributions to the Angus breed.

Onto next year

We have plenty of programs to progress in 2019. The ramping up of the Northern Development initiative, with Jonathon Faris based permanently in Emerald, Queensland is one. The improvement in fertility, carcase and naturally polled animals should result in improved returns for breeders. We hope for better seasons to manage all those extra calves. Heifer Select is gaining momentum, particularly through these tight seasons, when selection needs to be made early.

A letter from the Queen?

Next year sees Angus Australia celebrating 100 years as a breed society, so I’ll keep an eye out for any letters stamped with the royal coat of arms.

We kick things off with the Thomas Foods International Angus Youth Roundup kicking off in Armidale on January 10th. This is a wonderful forum for our Angus youth.

Feature Shows, the WA Spring Walk, plus events and field days around the country will give everyone an opportunity to celebrate our centenary year. And you can join us at the Angus Australia Annual Conference, to be held in Albury on May 24th – 25th.

To the hard working team at Angus Australia

You’ve had a few changes throughout the year, and as always these have been met and dealt with in a professional manner. Thank you for your diligence.

To my fellow Directors, how lucky the members are to have such a diverse and enthusiastic Board, giving vast amounts of time and thought into advancing, not only the Angus breed, but the whole beef industry along the way.

To all the members, thank you for being part of such a great organisation.

Merry Christmas.

Angus Australia President Brad Gilmour, Terang, opens the Anvil Angus dispersal sale with a bottle of champagne. Image: Stock & Land

From the CEO

Dr Peter Parnell, Chief Executive Officer

Peter Parnell with past Angus Australia Presidents, Libby Creek and Hugh Munro

Angus continue to lead the way in 2018

2018 has definitely been a challenging year for many members, with severe ongoing drought in many regions.

Despite this, we have experienced an unprecedented level of activity in the Angus breed, with record numbers of cows on the Angus Australia female inventory, record calf registrations in the HBR and APR, record numbers of export certifications and a massive increase in the uptake of DNA testing for parentage verification and genetic evaluation. Also, despite the adjustments required in many herds to manage the severe climatic conditions, members still managed to maintain industry leading levels of performance recording and exceptional rates of genetic improvement in key economically important traits. At the commercial level, well-bred Angus cattle still command significant market premiums in all classes in response to the ongoing strong demand for quality verified Angus beef products.

Significant changes to services to members were implemented by Angus Australia during 2018, including the full application of the initial stages of AngusTech enabling unprecedented access to the power of the Angus database through advanced search and reporting tools. New DNA testing procedures were accompanied by simplified parentage verification Regulations with greater degrees of transparency. The Board and staff at Angus Australia greatly appreciate the patience, support and helpful feedback from members coinciding with the rollout of these enhancements.

As Angus Australia enters its centennial year in 2019 your organisation has a very sound financial base, necessary innovation culture, exceptional staff talent, and unparalleled database resources to ensure continued success for decades to come. The future certainly does look good for Angus.

The extraordinary growth of your breed society from its very modest beginnings in 1919 to its enviable leadership position in 2019 has been the result of the dedicated efforts by successive generations of enthusiastic members. It has been a privilege to be witness to a small window of this history where Angus Australia has undoubtedly led the industry in so many ways over the past couple of decades.

Report from Angus Australia Board Meeting conducted 29-30th November, 2018

The Angus Australia Board met in Armidale on the 2930th November. This followed meetings of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) Consultative Committee and the Angus BREEDPLAN Consultative Committee on the 28th November, and an ASBP Open Day at Tullimba research feedlot where progeny test steers undergoing feed efficiency testing were on display.

The Board considered the following items: • Review of 2019 Operational Plans for all Angus Australia programs and approval of the associated budget (with no scheduled fee increases).

• Review of Regulations, with the following changes to be implemented from 1st January 2019 - A new Regulation 5.12 be introduced as follows “Where a breeding female is under 2 years of age within the Inventory Year and has calved, a Herd Inventory Fee will be invoiced to register the calf” - Registration 6.4 be amended to “Applications for registration will only be accepted for progeny of females that were “Active” in the calving season in which the progeny are born, and for which Herd Inventory Fees have been paid”.

- Regulation 6.39 be amended to “The registration of an animal recorded in the HBR, RAR, APR, ACR & MBR when either the sire or dam were under 11 months of age at the time of conception must be accompanied

by DNA sire verification”.

- Regulation 11.5 be amended to “Straight-bred Angus ACR females can be upgraded to the APR register on payment of a prescribed fee”.

- Regulation 17.11 be amended to “Where genotype data indicates unresolved discrepancies in the recorded parentage, sex or recessive gene status of an animal born after 1/1/2018 the suspected erroneous information will be removed from the Society database and the animals’ registration status will be revoked until the discrepancies are resolved”.

• Director election schedule approved for 2019 for the election of a single Director for each the states of Victoria, Queensland and South Australia; and one nationally elected Director.

Angus Australia Board meetings in 2019 are scheduled for: 7th March, 25th May, 25th July, 13th September, and the 28-29th November.

I wish to acknowledge the dedicated contributions of all Angus Australia staff during 2018, along with the guidance and support of the Board and our various Consultative Committees. The generous and enthusiastic contributions of members of State Committees and Regional Groups across the Angus network have been greatly appreciated. I look forward to an exciting year of celebration and continued success of the Angus breed during 2019.

Peter F Parnell CEO & Company Secretary

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Barry Farley , Toolong VIC $3.10 a kilogram he gained for 21 Angus steers, average weight 363 kgs, Warrnambool VIC 30/11/18

RW Holme Trust, sold 234 Angus steers 243-381kg to average $873. The top draft, 381kg, sold at $1,010, Mt Gambier SA, 12/10/18

Ian MacLeod sold 9-10 month old Angus steers for $800 at Carcoar NSW 12/10/18

around the saleyards Images: Fairfax Media

David and Robyn Roache and son Daniel (pictured with Mark Gubbins), Kilkenny, were awarded the David Powling Memorial Shield for best presented pen. The Angus steers weighed 435kg and sold for 330c/kg pr $1,435

Tony and Elizabeth Landy sold their annual draft of 6 Angus summer 2019 AngusPAge weaners, to aBulletin top of—$1,250 for steers & $800 for heifers, Leongatha VIC 8/11/18

Landmark's Andrew Costello & Simon Booth with 12 month old Angus heifers from the Drummond Family that sold for $898 at Toowoomba QLD 22/10/18

2018 bull sale stats Total: 182 | 9,245 | $54,000 | $6,837 NO. OF SALES

BULLS SOLD

TOP $

state bull sale totals

17 | 973 $18,000 $ 6,704

Key: NO. OF SALES | BULLS SOLD | TOP $ | AVERAGE $

79 | 4,206 $54,000 $6,861

24 | 945 $31,500 $6,871

16 | 767 $26,000 $6,983

top 10 priced bulls in 2018

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$54,000

Millah Murrah Angus

$50,000

Millah Murrah Angus

$46,000

Millah Murrah Angus

$40,000

Millah Murrah Angus

$40,000

Millah Murrah Angus

$37,000

Landfall Angus

$35,000

Banquet Angus

$34,000

Millah Murrah Angus

$32,000

$32,000

Millah Murrah Nugget N266 to Alexander Downs, Merriwa NSW Millah Murrah Kruse Time N177 to Inglebrae Farms, Tenterfield NSW Millah Murrah Might & Power M176 to Ascot Angus, Warwick QLD Millah Murrah Marlon Brando M304 to Craig Duren, Trunkey NSW Millah Murrah Nectar N334 to Heart Angus, Tamworth NSW Landfall Reality M116, Connorville Station, Cressy, Tas Banquet Mirrool M078, ‘Jumbuck Pastoral’, Violet Town VIC Millah Murrah Kingdom M192 to Peter & Terry Hanigan at Coonamble NSW

$32,000

Banquet Angus Irelands Angus Landfall Angus3

$32,000

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$32,000

2

$32,000

Te Mania Angus4 Te Mania Angus5 Texas Angus6 Banquet Nixon N099, Brad and Nicole Saunders, Pheasant Creek Angus, Wowan, Queensland, Erica and Stu Halliday, Ben Nevis Angus, Walcha, NSW, and Margaret and son Robbie Patterson, Drysdale, Ballangeich • 2 Irelands Neptune N12, Holstons Pastoral Company from Buchan, Victoria • 3 Landfall Mojo M45, Kansas Livestock, Tamworth, NSW • 4 Te Mania Model M1204, Minnamurra Pastoral Company, Mudgee NSW • 5 Te Mania Malin M170, Betty Roche, Adelong, NSW • 6 Texas Hector N046, Murdeduke Angus, Winchelsea Victoria and commercial producer John & Jen Hurley of Goondwindi QLD 1

AVERAGE $

10 | 416 $37,000 36 | 1,938 $6,983 $35,000 $6,619 top 10 averages for angus

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

bulls sold at auction in 2018

Millah Murrah Angus

Sold: 102 | Top: $54,000 | Average: $15,843

Texas Angus

Sold: 138 | Top: $32,000 | Average: $11,579

RAS Angus Sale

Sold: 7 | Top: $17,000 | Average: $11,428

Koojan HIlls Angus

Sold: 65 | Top: $23,000 | Average: $10,208

Coonamble Angus

Sold: 80 | Top: $29,000 | Average: $10,100

Peakes Angus

Sold: 58 | Top: $14,000 | Average: $9,793

Speriby North Angus

Sold: 61 | Top: $20,500 | Average: $9,674

Clunie Range Angus

Sold: 127 | Top: $30,000 | Average: $9,559

Burenda Angus

Sold: 116 | Top: $16,500 | Average: $9,513

Sandon Glenoch Angus

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Confidence abounds in Angus bull sale results Diana Wood, Marketing & Communications Manager

Despite a season that has hit many cattle producers hard, Angus bull sales across the country have exceeded expectations, with producers still willing to pay top dollar to secure quality pedigree recorded genetics in many areas.

Granite Ridge Magnificent M107. Image: Fairfax Media

Overall the volume of bulls sold and the averages achieved have held up remarkably well.

9,245 registered Angus bulls sold for an average of $6837, across 182 bull sales.

Angus Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Parnell attributes the reduction in average price as clearly a direct function of the widespread drought across much of Eastern Australia.

‘Despite near record averages by some vendors there were numerous cases where sale averages were down significantly compared to previous years’, said Mr Parnell.

‘This reduction in average price is fully expected in a tough year, especially on the back of significant annual increases in sale averages in recent years. The majority of vendors have reported very high clearance rates which was unexpected, indicating new entrants into the market to offset the reduced demand by some customers requiring fewer bulls due to reduction in cow numbers during the drought’.

HOW THE STATES FARED New South Wales

New South Wales again led the charge, with 4,206 bulls sold across 79 sales for an average of 6,861.

The top price bull in both NSW and Australia was Millah Murrah Nugget N266, offered by the Millah Murrah Angus Stud at their annual on property bull sale near Bathurst NSW in September.

The son of Ascot Hallmark H147, was purchased for $54,000 by the Gill Family of Alexander Downs, Merriwa, NSW. Millah Murrah also broke the record for top price an APR (Angus Performance Register) Angus bull sold, when Millah Murrah Kingdom M192 a son of Millah Murrah Kingdom, was sold for $34,000 and purchased by Peter and Terry Hanigan of Coonamble in partnership with the Deans family.

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This was record had been held since 1991 when Hazeldean J453 was sold for $27,000.

Defying a year, where averages were down for some, Millah Murrah Angus also received the top average price in NSW, clearing 102 bulls for an average of $15,843. This average was the second highest achieved in the Angus breed, surpassed only by the 2016 Millah Murrah average of $16,348.

Further remarkable results were achieved in NSW with 8 other studs achieving averages above $9,000.

Texas Angus sold 138 bulls for an $11,579 average and had the second highest average in Australia; the RAS of NSW Angus sale, sold 7 bulls for an average of $11,428, the 3rd highest in NSW; Peakes Angus sold 58 bulls to average $9,793; Speriby North sold 61 bulls for $9674; Clunie Range, 127 bulls for $9,559; Carracabark, 23 bulls for $3,130; Booroomooka, the country’s biggest single offering of bulls at the , saw a total of 218 bulls clear for an average of $9,036 to make a sale gross of $1.19 million and Rennylea, 82 bulls for $9,012.

Queensland

Angus bull sales in Queensland realised sales of 973 bulls from 17 bull sales, to average $6,704.

Millah Murrah Nugget N266

The top price of $18,000, was paid for Bauhinia Park Net Worth M60. Sired by Bauhinia Park Net Worth H55, the bull was purchased by Troy Roberts, Callistemon, Springsure Qld. Burenda Angus achieved the top average price in Queensland at their annual Roma bull sale, reaching an average of $9513 for 116 bulls.

Sandon Glenoch Angus realised an average of $9,429 for 91 bulls.

South Australia

16 bull sales were held in South Australia, with 767 bulls selling to average $6,983.

Top price bull in South Australia was Granite Ridge Magnificent M107, as on of Texas Western Express H639, purchased by Allan and Coralee Gillogly, Montrose, Moree, NSW for $26,000.

Pathfinder Angus, achieved the top average in South Australia, clearing 120 bulls for $8,608.

Just behind them was Sterita Park Angus, who sold 87 bulls fro an average of $8,425

$35,000 was the top price achieved at the Banquet Angus Autumn Bull Sal. Banquet Mirrool M078, was sired

by Banquet Holden H591, and purchased by Robert Love, Jumbuck Pastoral, Violet Town, Vic.

Tasmania

Western Australia

In Tasmania a total of 10 sales saw 416 Angus bulls, sell to a top of $37,000 and average $6,983.

Landfall Angus broke the auction record for the state's toppriced bull twice during its’ autumn sale near Launceston.

Landfall Mojo M45, and Ayrvale Bartle E7 son, first broke the record when making $32,000 and purchased by Kansas Livestock, Tamworth, NSW. The record fell again with Landfall Reality M116, a son of Matauri Reality 839# selling for $37,00 to Connorville Station, Cressy Tas. Landfall held the previous record, of $24,000.

The top average for Tasmania of $8,714 was also achieved

by Landfall Angus at the Spring Bull Sale, where 103 bulls were sold.

Victoria

Victorian Angus bull sales realised an average of $6,619 for 1,938 bulls sold across 36 sales.

Banquet Mirrool M078

Landfall Reality

Bauhinia Park Net Worth M60. Image: Fairfax Media

Banquet also achieved the top average in Victoria with their autumn sale, clearing 82 Angus bulls to average $9,219.

In Western Australia 945 bulls cleared across 24 sales to average $6,871.

Top price honours in Western Australia went to Lawsons Angus, with Lawsons Momentous M518 selling for $31,500 when purchased by a syndicate of three Pembertonbased producers, led by Independent Rural Agents (IRA) principal Colin Thexton on behalf of commercial Angus producer trio of Blue River Grazing, Collins Bros and AJ & WJ Ryan & Co. The son of son of GAR Momentum was also the highest selling bull during the Western Australia sale season and believed to be the all time high selling Angus bull in Western Australia.

Koojan Hills Angus secured the top average, with 65 bulls achieving a $10,202 average.

Not far behind with an average of 10,100 was Coonamble Angus who sold 80 bulls.

Black Tara Angus averaged $9,350 for 10 bulls

Lawsons Momentous M518

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End of era for some, marks new beginning for others Diana Wood, Marketing & Communications Manager

With the final curtain closing on a number of prominent studs in 2019 and the volume of Angus females being offered for sale over the last 12 months, you could be excused for believing that there was a downturn in the requirement for Angus females.

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But when you delve into the results that are coming out of these sales you can sense the optimism exuding from not only the next generation of Angus seedstock producers, but also the current crop of breeders that are looking to tap into the pools of Angus genetics that have been built up over the years, with the female lines not readily available on the market until now.

April saw the Stage 2 and final dispersal of the Wattletop Angus herd, following on the back of the Stage 1 Dispersal sale in May 2017 where 260 females averaged $8,494 and topped at $38,000.

Stage 2 overall saw 215 females selling at auction to average $6,126.

The sales top price of $24,000, was paid for a Black Pearl 2006 daughter, Wattletop Ann M99, PTIC to Wattletop G188 when purchased by Tamworth stud, Heart Angus.

In the breakdown, all 58 PTIC L cows sold to a top of $14,000 and averaged $6,035; 113 of the 114 PTIC M cows sold to a sale high of $24,000 and averaged $6,389 and 44 from 45 weaner N heifers topped at $20,000 and averaged $5,568.

The Twynam Angus June offering saw a total of 389 head sold for a $2,351 average.

A total of 133 pregnancy tested in calf (PTIC) cows sold to a top of $5,400 and $2,371 average.

The top price was paid for Twynam J162 purchased by Palgrove Pastoral Company. Sired by The Glen Cavalier F055, the rising five-year-old was PTIC to calve to GAR Fail Safe.

The May 2016-drop cow, by Ascot Hallmark H147, had a July 2018-drop heifer calf at foot, by LD Capitalist.

The dispersal also saw 133 heifers sold to $7,000 and average $2,921 and 18 yearling bulls sold to $7,000 and average $4,750.

Also in October, Yancowinna Angus saw a total clearance of 208 Angus cows to $7,000 and average $2,358, 88 heifers to $2,200 and average $1,269 and total clearance of 40 bulls to $7,750 and average $4,300.

Sam Trovatello Adameluca, Kyneton South, Vic, purchased the top price cow, Yancowinna K128, by Matauri Reality 839, with an Aberdeen Kansas bull calf at foot.

Glenburn Station also held their dispersal during October, selling 55 cows and calves to $2,550 to average $1,948 and 12 heifers to $1,650 and average $1,333.

A Matauri Reality 839 daughter, Weemalah Weedy K68 was the top priced cow and was purchased by LL & TC Calder.

During November, Anvil Angus, Acheron VIC held their dispersal sale over 2 days, overall 703 females sold to average $3,257 The top price female, Anvil Lowan H126, sired by Anvil Endless E160, sold to a partnership of Banquet Angus, Mortlake, and Bannaby Angus, Taralga, NSW, for the top price of $52,000.

Lowan H126 sold with all 21 embryos previously collected and not yet implanted ,as did all the donor females on offer and her July born heifer calf by Black Aqua Lucifer.

In the breakdown; 24 donor cows averaged $9,708, top $52,000; 233 cows and calves averaged $3,689; 180 PTIC cows averaged $3058, 52 joined heifers averaged $2615; 106 heifers averaged $2981, top $21,000; 95 weaner heifers averaged $1594, top $8,000; 10 ET calves and recipient dams averaged $4,300, top $10,500; 3 stud sires averaged $6,833, top of $10,000 for Black Aqua Lucifier L15 purchased by Crawford Angus, the stud sires; 13 embryo packages consisting of 72 embryos averaged $322/embryo, top $650/embryo and 23 semen packages consisting of 644 units averaged $25/ unit, top of $125/unit.

Rising two-year-old PTIC females reached a $2,500 top; 61 unjoined 2017-drop females reached a $3,200 high and 77 bulls sold to clear 85pc, average $3817.

October saw Witherswood Angus, Taminick VIC hold their complete dispersal, with buyers all over the country in attendance, achieving a total clearance of 435 lots, to average $4,658.

NSW stud Bannaby Angus, Taralga, took home the toppriced lot, Witherswood Abigail, M0003 for $38,000.

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Let’s Celebrate!

Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer 2019 is the centenary year of Angus Australia, and what better way to showcase Angus through the ages than the 2019 Angus National Conference, being held in Albury, NSW May 23rd-24th, 2019.

The Venue:

The venue for this great occasion will be the Albury Entertainment Centre, the epicentre for live performance, business and conference events in the Albury Wodonga area, not far from the banks of the Murray River. The Entertainment Centre is located in the heart of Albury’s Central Business District, surrounded by a vast selection of quality restaurants and bars and conveniently located a short distance from the airport and accommodation.

The Program:

The gala dinner at the 2019 Angus through the ages will be Angus Australia's official centenary celebration

The 2019 program for the National Conference covers a wide range of topics regarding the latest information developed by Angus Australia. The topics covered will address leaders in technology, how has Angus beef adapted to ‘meat’ consumer expectations, managing genetics and reproduction in a commercial herd, staying ahead of the game and in an ode to the 100-year history of Angus Australia, looking back at how far we have come.

There will also be ample opportunity for networking and socialising between sessions over the two-day event, with refreshment opportunities provided.

Trade stands will be run across the two days, allowing opportunities for producers and industry service providers to network.

A gala dinner will be held on Thursday the 24th of May and will be the official celebration dinner for the Angus Australia Centenary year, as well as incorporating an auction to raise funds for the Angus Foundation.

And for the first time Angus Australia will host a Verified Black Angus BBQ Challenge in the Queen Elizabeth II Square on April 22nd.

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Sam White and Nigel Semmens at the 2016 Angus Australia National Conference held in Albury

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Covering topics such as:

- Leaders in technology - How has Angus beef adapted to ‘meat’ consumer expectations - Managing genetics and reproduction in a commercial herd - Staying ahead of the game - Look how far we’ve come Plus Introducing the Verified Black Angus Beef Invitational BBQ Challenge, April 22

Save the date 2019 Angus Australia Centenary Celebrations: Thomas Foods International Angus Youth national Roundup 10th – 13th January, Armidale NSW

Crookwell Show - Angus Feature 10th February Sydney Royal Easter Show Angus Feature Show 11th – 15th April Angus through the Ages, National Conference May 23rd - 24th, Albury NSW Royal Adelaide Show Angus Feature Show 30th August – 8th September Royal Melbourne Angus Feature Show 28th September – 1st October Check the Angus Australia website for other event details as they become available

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More information available at www.angusaustralia.com.au

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The History of the “Doddies” in Australia Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

In January 1824, 8 black cattle were unloaded at the Hobart Town docks. They had arrived from Fife, Scotland, and had travelled several months to arrive in Australia under the watchful eye of James Foster.

The cattle were driven up the streets of Hobart and then onto Dennistoun, owned by Captain Patrick Wood, located near Bothwell, Tasmania. According the historic accounts, this was the first cattle in Australia that were akin to the Aberdeen-Angus breed. The breed in its formative years were popular due to their good beef qualities. Cattle akin to the Aberdeen-Angus were imported to Australia during the development of the colonies herds, firstly in what was at the time Van Diemen’s Land, now known as Tasmania. The reason for this, described by land commissioners in Tasmania from 1926-1938, was the breed was “well-shaped, handsome stock, and milk remarkably… each cow will yield as much milk as four or five of the common breed of the colony”.

Black polled cattle were also recommended by Botanist Joseph Banks for the neophyte colony, whom sailed with Captain James Cook to Australia in 1770.

It was discovered by the owner of Dennistoun who bought the property from the Woods’ in 1917, Bayard Edgell, that the Dennistoun Angus herd was formally founded in 1858. It was developed by original breeding cows from Fifeshire in Scotland. Four bulls were imported in 1858 and New Zealand Angus blood was introduced in 1883. While the history has varying timeframes for the Angus breed in Australia, Dennistoun is the oldest property to continuously run Angus Cattle in Australia.

In 1858, four Aberdeen-Angus bulls for imported from Scotland, bred by William McCombie of Tillyfour.

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of the Darling Downs, with a purchase two or three purebred cows and one bull. After the dispersal of Dalrymple herd, William Hogarth of Balgownie Station, Cambooya established the first Aberdeen Angus Stud in Queensland in 1882 after purchasing a portion of the Tillyfour lot, over time adding importations from Scotland and New Zealand. Hogarth purchased a bull from New Zealand after the establishment of the Balgownie Stud. The bull, named Black Leg, was a notable animal, bred by McCombie of Tillyfour.

Victoria saw its first arrival of Aberdeen-Angus when J.G Dougherty, a Melbourne stock and station agent imported cattle in 1870 from Tillyfour to re-sell. Records mention that this importation consisted of two bulls and six cows. George Perry of Maribyrnong, Melbourne, purchased the draft while one of the bulls was bought by a Victorian farmer.

Aberdeen-Angus was first introduced to New South Wales by George Loder from Abbey Green, Singleton.

Loder was a well-known Hereford breeder, who bought his Aberdeen-Angus cattle from Dougherty in Melbourne.

The draft went to Singleton, with half going to George Sparkes of Rosebery and the rest to Richard Dines of Merriwa. William Hogarth later purchased pure bred females from George Hines of Merriwa and the best of the herd owned by Mr Sparkes. Of those he purchased, Hogarth showed three bullocks at the Brisbane Show (now the Royal Queensland Show), taking out first price in the fat cattle selection.

Western Australia and South Australia were slower in the adaption of the Aberdeen-Angus breed.

It is chronicled that the earliest recorded AberdeenAngus in South Australia was in 1910, by the Honourable John Lewis of Adelaide. While records suggest he potentially may have had a stud before this time, it cannot be determined until 1910 of the influence of the Aberdeen-Angus breed. The first recorded stud was Waratah, owned by A.L. Dunn, Ashbourne.

Western Australia saw its first influence of AberdeenAngus in 1891 by the father of John Muir, who was an early Scottish colonist of Beeside, Manjimup. The first established stud in the state was Teviotdale, Moulyinning, in 1922. It was established by Adam Elder, who had been importing the breed from Scotland between 1911-1916.

Angus females at Dennistoun Station, Bothwell Tasmania in 2007

In the Aberdeen-Angus Manual published in 1949, the following was written, “From these small beginnings in the West, the “Doddies” have spread right up to the long western coast from the south-west corner of the state to Broome, 1200 miles south, and on to the big cattle country in the Kimberleys”.

The Northern Territory saw Aberdeen-Angus introduced

by J.M. Newman, owner of the Cabulcha Stud, in Caboolture, Queensland. In May 1933 after his purchase of large Territory cattle station, Anthony’s Lagoon, Newman decided to convert the existing Shorthorn herd to Aberdeen-Angus, which led to a 10-week journey of overland droving. The conversion to Aberdeen-Angus was a successful one at Anthony’s Lagoon, with further cattle numbers being transferred to the property in the years later.

The pioneers of the Aberdeen-Angus breed launched an assiduous campaign for the breed those many years ago, which has resulted in Angus cattle being one the most prosperous breeds in Australia in the modern age.

Information for this article has been sourced from the “The Story of Angus Australia” written by Nigel Austin in 2007. Furthermore, original information has been pulled from the Aberdeen Angus Manual from the year 1949, compiled by the Angus Society Committee.

Left: Reserve AberdeenAngus cow at the 1918 Brisbane Exhibition.

Images from: The Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book of Australia Volume 1 and the 1949 Aberdeen Angus Manual

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In 1927, top figures among the 6 bulls from a consignment that arrived from Scotland and landed in Sydney were 825 guineas paid by L Forster, ‘Abington’ Armidale NSW for Banker of Castlecraig (See below, right hand side) and the same for Beauty of Balfron by FJ White and Sons 'Bald Blair' Guyra NSW. The importance of the transaction cannot be over-estimated as it was from this point the Society began to make real progress. From the Aberdeen Angus Manual compiled by the Angus Society Committee in 1949.

Angus Through the Ages: Part 1, 1919-1944 Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

The Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book Society was founded in Brisbane on the twelfth day of August 1918, by a group of Queenslanders, George Clarke from East Talgai, Macintosh Charles from the Gootchie Stud and RS Maynard.

The aim penned in the society’s first meeting was ‘forming a society for the preservation of pedigrees’.

It wasn’t until a second meeting on May 9, 1919 that the society formally materialised, with an aim “for the promotion of the best interests of importer, breeders and owners of Aberdeen-Angus cattle, and thereby the public generally”.

The first recorded list of members of the society, as of July 1922 consisted of 14 members (or families). These pioneers were: W.M Charles, John Chisolm, George Clark, Albert Cook, George Dair, Hubert Docker, Adam Elder, Norman Forster, W. Jackson, J.A McIntosh, A. Payne, S. Tulloch Scott, the White Brothers of Edinglassie (J.C White), and F.J White and Sons of Bald Blair.

The Angus Pioneers

Prominent pioneers of the Angus breed during the early days of the society were James Cobb White (JC) of Edinglassie, Col. Harold White from Bald Blair, Norman Forster from Abington, Hubert Docker from Bontharambo and George Clark from East Talgai.

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assisted in the continued growth of the Angus breed within trying times in its early breed development.

JC White’s nephew, Colonel Harold F (HF) White was instated as President of the society after the passing of his uncle. Hailing from Bald Blair, Colonel White become the longest serving President, serving in the role for a decade.

In his day, Colonel White was one of the most influential breeders of Aberdeen-Angus cattle due to his show ring and performance cattle. He is also hailed as one of the leading pioneers of performance recording for AberdeenAngus cattle. The White Family over the course of 100 years have continued to be prominent figures within the society.

Norman Forster was the society President from 19391941. The United Kingdom’s society had shipments of Aberdeen-Angus cattle delivered to Australia between 1927-1934, with the first shipment of five bulls in 1927, the second of nine bulls and fifteen females in 1933 and third shipment of three bulls and twelve heifers in 1934.

Colonel White and Forster were some of those who purchased these cattle. During his involvement in the society Forster was approached by the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society of Scotland, regarding collecting Australian history of the breed.

As a producer, Forster and his family were among those who invested in the inclusion of New Zealand AberdeenAngus cattle after World War l.

Another founding member of the society Albert Cook from Greenmount, Queensland was also buying cattle from New Zealand at this time. Based in the Mackay region in Queensland, Cook is credited to have introduced the breed to the North Queensland coastal region, establishing his stud in 1917.

George Clark of East Talgai played a big part in the early establishment of the society and expanding the Angus influence in Southern Queensland. He founded his stud in 1915, buying cattle from New Zealand and Tasmania.

John Chisholm of Wantalanya, Winton was another founding father of the society that hailed from the northern regions of Queensland. His large stud ran cattle bought from New Zealand, Queensland and Victoria and was a large supplier of bulls for Queensland producers, which has been credited as influential in the expansion of the breed in the state.

Macintosh Charles, Gootchie, Queensland, was a fellow founding father and had five bulls and four cows registered in the first published Society herd book in 1922.

He also had fifteen cows that the society deemed pure bred. He established his stud in 1914 from Balgownie cows bred by William Hogarth, who was the owner of the first stud developed in Queensland.

JA. McIntosh of Yundah, Mountside via Warwick is recorded to have imported New Zealand AberdeenAngus for his established stud from 1916.

W. Jackson, North Eton, Mackay was an original member of the Society at the publishing of the first herd book and while at this time had only one cow and two bulls registered with the Society, his involvement in the development of the breed assisted in the Society to become what it is today.

It was noted by Maynard in the 1920 Aberdeen-Angus Review that “Queensland has more Aberdeen-Angus breeders than any other state, Tasmania probably coming next and New South Wales third.”

George Dair of the Meadowbank Stud, Lilydale Victoria was also a founder of the Society. Dair developed his stud with the purchase of a heifer and three cows at the dispersal of the Barrowville herd in Tasmania in 1919.

Meadowbank showed the only Aberdeen-Angus cattle at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1919, and was the first of the breed to be showed at the show since 1912. The females showed won all the main awards of the Royal Melbourne show in 1920 and 1921, and the stud was the solo entrants Aberdeen-Angus classes in 1922.

Hubert S Docker was another of the founding members of the Society. Docker was owner of Bontharambo, Wangaratta, Victoria. He started his stud after the conclusion of World War I using cattle sourced from Hayston Farms, Angus, Scotland.

Two Bulls with prized bloodlines imported by Docker were shown at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1920 and 1921, taking the champion and reserve champion both years.

Docker has been attributed to assisting the popularity of the breed in the southern states due to his successes at Royal Melbourne Show, particularly the stud’s fat steers.

It is recorded that by the year 1946, Bontharambo’s herd was likely the largest registered Aberdeen-Angus herd in Australia.

S. Tulloch Scott of Dunedin, Tasmania registered one bull and twenty six cows, one registered by the Society as pure bred, in the first herd book in 1922.

Founding member Adam Elder was behind the first established Aberdeen-Angus stud in Western Australia, Teviotdale, Moulyinning established in 1922. Elder had been importing the breed from Scotland between 1911-1916.

Forging Ahead

The first 25 years of the society was extremely important in the future development for the breed. Studs were developing, and the pure Aberdeen-Angus pedigree was blooming to fruition amongst producers.

After the materialisation of the Society and the publishing of the first herd book in 1922, Australia was struck by the

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Angus Through the Ages: Part 1, 1919-1944 - Continued Depression, however it was in these years that there an influx of Aberdeen-Angus cattle within Australia.

While Aberdeen-Angus cattle had a difficult start when first introduced to Australia, due to the prejudices they faced because of producers preference for other English breeds, it was the influences of Angus pioneers, including the founding figures of the society itself that drove the breed.

Many of these founding figures have decedents that are still serving as Angus leaders in the breed today. After the end of the first World War, black polled animal numbers were on the increase.

While the 1930s saw the expansion of Angus into the Northern Territory, it is recorded that due to the fact that there were a lack of meatworks or train link in or to Darwin to service in the NT that it hindered the plans of conversions of large cattle properties running other British breeds to Aberdeen-Angus and the stability of the meat industry in the state. According to Norman Forster, this was a “Truly national loss with the Aberdeen-Angus breed one of the greatest potential losers”.

In the 1940s, there was a boom within the US export market for hamburger meat. This opened new potential for Aberdeen-Angus producers, as prior to this point much of all import and export had been to the United Kingdom.

The first 25 years of the society are a credit to its presidents, Hon JC White (1919-1927), Col. HF White (1927-1937), Andrew Reid (1937-1939), Norman Forster (1939-1941), Lt. GT Reid (1941-1943) and Clifford Minter (1943-1944) and their committeemen during this time.

The herd books published over this time are a testament to the gradual increase in the popularity of the brand over the course of the first quarter of the Angus century.

Numbers over the first ten herd books: Herd Book One: Published July 1922 Members: 14 | Bulls: 65 | Cows: 313

Herd Book Two: Published October 1925 Members: 13 | Bulls: 95 | Cows: 519

Herd Book Three: Published March 1928 Members: 17 | Bulls: 146 | Cows: 805

Herd Book Four: Published March 1931

Members: 27 | Bulls: 295 | Cows: 1332

Herd Book Five: Published March 1934

Members: 50 | Bulls: 493 | Cows: 2165

Herd Book Six: Published March 1936

Members:67 | Bulls: 686 | Cows: 2891

Herd Book Seven: Published March 1938

Members: 79 | Bulls: 875 | Cows: 3701

Herd Book Eight: Published June 1940

Members: 90 | Bulls: 1059 | Cows: 4511

Herd Book Nine: Published December 1942

Members: 109 | Bulls: 1371

| Cows: 5654

Herd Book Ten: Published August 1944

Members: 116 | Bulls: 1637 | Cows: 6819

List of members from the Herd Book of Australia, Volume 10: Published by the Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book Society of Australia, 14th August 1944

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1. Herd Book Volume 4, March 1931 2. Herd Book Volume 5, March 1934 3. Herd Book Volume 6, March 1936 4. Herd Book Volume 7, March 1938 5. Herd Book Volume 8, March 1940 6. Herd Book Volume 9, December 1942 7. Herd Book Volume 10, August 1944 Angus Bulletin — summer 2019

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From humble beginnings – The History of Roundup Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

The Angus Youth National Roundup has been an annual occurrence within the Angus Australia calendar for the past 38 years, taking place in various places around Australia and bringing young beef enthusiasts together.

2nd Annual National Junior Angus Heifer Show and Herdsman's Contest 1984 Participants

The beginnings of Roundup as we know it now was a product of the South Australian Angus Youth Committee, founded in 1977. The Youth Committee was developed due to the fact that the President of the Angus Society at the time, Colin Lyons, saw that the Society was struggling and that there was a potential for the longevity of the Society if the younger generations involved in the breed are supported and recognised.

It was at this time that the Reconstruction Committee was established, with David Cornell nominated as Chairman of this committee. David Cornell and Colin Lyons continued working together over the next 5 years to expand the Angus Youth Program to what it is today.

David Cornell had a vision for Angus Youth after travelling to the USA and visiting with Angus breeders. During this time, David discovered 1 in 3 members of the American Angus Society were Youth members, which held a stark difference to minimal numbers of Youth members in the Australian Angus Society.

The South Australian Committee General meeting (SA AGM) in September 1977 moved that 2 additional members were to be included in the committee that had to be aged under 25 years of age. The first members under 25 were F.W. (Bill) Cornell and John Pointon. The main aim for these men was to promote Youth and to get them interested in beef cattle, particularly Angus.

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intention to encourage young people to be involved with the breed, with the added prize of a monetary donation to the schools fielding Angus placegetters on the day and on hook. During this time, it was also announced that an Angus feature show would be promoted during 1978.

Bill Cornell, one of the original “under 25” members, said the following.

“The Angus Society was really struggling in the 1970’s but the establishment of the Suzuki Angus Beef Classic in 1977, along with strong conveyance by the federal body and the introduction of the female inventory system things began to turn around.

“In 1977 we started an Angus Youth Committee and started to hold field days and promoting Angus cattle in and about the Adelaide Hills and south east of SA. At the 1977 SA AGM it was agreed that 2 members of the

Cherry Steel presenting Chris Garvin with his Grand Champion parader award at the 1999 Angus Youth National Roundup in Wodonga VIC

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State Committee were to be under 25 years of age, John Pointon and I were elected (I was just 20),” he said.

“Also, at the SA AGM the Angus judge of the 1977 Royal Adelaide Show, Jerry Helgren hailing from Picket Fence Angus, Grayslake, Illinios, addressed the meeting and said that the greatest thing happening in the USA was the Angus Junior Association and the National Heifer Show and Showmanship competition. Jerry urged the meeting to establish a National Junior Angus Association and a National Heifer Show.”

The National Junior Angus Heifer Show and Herdsman’s Contest was developed as part of a change in the Angus Society at the time to put more focus on its junior members to ensure the longevity of the society in the future. Jerry Helgren has been attributed for fuelling the fire for this event in 1977. The National Angus Judging Competition by this time had been developed and began in 1980 in conjunction with the Suzuki Angus Beef Classic, with the recipient of title being presented with a scholarship to attend the University of Illinois.

“The Judging Competition was the final held to decide the overall winner; each state had held regional events and nominated 2 people to represent their state. Each state was starting to follow South Australia’s lead and hosting a Junior Heifer show and paraders event annually. In 1982 it was announced that a National event was to take place at the Suzuki Angus Beef Classic. At the persuasion of David Cornell, other Suzuki State Distributors sponsored the National event,” said Mr Cornell.

“With some states already having regional events and now with sponsorship money, the formation of the National Youth event was a formality. In 1982 David Cornell approached Dr David Hawkins of Michigan State University and asked if a scholarship award similar to the Illinois Scholarship could be made for the winning Herdsman.

With this everything was set for the 1983 National Heifer Show and Paraders Competition, with the winner of the

David Slatter won the Michigan State University scholarship at the 1998 Angus Youth National Roundup & is pictured with Mike Traynor representing the sponsor at the time, Elders.

National Junior Herdsman’s title at the contest to receive the Michigan State University Scholarship.”

The first National Junior Angus Heifer Show and Herdsman’s contest took place in 1983, and was held in Wodonga on Wednesday, March 9th.

In the early days of Roundup there was a large emphasis on the cattle as well as the competitors themselves. The first National Junior Angus Heifer Show and Herdsman’s Contest had thirteen entrants in the Junior Angus Heifer Show and thirteen in the Junior Herdsman’s Contests, with both competitions judged by John Sundermann.

John had in fact been the inaugural winner of the Angus Judging competition held in 1980 and was the first recipient of the Illinios Scholarship. John’s appointment to judge at this event was to further advance Angus Youth.

The champion heifer of the show was Forres Burnette A22 (A.I) which was exhibited by Karen Batchelor and was bred by the Forres Stud, Karara.

The National Junior Herdsman’s title went to Alison Inglis, Glen Bold Stud Echunga, South Australia. Alison was also recipient of the Michigan State University Scholarship which would see her visit the United States for 3 months.

The University of Illinois Scholarship went to Peter Inglis, South Australia. It is also interesting to note that Peter was then stud master at Glen Bold and Alison is his younger daughter, proving the event to be a family affair.

For the following 7 years, Wodonga was the home of the Junior Angus Heifer Show and Herdsman’s Contest and saw the gradual increase in the numbers of participants.

In the early 90s, Bill Cornell and Marg Slatter converted the National Junior Angus Heifer Show and Herdsman’s Contest to the Angus Youth Roundup and introduced the Angus Youth Ambassador Programs.

Bill Cornell explains that after a period away from the society, he returned in 1990s, and was elected to the NSW State Committee and the following year to the Federal Committee, at which time that there was a push for him to provide bigger and better events for the Youth members. Marg Slatter at this time also had moved to NSW. “Marg was a solid believer in Youth and had run youth events in SA.” Mr Cornell said. “It was in the early 90’s that those who elected me to the Federal Council wished that I push hard on Youth and get bigger and better events.”

“Marg Slatter had come up with the Ambassador awards and I approached David Hawkins at Michigan State Uni in the USA and to ask if we could restart the scholarship for the winner of the National Junior Herdsman Title, as at this time the award hadn’t been presented for 4 years. Marg and I offered to run the Angus Youth event in Holbrook.

I approached Andrew Mole at Elders for sponsorship of the Ambassador jackets and $5,000 annually for 5 years.

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angus youth History of Roundup - Continued Ideas from Marg Slatter combined with the great job the Northern NSW members had done with the state Youth event at Glen Innes lead us to perhaps the real birth of the Angus Youth Roundup event that has arisen to what it is today.”

Mr Cornell is proud of the Angus Youth Program as it has become today and recognises its developments from its formative years until now as a testament to the hard work of many valued members of the Society who worked and assisted in events over the last 38 years.

“It is absolutely fabulous that Angus Youth has flourished to where it is today. It is outstanding to think of all the winners and participates over the last near on 40 years have done for the Beef Industry today. Former AA Co CEO Jason Strong was an Angus USA Scholarship winner just to name one!”

“Many Angus breeders families have grown together through the fellowship of the events. The Youth cattle business is all about people, the cattle and programs (education). The Angus Round Up has offered so many opportunities for people to excel, become leaders, to get more education, to have fun, to learn on and about Agriculture, and given pathways to people to get involved in the cattle business.”

“I personally am so proud of my father’s vision and efforts back 40+ years ago to push the idea of Angus Youth and then to raise thousands of dollars to make it happen. I am also proud that I, with folk like Marg Slatter, were able to be in the position to really kick start the program that exists now. Others like Cherry Steel and her supporters gave a lot of effort as well to making it happen. Angus Youth is perhaps the most important thing for the Angus breed, as the future is always the next generation.”

Since its inception the Angus Youth National Roundup has been hosted by towns and cities in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, has been supported by countless, individuals, Angus studs and industry businesses from across the country and around the world and has seen up to 220 competitors at one event in Armidale NSW, in 2016.

Angus Australia’s Marketing and Communications Manager, Diana Wood, someone who herself has benefited from attending the Roundup and being involved with Angus Youth, credits those that were responsible for developing this event for helping to shape the future for so many young beef industry enthusiasts.

‘The vision from the likes of the Cornell family and others, has allowed the Angus Youth National Roundup to become the largest single breed event in the country and it is still impacting on the career paths of individuals today’.

‘You only have to look back at the long list of competitors and award winners since its inception to realise the impact this event has had on those who have attended.

So many of those names have become movers and shakers in the agricultural and beef industry’s.’ In 2019, as Angus Australia hosts its Centenary Celebrations, the Thomas Foods International Angus Youth Roundup will be hosted in Armidale NSW on January 10th -13th. 180 participants will take part in Roundup, a far cry from the 13 that participated in the first National Junior Angus Heifer Show and Herdsman’s Contest.

Bill, Andrew, Kathleen and David Cornell

Roundup 2018, Wodonga VIC

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Where are they now?

Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

The Angus Youth Program celebrates 38 years in motion in 2019. As part of the centenary celebrations, in each of the Angus Bulletins for the year of 2019 we are featuring some of our prominent Angus Youth members from the last 38 years and seeing “Where are they Now!”.

The first featured Angus Youth Alumni are Erica Halliday, Diana Wood, Zac McInerney and Steve Chase.

Erica Halliday (nee. Steel) What is your earliest memory participating in Angus Youth activities?

It was at the very first Roundup run by my Mum and Dad, Bruce and Cherry Steel, and Jason Strong (former University of Illinois winner) in 1986 in Glen Innes. I had the naughtiest heifer at the Roundup called Amelia Bedeilia (after the books the Naughtiest Girl in School).

I remember the start of a very long association and respect for Bob Dent as he was one of the instructors.

It was Bobby Gregory judging the Paraders, and me winning the Paraders because someone felt sorry for me and gave me a fantastically educated Paraders heifer (unlike mine). The prize was a bright purple cap which I never wore because I felt I hadn’t earned it.

What activity/event stands out to you the most (eg Roundup, leadership clinic, scholarships etc)?

The friends I made and the fun we had, and getting to know the parents of the kids as well. It was like one big family who I still love catching up with. .... Oh, of course there was Bob Dent talking EBV’s again. It took about 4 Roundups for me to start to understand but I’m glad the penny eventually dropped.

In my early 20’s I actually worked as the Youth Coordinator and ran a number of Roundups which is both the hardest and most rewarding job I ever had. Having been on both sides I have a real appreciation for how much work and resources Angus Australia puts into the Roundup and it can be a thankless task, so please be kind and appreciative of them.

In terms of opportunities that you received for being part of Angus Youth, how did your involvement positively influence your development in the beef cattle industry?

Hugely!

I was fortunate enough to attend many educational opportunities in relation to assessing and understanding EBV’s that set me up in the career I have today (and absolutely love), which is breeding and marketing Angus cattle.

I was also fortunate as a result of Angus Youth to have won the National Junior Judging Scholarship, which took me to the University of Illinois to study Beef Production and Marketing, which again I use all the time and just love doing. I also went on to have the valuable experience of working in a feedlot and abattoir.

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have been possible without Angus Youth and I am eternally grateful to them.

What were the key learnings you developed as a member of Angus Youth, through the program and then the additional scholarship experiences that you had?

How important a foot in the door is. How important it is to make connections and how enjoyable it is to make friendships. How much enjoyment and satisfaction you can get out of doing something you love. The importance of listening and learning from people with experience.

The importance of respecting different idea’s and views, and the value of hard work.

How are you involved in the beef cattle industry now/ where are you now?

My husband Stu and I and our family have taken over Ben Nevis Angus from my parents. It is one of Australia’s oldest Angus studs and we have developed a Yearling Bull Program that sells bulls from North Queensland, to central Australia, down to Tasmania and even New Zealand. We run over 900 cows (300 Stud), and target the Jap B3, and branded beef markets with our progeny.

I am also a Director of Angus Australia, and Chairman of Youth and Marketing within that. I love being able to give back and still be involved.

Why would you encourage others to become involved in the Angus Youth Program?

To make friends, create opportunities for themselves and to soak up all the knowledge available to them through the educational programs and people associated with our amazing breed.

Erica Halliday during her time as the Angus Youth Coordinator

angus youth Diana Wood (nee. McLeish) What is your earliest memory participating in Angus Youth activities?

My earliest memory of Angus Youth was attending a Roundup in Armidale in 1996. This was most memorable for me because I was beaten by my little sister in the paraders, something I had to get used to over my parading career. But in all seriousness I also remember this event as the catalyst that really drove my interest in forging a career in the beef industry. It also showed me the friendships and connections that could be formed in attending events such as Roundup.

It was also at this time that I realised the commitment that Mum and Dad had to ensuring my sister and I were afforded all the opportunities that the Angus Youth program had to offer. I would hate to think what the kilometres they covered over the years add up to!

What activity/event stands out to you the most (eg Roundup, leadership clinic, scholarships etc)?

Other than the fun and education that I had at the many Roundups I attended, winning the National Judging Competition and attending the University of Illinois for a semester was one of the biggest highlights from my involvement in the Angus Youth program.

Being given the opportunity to be exposed to the north American cattle industry and to learn at one of the best agricultural Universities in the world, was an experience that I will always cherish and has certainly further my connections in the beef world. This is an experience that I would highly recommend to anyone looking at the overseas scholarships on offer.

I was also very lucky to have been the first child of a past recipient to have also won the Illinois Scholarship, with my dad Ewen McLeish winning the scholarship in 1988 (before there was an age limit), so I had always had the drive to win this award.

In terms of opportunities that you received for being part of Angus Youth, how did your involvement positively influence your development in the beef cattle industry?

The opportunities I received were endless, apart from the friendships and connections I developed the Angus

Diana Wood (nee McLeish) and Bindi Marshall (nee McLeish) at the Bathurst Roundup in 1998

Youth program provided me with countless experiences and leadership development opportunities, in 2002 I was awarded the Ebony Hills Encouragement Award heifer and became an Angus Youth Ambassador and got to attend the Leadership Clinic in Armidale, after this time I had various roles on the Management Committee and was I on a number of Roundup organising committees.

The pinnacle for me was winning the University of Illinois Scholarship.

Being a part of all of this helped to develop my career in the beef industry, by not only cementing my love of the industry, but by providing me with the mentors and connections that would ultimately shape the path I would take.

I remember sitting down to dinner at the Blazing Stump Hotel in Wodonga during the judging of the 2006 National Judging Competition and asking Erica Halliday how I could utilise my Economics and Marketing Degree to get a job in agriculture (at the time I was working for Balmain Leagues Club in Sydney). Her advice was that I had a lot of contacts in the industry formed over many years and that they should be my first point of call, advice I have never forgotten.

What were the key learnings you developed as a member of Angus Youth, through the program?

I have to credit the program for the confidence it instilled in me and that the workshops and leadership clinics, junior judging and scholarship interviews I was involved with helped to build my ability in public speaking and put me in good stead for the first job interview I went to.

The program also further developed my overall understanding of the beef industry as a whole and opened my eyes to the whole supply chain. It showed me that there are a wealth of opportunities available to anyone who wants to forge a career in the industry.

How are you involved in the beef cattle industry now/ where are you now?

After finishing Uni, spending some time at the University of Illinois and a brief stint in Sydney, I moved to Armidale in 2006 to work as a BREEDPLAN processor at ABRI, incidently working on Angus BREEDPLAN. Following this I became the Executive Officer for the Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society and in 2014 I came full circle and began working with Angus Australia in the marketing team and I am now the Marketing and Communications Manager.

I still maintain an active role a role with mum and dad at Outwest Angus in a marketing role and my husband and I and our three children run a commercial Angus and a super fine Merino operation.

I have also been fortunate to judge cattle at a number of Royal Shows including, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.

Why would you encourage others to become involved in the Angus Youth Program?

Fun, friendships and career path development! The Angus Youth program provides innumerable opportunities for its participants and continues to evolve to ensure that the best scholarships, awards and programs are available to ensure skill building for the future leaders of the beef industry. You only have to look across the many varied roles available across the beef industry and you will find Angus Youth Alumni.

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angus youth Zac McInerney What is your earliest memory participating in Angus Youth activities?

My earliest memory is my first Roundup in Glen Innes in 2007. This is where I made some of my fondest memories, as a lot of the friends I met and made at Glenn Innes in 2007 are some of my closest friends today.

What activity/event stands out to you the most (eg Roundup, leadership clinic, scholarships etc)?

World Angus Forum (WAF) in New Zealand was by far one of the best experiences I have had in my life. Put 48 young adults and Angus enthusiasts from all around the world in a backpackers hostel and commence a week long competition focused arounds skills, education and team building - what more could you ask for?

Secondly, I have been lucky enough to have sat on the Angus Youth Management Committee (AYMC) for 5 years and chaired the AYMC for 2 years, so I have been involved in a number of different events over the years. However, I would have to say the Leadership Clinic was the one event that I most enjoyed, as it was a great networking and skill building event focused on building the Angus Youth Program.

And lastly, I can’t forget my trip that I won to New Zealand as the Trans-Tasman Exchange Recipient in 2012.

In terms of opportunities that you received for being part of Angus Youth, how did your involvement positively influence your development in the beef cattle industry?

I have received a number of different opportunities from Angus Youth, as follows: i. Angus Ambassador ii. Te Mania Potential Breeder Award iii. AYMC Member iv. AYMC Chairperson v. WAF vi. NSW State Committee Member vii. Involved with seven Roundups in major / minor roles

Angus Youth has provided me with a number of different opportunities through assisting in building my skills and knowledge of the industry. However, it’s the networking opportunities I received that has been the ‘proof in the pudding’ for my career development. As the saying goes “it’s not necessary what you know it’s who you know” and Angus Youth has given me the opportunity to network with a variety of different people across the value chain.

It always helps to have that friendly face at an event or that common talking point in an interview.

What were the key learnings you developed as a member of Angus Youth, through the program?

I have developed my understanding of the beef industry across many different points of the value chain through the program.

Further, a key learning of mine has been to utilise the opportunities I have received through the program, and to apply them in my career in the industry.

How are you involved in the beef cattle industry now/ where are you now?

The beef industry is my life. I started as kid from the beach that had a passion for agriculture. I went to boarding school in Tamworth and joined Angus Youth and I haven’t looked back. I started my own Angus Stud after attending my first Roundup, however since then the family farm was sold. However, I wanted to keep cows, so I have had a number of different leases and agistment blocks since. My stud, Scarbah Angus, is based in Guyra. The first cow was bought in 2007 just after my first Roundup.

I have just started a new role with Bindaree Beef as a Profit Optimisation Co-Ordinator, where my focus is right across the value chain from feedlot, processing through to retail space, looking at ways to maximise opportunity/operational efficiencies for the further gain of the industry.

Previous to my role at Bindaree I was an MSA Business Development Officer working across QLD and SA to help assist supply chain stakeholders capture more value through the use of the MSA eating quality principles.

Why would you encourage others to become involved in the Angus Youth Program?

I think the comments above explain why I’d encourage others to be involved!

I encourage anyone wanting skill building, opportunity, networking and career leading to become involved one of the largest youth networking groups recognised out in industry. And most importantly it’s FUN!

" Winner of the 2012 NZ Exchange, Zac McInerney, pictured with Angus Australia President (at the time), Mark Gubbins.

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The connections that are established will last a lifetime and you can always guarantee that you will see a friendly face at any event you walk into!

Diana Wood

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angus youth Stephen Chase What is your earliest memory participating in Angus Youth activities?

My earliest memory was the Angus Youth Roundup in 1997, held in Armidale.

What activity/event stands out to you the most (eg Roundup, leadership clinic, scholarships etc)?

The leadership clinic was fantastic. Also, being involved in the Youth Program as Roundup Co-ordinator was a tremendous learning experience.

In terms of opportunities that you received for being part of Angus Youth, how did your involvement positively influence your development in the beef cattle industry?

Angus Youth helped influence my development as I got a taste of what the Angus breed has to offer and met some positive and enthusiastic people. I also gained more of an insight into the workings of Angus Australia.

Erica and Maggie Halliday, 2017

What were the key learnings you developed as a member of Angus Youth, through the program?

The biggest thing for me being part of Angus youth was being involved in the committees and gaining an understanding of what it takes to run events and work together as a team. I also realised that is important and rewarding to give back to the next group of young people the same opportunities I was given by those who went before me.

Jasmin Ramage, Diana Wood & Aimee Bolton during the 2017 World Angus Forum in Scotland

Steve Chase & Annie Scott (nee Reen) (2001)

How are you involved in the beef cattle industry now/ where are you now?

After finishing Uni, spend I am involved in the beef industry as a producer. Our family operation, Waitara Angus, joins 600 stud and commercial cows a year and we also background a similar number of steers for Kerwee feedlot. We are a co-operator herd for the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program and also contribute bulls from time to time.

Why would you encourage others to become involved in the Angus Youth Program?

Angus Youth allows young people many opportunities to get involved in the beef industry, from scholarships to Roundup to being involved at a committee level and gaining an appreciation of what a great program we are part of. It is also a great opportunity to help influence the direction of Angus through what you achieve as part of Angus Youth.

Zac McInerney & Eliza Borschardt at Beef Australia 2015

Steve Chase exhibiting the Res Champ lightweight steer in Sydney 2017 with Alastair Rayner

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Get set for Roundup 2019!

Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

The Thomas Foods International Angus Youth Roundup will return to Armidale for 2019, marking the first of many events to celebrate the centenary of Angus Australia.

The Thomas Foods International Angus Youth Roundup will take place from the 10th-13th of January 2019 at the Armidale Showgrounds.

160 participants aged 8 to 25 will roll into Armidale to take part in the largest single breed event of its kind in Australia.

The event will be a host to various education sessions and competitions allowing participants to learn from industry professionals, without the need to supply their own livestock. But the event also keeps the focus on the fun, with the Barnyard Olympics and heifer show competitions also part of the event program.

Also returning for 2019 is the Special Dinner Dance and auction, which will see Roundup participants and their families coming together with event sponsors for a silent and live auction to raise funds for the Angus Youth programs and enjoy a night of live band entertainment.

And not to forget the parents, the Parent’s Bus Trip is returning to Roundup with an excellent itinerary around the surrounding areas of Armidale with a great day instore for the ‘rents!

The Thomas Foods International Roundup 2019 Coordinator Zac McInerney looks forward to the event.

“Roundup is an excellent opportunity for young beef enthusiasts to learn from some extremely experienced members of the industry, all while networking with likeminded young people and having fun at the same time.”

At the Thomas Foods International Angus Youth Roundup, numerous awards will be presented to Angus Youth across a number of different criteria’s. These awards are as follows, the Bulliac Studmaster Award, the Blackstone Angus SA Junior Heifer Expo Award, the Merridale Angus Aspiring Breeder Award, the New England Travel Trans-Tasman Scholarship, the EJ Angus Encouragement Award, Matthew George Citizenship Award, Immediate Champion Junior Judge Award and the Champion Awards.

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List of Sponsors for the Thomas Foods International Angus Youth Roundup 2019: • Thomas Foods International • Landmark • LiveCorp • Red Angus Society of Australia • Upper Murray Seeds • University of New England • Holbrook Breeders • Charles Sturt University/Graham Centre • Spring Hill Highland Angus • Knowla Livestock • QLD AA State Committee • Jacks Creek/Warmoll Foods • Wallawong Angus • Goonoo Red Angus • NSW AA State Committee • Tickalara Angus • Agri-Gene • Robinsons Livestock • Landfall Angus • Semex Pty Ltd • Zee Tags • The Cattle Shop • Ben Nevis Grazing Company • SA AA State Committee • Bald Blair Angus • Millah Murrah Angus • Performance Feeds • Mt Hunter Angus • Nationwide Artificial Breeders P/L • Wargundy • Ardcairnie Angus • Merryvale Angus • Bob Jamieson Agencies Pty Ltd • Paringa Livestock • Ruby Ridge Designs • Kelynack Red Angus • Curragindi Angus - JRH

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Hannah takes out the University of Illinios Scholarship Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

Angus Australia is pleased to announce Hannah Powe as the recipient of the 2018 University of Illinois Scholarship.

Angus Youth Consultative Committee Member Hannah Powe had the privilege of judging the Angus (among other breeds) at the 2018 Royal Adelaide Show. Image: Emily H Photography

Miss Powe will spend one semester abroad at the University, spending 4 months in 2019 at what is deemed one of the major American universities, with its College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences playing a key role in national and international research initiatives in biological, social, physical and economic sciences.

The University boasts state-of-the-art research facilities, teaching facilities and some of the best teaching staff.

The University has a key focus on the on-beef cattle, within an exceptional learning environment.

Miss Powe has been heavily involved in the beef industry and the Angus breed in particular from a young age.

She is involved in her family’s stud stock and commercial breed enterprise, Goondoola Livestock, producing pure bred Red Angus cattle and commercial black Angus, Shorthorns and Red Angus. Miss Powe has been involved in the Angus Youth program since 2009, after attending her first Roundup event.

After finishing a Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Miss Powe has been working at The Land as a livestock writer.

Clipping of a story in the Hobart Mercury, April 1st 1981, featuring the 1981 winner of the University of Illinois Scholarship Mark Barnett of the Quamby Angus Beef Cattle Stud

Miss Powe has extensive judging experience over her expansive career. Since 2009, Miss Powe has judged at various agricultural events, forming an impressive resume.

2018 saw her officiate at Wodonga, Alice Springs and Taree shows with a highlight of being a judge at Royal Adelaide Show for the Angus, Red Angus, Interbreed and South Australia Young Beef Cattle Judges State Final.

Attending the University of Illinois will allow Miss Powe further career escalation, with the scholarship allowing for the exciting opportunity for international judging exposure.

Miss Powe believes that the scholarship is something she has been working towards for many years now.

“As my interest and drive to pursue judging cattle grew I knew that the University of Illinois scholarship was one I could not let slide without giving it a go.”

“It is indescribable how passionate and engrossed in livestock judging I have become over the years, something I am extremely proud of. This drive has led to many opportunities in recent times, but I want to take it to the next level, creating an area of judging profile that is based on international competitions and positions.

“I will forever be learning new judging skills and with a focus on areas of livestock I don’t know yet, so this feels like the perfect opportunity to take a jump and see where my judging takes me.”

Angus Australia Events and Youth Development Officer at Angus Australia, Candice Liddle states that Miss Powe is an excellent choice for the scholarship.

“The aim of the scholarship is to assist Hannah in increasing her knowledge of the beef industry, develop her personal skills and strengthen relationships between the Australian and USA beef industries all while exposing her to different agricultural production systems.”

The scholarship is proudly supported by the Angus Australia Foundation.

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Annabelle Butler heading Stateside Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

Angus Youth member Annabelle Butler has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the Kansas State University Scholarship. Miss Butler will jet off to the USA in January and spend 4 months attending the University while also taking in the experiences of the United States of America.

The Kansas State University is one the best agricultural universities in the USA, and the scholarship allows Miss Butler to attend the university for one semester. Miss Butler will have access to the university’s own seedstock and commercial herd, feedlot, feed mill, brilliant teaching facilities and high-quality teaching staff.

She will also have the opportunity to enjoy campus activities and experience the local life of beef producers and agribusinesses in the area.

The 2017 Kansas State University Scholarship recipient and selection panel member, for the 2018 scholarship, Samantha Neumann, expressed that Annabelle is an ideal recipient for the scholarship out of a crop of excellent applicants.

“The applicants were incredibly high calibre, demonstrating the diversity and agility of the industry in their ambitions and the bright future that is ahead of each of them,” she said.

“Annabelle is clearly passionate about the beef industry and could not only articulate her goals for the future but has made significant progress toward achieving them.

We felt that Kansas State was the right opportunity to assist Annabelle in continuing to develop both personally and professionally, and maintain her passion for not only beef, but the wider industry.”

Miss Butler was brought up on a mixed farm with a breeding herd incorporating Angus genetics. From the age of 10, Miss Butler has been involved in several Queensland Youth Cattle Conferences both as a delegate and as a volunteer, assisting younger participants in handling, herdsmanship and competition.

With her upbringing in cattle production, Miss Butler completed a dual degree in Animal Production and Agribusiness at the University of Queensland (UQ), where she was involved in the UQ Agribusiness Association and the Animal Production Association, as well as being involved in the Cattle Club.

During this time, she also had the opportunity to represent UQ at the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Competition in 2017.

Miss Butler has deliberately immersed herself across the whole supply chain of the beef industry through various working capacities in order to have a wellrounded exposure of the industry. Miss Butler most recently worked for Teys Australia in Livestock Strategic Operations. She was also recently awarded one of the Angus Youth Tocal Beef Assessment Course Scholarships in 2018.

During her time at Kansas State, Miss Butler will be maintaining a blog via Facebook, regarding her time abroad to keep all up to date with her travels and experiences.

The Kansas State University Scholarship is sponsored Angus Australia Foundation.

We’re not in Kansas anymore: A word from Sam, our 2017 recipient, about life since her time at K-State: Kansas State offered two significant learnings for me.

It increased my knowledge of the global beef business, common drivers between the US and Aussie markets, and global perceptions of our Aussie product, and that the role that agency plays in ensuring the integrity of the NLIS system is value that is recognised in this global market.

Secondly Kansas State offered me an insight into various business models, each which challenged traditional processes. I have and will continue to apply these insights and ways of thinking to our ‘traditional’ business, as we push to add value and become more responsive and relevant 21st century agents. I have definitely come home with a renewed enthusiasm and passion for the industry – I am excited to be able to put learnings, networks and insights into practise.

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Annabelle Butler, 2019 recipient of the Kansas State University Scholarship

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Tocal Beef Cattle Assessment Course provides learning opportunities Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

In September, Angus Australia selected three Angus Youth members to take part in the Tocal Beef Cattle Assessment Course October 8th-10th at the prestigious Tocal Agricultural College, Paterson NSW.

Hugh Cochrane

Annabelle Butler

Hugh Cochrane, Michael Wilkie and Annabelle Butler were all chosen to take part in the course, which is committed to the education of its participants in all aspects of the beef industry and works to increase participants knowledge and skills in judging and selecting beef cattle.

The course covered a wide range of topics from using EBV’s, structural conformation and selection of markets and helped participants through developing practical skills, as well as presenting networking opportunities.

Miss Butler, grew up on a mixed farm with a breeding herd incorporating Angus genetics, has a dual degree in Animal Production and Agribusiness from the University of Queensland and since the age 10 has been involved in herdsman and judging competitions.

Miss Butler credited the course for its learning experience, combining the revision of content in a classroom situation and then moving into the yards for hands-on practical experience.

“The overjudges and ‘coaches’ of the course were innately knowledgeable and were forthcoming with encouragement, assistance and reasoning behind every decision.”

“The course was diversified and simple in how various phenotypic and genotypic traits could affect a single animal, progeny, or an entire herd or years of production down the line. These sessions brought into focus how important it is for beef cattle selection to be considered in any herd, regardless of the production aim.”

Mr Cochrane has a background in agriculture with parents who are free range chicken growers. His grandfather, John Cochrane, is also a proficient Angus producer and Past President of Angus Australia and is who Mr Cochrane credits as for heightening his passion for breeding Angus cattle.

Mr Cochrane explained that the course further expanded on his knowledge of key industry traits and requirements that both the commercial and stud market are demanding in breeding and buying cattle.

Michael Wilkie

“The repetitiveness and variation in market specification for the end product made me think about what animal was best suited for a particular situation. We also spoke about different breeds and crossbreeds that are suited to a range of different climates. This messaging brought home to me that it is key to run the right type of cattle that suits the environment that you are working in.”

“During the classroom sessions where I was able to gain a better understanding of the finer points associated with the phenotypic aspects of all classes of cattle.

I thoroughly enjoyed learning and understanding in depth the ever-increasing science behind embracing BREEDPLAN, Angus.Tech and genomics, and what is an optimal value to look for in a bull depending on the trait being considered.”

Fellow attendee Michael Wilkie has his own small stud herd and has further experience in the agricultural industry through showing his own cattle and assisting others at shows. He also participates in weekly work experience at his local saleyards. Mr Wilkie valued his experience from the course as it allowed him a more thorough understanding of the assessment of cattle.

“I would really recommend this course because you got to learn so much from a lot of people and hear their stories about why they are doing this course and what they do,” he said.

“You were able to mix in with a lot of people of different ages, therefore you got to learn from the mix of older and younger people. We all had plenty of time to talk about our cattle and compare the things we were learning and what we will change when we got home after the course.”

“I got to learn about how to judge steers, heifers and bulls.

I also you got to learn about how to cull a heifer and learn about how to feel the body fat of a steer and work out what is too fat and what is too thin with your cattle.”

“I now know more about EBVs, as I didn’t really understand them before. The instructors were really good as they would make a conversation with you about their cattle, which made it easier to understand as if they were talking about my cattle.”

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Steph’s two weeks across the ditch Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

November saw the 2018 Angus Australia New England Trans-Tasman Exchange recipient Steph Frankham complete her two-week scholarship opportunity in New Zealand.

Ms Frankham grew up on family beef cattle operations across the Hunter Valley and Liverpool Plains, where her family breed Shorthorn and Shorthorn Cross Angus cattle. She grew up heavily involved in showing cattle and was awarded National Champion Beef Parader in 2010.

As an active Angus Youth member, Ms Frankham has taken part in over 10 National Roundups since the age of 12. She studied a Bachelor of Production Animal Science at the University of Queensland Gatton campus and is currently studying a Diploma of Grain Management.

Ms Frankham began her time across the Tasman on October 28th, starting her trip working her way across the North Island Hawkes Bay Region, where she spent time with several beef producers learning about their various breeding operations.

Ms Frankham spent a day at Black Ridge Angus Stud, where she was shown through the operations of Teresa and Dean Sherson and got to spend time turning cattle out in the impressive New Zealand scenery.

She also spent time at Twin Oaks Angus, operated by Roger and Susan Hayward. Ms Frankham highlighted the professional operation at Twin Oaks, describing the animals as “high performance cattle with exceptional phenotype”. The Twin Oaks operation works on producing yearling and two-year-old bulls to assist commercial operations to improve the overall performance.

She also visited Rangitaiki Station, where she was impressed by the efficiency of the operation, where 8,500 hectares are utilised to turn off large numbers of stock and supplying over 1000 metric tonne of silage to local dairy operations.

“Rangitaiki is an absolutely amazing operation overseen

by Sam Bunnys and his team of 21 staff members.

I can’t thank James van Bohemen and Sam enough for taking the time to show me through this operation and

Steph visiting Black Ridge Angus, pictured with Dean Sherson

allowing me to be included as a member of the team for a few days.”

She made a stop with Patrick and Issy Crawshaw at their recently purchased property, where she spent time touring the farm and listening to the Crawshaw’s plans for their property regarding pasture improvement and running their own Angus cattle stud.

Ms Frankham continued her trip with a stop at Hallmark Angus, owned and operated by the Tweedie Family.

She spent time with Max Tweedie, with whom she discussed their farming operations, where they run 180 stud breeders, utilising a mix of NZ genetics combined with leading sires from Australia and the USA in order to produce cattle which are functional, with plenty of shape, which Ms Frankham agrees can be seen through the Hallmark R1 Bull and heifer crop.

Ms Frankham also spent time at Hiwiroa Shorthorns, where she was shown the farming operations by Nick Symes, where Australian genetics are used to produce R1 bulls and moderate structurally correct females that are bred to handle the hilly landscape of New Zealand.

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Canterbury Show Allbreeds Show

The North Island experience was rounded out with a trip to HiFarm Dairy, where Ms Frankham expanded on her limited dairy knowledge through learning from dairy manager Bill Jamieson. Ms Frankham got insight into how the dairy was run and the effect that environmental policies effect the operations of the dairy.

As well as experiencing plenty of exceptional farming country and operations, Ms Frankham got to take in some of the tourist sites that the North Island has to offer including the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves, Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Rotorua and Lake Taupo.

Travelling on to the South Island, Ms Frankham visited the Reimink family of Meadow Downs. Meadow Downs is 33,500 hectares, predominately running Merino cross ewes and a few Angus in alpine country.

Ms Frankham next stopped at Grampians Angus, owned

by Jono and Sarah Reeds. During her time there, she viewed their 2019 line-up of Sale Bulls.

“It was great to see stud cattle run as a commercial operation, in some of the steepest country I’ve seen to date,” she said.

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Steph visiting Tongariro National Park

Ms Frankham finished her two-week journey across New Zealand by taking part in the Canterbury Show, as part of Jane Jenkins’s Floridale Stud team, with the Floridale Stud’s two-year-old cow sired by SydGen Black Pearl 2006, with calf at foot, winning the All Breeds Show.

With the conclusion of the Ms Frankham’s exchange, an Angus New Zealand Youth member will embark on their own Trans-Tasman Exchange Scholarship sponsored by Generation Angus, travelling to Australia in the coming months to meet with Australian beef producers.

“My tour of the New Zealand beef industry, was an opportunity I am extremely grateful to have been awarded by Angus Youth Australia and New England Travel,” Ms Frankham said.

“Once again, I would like to thank Max Tweedie, Sarah and Jono Reed and Pat Crawshaw for all your assistance in organising this trip and I can’t wait to catch up with Hana when she heads over to Australia for her TransTasman Exchange!”

Grampians Angus, Culverden

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Looking to the future at BeefEX Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

On the 8th to the 10th of October 2018, the ALFA BeefEX Conference rolled into Brisbane, with Angus Youth scholarship recipients Hannah Cargill and Ruby Canning in attendance.

The girls, who were awarded the scholarships to attend BeefEX in September, had the opportunity to experience speakers, trade stands and networking functions, focusing on topics relating to consumer trends, the economics of the beef industry, global markets, producers and finance incorporated with leadership.

Scholarship recipient Ruby Canning, a sixth-generation beef cattle producer, and co-owner of Mavstar Simmentals & Red Angus, Mortlake VIC, explained that in lead up to BeefEX she looked forward to taking on the learnings of the conference to further expand her existing understandings of the beef industry.

“Prior to attending the conference, I hoped to gain an extensive understanding of how feedlots work, how technology is being adapted to increase the accuracy and productivity of operations, and an insight into the main issues surrounding production and management of grain fed animals, along with understanding market trends.”

“During the two days we were part of seminars that certainly gave an eye-opening perspective into the industry, and it was great to hear from speakers from the USA and New Zealand, as well as Australia.”

Fellow scholarship recipient Hannah Cargill, who was raised on a fourth-generation sheep and cattle property in Braidwood NSW, with a family history of producing Angus beef commercially for almost a century, explained further.

“The conference had many high-profile individuals and companies who were not only from all around the country but also from the USA and New Zealand as well. These speakers all brought many new ideas into the discussions about innovative technology, future consumer demands and trends regarding traceability and blockchain, best practice and safety as well as finance and marketing.”

Miss Canning and Miss Cargill began their BeefEX experience with a presentation from the competitors of the “Communicate Your Research Competition”, where the research undertaken covered topics including storage of primal cuts, and their ability to withstand optimal and non-optimal storage conditions, the influence of feedlot cattle behaviour on production parameters and effects of vegetable silage on rumen fermentation characteristics.

They attended a presentation from Stephen Scheeler, the former CEO of Facebook ANZ, who communicated what Facebook and similar tech companies think about data, innovations and technology, now and in the future.

He also explained leadership topics, discussing the 8 elements of leadership and the benefits of working with a mix of individuals.

The branding and verification of Angus beef was discussed by CEO of StockCO Strategic Agri Finance, regarding the strengthening of the integrity of a particular breed.

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As a large theme of the conference itself was the social, economic and environmental sustainability within the beef industry, the girls attended a panel that featured David Williams, Senior Vice President of Informa Genetics, Robert Herrmann from Mecardo and Daniel Terrill from Deloitte Access Economics Pty Ltd, where they highlighted their ideas and perspectives on the global beef demand outlook, as well as current beef consumption within Australia and globally.

As part of the sustainability conversation Richard Fowler, a Nuffield Scholar, spoke on the science of synthetic foods, animal welfare, population growth and the environmental impact surrounding livestock production.

Ruby Canning, Hannah Cargill, Angus Australia’s Northern Development Officer, Jonathan Farris, BeefEx Master of Ceremonies, Ben Dark & Angus Australia’s Commercial Supply Chain Manager, Liz Pearson

“There was discussion into Synthetic meats and “the impossible foods”. These foods are trying to encourage people to still eat meat while there is no harm to the animal, as the meat has been lab grown from muscle tissue extractions,” Miss Cargill explained.

“Another interesting study was proposed to the conference by Douglas Liebe, a U.S. PhD Student studying Animal and Poultry Sciences. They carried out a study to find out what would happen if the U.S. stopped producing animals for food and all Americans went vegan. Key points they found were that it would be difficult to meet all nutrient requirements for the whole population and there would be only a minor decrease in greenhouse gas emissions if animals were to be taken out of production.”

Lisa Sharp, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, MLA, presented a talk on “The Consumer is King”, where Miss Cargill and Miss Canning listened to topics ranging

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from consumer demand drivers, global trends influencing consumers, what is shaping their buying decisions and the resulting opportunities and risks facing producers.

Adapting technologies such as ‘Block Chain’ to our industry as a whole, to keep a ‘paddock to plate’ record was also discussed by Ted Connell from Intel.

Both Miss Canning and Miss Cargill credit their time at the ALFA BeefEX Conference as an incredibly beneficial experience, having given them not only the opportunity to expand their existing knowledge of the feedlot and beef industry, but also giving them excellent networking opportunities with likeminded fellow producers and industry representatives within the vast industry.

Ruby Canning and Hannah Cargill enjoyed the educational experience gained from attending BeefEx 2018

“I hope to use the connections from BeefEX and knowledge gained about opportunities within the industry to shape my future involving beef cattle. I enjoyed being able to network and meet with other people who are passionate and involved within the feedlot industry, in addition to industry representatives from a range of agricultural companies,” said Miss Canning.

“This opportunity assisted me to grow a greater insight into the feedlot industry and to learn many new and different aspects of the Beef Industry as a whole,” Miss Cargill said.

“I expanded my knowledge about the industry, the supply chain and had the chance to meet many members in the industry. I would strongly encourage anyone thinking of applying to do so as you can get so much out of the conference and the associated events.”

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The Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation and Angus Australia bring in new crop of interns Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

Two Charles Sturt University (CSU) students with a passion for the beef industry are set to take part in an internship program offered by Angus Australia and the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation.

The 2018/2019 interns

Mr Michael van Diggelen and Miss Rebecca Dean were selected from 18 high-standard applicants to be awarded $5,000 internships, co-funded by the organisations.

Mr van Diggelen, from Mudgee in NSW, is a third-year CSU Bachelor of Veterinary Science/ Bachelor of Veterinary Biology student. Throughout his studies, Mr van Diggelen has gained experience across various aspects of beef production, working with Angus seedstock producers and commercial beef producers. He is also currently President of the Veterinary Student Association at CSU. Miss Dean, from Euroa in Victoria, is in her second year studying a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at CSU and her interest in the beef industry began on the family farm.

Miss Dean spent six weeks in the United States earlier this year, attending Texas Tech University where she worked on Australian research in meat laboratories. She also coached the CSU team for the Intercollegiate Meat Judging Competition (ICMJ). Miss Dean aims to continue her studies at CSU to complete her honours in 2020.

The joint program between the Graham Centre and Angus Australia allows the interns to be involved in the CSU cooperator herd as part of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP). The interns will engage in the program by assisting with the Artificial Insemination (AI) of the CSU co-operator Angus herd and collecting calving details.

They will also have a short-term placement at Angus Australia, and will be involved in major events such as the 2019 Angus Youth National Roundup and the 2019 Angus National Conference.

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build a comprehensive phenotype and genotype Angus reference population for genetic analysis and cutting edge research and development.

Angus Australia Strategic Projects Manager Mr Christian Duff looks forward to working with both interns over the next 14 months.

“It is great to see such a high level of interest in the internship this year, and we look forward to having the two successful applicants, Michael and Rebecca, working with us over the course of 2018 and 2019,” Mr Duff said.

Acting Director of the Graham Centre, Associate Professor Marta Hernandez-Jover, said, “We’re pleased to be part of this internship program that’s building the capacity of the red meat industry by providing opportunities for young people to develop their research skills and knowledge.”

The interns will get their first taste of the program in late October assisting with the AI of the cattle in the CSU herd.

The Graham Centre is a research alliance between CSU and the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI).

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Interns wrap up their time in CSU and Angus Australia Internship Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

Angus Australia partnered with the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation to give two Charles Sturt University (CSU) students an internship, including involvement in the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP).

CSU Bachelor of Veterinary Science student Ms Georgia Howell and Bachelor of Agricultural Science student Mr Jack Shultz took part in the internship during the spring calving period of the CSU co-operator herd as part of the ASBP. The internship focused on the value of the scientific data collected through the program to beef breeding and production.

Mr Shultz gained a greater understanding of the value of recording data in terms of genetic selection.

“For the fortnight of calving most of my spare time was spent on the Charles Sturt University farm, monitoring the calving so we can identify and weigh the calves to record the data,” Mr Shultz said.

“After being involved in the Benchmarking Project I can see the value of having accurate records of cows and calves in genetic selection.”

Ms Howell credits the experience for broadening her understanding of the beef cattle industry, the recording processes that are used in the ASBP, and how they help producers making more informed genetic decisions.

“Being part of this internship has helped me see all the work that goes in behind the scenes and the immense amount of data used to create Estimated Breeding

Values (EBV), it’s not just a number there’s a sound scientific base behind it.

“One of my placements involved visiting a processor at Warwick, where I was able to see how the data is collected and put together, right from the steers coming in to the carcass data collection, meat samples, intramuscular fat (IMF) and chemical analysis.”

Christian Duff regards the partnership between CSU for the internship opportunity has a mutually beneficial experience, as it gives the future leaders of the industry the opportunity to learn about the progression of the genetic initiatives being implemented by Angus Australia.

“It is of great benefit to these young students in agriculture to have a hand assisting in the monitoring, weighing and recording of calf data during herd calving.

“The Graham Centre and Angus Australia are pleased to have this internship in place for aspiring members of the beef industry to gain working experience through being exposed to elements of the ASBP.”

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Angus Research Day provides cutting edge information for Angus producers Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

The rain couldn’t keep Angus producers and industry representatives away on Wednesday November 28th, 2018 with Angus Australia hosting the Angus Research Update and ASBP Cohort 7 Steer Viewing Day at Tullimba Research Feedlot, Kingstown NSW.

200 steer progeny from Cohort 7 were on display at the Angus Australia Research Update Day

The event hosted over 80 people, and featured presentations from Angus Australia Strategic Projects Manager Christian Duff, NSW DPI Development Officer for Extensive Livestock Jason Siddell, and University of New England Senior Lecturer of Meat Science Peter McGilchrist.

Attendees were also able to view over 200 steers from Cohort 7 of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) with progeny identified to their sire, first hand.

The day kicked off with Christian Duff addressing attendees on the latest outcomes of the ASBP. Mr Duff gave a comprehensive overview into the reach of the ASBP, with over 4,000 steers to be phenotyped comprehensively from birth to slaughter from Cohorts 1 to 8 of the program. This involves 299 sires which have over 82,000 progeny registered in Angus Australia members herds.

Mr Duff touched on the ongoing Immune Competence testing collaborative project with CSIRO and it’s aims, which has tested approximately 3150 Angus animals so far.

Also discussed was the Retail Beef Yield collaborative project with NSW DPI and it’s aims to collect approximately 1000 RBY full bone out phenotypes, to be completed by the end of 2020.

Following this Dr Peter McGilchrist hosted an informative presentation regarding ‘what drives the value in an Angus carcass?’.

Dr McGilchrist highlighted outcomes from beef quality and quantity focussed research, some involving ASBP cattle.

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antagonisms between quality and yield, measurement of yield, measurement of quality, the carcase of the future and his personal conclusions and dreams.

“Breeding profitable cattle comes down to two things, the packet of genes suitable for your farm and the animals suitable for market,” he said.

“The value of a carcass is the quantity of saleable meat by the quality of that meat. The value relationship between eating quality and yield is approximately 50/50.”

Dr McGilchrist identified that one of the key drivers of beef quality is intramuscular fat, which is highly related to marbling score. It is important to understand that if you increase growth, muscle and yield without increasing intramuscular fat, the IMF percentage in the meat will go down and decrease the overall marbling and eating experience.

Dr McGilchrist touched on his conclusions from the findings and dreams for the future.

“In order to breed genetically high-valued carcasses the industry needs to focus on breeding higher yielding and higher eating quality animals, including focus on intramuscular fat. This will be assisted by more objective grading systems and feedback mechanisms using technologies being tested through the federally funded collaborative ALMTech project.”

Following the presentations, Jason Siddell hosted an informative muscle scoring on Angus steers. All ASBP steers and heifers are muscle scored as standard procedure.

David Murray, owner of Kilburnie Angus, Walcha NSW and bull owner representative for the ASBP Consultative

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Committee, was in attendance at the event and spoke of the benefits of hearing the informative presentations of the day.

“The talk about using genetics to achieve beef quality was one of the most valuable messages. Beef quality is going to drive the market for Angus cattle for the next 50 years, and we have to breed to get there and we have to use genetics to do it.”

When asked why he would encourage other breeders to attend such educational events as the ASBP Open Day, Mr Murray said, “If you don’t know what’s going on you’re going to fall behind, end of story.”

Angus Australia member and bull owner representative on the ASBP Consultative Committee, Brad Cavanagh, Hardhat Angus, Harden NSW spoke of the importance of the ASBP and its benefits to the Angus breed as a whole.

“The ASBP is really providing a great reference population that is fully genotyped and phenotyped, from which we can overlap a lot of cutting edge research and development. Once you’ve got the reference population with the full genotype and phenotype data set any kind R & D project can be adapted because there is so much data recorded into it. “ “There’s no hiding in the ASBP, all the information is real, the hard to measured traits are observed. The ASBP gives its members a real-world analysis of what genetics are being used.”

“This field day allows you to see cattle that simulate an industry type situation, as all the performance data been recorded on these cattle to give a genetic evaluation with higher accuracies.”

Mandy Wales of Alloura Angus, Yass NSW attests to the breeder standpoint of having sires in the program, and the benefits that this has for producers.

“For us it’s been incredible to have some of the progeny of our bulls to be accessed and analysed on a huge range of different traits, including some of those harder to measure traits, like net feed efficiency,” she said “Also, for the full evaluation of carcass data and for those progeny to be compared against some of the best in the breed.”

The ASBP is a major R&D initiative of Angus Australia with support from MLA and industry partners with the objectives to generate progeny test data on modern Angus bulls, particularly for hard to measure traits as feed efficiency, abattoir carcase measurement, meat quality attributes and female reproduction; to generate data for the validation and refinement of Angus BREEDPLAN; and to build a comprehensive phenotype and genotype database on Australian Angus for genomic technology validation, research and development.

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ASBP Cohort 6 Carcase Data Collection and Analysis Completed Christian Duff, Strategic Projects Manager

The collection and analysis of abattoir carcase data for the Cohort 6 progeny of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) has recently been completed. This includes carcase grading outcomes, laboratory assessed intra-muscular fat (IMF) data and bone-out retail beef data on steers bred from the 41 Cohort 6 sires.

Results were included in the December 2018 BREEDPLAN analysis to produce updated Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs). The ASBP Progeny Performance reports, including sire progeny average values and rankings, have also been updated and are available from the Angus Australia website and via angus.tech. The “top 10” bulls for the Angus Breeding Index (ABI) and several carcase traits are listed in Table 1.

Overall, 666 steers were processed and graded for Cohort 6 coming from 7 ASBP co-operator herds, with an average of 13.4 steers per sire. For the first 100 days, all steers undertook feed intake testing on GroweSafe systems. 408 steers from 5 herds went on to complete a long-fed feeding program of 200+ days. A further 258 steers, most of which were included in a retail beef yield collection project, completed a shorter 150 day feeding period before slaughter. All steers were processed and graded at John Dee abattoir, Warwick, QLD.

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Table 2 – Cohort 6 steer Carcase Grading Summary Statistics – Long Fed 270 day (n=325) Carcase Weight (kg)

Hot P8 fat (mm)

Hump Height (mm)

Ossification

MSA Marbling Score

Rib Fat (mm)

Eye Muscle Area (cm2)

MSA Index

Lab Assay IMF%

AVG.

475.6

24.6

84.8

154.3

558.0

20.4

98.7

65.7

11.8%

MAX.

571.5

45.0

110.0

230.0

880.0

36.0

128.0

69.3

30.0%

MIN.

360.0

10.0

65.0

110.0

330.0

10.0

74.0

61.4

5.1%

Table 3 –Cohort 6 steer Carcase Grading Summary Statistics –Mid Fed 150 day (n=258) Carcase Weight (kg)

Hot P8 fat (mm)

Hump Height (mm)

Ossification

MSA Marbling Score

Rib Fat (mm)

Eye Muscle Area (cm2)

MSA Index

Lab Assay IMF%

Retail Beef Yield %

Bone %

Fat %

AVG.

347.0

16.0

70.7

132.0

431.6

11.1

83.6

63.8

6.5%

75.0%

20.1%

4.8%

MAX.

428.5

27.0

85.0

170.0

740.0

26.0

108.0

68.4

14.0%

78.9%

23.8%

9.1%

MIN.

255.0

10.0

50.0

100.0

300.0

4.0

60.0

60.5

2.5%

70.9%

16.9%

2.0%

The carcase performance statistics for the Cohort 6 steers for each production system is summarised in table 2 and 3.

Additionally, the natural joining outcomes on the Cohort 6 yearling mated heifers (i.e. siblings of the steers) are being collated to produce updated Days to Calving EBVs for the Cohort 6 sires. This involves measuring the days from the heifer’s first exposure to natural joining (i.e. bull in date) until to the day the heifer calved. If a heifer was exposed and does not conceive or calve then a penalty record is applied.

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Meat samples were collected on all Cohort 6 steers for Intramuscular fat % assay

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+170

+160

+154

+151

+147

+147

+147

+146

+145

+145

MURRAY GRANDO J136

WEERAN JOEL J13

COONAMBLE JUNIOR J266

BROOKLANA TM EMPEROR J64

BOWMAN AUSTRALIA K2

MURDEDUKE JAMBOREE J26

RENNYLEA K163

GRANITE RIDGE JUPITER J42

BOOROOMOOKA KINGY K9

AJC E91

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

619.8 603.1 577.1 554.6 554.1 552.8 546.4 545.6 539.2 537.7

AJC E91

MURRAY GRANDO J136

PARINGA RED PILBARA K146

DULVERTON JACKPOT J267

COONAMBLE JUNIOR J266

TWYNAM J122

BANNABY DAIQUIRI J56

CLEA H028

STONEY POINT HEINEKEN H22

MURDEDUKE JAMBOREE J26

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Av. (41 Cohort 6 Sires)

MSA Marbling (Score)

Sire

Rank

431.9

431.9

448.6

448.7

449.7

450.5

452.8

453.9

455.1

460.9

476.7

Carcase Wt (kg)

DAVID'S HARVEY ALLBANGER H42

MURRAY GRANDO J136

WEATHERLY JAMES J17

BROOKLANA DREAM H29

COONAMBLE JUNIOR J266

CLEA H028

RENNYLEA K178

HARDHAT GM GRASS RANGE Y21 J518

RENNYLEA K163

RAFF HINGAIA J347

Sire

501.1

MURRAY JUDGE J14

DULVERTON JACKPOT J267

COFFIN CREEK JOKER J202

GRANITE RIDGE JUPITER J42

GK 26 FEDERER F23

WEATHERLY JAMES J17

STONEY POINT HEINEKEN H22

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143.3

139.3

137.9

137.8

137.5

136.7

136.5

136.3

136.0

135.9

HARDHAT GM AGRONOMIST Y21 J516 AJC E91

131.7

MSA Ossification (days)

BANNABY ABERDEEN J137

Sire

AJC E91

Sire

TWYNAM J122

CLEA H028

WEATHERLY JAMES J17

TWYNAM J122

MURRAY GRANDO J136

65.2 65.2

WEERAN JOEL J13 COONAMBLE JUNIOR J266

64.8

65.2

65.3

65.4

65.4

65.5

65.7

65.8

65.8

65.8

66.7

HARDHAT GM AGRONOMIST Y21 J516

ARDCAIRNIE J27

PARINGA RED PILBARA K146

WEATHERLY JAMES J17

CLEA H028

8.8

9.8

9.8

9.8

9.9

10.6

10.6

11.0

11.1

11.2

11.6

Carcase IMF (%)

MSA Index

MURDEDUKE JAMBOREE J26

BOOROOMOOKA KINGY K9

BROOKLANA HI TOWER H64

AJC E91

PARINGA RED PILBARA K146

MURRAY GRANDO J136

BANNABY DAIQUIRI J56

Sire

DULVERTON JACKPOT J267

91.6

93.5

94.0

94.5

95.0

95.4

96.2

96.7

97.4

98.0

100.4

Carcase EMA (cm2)

STONEY POINT HEINEKEN H22

Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) – Cohort 6 Top 10 Performing Carcase Sires

+110

Av. (41 Cohort 6 Sires)

NEWLYN PARK EMPEROR J6

TWYNAM J122

MURRAY JUDGE J14

BROOKLANA TM EMPEROR J64

WAITARA TB KNOCKOUT K61

STONEY POINT HEINEKEN H22

RAFF HINGAIA J347

COONAMBLE JUNIOR J266

ARDCAIRNIE J27

WEERAN JOEL J13

Sire

Angus Breeding Index - December 2018 Trans-Tasman Angus BREEDPLAN analysis.

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Rank

Sire

Table 1 - Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) – Cohort 6 Top 10 Performing Carcase Sires

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sire benchmarking

Who are the ASBP Cohort 9 Sires?

Christian Duff, Strategic Projects Manager

The Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) has seen the entry of 22 new bulls, selected from over 50 nominations, to produce the Cohort 9 calves.

The sire list is available from Sire Benchmarking catalogue listing on ANGUS.TECH (table 1).

Additionally, to provide genetic linkages, Cohort 9 includes: • A sire from the United States (Sydgen Black Pearl 2006) which is included in a progeny test program undertaken by the American Angus Association, and • Two sires from Cohort 8 of the ASBP (Te Mania Lancaster L64 and Hazeldean Katzen K416) The 22 bulls continue the high-performance nature of ASBP sires with the group averaging in the top 5% for all Indexes. This is also coupled with genetic diversity and representative of the modern Australian Angus population which is important for the formation of an effective reference population. A summary of the sires EBVs are tabled and graphed in table 2 and figure 1 respectively.

Across the 9 Cohorts of the ASBP, there has now been 321 modern Angus bulls enter this industry leading research and development program.

The 2018 AI program to produce the Cohort 9 calves has recently completed with 1,262 Angus females across 4 co-operator herds. Each sire was joined to an average of

55 Angus females with the aim to produce ~27-30 calves on average. This is from a fixed time AI program with one round of AI, utilising Vetoquinol advice and products such as Cue-Mate devices.

The Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) is a major R&D initiative of Angus Australia with support from Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and industry partners such as Vetoquinol, Rangers Valley Feedlot and John Dee Abattoir.

The objectives of the ASBP are:

1. Generate progeny test data on modern Angus bulls, particularly for hard to measure traits such as feed efficiency, abattoir carcase measurement, meat quality and quantity attributes, immune competence & female reproduction.

2. Generate data for the validation & refinement of Angus BREEDPLAN. 3. Build a comprehensive reference population of phenotypes and genotypes on Australian Angus for the effective utilisation of genomic technologies.

CHILTERN PARK MOE M6

HARDHAT H708 MAIMURU J51 M41

DULVERTON MEDAGLIA M028 Figure 1 – EBV Chart for the 22 ASBP Cohort 9 Sires.

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sire benchmarking Table 1. ASBP Cohort 9 Sire list. EBVs and Indexes from December 2018 BREEDPLAN analysis Name

Sire

Maternal Grand Sire

ABI

DOM

GRN

AJC L99

W H S LIMELIGHT 64V

RENNYLEA C574

+182

+150

+214

ARDCAIRNIE M117

ARDCAIRNIE F96

TE MANIA BERKLEY B1

+141

+121

+154

BANNABY BERKLEY M114

TE MANIA BERKLEY B1

VERMILION DATELINE 7078

+156

+127

+183

BOONAROO JOYNER M147

BOONAROO JOYNER J178

SYDGEN C C & 7

+119

+111

+123

BROOKLANA EMPEROR L29

TE MANIA EMPEROR E343

BT RIGHT TIME 24J

+131

+115

+144

CHILTERN PARK MOE M6

TE MANIA FOE F734

HIDDEN VALLEY TIMEOUT A45

+147

+121

+166

DULVERTON MEDAGLIA M028

CARABAR GUN SMOKE J134

BOOROOMOOKA FRANKEL F510

+151

+122

+169

FARRER MAXWELL M99

DUNOON HONEYSUCKLE H240

TE MANIA DIVISION D943

+168

+139

+197

GATES MENTOR M9

AYRVALE BARTEL E7

DWYERS RANGE GATSBY G13

+181

+151

+221

HARDHAT H708 MAIMURU J51 M41

RENNYLEA H708

ARDROSSAN DIRECTION A50

+144

+119

+175

KOOJAN HILLS UP RIVER M91

THOMAS UP RIVER 1614

ARDROSSAN EQUATOR A241

+135

+129

+137

LAWSONS MOMENTOUS M518

G A R MOMENTUM

TE MANIA AFRICA A217

+151

+131

+180

MANEROO PARTNERSHIP M122

PARINGA JUDD J5

MANEROO PARTNERS Z084

+124

+113

+132

MURDEDUKE NOVAK M140

LAWSONS NOVAK E313

MCC DAYBREAK

+132

+122

+149

MURRAY KODAK N70

RENNYLEA KODAK K522

GARDENS WAVE

+164

+138

+193

MURRAY POWER TOOL K22

PA POWER TOOL 9108

S S OBJECTIVE T510 0T26

+128

+121

+132

PATHFINDER MASTERPIECE M651

TE MANIA GARTH G67

TE MANIA BERKLEY B1

+169

+139

+196

STORTH OAKS M10

STORTH OAKS JACK J7

AYRVALE BARTEL E7

+158

+131

+190

SYDGEN BLACK PEARL 2006

SYDGEN TRUST 6228

CONNEALY FORWARD

+130

+119

+133

TE MANIA MAGNATE M13

AYRVALE HERCULES H9

TE MANIA GARTH G67

+159

+138

+182

THOMAS EDISON 6764

G A R SUNRISE

A A R TEN X 7008 S A

+134

+126

+144

WAITARA THE CHAIRMAN M6

V A R INDEX 3282

WAITARA PIO FEDERAL F73

+153

+140

+161

Breed Average

+110

+106

+114

Table 2 1 – Average, maximum and minimum EBVs and Indexes of the 22 ASBP Cohort 9 sires.

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CE DIR

Bwt

200

400

600

Mwt

SS

DC

Cwt

EMA

Rib

P8

RBY

IMF

NFI-F

+166

+1.7

+5.8

+69

+120

+161

+130

+4.0

-6.7

+90

+5.9

-1.4

-1.6

+1.0

+3.3

+0.54

+134

+3.6

+4.3

+51

+91

+130

+127

+1.9

-5.8

+75

+6.8

-0.7

-1.7

+1.3

+1.6

+0.17

+140

+3.3

+5.3

+60

+100

+141

+169

+4.5

-9.9

+76

+1.2

-0.9

-0.9

+0.5

+2.3

+0.03

+117

-0.3

+4.5

+47

+84

+110

+85

+2.0

-5.1

+57

+6.7

+0.9

+0.8

+0.5

+1.9

+0.26

+124

-0.4

+6.5

+51

+94

+125

+119

+1.0

-6.3

+66

+5.8

+0.9

-0.3

+0.0

+2.1

-0.12

+136

+2.2

+3.0

+47

+94

+132

+100

+2.0

-7.3

+70

+5.4

-0.9

-1.1

+0.1

+2.5

+0.03

+144

+0.2

+7.4

+63

+109

+161

+144

+1.2

-3.9

+83

+4.4

-1.1

-1.4

+0.8

+2.0

-0.20

+152

+2.8

+4.4

+55

+97

+133

+123

+4.0

-7.8

+80

+11.6

-0.6

-1.9

+2.3

+2.9

+0.33

+160

+0.1

+7.5

+65

+117

+155

+136

+4.3

-7.6

+94

+9.0

-4.4

-4.9

+2.7

+3.2

+0.33

+129

+0.3

+3.7

+45

+93

+126

+107

+1.8

-6.6

+67

+2.6

-0.1

-0.5

-0.8

+3.8

+0.43

+131

+4.3

+2.3

+49

+96

+113

+74

+2.7

-7.9

+69

+5.0

+1.2

+1.0

+0.2

+1.6

+0.45

+137

+1.7

+3.7

+50

+96

+123

+104

+2.7

-3.6

+66

+11.9

-0.5

-1.3

+0.7

+4.2

+0.55

+121

+0.6

+4.0

+48

+88

+115

+98

+2.1

-4.9

+70

+7.6

+1.0

+1.2

+0.0

+2.3

+0.37

+124

+0.0

+2.5

+46

+89

+113

+94

+3.0

-3.8

+67

+8.8

-1.1

-1.4

+1.0

+3.0

+0.17

+147

+3.0

+3.1

+53

+93

+123

+118

+5.1

-9.8

+78

+8.2

-0.1

-1.3

+1.6

+3.0

+0.64

+126

+5.0

+0.0

+51

+86

+108

+54

+0.8

-4.3

+59

+5.3

+0.3

+0.6

-0.4

+2.9

+0.61

+152

+0.9

+5.1

+58

+104

+136

+120

+3.4

-10.5

+69

+6.9

+0.6

+0.2

+0.5

+3.0

+0.66

+141

+1.4

+5.1

+54

+105

+135

+112

+2.4

-7.5

+78

+5.1

-0.3

-0.7

-0.9

+4.0

+0.71

+130

+4.2

+3.1

+50

+87

+121

+75

+1.5

-2.6

+79

+8.1

+1.0

-1.2

+0.6

+1.9

+0.65

+147

+3.7

+3.4

+55

+97

+125

+100

+1.9

-6.5

+75

+10.7

-0.8

+0.1

+0.9

+3.4

+0.53

+130

+1.3

+3.3

+55

+99

+128

+96

+0.5

-4.1

+71

+5.7

-1.7

-2.8

+1.3

+1.9

+0.08

+148

+0.6

+6.2

+63

+115

+142

+113

+2.7

-6.7

+83

+7.2

+0.7

+0.8

+1.3

+1.5

+0.10

+109

+0.0

+4.3

+43

+79

+103

+89

+1.7

-4.1

+58

+4.8

+0.0

-0.2

+0.4

+1.6

+0.16

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Northern Focus

Donohoe Cattle Co keeping the focus on productivity, fertility and market flexibility with Angus Jonathan Faris, Northern Development Officer

Donohoe Cattle Company is the family business consisting of Tom Donohoe, Ken (Toms son) and Kirillee (Kens wife) Donohoe, and their children Lincoln and Charlotte.

The family represents the 3rd, 4th and 5th generations of this multigenerational beef cattle business in the Western Darling Downs region of Queensland.

Originally running a predominantly Droughtmaster breeding herd, the Donohoe Cattle Company have been consistently introducing Angus genetics through bull purchases and more recently through purchasing lines of straight bred Angus females from southern New South Wales and Victoria. The Donohoe’s aim is to have a purebred Angus herd as they are seeking to maximise the ‘Angus premium’ as well as exploring new markets, such as the possibility of exporting beef direct to China.

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property size:

12,000 acres / 4856 ha

Location:

Located approx. 30km S of Wandoan QLD

Carrying Capacity:

1 AE/LSU to 4 ha / 10 acres

Target Market:

Bullocks & feeder steers

We aim to have a 100% Black Angus herd within the next 3 years to have increased flexibility in marketing the cattle said Kirillee Donohoe

"

Kirillee participated in the Western Downs Eastern Opportunities (WDEO) project in 2016, an initiative of Food Leaders Australia (FLA) and was part of a delegate to China exploring export opportunities, as a result of the high-quality Angus and Angus cross cattle Donohoe Cattle Company produce.

Breeding Operations:

The Donohoe’s are currently running a breeding herd of approximately 980 females. Of these, 494 are straight bred Angus with the remainder being Droughtmaster and Angus x Droughtmaster cows. At an average joining rate of 1:35 females, the bulls are put in with the breeders from the 20th October until the 20th February annually to ensure the herd maintains a high degree of productivity. This is achieved through one branding a year (cutting down on labour and unnecessary handling of cattle), better management of bulls by allowing time for vaccination boosters, fertility and soundness evaluations, and greater accuracy in recording and managing fertility in the female herd.

The Donohoe’s also intend to step the joining period earlier each year, so they eventually join in September for a 4-month period to ensure calving during the cooler spring months.

To assist in cycling and maintaining condition of the breeding herd, Tom, Ken and Kirillee use TRUEGRAZ® (dry lick), which assists in maintaining overall productivity.

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fertility, branding rates have traditionally averaged 85% - 90% after taking into account some usual predation from Dingoes.

Calves are weaned for a 2 – 3-week period during which time they are fed, worked through the yards and tailed out daily to ensure they are well educated and used to being worked. This education is rounded out using horses and working dogs.

Approximately 200 heifers will be retained next year to further increase the overall percentage of straight bred Angus females in the breeding herd, with the associated sell off of Droughtmaster and crossbred females.

Traditionally joined at 24 months of age, the Donohoe’s have begun joining maiden heifers at 18 months as the straight bred Angus content of the breeder herd increases, highlighting the strong fertility traits of the Angus breed.

Bull selection & management:

Tom Donohoe insists on a balanced approach when selecting bulls for the operation. EBVs that are important

"

The Angus bulls are surprising – you think they are not serving the cows, but then all these Angus calves appear said Ken Donohoe

"

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to Donohoe Cattle Company include birth weight, scrotal circumference, milk, docility and 600-day weight.

Equally as important though is the visual and veterinary assessment of the bull to ensure fertility, soundness and ability to handle the environment, which gives focus to such traits as coat type. Although not in the tick zone, buffalo fly and heat are factors which impact on the operation, therefore a strong emphasis on bulls with a slick coat is necessary.

Newly purchased bulls, after an initial treatment of CATTLEMAX ™ (treatment for fly, lice and worms), are introduced to the other bulls almost immediately. This is to give the bulls as much time as possible to sort out pecking orders, however Tom highlights that fighting amongst the bulls is extremely rare.

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Marketing:

Steers are usually grown out and finished as bullocks and marketed to Dinmore (JBS) near Ipswich QLD. However, if saleyard prices are higher than the grid at sale time, steers may also be marketed via the Dalby saleyards. Cull cows are sold direct to works.

Ultimately, it has been the increased degree of marketability and premium received which has led the Donohoe family into an increasingly straight bred Angus herd. The family estimates an average of $0.30/kg premium is paid above the market rate for their straight bred Angus cattle.

We value good temperament and place a lot of emphasis on this when selecting bulls said Tom Donohoe

" Ken Donohoe

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Northern Focus

Making a profit through Angus fertility, price premium and excelled production Jonathan Faris, Northern Development Officer

Ian Barbour has a lifetime experience in beef cattle. Ian and wife Megan operate their beef enterprise in the South Burnett region of Queensland producing MSA graded bullock. Originally breeding Herefords then breeding tropically adapted red cattle, the Barbour’s now have a predominantly Angus herd.

Working for some years off-farm at the Tarong Power Station as a machinery operator, where his wife Megan also works, Ian returned full time to the property and introduced Angus into their MSA accredited breeding program. Their aim has been to target the high-end markets which pay premiums for black Angus cattle. This has been assisted in part through the introduction of rotational grazing and an on-farm fodder factory, which has enabled the Barbour’s to increase carrying capacity up to 1: 5 acres.

The fully self-contained fodder factory is usually operated during the winter months (drier conditions) and works on a 6-day cycle whereby 200kg of barley seed is distributed across a number of plastic germination trays, undertakes a process of irrigation by overhead drip lines and sprouting, before being fed out 6 days later. This results in an output of 2 tonnes of green matter at 18% protein levels, which is sufficient to maintain condition of up to 200 head of cattle without fattening.

Ian is a proponent of incorporating the sprouted grain and sees it as a fundamental part of the breeding operation, as it has effectively drought proofed his property (given successive years of below average rainfall). This in turn has ensured that breeder numbers can be sustained, as breeders continue to cycle and produce milk, thus maintaining the focus on fertility and ultimately profit without the potential negative health impacts of traditional grain feeding.

Breeding Operations:

The breeding herd of 180 females, increasing from 160 breeders in 2017, are predominantly Angus. However, there are still Angus x ‘red’ breeders (i.e. Santa Gertrudis, PAge 52

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Droughtmaster and a handful of Red Angus), which are in the process of being gradually phased out. All breeders are joined to Angus bulls at a rate of 1 to 30 in a controlled mating program of approximately 10 weeks, between the 2nd week of September until late November annually.

Females are joined once they achieve 300kg live weight, and are pregnancy tested in February or March of each year. Ian estimates the pregnancy rate is currently at ~80%, which excludes females who are late calvers, as they are culled from the herd if they calve outside of the 3-month window. The Barbour’s intend to shorten the joining period by another week next year in order to further tighten the calving period, which in turn will heighten the conception rate and reduce the incidence of late calvers.

Maiden heifers are joined at a rate of 1:35 at 300kg live weight and are given PBA Lick coming into winter to ensure they are cycling. Fertility and tightness of the calving window is important to Ian, as he states

"

…nothing gets a second chance here…

"

Calves are branded annually in November each year, corresponding with pulling the bulls out of the breeders.

Calves are weaned at ~300kg and kept in the yards for a week, in which time they are tailed out daily and educated with dogs. They are then placed in fresh

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pasture before putting them onto a fresh crop of oats grown at “Hollypark”, where they put on approximately 1kg/day.

Bull selection & management:

Ian advises bulls must possess a good head, excellent temperament, pedigree, fertility and structural soundness, backed up by good figures. IMF EBVs feature strongly in his bull selection.

Newly purchased bulls are usually kept in the yards for a couple of days before being introduced into the remainder of the bulls prior to joining. In that time, they are fed good quality hay, and given MULTIMIN®, 7 in 1 and vibrio injections.

Marketing:

Each April and May, 50 cull heifers are sold direct off their dams into the Dalby saleyards where they are highly sought after. This is done not only to assist in cash-flow, but also to assist in eliminating feed and management costs and labour of animals that would never have been retained as breeders.

Steers are grown out and finished between 500 – 600kg live weight before being marketed to JBS Dinmore while they are often still only milk tooth. Alternatively, they have also been sold as ~400kg feeder steers to Darling Downs feedlots or direct to Brisbane Valley Meats. Cull cows are either marketed direct to Dinmore or through Dalby saleyards.

Regular kill sheet data reflects good IMF scores with progeny regularly achieving 3.6%. This has been a direct result of bull selection, with Ian advising purchased bulls to have averaged around 6% and one bull at 9% IMF. As the crossbred females are gradually phased out and the proportion of straight bred Angus breeders increase, Ian expects the average IMF score to gradually increase.

The Barbour’s outstanding MSA grass fed (no HGP) scores are a direct reflection of utilising Angus genetics and overall management. Their average MSA score of 62.28 sits well above the Wide Bay and Burnett regional average of 58.88 and just shy of the 63.54 benchmark top 5 % for the region. This has been achieved through careful selection of genetics, nutritional management

Hollypark Kumbia QLD Average Rainfall: 700mm / 28” p.a.

property size:

300ha / 750 acres

Location:

Located approx. 2km NE Bell, or 32km SW Kingaroy QLD

Carrying Capacity:

1 AE / LSU to 7 acres

Target Market:

Milk tooth Heavy steers

and livestock husbandry resulting in heavier carcasses to the average (+10.7kg), lower ossification score of 150, AUS-MEAT marbling score of 1 and MSA Marbling score of 360.

Ultimately, the consistent nutritional plain assisted through the fodder factory and rotational grazing, combined with stringent genetic selection and tough stance on fertility and performance have all contributed to the Barbour’s producing a highly sought after premium product, which commands premium prices.

This year, a line of steers sold by Ian and Megan Barbour weighing in at average 418kg achieved a price of $3.50/ kg (live weight) delivered to Inglewood Queensland.

The market at the same time was within the $2.80/kg $2.90/kg range, demonstrating a premium of $0.60/kg.

Furthermore, Ian advises that even in the Dalby saleyards his cattle attract a premium of at least $0.15/kg to $0.20/ kg above the same market.

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Steers are grown out to feeder weights, on grazing oats during winter and sub tropical pastures and lucerne in summer

Fertility is the top priority First published on 19 July 2018 The Land - Spring Angus,

By Ruth Schwager

Angus genetics are producing quality feeder steers for Charles Murray on the Liverpool Plains in NSW. Mr Murray, with his wife Amanda and children George and Hannah, runs close to 700 Angus cows on Apple Tree, Spring Ridge. The Murrays made the switch from whiteface cattle many years go, choosing the Angus breed for its carcase qualities and calving ease.

“Angus cattle have better carcase traits, better calving and we’re very happy with them,” Mr Murray said.

“We’ve had a couple of forays into crossbreeding, but we’ve always gone back to straight Angus for uniformity, and you can always sell a good line of Angus cattle.”

He places importance on first impressions, but maternal traits are the focus when selecting bulls.

Mr Murray is strict on his females, with the first cull at weaning, another after the heifers’ first joining, and another after the first calf.

“Our biggest priority is numbers, every cow on the place has to have a calf, so we cull very heavily on fertility,” he said.

Mr Murray also looks at estimated breeding values for 400- and 600-day weight, as his focus is producing feeder steers.

All calves are yard weaned for seven to 10 days, and most steers are grown out to about 500 kilograms, on grazing oats during winter and sub tropical pastures and lucerne in summer.

Steers are sold to feedlots and cull heifers are finished for the superrmarket trade.

The steers always have access to grain, which gets them to the target weight before 18 months of age, but also gets them ready for the feedlot.

“They’re yard weaned on lucerne hay and once they’re on crop they have access to a cracked grain supplement,” Mr Murray said.

“They’re on sub tropical grasses and lucerne in the summer, and oats in the winter.

“With our crop rotation and grain supplementing, they’ve always got enough feed in front of them.”

While the main market is feedlots, Mr Murray sold most of his young cattle as weaners this year.

“It’s the first time we’ve ever had to go it, but it was just too dry – we’ve only had 70 millimetres of rain this year,” he said.

“We still made over $1100 a head for them at the Powerhouse sale at Gunnedah.”

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Clare Lindsay works with her parents Gary and Barbara on their beef farm in Bracknell, Tas, where they background steers

Temperament, animal health top priorities at Bracknell First published on 12 August 2018 Stock & Land, by Joely Mitchell

It’s a fully-fledged family operation at Bracknell, Tasmania, with Clare Lindsay working with parents Gary and Barbara on their beef backgrounding operation.

A lot has changed on the farm in the last two decades, but their current focus is supplying cattle to the Tasmania Feedlot.

The feedlot only accepts Angus cattle bred out of Tasmania, so since 2002 the Lindsays have sourced young cattle from weaner sales and directly off farms, and grow them up to 500 kilograms at 12-13 months of age.

This came after years growing wool, and stints breeding JapOx cattle and EU cattle.

“We were in Merino sheep, but wool prices were no good, so we went into cattle,” Mr Lindsay said.

“Barbara’s father was in JapOx steers, so we started getting into those, taking 18 months to turn them over, and then we were one of the first to get into EU cattle.”

Eventually, they realised backgrounding Angus steers would be more profitable.

“We realised we could breed three steers per acre and get them out the gate in three months, and also get a silage cut each year, on our better soils,” he said.

They have found it increasingly difficult to source steers, so have started to increase their cow numbers to be able to produce their own.

This year they will mate 650 cows.

They are big on animal health and feed.

“I’ve learned not to skimp on animal health, we drench the steers every eight weeks, and it’s worth every cent,” he said.

Clare Lindsay said temperament was another priority.

“Quiet cattle do well, they gain more weight and are easy to move,” Ms Lindsay said.

“If you’ve got unsettled cattle, they’re not going to do as well, they’ll be harder to handle and will make life more stressful.”

Steers on the property

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Owned by Bruce and Anne Gibson, they lease a further 72ha overlooking Bass Strait and recently purchased 132ha inland which will provide added flexibility in their grass-fed operation.

Angus steers hit target for premiums First published on 19 July 2018 - Spring Angus, by Kylie Nicholls

Quality Angus genetics combined with careful pasture and animal health management has enabled Geoff McInnes to produce an ideal steer destined for the export market.

Mr McInnes, along with his wife Rebecca and children Trinity and Amity, has managed the 580 hectare coastal property Bunarong at Inverloch, in the Gippsland area of Victoria, for more than 14 years.

Owned by Bruce and Anne Gibson, they lease a further 72ha overlooking Bass Strait and recently purchased 132ha inland which will provide added flexibility in their grass-fed operation.

Mr McInnes currently takes care of 500 pure Angus breeders and aims to breed sound, quiet, easy-doing, functional cows which will produce steers reaching target weights of 630 kilograms to 700kg by 18 months to two years of age.

“We have been consistently averaging around $1900 per head at about 18 months of age and are meeting our target weights quite easily so I’m very happy with that,” he said.

Mr McInnes likes to use a combination of visual appraisal and estimated breeding values for his bull selection.

“We put a lot of emphasis on the bulls figures for low birthweight and milking ability and like them above breed average for 400 and 600-day weight.”

The breeding program is split with 400 cows calving in autumn and 100 calving in spring.

Next year this will increase to 500 autumn calvers and 120 spring calvers.

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increased market flexibility. A spread of calving also helps ease the management and eat the spring flush of grass.”

Artificial insemination is used to join 120 heifers annually in mid-May using selected Elite semen is also selected to AI 60 to 70 proven breeding cows each year.

The autumn calving mob are weaned in December at 9 to 10 months of age with an average weight of about 370 kilograms, although many of the calves weigh in at more than 400kg.

The calves are all yard-weaned for two weeks and handled extensively on foot, horseback and with dogs.

The steer portion are then moved into summer millet and brassica crop paddocks.

“The summer crops play an integral part in setting the steers up for winter and provide a great boost in their growth rates allowing them to put on an extra 20kg to 30kg,” Mr McInnes said.

“The summer crops and warm weather makes a big difference to the cattle.”

The steers remain on the summer crops until the end of autumn, before grazing annual ryegrass pastures which are sown from mid March onwards, depending on the season.

“There is a lapse between when the summer crop finishes and before the winter ryegrass pastures are ready to graze, so we make sure we have a couple of paddocks which have been spelled through the summer.

“This allows us to get a wedge of feed up and carries the steers through until we can get them onto the winter crops.”

The steers are rotated through the annual ryegrass and permanent pasture paddocks and once the spring flush of feed begins Mr McInnes will look at marketing the heavier steers from the end of October onwards, selling 30 to 40 at a time.

“The autumn calving really suits our program and helps us hit those target weights beautifully.”

Depending on the best options and prices available the steers are sold over the hooks to the Australian Meat Group, JBS Australia or O’Connor Beef.

The heifer portion of the autumn weaners are classed with a focus on quiet, soft females with plenty of length and growth.

The heifers retained for breeding are placed into quality pasture paddocks to grow out, before being joined to calve at two years of age.

“We like to give heifers the best paddocks available to help them grow to the best of their genetic capabilities.”

Mr McInnes said.

“We are aiming to average more than 400kg at joining and we achieve that target weight quite comfortably.”

Mr McInnes admits the spring calving cows don’t receive any special management and battle through the winter before calving down in September and October.

Depending on the season, the calves are yard-weaned in autumn and will be supplementary fed with hay and silage before grazing the winter ryegrass crops.

They will then move through the summer and winter crop grazing program before being sold.

“The spring calves are generally weaned at lighter weights of 250kg to 300kg.

“They generally don’t hit the target selling weights until they are two years of age, they certainly do it a bit tougher than the autumn calves.”

The selected spring-born heifers are naturally joined the following November to low birthweight bulls.

Animal health is a key management factor as the farm’s coastal country is naturally deficient in B12, selenium and copper.

Prior to calving, all pregnant cows are drenched, administered trace element capsules and two vaccines to prevent bovine pestivirus and calf scours. All dry cattle also receive a B12, selenium and copper treatment every three months.

“In this country trace element deficiencies are a significant issue and we can get calf scours too. The introduction of the rotavirus vaccine has been a great management tool to get calves up and going in the first six to eight weeks, particularly if it starts to get cold.”

Although Mr McInnes is pleased with current conception rates of 88 per cent to 90pc, he plans to increase this further and believes trace elements could play a significant role.

Regular fertiliser applications are also carried out in conjunction with soil tests to monitor nutrient levels.

The annual ryegrass crops receive two applications of 100kg/ha of nitrogen in winter to aid pasture growth.

Mr McInnes employs a flexible rotation with paddocks grazed for up to two weeks and then rested for two to three weeks.

Bunarong produces 800 to 1000 round bales of grass hay and 300 rolls of silage annually which will be fed throughout the year, depending on the season.

Next year this will increase to 500 autumn calvers and 120 spring calvers.

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Angus Australia announces new ASBP and BREEDPLAN Consultative Committees Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

Angus Australia has announced the composition of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program and the Angus BREEDPLAN Consultative Committees for the next 2-year term.

The Angus Australia Consultative Committees brings together members and the Society, providing a mechanism to obtain structured feedback of ideas and suggestions from Angus Australia members.

The Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) Consultative Committee has a purpose to provide guidance to the Angus Australia Board of Directors and management team in developing policies, strategies and plans related to ASBP. The committee focuses on reviewing the overall operations and progress of the ASBP and, where required, recommendations to the Board, as well as providing feedback on ASBP related proposals for consideration by the Board.

Christian Duff, Strategic Projects Manager, looks forward working with the ASBP Consultative Committee, made up of 14 cow herd representatives, bull owner representatives, feedlot representatives and ex-officios.

“It is great to see our returning committee members, as well as some new additions. We look forward to working together with our committee and meeting the objectives of the ASBP program, which includes the expansion of the Angus reference population of hard-to-measure phenotypes and genotypes.” Mr Duff said.

Stephen Chase, newly appointed Chair of ASBP Consultative Committee, said that being on the committee gives him and other members the opportunity to have a say in the development of ASBP. “The committee is a great opportunity to be a part of ASBP and understand the innerworkings of Angus Australia and how the developments are being made in Sire Benchmarking. It’s great to part of a committee with new faces that will bring lot of experience and positive input to ASBP” “It’s important that any members who have an interest or any concerns regarding the ASBP speak to the committee or Christian if they feel they can bring something to the ASBP.” The Angus BREEDPLAN Consultative Committee provides a forum for consultation between users of Angus Australia’s genetic evaluation services and the Angus Australia Board of Directors and management team.

Importantly, the committee communicates the views and requirements of leading users of Angus BREEDPLAN in relation to the operations, implementation of improvements, and future development needs of Angus Australia’s genetic evaluation services.

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Angus Australia was with the number and calibre of members who expressed an interest in being of the committee.

“The committee has vast experience and knowledge in the breeding of Angus cattle, and their feedback will be of great value in improving the genetic evaluation services that are available to both seedstock and commercial Angus breeders in Australia,” Mr Byrne said.

Chairman of the Angus BREEDPLAN Consultative Committee, James Laurie, says that being part of the committee allows members to be part of a forum to learn about the developments being made to Angus BREEDPLAN. “The Consultative Committee allows members to have an input in the direction that Angus Australia is going in terms of performance recording.”

The compositions of the ASBP and Angus BREEDPLAN Committees for the next two-year term are as follows:

ASBP Consultative Committee: Brad Cavanagh Rodger Pryce David Murray Stephen Chase (Chair) Richard Puddicombe Keith Howe Lachie Wilson Andrew Malloy Hamish Chandler Ex-Officio: Brad Gilmour Hamish McFarlane Peter Parnell Christian Duff Nick Butcher

For full descriptions of the committees and each member scan here

Angus BREEDPLAN Consultative Committee: James Laurie (Chair) Frank Archer Sinclair Munro Bryan Corrigan Bea Litchfield Mandy Wales Ex-Officio: Sam White Andrew Byrne

For further information about the consultative committees please contact Christian Duff (ASBP) on 02 6773 4620 or Andrew Byrne (Angus BREEDPLAN) on 02 6773 4618.

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The journey to Angus.Tech Matt Reynolds, Breed Development Officer

The transition to Angus.Tech has reached its final stage and the journey to what users now have access to has seen a number of enhancements and refinements to the database.

From subtle improvements to increase the speed of the database or visibility of buttons through to additional features such as the report centre, the journey Angus.

Tech has been through has left it a powerful and valuable tool for cattle breeders.

The wide variety of ways users not only access the database, but also the features they utilise has been a challenge for the development of the database. As it not only meets current needs of users but enables them to draw even more value from the data it contains.

Angus.Tech doesn’t just draw on the wealth of information in the Angus Australia database, but enables users to analyse their results and use the data to its full potential.

So, whether you are looking for your next bull, deciding on heifers to keep or just checking in at where your herd is at, then Angus.Tech is making the process easier and delivering more from your time within the database.

Angus.Tech is available to everyone and has all the functionality of the ‘old’ internet solutions database with a number of new features, which assist in making breeding decisions. The change in the way the database looks means the value the member services team provides in supporting users to not only access the database but navigate through is paramount.

The database is continuing to be developed with new features added and members requiring assistance are encouraged to contact staff at Angus Australia on (02) 6773 4600 or office@angusaustralia.com.au

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Checking an Animal’s Parentage Verification Status Andrew Byrne, Breed Development & Extension Manager

It is now easy to ascertain whether the parentage of any animal recorded with Angus Australia has been confirmed via DNA testing, with a suffix now displayed at the end of each animal’s name indicating whether DNA parentage verification has been conducted.

The suffixes are displayed for all HBR, APR, RAR, ACR or MBR animals and are as follows: PV both the animal’s parents have been verified by DNA SV the animal’s sire has been verified by DNA DV the animal’s dam has been verified by DNA # DNA verification has not been conducted E DNA verification has identified that the animal’s sire and/or dam may possibly be incorrect, but this can-not be confirmed conclusively.

The display of the new suffixes is illustrated in the figure below:

DSK

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Searching for your next bull - SaleSELECT Matt Reynolds, Breed Development Officer

The autumn sale season is fast approaching and as we enter the selling season buyers will be searching through catalogues to find the next bull for their herd. Angus.Tech offers some great new features which could assist in finding the right bull.

Users are able to sort catalogues based on an individual breeding value, simply by clicking the pair of arrows located above the breeding value they are wanting to sort the catalogue by. Users wanting to do more complex sorting and searching through sale catalogues can use Angus SaleSELECT.

Angus SaleSELECT has been developed to assist users in finding the right bull for their operation and enables users to search one or multiple currently listed catalogues for the criteria important to their bull purchasing decisions. To use Angus SaleSELECT; 1.

From the AngusSELECT webpage www.angusaustralia com.au/angusselect, select Angus SaleSELECT. Users do not need to be registered users of Angus.Tech to access sale catalogues or Angus SaleSELECT.

2. From the drop-down box, beside Sale, select the catalogue you want to search within. If there are multiple sales, once you have made your first selection, a plus sign will appear which you can click to add additional sale catalogues to your search.

Once the catalogues to be search have been selected, users will click Proceed to animal selection criteria.

3. Users will then be able to apply selection criteria, which can include; a. Animal details, such as register or colour b. Breeding criteria, such as searching for animals

by a particular sire or out of a particular dam c. Genetic tests results, such as being tested free

of AM, CA, DD & NH d. EBVs criteria, where users can put cut off limits

for individual breeding values or percentile

bands for any of the traits reported through

Angus BREEDPLAN. 4. Once all required criteria have been entered, users can complete the search by clicking Search.

Angus.Tech will then bring up all animals within the selected sale catalogues which meet the required selection criteria. In the event that no animals meet the criteria Angus.Tech will return no results.

Registered users of Angus.Tech will also be able to use the features of the report centre, including the trait distribution and trait comparison reports when examining sale catalogues. To do this, users will need to open the sale catalogue and then select ‘Go to Report Centre’ from the search options.

For further information or support contact staff at Angus Australia: Phone: (02) 6773 4600 Email: office@angusaustralia.com.au Website: www.angusaustralia.com.au

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Analytical Changes to Angus BREEDPLAN December 2018 Andrew Byrne, Breed Development & Extension Manager

A number of analytical changes have been implemented in the mid-December 2018 Angus BREEDPLAN analysis.

These changes are part of the ongoing maintenance and improvement to the Angus BREEDPLAN genetic evaluation, and have resulted in the calculation of EBVs that better predict the genetic merit of Australian Angus animals.

Transition to a Single Feed Efficiency EBV

Two EBVs have previously been published within Angus BREEDPLAN for feed efficiency, being the NFI-F and NFI-P EBV. NFI-F EBVs provide estimates of genetic differences between animals in feed intake at a standard weight and rate of weight gain when animals are in a finishing phase, whereas NFI-P EBVs provide estimates of genetic differences between animals in feed intake at a standard weight and rate of weight gain when animals are in a growing phase. Performance measurements for both traits are measured in a feedlot situation.

While the publication of two EBVs for NFI was appropriate in the past, only a single EBV will now be published for feed efficiency, being NFI-F.

Modifications to the Utilisation of Genomics

Several improvements have been made with regards to the incorporation of genomic information within the main multi-trait component of the Angus BREEDPLAN analysis.

Specifically: • The number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are used in the calculation of EBVs has been increased from ~40,000 to ~ 56,000 SNPs. • The allele frequencies that are utilised when applying quality assurance checks to genomic information have been re-estimated.

• The criteria that is used when determining whether an animal has a sufficiently close genetic relationship to animals within the reference population for the incorporation of genomic information in Angus BREEDPLAN has been modified.

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with genomic information, and their relatives, while also facilitating the incorporation of genomic information for a greater number of animals.

Modifications to Accuracy Values for Milk EBVs

The software that is utilised to calculate EBV accuracy values for the milk EBV has been updated so that the additional accuracy provided by genomic information is reflected in the accuracy value.

The new software will not result in any changes to milk EBVs, but the accuracy value of milk EBVs will increase for animal for which genomic information is available.

Addition of Yearling Weight to Angus HeiferSELECT

Genetic predictions for yearling weight have been incorporated into the Angus HeiferSELECT product.

Angus HeiferSELECT is a genomic selection tool to help inform the selection of replacement Angus heifers who have been sired by a registered Australian Angus bull.

Genetic predictions are now provided for nine traits, calving ease, weaning weight, yearling weight, milk, mature cow weight, carcase weight, eye muscle area, rib fat and intramuscular fat, plus total breeding value.

Further Information

To further discuss any of the enhancements that have been implemented in the mid-December 2018 Angus BREEDPLAN analysis, please contact Andrew Byrne, Angus Australia’s Breed Development & Extension Manager, on (02) 6773 4618 or andrew@angusaustralia. com.au.

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Breeders need to be efficient with their time Matt Reynolds, Breed Development Officer

A key task for any breeder is to make mating decisions and whilst the actual decisions itself is specific to every herd and breeder based on the direction of the herd, the approach they take is far less varied.

When it comes to applying mating or breeding decision within a herd there are two approaches which offer both strengths and weaknesses. Utilising both to maximise the quality of cattle produced from the breeding program but also utilise the breeders time most effectively when making decisions is key.

The two options are individual mating decisions or herd/ group mating decisions, both these approaches are common parts of modern cattle breeding programs and many programs utilise both approaches to achieve specific goals within their herd.

Group or herd mating decisions

Breeding decisions applied at a herd or group level are the most common type of mating decision breeders make, particularly in commercial operations. Typically, a bull or group of bulls are selected and then run with a group of females. Selection in this approach focuses on selecting a bull which meets the breeding objective of the herd.

The approach offers a significant reduction in the time required to make breeding decisions and if applied over a long period, with consistent breeding objectives has the potential for a high consistency of calves produced.

The risk with this approach however is if individuals have issues, such as poor feet, not represented by the majority of the herd then it if unlikely the trait will be resolved in the calves with the bulls selection. This factor means that within herds there can be underlying traits affecting the physical performance of some members of the herd.

Applying selection pressure to the cow herd can limit the impact of this.

Individual mating decisions

Breeders opting for individual mating decisions gain a greater ability to make the best possible mating across the largest number of animals because each female can be mated to the male, which best suits her. The downside of this approach to mating selection is that it is often very time consuming both in planning and execution.

The process requires each possible mating to be assessed and a decision made. Often the process also requires the use of technologies such as A.I. because of the ability to more easily use a larger varied group of sires.

This approach of making individual mating decisions is sometimes referred to as corrective mating.

Corrective mating is a term used to describe the selection of a particular sire to address the major weaknesses of a cow. So that in an ideal world the calf born from the cow has all the traits of the mother with the traits the sire brought in addressing the dams weakness. Importantly when talking about corrective mating, the trait being ‘corrected’ doesn’t have to be poor in the female, just in need of improvement.

Increasing the strengths or reducing the weaknesses

Often breeding decisions have a focus towards increasing the strengths of an animal such as heavier day weights. Whilst this is important, for some programs greater progress can be made by addressing the herds weaknesses first. If the herd currently has a high level of genetic merit for a particular trait then it is possible to achieve better rates of genetic gain by selecting to improve the weaknesses, rather than strengthening the strengths. This is because the potential improvement for the trait with the selection of a sire, has the ability to have a greater influence on the average genetic merit within the herd.

For example, if the average genetic merit for 400-day weight in our herd was +97kg (5 percentile) and bred to a bull with a 400-day weight of +106kg (1 percentile), then the progeny will likely average +101kg, which equates to an increase of approximately 1.35% in the genetic merit of the calves. Compared to, if the average for Days to Calving was -3.7 days (60 percentile) and we use a bull that is -5.9 days (20 percentile), then the progeny will average at -4.8 days, equating to a 30% increase in the genetic merit of the calves. The number of bulls which would meet the criteria for DTC compared to 400 would be significantly larger. It is important to note, with either selection focus to consider bull and female selection holistically rather than focusing on a single trait and also factor in the variation in economic significance of different traits.

Breeders looking for assistance in making mating decisions should consider tools like MateSel, available through Angus Australia and a number of private consultants.

MateSel is a valuable addition to the BREEDPLAN suite of tools and provides beef cattle seedstock producers with a guide for objectively optimising mating allocations to reflect their breeding goals and creating long term, sustainable genetic gains.

For further information or support contact staff at Angus Australia: Phone: (02) 6773 4600 Email: office@angusaustralia.com.au Website: www.angusaustralia.com.au

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Genetic gain in a tough season Matt Reynolds, Breed Development Officer

The lack of rain over much of the winter and spring months throughout Australia has seen significant pressure applied to the Australian cow herd. The seasonal conditions have meant many breeders have had to make hard calls around the future of cows, resulting in many herds reducing in size.

This reduction in cow numbers is however not without a potential silver lining for the long-term genetic improvement of the herd.

The opportunity presented during these difficult times is the ability to apply significantly more selection pressure on the females through the removal of a greater proportion of bottom end cows, which over the coming years could result in a significant increase in the rate of genetic gain the herd achieved (Refer to figure 1).

Genetic Merit

Avg. genetic merit wo culls Avg. genetic gain w culls led Cul

s Cow

Time Figure 1 - Shows the trend for genetic gain over time, comparing the herd with and without culled cows

Selection pressure is all about the criteria used to identify which individuals are kept within the breeding program and increases as the criteria to be chosen on become harder to meet. Rate of genetic gain is influenced by selection pressure and programs which apply greater selection pressure have the potential to achieve greater rates of genetic progress.

Ultimately if we are to realise this benefit we need to not only ensure that the females we remove are the bottom proportion of the herd, but also that when we build numbers back up, that we maximise the opportunity towards our breeding objectives.

Females, females, females

As the conditions improve there will be greater demand for replacement females, as breeders look to increase their herd size. This increase in herd numbers to the ‘normal’ level is where the opportunity for increased genetic gain exists. The opportunity to make a step increase in genetic merit of the herd is through replacing the cow you removed due to poor seasonal conditions, with a heifer of greater genetic merit when times improve.

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benefit to the herd, if genetic conditions are brought in or poor selection decisions are made this potential upside can result in herd going backwards.

1) Buying in females

Not all heifers are created equal and the value to an operation of one animal over another can be significant, even if they are by the same sire. When purchasing females it is important to consider the return on investment they will deliver to the operation and if cattle prices are high the importance of this increases.

Research has shown the significant difference high and low genetic merit animals have in potential return to a business but even put simply, a cow with greater longevity is worth more to the business then a cow who will produce less calves in her lifetime.

Being able to assess the suitability of an individual is not always simply as the two considerations, the genetics and the phenotype can be difficult to adequately assess at the point of sale, due to limited information. The key when buying in females though is to plan ahead and ask questions.

If you are sourcing replacement females consider getting them genomically testing before sale, if they are commercial angus females then a product like HeiferSELECT should be very seriously considered.

Genomic testing does take time and producers will need to plan ahead, but the benefit of identifying the top proportion can be significant. An alternative approach if time is limited could be to purchase females and then sell off some once you have tested them yourself and made selection decision based on the results.

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Not only will a product like this confirm some important checks such as angus content, but will also provide valuable information for later breeding decisions, such as who the sire is (important for inbreeding management) and some values representing the genetic merit of the animals.

Seedstock producers have access to high density SNP panels and full parentage verification which if purchasing seedstock females is of increased importance.

Understanding the genetic merit of purchased animals is critical if breeding programs are going to continue to make genetic gain towards their breeding goals, failing to consider the genetics carried by the herd can result in a greater spread in the performance of calves by a program and a potential reduction in suitable animals to make selection decisions on.

2) Breeding replacements

Breeding replacements is a longer approach then purchasing in animals, however offers benefits of increased selection pressure, capitalising on genetic gain previously made by the herd and the reduced risk of purchasing new animals.

When breeding replacements, you have the ability to benefit from the genetic gain you have already made within the herd and it is important that breeding decisions made when breeding replacements consider this.

It is also worth considering whether sexed semen is right for you, to increase the number of replacement females available for selection and the number of females by elite sires. Typically, sexed semen comes with an additional cost compared to conventional A.I or use of a herd sire, so it is about understanding if its right for your herd and at what level.

Within any cattle breeding program there will be female lines that are more desirable to the goals of the operation and whilst ensuring diversity of line within a program is an important management strategy, having strong influence from these elite lines and females can significantly benefit the herd. Seedstock breeders should consider technologies like embryo transfer when both making difficult culling decisions, to preserve genetics, and when building the herd up. To a lesser degree sexed semen can also be used to build greater influence from particular cow lines within your herd, by producing heifers from your top cows.

The bulls you buy

Up until this point we have really focused on the female side and largely the focus of maximising rate of genetic gain from the increased selection pressure on females requires this. The question however when we do examine the bulls we use is, if you are going to retain more daughters out of the bull then in a normal season, do you have the same selection focus?

This question is significant because traits such as gestation length and calving ease may have a greater significance if you are retaining females compared to if you are just performing selection towards your breeding objective. Remembering the cows you breed this year will be influencing your herd for years to come.

For further information or support contact staff at Angus Australia: Phone: (02) 6773 4600 Email: office@angusaustralia.com.au Website: www.angusaustralia.com.au

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Introduction of an Angus Parentage Assurance Program Purchasers of Angus genetics can now do so with additional confidence following the introduction of the Angus Parentage Assurance Program on November 1st, 2018.

The Angus Parentage Assurance Program highlights sale or semen catalogues listed on the Angus Australia website where DNA testing has been conducted to verify the parentage of the lots being offered for sale, not only improving the integrity of the pedigree information presented, but also the integrity of the genetic condition and Angus BREEDPLAN EBV information that is presented for each lot.

The parentage assurance program is made up two different categories, Angus Sire Assured and Angus Parentage Assured.

Angus Sire Assured applies to sale or semen catalogues where all lots have been DNA sire verified, while Angus Parentage Assured applies to sale and semen catalogues where all lots have been DNA parent verified, confirming both the sire and the dam are correct.

Catalogues that qualify as either Angus Sire Assured or Angus Parentage Assured are identified on the Angus Australia website with the relevant parentage assurance program logo.

Additionally, purchasers can limit searches to those that qualify as either Angus Sire Assured or Angus Parentage Assured when using the SemenSELECT and SaleSELECT tools to assist with their animal or semen purchasing decisions.

For further details regarding the Angus Parentage Assurance program, please contact staff at Angus Australia: Phone: (02) 6773 4600 Email: office@angusaustralia.com.au Website: www.angusaustralia.com.au

Eligibility Criteria

• Online sale or semen catalogue listed on Angus Australia website • 100% of lots have been DNA sire verified

Eligibility Criteria •

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Online sale or semen catalogue listed on Angus Australia website 100% of lots have been DNA parent verified (i.e. both sire and dam)

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Fortnightly Angus BREEDPLAN Analyses to Continue in 2019 Andrew Byrne, Breed Development & Extension Manager

Angus BREEDPLAN analyses will be conducted on a fortnightly analysis during 2019, with the introduction of an additional analysis at the beginning of January being the only change to the 2018 analysis schedule.

The submission deadlines for inclusion in Angus BREEDPLAN analyses during 2019 are outlined in Table 1.

Table 1 – 2019 Submission Deadlines for Angus BREEDPLAN Analysis

Submission Deadline

Results Available (Indicative)

Mid January

January 1

January 17

February

January 15

January 31

Mid February

February 1

February 17

March

February 15

February 28

Mid March

March 1

March 17

April

March 15

March 31

Mid April

April 1

April 18

May

April 15

April 30

Mid May

May 1

May 19

June

May 15

May 31

Mid June

June 1

June 16

July

June 15

June 30

Mid July

July 1

July 17

August

July 15

July 31

Mid August

August 1

August 18

September

August 15

August 31

Mid September

September 1

September 18

October

September 15

September 30

Mid October

October 1

October 16

November

October 15

October 31

Mid November

November 1

November 17

December

November 12

November 30

Mid December

November 25

December 10

January

December 9

December 23

Angus Australia members enrolled in Angus BREEDPLAN are encouraged to make sure that all of their registration details, DNA and performance data is submitted well ahead of the submission deadlines to guarantee that updated EBVs are available when they are needed.

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DNA Requirements for Calf Registration Andrew Byrne, Breed Development & Extension Manager

Do you understand the DNA and parentage verification requirements that must be met when registering calves with Angus Australia?

New requirements for calf registration were implemented on July 1st, 2018, with the DNA and parentage verification that is required now standardised across all the main registers (HBR, APR, RAR, ACR and MBR).

For new registrations:

• If an animal’s sire is born on or after 1/1/2004, the sire must have a DNA profile (microsatellite or SNP) recorded with Angus Australia.

• If an animal’s sire is born on or after 1/1/2018, the sire must have a DNA SNP profile with 5,000 or more SNPs recorded with Angus Australia (e.g. Angus GS or HD50K for Angus).

• If the animal is bred by ET and the donor dam is born on or after 1/1/2004, the donor dam must have a DNA profile (microsatellite or SNP) recorded with Angus Australia.

• If the animal is bred by ET and the donor dam is born on or after 1/1/2018, the donor dam must have a DNA SNP profile with 5,000 or more SNPs recorded with Angus Australia (e.g. Angus GS or HD50K for Angus).

• If the animal’s sire or dam are under 11 months of age at the time of conception, the animal must be DNA sire verified.

For modifications to existing or pending registrations:

• The sire of an animal can only be amended if the animal is DNA sire verified to the new sire.

• The dam of an animal can only be amended if the animal is DNA parent verified to both its sire and new dam.

• The sex of an animal that is more than 24 months of age can only be amended if the animal is DNA sire verified.

For overseas sires:

• Requirements when registering sires recorded with overseas breed associations and other breed associations are now the same as registering Australian born sires with Angus Australia.

In addition, genotype data is now used routinely to check the parentage, sex and recessive gene status of registered animals, with upcoming advances in Angus Australia database systems enabling parent verification to be automatically conducted each time a genotype (i.e.

DNA profile) is loaded to the Angus Australia database.

In the event that the routine checking identifies an amendment to animal information is required, the amendment will be made and the current owner & breeder notified. If the current owner has any concerns with the amendment, they can lodge an appeal and the amendment will be reviewed.

In cases where the routine checking identifies an anomaly that can’t be resolved: • If the animal is born before 1/1/2018, the recorded information and registration status will remain unchanged • If the animal is born after 1/1/2018, the erroneous information will be removed, and registration status of the animal revoked A full version of the Angus Australia Regulations can be accessed from the Angus Australia website, or is available upon request from staff at Angus Australia.

The letter for calves born in 2019 is Q For more information visit our website: www.angusaustralia.com.au

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Member Services stats 1 January 2018 - 31 October 2018 Sale CatalogueS

64,663 animals

244 sale catalogues 11,797 total lots

registrations

29,180

31,676

Male

3,807

Female

Steers

HBR Registrations:

APR Registrations:

RAR Registrations:

MBR Registrations:

87

1,430

40,194

ACR Registrations:

18,864

4,088

BREEDPLAN performance transfers

401,922

7,672

Total BREEDPLAN

Total transfers Birth

48,829

SS

10,014

WW

44,501

Docility

20,066

YW

27,599

Ultrasound Scans 22,332

FW

19,939

Total Members: 3,634

12,928

Parent Verifications

20,991

Arthrogryposis Multiplex 1,652 (AM) Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA)

2,665

Commercial

Junior

Life

1,005

Genetic Test Requests Genomic Profiles

Full

Development Duplications 5,655 (DD) Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH)

1,676

Coat Colour

409

291

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Completing Your Inventory Guide Nicky Carey & Samantha Hamilton, Senior Member Services Officers

It is very important for the Autumn and Spring Inventory that you correctly Fate off females using the correct Disposal Codes supplied on the bottom of your Female Inventory List and the correct Disposal dates.

Using the correct Disposal Codes ensures that females are being fated off based on an abnormality, old age etc. and supplying the correct Disposal dates can affect calf registrations, Breedplan and so on.

Below is an example of how a Female Inventory List should be completed based on various scenarios that may occur within your herd.

MSOB1

fated off using the Disposal code B (sold surplus breeding female), disposal date noted

MSOB12

has been downgraded to a Recipient, disposal date (or effective date) noted

MSOB14

is expected to calve in Spring not Autumn, S is put in the New Season column (or vice-versa)

MSOF223

is being downgraded from a HBR to an APR, a tick in the APR column and the disposal date (or effective date) noted

MSOA19

is being reinstated and put back on the inventory list for Autumn, code 6 (restore to active) and a disposal date (or effective date) noted

Autumn 2019

Spring 2019

Note: You can move animals within an inventory year, however you cannot move it from one year to the next.

Spring 2019

Autumn 2020

Do’s and Don’ts when completing your Female Inventory List Do’s

Don’ts

 Use the correct Disposal Codes listed.

 Transfer animals using the Inventory list.

 Use the correct Disposal date.

 Use an incorrect disposal date.

 Take care when fating off females.

 Leave the disposal date blank when fating an animal.

 Sign and Date the bottom of each Inventory page.

 Use prior year inventory lists to fate animals off, these lists may not be accurate.

 Submit your Inventory before the nominated due dates.

If you have any questions or enquiries regarding your Inventory List or how to complete it, please contact the Member Services Team (02) 6773 4600 or regos@angusaustralia.com.au.

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Welcome Scott Wright – Member Services Manager Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

Angus Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Wright in the role of Member Services Manager.

Scott Wright and Victoria Lee

Scott joined Angus Australia in Winter 2018 as a Member Services Officer.

Scott came to Angus Australia after most recently working in Rural Merchandise for Wilshire & Co based at the Deepwater branch. He is currently studying a Graduate Certificate in Ag (Animal Science) part-time at UNE. Scott originally a studied Rural Management at the University of QLD, Gatton College. From 1999 until 2016 he owned and operated the “Wright Robertson of Glencoe” winery at Glencoe which was a pioneer of New England produced boutique wines. A fire destroyed the business in 2016 and since that time Scott has returned to the beef industry.

Scott still lives at Glencoe with his family, loves living in the New England and has quite an interest in the “dairy beef” sector.

“I am always happy to speak with members should they have concerns or suggestions surrounding how Angus Australia delivers its Member Services. I have been a producer myself and fully understand the challenges in agriculture today. I’m very much looking forward to working with all members to help improve the service that Angus Australia offers and always have an open door.”

“It is a privilege to work at Angus Australia. Angus have been at the forefront of genetic gain in the beef industry for a generation and it has been a fascinating organisation to work in and learn from.”

PERFORMANCE & RELIABILITY (New and Used)

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supply chain

Stephen Moy - NH Foods Livestock Manager, Tony Fitzgerald – Whyalla Beef Feedlot General Manager, Michael Davidson – BPA General Manager (NH Foods Domestic Sales), Seiji Inatomi – Managing Director NH Foods Australia, Marcel Moodley – Assistant General Manager Costco Australia

Engaging with producers over Verified Black Angus Beef Diana Wood, Marketing & Communications Manager

NH Foods Whyalla Feedlot Producer evening provided the perfect back drop for Angus Australia’s Commercial Supply Chain Manager, Liz Pearson, to get in front of producers and share the newly established Verified Black Angus Beef program and the value this program brings to the consumer.

Hosted by NH Foods at the Whyalla Feedlot’s Steakhouse, Texas QLD, attendees were treated to a tour of Whyalla Feedlot, an opportunity to listen to speakers on the virtues of the NH Foods supply chain and most importantly, were served up an NH Foods Verified Black Angus Beef brand, Angus Reserve for dinner.

Ms Pearson’s presentation aimed to grow the recognition of the Verified Black Angus Beef program and highlighted the importance of filling in the breed description section correctly on a National Vendor Declaration (NVD) as this is a critical check point for validating Angus claims for the Angus Reserve brand.

Along with correctly completing the NVD, Ms Pearson explained the phenotypical requirements that must be met for cattle destined for any Verified Black Angus Beef brand.

“I was delighted to collaborate with NH Foods to share the important features of their Angus Reserve brand with their top suppliers and it was very encouraging to see so many producers taking a keen interest in their cattle’s performance once they had left the property and what the influences are that dictate whether or not their cattle are meeting the demands of global customers.”

The other speakers included NH Foods Andrew McDonald, Export Sales Manager, explaining where Australia sits in international beef markets, the factors that influence that market and the programs NH Foods runs to meet the demands in this global space.

Marcel Moodley, Assistant General Manager of Costco also spoke about the importance in developing relationships with a supplier that is trustworthy and that they are very happy to work with NH Foods and stock their Angus Reserve brand.

Liz Pearson explaining Angus Brand Verification to producers at the recent NH Foods Whyalla Beef Feedlot Day

Verified Black Angus Beef brand, Angus Reserve scotch fillet served up at the recent NH Foods Whyalla Beef Feedlot Day

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Welcome Richard Braund Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

Angus Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Braund in the role of Angus Brand Verification Officer.

Richard is originally from Ebor, NSW where his family has had predominantly Angus beef breeding properties for several years.

Richard has a Bachelor of Agriculture and Resource Economics from the University of New England in Armidale, which saw him gain an understanding in the dynamics, policies and financials of the agribusiness sector.

Richard comes from a background across several industries, working in most parts of the grains, cotton, beef and sheep supply chains. His previous experience working with AACo has assisted in expanding him into northern livestock operations, and then furthermore into working at Livingstone Processing Plant outside Darwin, NT. Following this, Richard managed a beef and sheep processing plant in Esperance, WA, starting on a Tier 2 operation.

“I look forward to working for Angus Australia, an organisation that has deep roots in the beef industry and a long history with producers, marketing the best beef in the world,” Richard says.

Richard Braund

“Further work in the agricultural sector will see me greatly expand my understanding of agriculture and the beef industry from paddock to plate.”

Richard’s key focus in his role for Angus Australia is to assist brands in the Angus Brand Verification program, in maintaining the high standard, integrity and quality of the Angus brand through collaboration with the supply chain.

Angus Australia looks forward to introducing Richard into the Commercial Supply Chain team. Richard can be contacted at richard.braund@angusaustralia.com.au.

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Stanbroke QA Manager, Brad Hahn with Liz Pearson at Stanbroke Beef Pty Ltd, Grantham QLD performing audits on Angus beef for the McDonalds Angus burger range.

Verified Black Angus Beef brand, Angus Reserve scotch fillet served up at the recent NH Foods Whyalla Beef Feedlot Day

McDonalds Angus burger range verification audit at G & K O’Connor Pty Ltd at Pakenham VIC with Plant Manager, Greg Wareham

Commercial Supply Chain Out & About

Verified Black Angus Beef brand, Jack’s Creek Black Angus, available at The Tamworth, Tamworth NSW

Producers at a recent NH Foods Whyalla Beef Feedlot Day hearing about Verified Black Angus Beef and the value this brings to the consumer

Verified Black Angus Beef brand, Jack’s Creek Black Angus Burger available at The Tamworth, Tamworth NSW

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Angus for profitability and carcase Diana Wood, Marketing & Communications Manager

Angus and Angus infused cattle have finished off a stellar year in carcase competitions reiterating the ability of Angus cattle to provide carcase traits that bring profitability to any cattle breeding enterprise.

Royal Melbourne Show

A 580kg liveweight Angus steer exhibited by Rutherglen High School and bred by Alpine Angus took out the coveted Grand Champion Carcase Award at the 2019 Royal Melbourne Show.

The carcase was awarded the Champion Export carcase, before going on to win top honours and scoring 89.31 points out of 100, including full points for saleable meat yield, measuring 10mm of fat and had an EMA of 91sqcm.

The carcase had a Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Index of 56.81 and dressed at 56% with a carcase weight of 323kg.

Perth Royal

The Beef Carcase Competition at the IGA Perth Royal Show saw a 506kg Angus cross steer, exhibited by Murdoch University win Champion heavy weight carcase and Reserve Grand Champion Carcase with 88.73 points.

The carcase dressed at 57.5% with a HSCW of 291kg, an EMA of 88cmsq, 15mm for rib and 10mm for rump, 350 for MSA marbling and an MSA index of 64.18 and 39.18 for eating quality.

Murdoch University, also exhibited Reserve champion mediumweight carcase with an Angus infused steer on 86.55 points. At 429kg live weight, the carcase dressed at 59.5% with a HSCW of 255.3kg, 82cmsq for EMA, rib fat 10mm, rump fat 8mm, MSA marbling 380 and 63.76 MSA index.

Another Angus infused steer, 610kg, exhibited by the WA College of Agriculture Denmark was awarded Champion extra heavy weight carcase, with a score of 85.81. With a dressing percentage of 56.9% and HSCW of 346.8kg, the carcase has EMA of 112cmsq, rib fat 9mm, rump fat 10mm, 380 for MSA marbling and 57.31 for MSA index

Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza

During the hoof judging, a 455kg Angus infused steer exhibited by Calrossy Anglican School was awarded Champion unled steer.

On the hoof a 446kg Angus heifer, exhibited by St Catherines Catholic College, Singleton won Reserve light middleweight champion. This result was backed up in the carcase competition, winning Reserve light middleweight champion, dressing at 59.5% with a HSCW of 265.4, the carcase had rib fat of 7mm, rump of 9mm, a 100cmsq EMA and MLA marbling score of 270 and index of 56.38.

Overall Reserve Champion carcase was won by Gloucester High School with an Angus cross steer, also reserve heavy weight champion on a score of 93.46. The 558kg steer had an EMA of 104cmsq, a rib of 10mm and rump of 10mm.

Daryl Johnston won heavy middle weight champion and the middle weight jackpot, with an Angus infused steer. The 496kg steer dressed at 58.4%, with a rib fat of 10mm and rump of 8mm.

Another Angus infused steer took out champion light middle weight on the hoof and division champion on the hook, with 89.34 points from St Josephs High School Aberdeen. The 437kg steer dressed at 58% with a HSCW of 253.6kg. Finishing with a rib fat of 7mm and rump of 8mm, EMA 90cmsq, MSA marbling of 280 and MSA index of 57.89.

Wingham High School took out lightweight champion carcase with an Angus infused steers DSK Angus won lightweight unled champion carcase with a 358kg Angus steer, as well as winning the lightweight jackpot The unled Champjon carcase, an Angus infused steer, was exhibited by Muswellbrook High School. The 676kg steer dressed at 57.7%, had an EMA of 104cmsq, rib and rump fats of 8 and 12mm, an MSA marbling score of 420 and index of 58.67.

Willow Tree Public School rounded out the competiion winning the Waverley School Steer Challenge with their Angus steers tallying up 87.67 points

Merriwa Show Feedback Trial

Pentire Midnight exhibited by St Catherines Catholic College

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Angus infused steers had success in the 2018 Merriwa Show Feedback Trial. Steers were fed for 91 days in the Alexander Downs Feedlot, judged on the hoof at Merriwa Show and back to the feedlot for 20 days before being processed.

Overall Runner Up, was the Maben Family, Merriwa NSW with a pen of Angus infused steers, that had the highest average weight gain of 2.37kg.

An Angus infused steer from Eric Crowe, Tamworth NSW, won Champion individual carcase.

ANGUS WIN BIG AT THE RAS BEEF CHALLENGE AWARDS NIGHT Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer

Angus and Angus infused cattle proved very successful at the RAS Beef Challenge Awards Night, continuing a dominating result from the live judging that was held at Wilga Feedlot, Bellata in North West NSW.

Angus Winners At RAS Beef Challenge Awards Night. Image: Danni Maccue

The RAS Beef Challenge had seedstock and commercial entrants from not only local producers but producers from various parts of Australia. The event judges pens of steers and heifers that are entered in 70 days on feed domestic class or 100 days on feed export class, as well as individual beasts from each category.

There were excellent Angus results across the board, with Angus cattle faring well amongst some very stiff competition.

Angus cattle did very well in the Domestic Pen and Individual events with Ben and Wendy Mayne of Texas Angus taking out Domestic Champion Team with a pen of Angus heifers, and Trevor and Linda Rissman of Rosedale Pastoral Company being named Reserve Champion Team with a pen of Angus steers. Texas Angus also won the Domestic Champion Individual with an Angus heifer.

In the Export categories, Angus and Angus influenced cattle took out a clean sweep of the awards, with Champion team and Reserve Champion Team going to Lachlan and Kate James of James Family Agriculture with two pens of Angus steers. Yulgilbar Pastoral Company took home Champion Individual with an Angus influenced steer with James Family Agriculture finishing up with Reserve Champion Individual with an Angus steer. Greg Watson, Chairman of the RAS Cattle Committee was pleased with the overall achievements of the event.

“The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Feedlot Competition Awards night held in Tamworth was a great night and brought together the Royal Agricultural Society, seedstock and commercial cattle breeders as well as processors, feed and supplement suppliers, and beef cattle breed societies,” Mr Watson said.

“It was very pleasing from a RAS point of view to see this competition rapidly growing with many new exhibitors

entering and being successful this year. We have already had strong interest from several prominent stud and commercial cattle producers who are very keen to exhibit in next year’s competition. This new interest along with the ongoing participation of our current exhibitors shows the value inherent in the unique way in which we combine all the commercially relevant aspects of getting quality beef to a consumer’s plate.

“Many breeders are taking the feedback from this competition and using it to further improve their breeding decisions. Information on weight gain, feed efficiency, dressing percentage, adaptability, survivability, eye appeal, taste and most importantly, consistency and profitability are all combined to find our winners. The charter of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW is to engage with the wider Agricultural industry and provide a pathway to encourage excellence in agriculture and education through competition. I firmly believe that this event achieves these goals and is a great addition to our traditional Royal Easter Show program.

“One of the great strengths of these sorts of competitions is that they provide an objective benchmarking tool for cattlemen irrespective of breed.

“Finally, as Chairman of the RAS Cattle Committee I would once again congratulate all the exhibitors in this years’ competition and I look forward to seeing them and the new faces at next year’s event.”

The Rissman family with their winning domestic pen.

Image: Danni Maccue

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Live Assessment: Domestic Pen

1st

Rosedale Past Co (Angus steers)

2nd

Texas Angus (Angus heifers)

Export Pen

3rd

MacCue Trading Pty Ltd

Domestic Individual

1st

Texas Angus (Angus heifers)

1st

Texas Angus (Angus heifer)

2nd

Texas Angus (Angus heifer)

2nd

James Family Agriculture (Angus steer)

1st

Crown State Past Co (Angus influenced heifer)

3rd

Crown State Past Co (Angus influenced steer)

Domestic Pen

2nd

Rosedale Past Co (Angus steers)

Export Pen

1st

James Family Agriculture (Angus steers)

2nd

James Family Agriculture (Angus steers)

1st

James Family Agriculture (Angus steers)

2nd

Yulgilbar Past Co (Angus influenced steer)

2nd

Rosedale Past Co (Angus steers)

2nd

Rosedale Past Co (Angus steers)

2nd

D Venz (Angus steers)

1st

Rosedale Past Co (Angus steer)

1st

Rosedale Past Co (Angus steer)

1st

D Venz (Angus steer)

1st

J & J Henderson (Angus steers)

2nd

Texas Angus (Angus steers)

2nd

Yulgilbar Past Co (Angus influenced steers)

2nd

James Family Agriculture (Angus steers)

2nd

Dobikin Past Co (Angus steers)

2nd

TS & EA Toule (Angus steers)

1st

Texas Angus (Angus steer)

1st

Yulgilbur Past Co (Angus influenced steer)

1st

Millner Ag (Angus influenced steer)

1st

J & J Henderson (Angus steer)

1st

Dobikin Past Co (Angus steer)

2nd

Southern Border Past Co (Angus steers)

3rd

Southern Border Past Co (Angus heifers)

3rd

AJ Wilson (Angus influenced heifer)

3rd

Southern Border Past Co (Angus steer)

2nd

James Family Agriculture (Angus steers)

3rd

Yulgilbar Past Co (Angus influenced steers)

Daily Weight Gain: Domestic Pen

Export Pen

Dressing % Export Dressing- Individual

Feedlot Total:

Export Individual

Carcase Grid: Domestic Pen

Domestic Individual

Export Pen

Export Individuals

Carcase Judge: Domestic Pen

Domestic Individual

Export Pen

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Carcase Judge Continued Export Individual

2nd

Millner Ag (Red Angus Influenced steer)

3rd

Yulgilbar Past Co (Angus influenced steer)

1st

Texas Angus (Angus heifers)

3rd

Texas Angus (Angus heifers)

Domestic Individual

3rd

Texas Angus (Angus heifer)

Export Pen

1st

James Family Agriculture (Angus steers)

3rd

James Family Agriculture (Angus steers)

1st

Yulgilbar Past Co (Angus influenced steer)

3rd

James Agriculture (Angus steer)

1st

Texas Angus (Angus heifers)

2nd

Dobikin Past Co (Angus influenced steers)

3rd

Southern Border Past Co (Angus steers)

1st

Southern Border Past Co (Angus steer)

3rd

Rosedale Past Co (Angus steer)

2nd

J & J Henderson (Angus steers)

3rd

J & J Henderson (Angus steers)

2nd

J & J Henderson (Angus steer)

3rd

J & J Henderson (Angus steer)

Bronze Medal

Texas Angus, Angus Steers x 3

Bronze Medal

Yulgilbar Past Co, Influenced Angus Steers

Bronze Medal

Millner Ag, Angus and Red Angus Infused Steers

Bronze Medal

Truro Partnership, Angus heifer

Silver Medal

James Family Agriculture, Angus Steers x 2

Bronze Medal

James Family Agriculture, Angus Steers

Silver Medal

Crown State Past Co, Angus Infused heifer and steers

Bronze Medal

MacCue Trading Pty Ltd, Angus Steers

Silver Medal

J & J Henderson, Angus Steers x 2

Silver Medal

Dobikin Past Co, Angus Steers

Bronze Medal

TS & EA Tourle, Angus Steers x2

Profitability: Domestic Pen

Export Individuals

Taste Test: Domestic Pen

Domestic Individual

Export Pen

Export Individual

Taste Test Awards: Export

DOMESTIC CHAMPION TEAM: Texas Angus, Angus Heifers

DOMESTIC CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL: Texas Angus, Angus Heifer

EXPORT RESERVE CHAMPION TEAM: James Family Agriculture, Angus Steers

DOMESTIC RESERVE CHAMPION TEAM: Rosedale Past Co, Angus Steers

EXPORT CHAMPION TEAM: James Family Agriculture, Angus Steers

EXPORT CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL: Yulgilbar Past Co, Angus Influenced Steer EXPORT RESERVE CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL: James Family Agriculture, Angus Steer

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around the Shows

Melbourne Show

Reserve Supreme Senior Champion Beef Breed Bull (Beef Interbreed) & Senior Champion Angus Bull: Tattykeel Hudson M3, Tattykeel Angus

Supreme Junior Champion Beef Breed Heifer (Beef Interbreed) & Reserve Junior Champion Angus Female: KO Dream N43, KO Angus

Supreme Breeders Group (Beef Interbreed): Pine Creek Angus Stud Pty Ltd

Supreme Junior Champion Beef Breed Bull (Beef Interbreed) & Junior and Grand Champion Angus Bull: Black Diamond 5R Kodiak N411, Pine Creek Angus Stud Pty Ltd

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Reserve Supreme Senior Champion Beef Breed Female (Beef Interbreed) & Senior and Grand Champion Angus Female: PC Miss Kit Kat K006, Pine Creek Angus Stud Pty Ltd

Melbourne Show images courtesy of Emily H Photography

around the Shows

Perth Show

Junior & Grand Champion Angus Female: Little Meadows Champagne N3 (AI,ET), Little Meadows Angus T/A Golding & Son

Junior & Grand Champion Bull: Tullibardine Nitro N61 AG & JC Murray

Perth Show images courtesy of Emily H Photography

Launceston Show

Grand Champion Angus Bull: Quarter Way Miles, Quarter Way Angus

Grand Champion Angus Female: Quarter Ways Karla K41, Quarter Way Angus

Hobart Show

Senior & Grand Champion Female:

Mont Bello New Design H004, Jordan River Learning Federation School Farm Angus Bulletin — summer 2019

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marketing

Interacting with Social Media Ebonie Sadler-Small, Graphics & Multimedia Officer

Social media is a fast paced set of communications platforms that is quickly becoming one of a marketers most used tools. With 15 million Australians using Facebook alone (or 2.27 billion world wide1), Australians and our international friends alike are very ‘social’ people.

What does this mean for the Angus world?

Social media gives you access to an online community, to learn from and market to.

It can help Angus breeders with goals such as increasing brand awareness, increasing sales and web traffic and enabling community engagement with their brand / stud or business. To do this you need to establish yourself as a business somebody wants to engage with.

The key is finding the difference between being a brand people engage with on social media and being one they scroll past in their feeds. Some things to consider would be: • Let them know who you are: Your personality needs to show through and not be a cookie cutter image of your competition •

Make your profiles cohesive, this means planning how all your social channels can have an integrated image and represent your brand or any current promotion or sale you want to promote. People should be able to ascertain who you are and what you do at a glance

• Be creative – you want people to notice you, and follow you to create further engagement •

Interact with others – tag away where appropriate, that way you are accessing your tagged business or persons audience as well as yours, think of it as double exposure with one mention

•

Get onboard with hashtags – appropriate hashtags can help promote your message, the more people use your hashtags the more traction you get and the more your message will travel with minimal effort

•

Experiment with content wording – there is no perfect template for your content, some weeks you will hit the nail on the head perfectly, some weeks you will wonder why no one is engaging with you.

Trial and error is a great way to find out what works and what doesn’t for different types of content for you individually

•

You can have an opinion, however it should reflect your brands values and not leave followers unsettled, victimised or questioning your brands principles, there is a difference between being bold and rocking the boat

One of the biggest perks for Angus breeders is that social media gives you a free or cheap advertising platform.

This allows those with limited budgets the opportunity to level the marketing field with bigger budget businesses and target a younger or more internet driven audience.

It is important to research your target demographic and find out as much about their social media habits as possible to take full advantage of this though.

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Things to consider are: • When do they look at social media • Which platforms are they looking at • What are they searching for and why?

It is also important to realise, if you are looking to target different demographics, you need to research each one and be prepared to devise a different approach for each depending on your desired outcomes.

The fact most platforms boast scheduling capabilities is also helpful, as you can plan your weeks ahead and set it on auto pilot.

As an Angus breeder it is imperative that you take a positive approach to new and existing technologies as they emerge, and fortunately or unfortunately – depending who you ask – the social media revolution is here to stay, so it pays to do your research and see how it can benefit you and your business, and shape the way you use it to fit in with your lifestyle and ambitions.

Differentiating between a business and personal account

For the sake of your business being taken seriously and not losing both current and potential customers, learn to differentiate between you – you as a person on social media and your business – your bread and butter.

These two personas on social media are different, but both should reflect your business values.

The ‘you’ that is there for a good time can post what they want, like what they want and interact with whatever pages you want. However, it should be noted that you and your actions are a direct reflection of your business in most peoples eyes.

The ‘you’ that is your business page or account does not have the above liberties, think of it as an extension of your job. You are there to market your brand, remain relevant and provide up to date information about your stud or business. This means keeping everything ‘above the board’ and most importantly, on brand. If your branding has a fun and witty personality then make sure this comes across on your social channels, the same goes if you are a statistics and fact driven brand, this needs to transpire to your followers.

Not differentiating between personal and business accounts can cast a very dark shadow over your business depending on your behaviour on social media, so it is important to remember that you are searchable by anyone at any time, and bad behaviour on your business account especially can negatively impact your business.

Word of mouth is still relevant on social media, and it travels much quicker across the internet than between people in a town.

marketing

‘Social’ decorum

Whilst you have more freedom with your personal account, there is still a sense of social decorum that should be upheld, some main points including: • Don’t swear, post anything threatening or abusive • Think twice about sharing racist ‘memes’ or images • As a general rule, if you wouldn’t feel comfortable saying it to ones face, you shouldn’t post it • Try not to make negative comments about a person /businesses work or achievements – if you have strong opinions that you feel you need to share, messaging them directly is a much more dignified and respectful approach. You wouldn’t want to be treated in this manner, and neither do they • Present yourself in the best possible way • Remember that once its written on a public forum, it’s very hard to cover your tracks If there is one take away from this article it is that while there are social and behavioural expectations with social media, it is not an overall negative space and can be used to broadcast a positive image of your business.

In order to harness the positive aspects you need to decide what your goals are and create a plan for how to achieve them through this marketing medium, as you would when considering any other sort of advertising or business venture.

Quick Social Stats Social Media Statistics Australia – January 2018 • Facebook – 15,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady) • YouTube – 15,000,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs) • Instagram – 9,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data) • WordPress.com – 5,700,000 • WhatsApp – 5,000,000 Active Australian Users • LinkedIn – 4,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx • Snapchat – 4,000,000 DAILY Active Australian Users (Snapchat data) • Twitter – 3,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx • Pinterest – 290,000 Stats Source: Vivid Social – Social Media Agency.

(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period – unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).

SOCIAL MEDIA SITES

Explained with Angus bulls

INSTAGRAM

Check out this picture of my Angus bull

FACEBOOK

I like Angus bulls

TWITTER

I am an #Angus #Bull #Breeder

YOUTUBE

PINTEREST

Here is a video of my Angus bulls

Here’s a great Angus beef recipe

SNAPCHAT

Check me out at this Angus bull sale #AngusPremium 1

Statistics from Statista: The Statistics Portal (Monthly users), as at 12/12/18

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# TRANSPORT WELDING ENGINEERING

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Transport Welding Engineering or TWE is a division within the Neil Mansell Group. They are the transport body building specialists, manufacturing a diverse range of custom built products from their steel fabrication business based in Toowoomba since 1987.

TWE is a quality assured manufacturer of Truck Bodies from the smallest of bodies to 20 Tonne.

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InstaAngus

We’ve noticed some stunning Instagram accounts from Angus breeders and others across the beef supply chain that are capturing the essence of Angus life, so we would like to share them a little further to celebrate the diversity of the Angus breed across Australia.

Don't forget to follow us on Instagram!

#AngusPremium #GrowAngus #IUseAngusBulls

@andrew_clunes_crossing _angus

@tolleen_angus

@clunie_range_angus_stud

@inglebraefarmsangus

@farmweekly

@bulliacangus

@bulloakwellangus

@bowman_performance_genetics

@clybuccapastoral

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#angusthroughtheages #100yearsofAngusAustralia

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Angus Australia Foundation cultivating the leaders of tomorrow Diana Wood, Marketing & Communications Manager

Supporting youth development, education and research to benefit the Australian beef industry The Angus Foundation provides a mechanism for members and other beef industry stakeholders to support youth development, education and research programs conducted by Angus Australia.

These programs are designed to encourage and assist the involvement of young people in the Australian beef industry, to provide professional development opportunities for young beef breeders, and to assist in conducting research, development and educational programs for the benefit of Angus breeders and the wider Australian beef industry.

The Foundation’s commitment to moulding the youth with leadership potential into great leaders that will ultimately become the future of the Angus breed cannot be understated.

Without the support of members and others in the industry it wouldn’t be possible to pool the resources and know how in order to build something significant to further develop education, leadership and research opportunities.

Thanks to the generosity of past and present Foundation sponsors the following recipients have benefited from the Foundation in 2018:

ALFA BEEFEX 2018 CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS • Ruby Canning • Hannah Cargill

BEEF AUSTRALIA 2018 SCHOLARSHIPS: • Jack Laurie • Emily Webb-Ware • Laura Wishart

ANGUS AUSTRALIA STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS: • Ruby Canning • Bradley Doak • Jasmin Ramage • Emily Webb-Ware

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP: • Annabelle Butler

TOCAL JUDGING SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS: • Annabelle Butler • High Cochrane • Michael Wilkie

TRANS TASMAN EXCHANGE: • Steph Frankham

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SCHOLARSHIP • Hannah Powe

FOUNDATION SPONSORS: Platinum Partners ($10,000 - $19,999) Semex Pty Ltd

Gold Partners ($5,000 - $9,999) Agrigenomics

Silver Partners ($1,000 - $4,999) New England Travel Center QLD Angus State Committee Te Mania Angus

Bronze Partners ($250-$999) LJ Brennan Ryrie Rutledge Pastoral Co

Donation Partners

(those who have donated products and services to Foundation fundraising events)

ABS Australia Agri Gene Alloura Angus Anitra Metzler Ascot Angus Bald Blair Angus Bellaspur Angus Booroomooka Angus Chris Harkness Derek & Kay Lotz Emily Hurst Esslemont Angus Genetics Australia Glenoch Angus KI Blacks KLR Marketing Little Meadows Angus Livestock Behaviour Systems Mount Cleves Pastoral Company New England Travel Our Farm Angus/Victoree Angus Pathfinder Angus Performance Genetics Peter & Barbara Young Prime Angus Proway Livestock Equipment RCS – Resource Consulting Services Australia Semex Australia Stoney Point Performance Angus Suzy and Jim Martin Texas Angus Teys Australia The Glen Pastoral Co Uniquely Aurelia Angus Bulletin — summer 2019

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5PH GRAZING A & B TAX A & D LANE A & E & P BILLING A & I WYLIE A & J WALLACE A & K DRUMMOND A & K DUNKLEY A & L DEANS A & L MCLEAN A & L SPROULL A & M CRISP A & R NICHOLLS PASTORAL COMPANY A & R PASTORAL A & R PURCELL A & R SEMPELL PARTNERSHIP A & S COULSON A & S SUNDBLOM A BRYANT & F WEBSTER A C & J A ROBINSON A C BOWMAN A EARP A G LANDY PTY LTD A G SIMPSON A H & N A EVANS A J & B R MOYLE & NB MOYLE A J & D S SLATTER A J & L M DUNKLEY A J & S HINDSON A J KENNELLY AJM A J ONUS A K & J N LIDGETT A L CUNICH PTY LTD A M & F KUSS A M DOBSON & SON A N & M J PHILBEY A R & K L WHITEHEAD A R & M MITCHELL A R J & K J LUCAS A S & M CAMPBELL & SON A T ROBSON A W & C M O'MARA A W & K BAILEY A, BC & DJ HOWELL A. BURWELL A. L. FEHLBERG PTY LTD A.M.H HATTINGH A7FARMS AARON HENDERSON AB & KJ MINTER AB & TM VIRGO ABBOTS PASTORAL CO PTY LTD ABBOTT ANGUS ABINGDON STATION ABS AUSTRALIA ABSOLUTE ANGUS AC & B GOW AC & LJ & DJ FORSYTH AC & LJ WOOD AC & R JAFFRAY AC, DL & CA STOECKEL AD COMMODITIES PTY LTD AD, RA & JA MATHEWS ADAM MANUEL ADAM TURNBULL ADAMELUCA ANGUS STUD ADAMS UK CORP ADINA GRAZING

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B & K GRAVESTOCKS B & K GUEST B & K SHEPHERD B & M FARLEY B & MD WITHERS B & N SIRL B & P COULTON B & T WHITSED B A & K L HANIGAN B B BLACKLEY B C & R L HALL B C BATEMAN B D & H C LYLE B DAVIS B E & H L SCRIVENER B E & J M LEWIS B F & B H PAGE B G FLETCHER B GILMOUR B J & G MCLAUGHLIN B J & KMARTIN B J HAMBLIN & SONS B M GRIFFITHS B MCKILLOP B O & R L FLIGHT B P DAVIE B R & J ASKEW B T & A J SUTCLIFFE B W & M M BROOKER B W & R J HAAGER B W BOARDMAN BA & CA STONESTREET BACKTRACK BAERAMI HOUSE BALAH NOMINEES BALD BLAIR PASTORAL CO BALD MOUNTAIN PASTORAL CO BALGILLE ANGUS BALINGA PARTNERSHIP BALLAGARANG PASTORAL CO BALLANTYNE AGRICULTURAL BALLARK BALLYBO BALTIMORE ENTERPRISES BANDANORA PASTORAL CO PTY LTD BANGUS STATION PASTORAL PTY LTD BANNABY ANGUS BANNING PARTNERS BARBARA P MAWHOOD BARINGA PASTORAL COMPANY BARNA PARTNERSHIPS BAROSSA ANGUS BAROSSA VALLEY ANGUS BARRAGUNDA PASTORAL CO P/L BARRY ALLEN & LEA CHARMAINE WORSELDINE BARRY DUNNET BART TROTT BARWIDGEE PASTORAL CO BASIL R CLARK & SONS BASK FAMILY TRUST BASS STRAIT BEEF BATES WOODLANDS BATOKA FAMILY TRUST BATTEN FAMILY NOMINEES BAUHINIA PARK ANGUS BAXTER AGRICULTURAL COMPANY BAYNES ANGUS

angus foundation BC & MB KELLY BM & SM HIGGINS BUNGAREE PROPERTIES BD & AE MARRIOTT BOB NORTH BUNGEELTAP ANGUS BE & AM GOSSNER BOC PASTORAL TR BUNGLE BOORI PARTNERSHIP BEAVIS FAMRING PTY BONAVET PTY LTD BURENDA HOLDINGS PTY LTD BEEF CHOICE AUSTRALIA P/L BONGONGO ANGUS BURNBRAE CROSSING BELALBERI BONNIE VIEW AG BURNFOOT ANGUS BELCHER PASTORAL CO BONTHARAMBO ANGUS STUD BURNIMA PASTORAL CO BELELA PTY LTD BOOLAPUCKEE BURNOOK BELGRANO PTY LTD BOOLARA PROPRIETORS BURNT CREEK ANGUS BELGRAVIA ANGUS BOONARKM BURNVIEW ANGUS BELL HILL ANGUS BOONAROO BURRA PASTORAL CO BELLA VISTA PASTORAL BOONOONAR PARTNERSHIP BUSHY PARK ANGUS BELLCO BOORALEA LIVESTOCK BUTLER FAMILY INVESTMENTS BW & P RAE BELLEVALE CATTLE CO PTY LTD BOOROOMOOKA ANGUS STUD BYDAND BELLTREES PASTORAL PTY LTD BOORTKOI PASTORAL COMPANY C & A BROWNE BEN & ANNE-MAREE FACY BOOT HILL GRAZING C & B ANDERSON, WALTEELA BEN & SUE OLBRICH BOOTAWA HILL ANGUS PARTNERSHIP BEN FRASER BORRADALE PARK C & J BARNETT BEN NEVIS GRAZING CO BOURKE PROPERTY TRUST C & J DICKER BEN VALLEY ANGUS BOVINE BREEDERS C & J MOLINEAUX BENALONG GRAZING BOWMANS FOREST PTYLTD C & K ROBSON BENARA PASTORAL PTY LTD BOWRA PASTORAL CO PTY LTD C & K WILLS BENHAM TASMANIA BOX HILL PASTORAL CO C & S CAIN BEN'LE BOYD LAWRENCE JAMES HOARE C & S WRIGHT BERDUE PASTORAL COMPANY BP & BF GRUBB C A & K L MEYN BERESFORD PASTORAL BR & AJ SMITH C ARBUCKLE BERGAMIN PASTORAL COMPANY BR & EC LUNDSTROM C D & P IRELAND (NANJOMARA) BR & HA READ C D LINDSAY BERGAN PARK PTY LTD BR & HK TRELOAR C D THOMAS BERNARD J HARDING BR & SA SMITH C D WAY BERVIE BRAES ANGUS BRAD ALP C HICKEY & D MELLOR BETROLA INVESTMENTS PTY LTD BRAD SAUNDERS C J & K M MOORE BEV HANLON BRAD-LEIGH INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD C J & N E SCANLON BEVERLEY, STEPHEN & MILLE HOOKEY BRAEMORE BROOK C J BALES BEWMONT STUD BRANGA PLAINS PASTORAL CO C J MCGRATH BF & CS EVANS BRENCA PTY LTD C M WATERHOUSE BH & J BARLING BRENDAN BOGOIAS C N G & M L CROCKER BIG BLACK BULL COMPANY BRENDAN O'REILLY C R BELL BIG SPRINGS PASTORAL CO BRENDON & REBECCA BOYD C T MRAZ BIG VALLEY PASTORAL PTY LTD BRENDON STONEY C T STANDISH BILL & JOY WEARN BRETT A LINKE CA & HL MCCAULEY BILL BALLINTINE BRIAN & CELINE O'CALLAGHAN CA LAURIE & SONS PTY LTD BILL DUDLEY BRIAN CUMMINS CADE HURST ENTERPRISES ANGUS BILL LENEHAN BRIAN LEAHY CADWALLADER & COMPANY PTY LTD BILL, SAMANTHA, GEORGIE BRIAN PIETSCH CAIN BROS BERESFORD & S MY BRIAN W ROONEY CALINDARY PROPS BILLABONG BEEF COMPANY LTD BRINDSTOCK PTY LTD CALLEMONDAH ANGUS BILLAGLEN PASTORAL CO BROADWATER ANGUS CALLUM GORRIE BINDAREE BEEF BROADWATER FARM CALMSLEY PASTORAL CO BIRCH FAMILY TRUST BROCKMANN TRADING CALVIEW PASTORAL PTY LTD BIRRAHLEE PARTNERSHIP BROOKLYN LANDS CO CAMERON PARTNERSHIP BIRRAWONG BROOKS RURAL CAMERON PASTORAL CO PTY LTD BJ & JA EVANS BROOKSBY PASTORAL COMPANY CAMERON ROBERTSON BJ & LE PEEL BROOKWOOD GRAZIERS CAMP CREEK PARTNERSHIP BJ BERRIDGE BROOMFIELD ANGUS CAMPASPE ROCKS ANGUS BJ BUCKLEY PARTNERSHIP BROWN MOUNTAIN ANGUS CAMPBELL CO BJ INGRAM BRUAN PARTNERSHIP CAMPBELL FARMS (RW, JE,& AR BK & GR DANIEL BRUCE & LIBBY CREEK CAMPBELL) BLACK ANGUS BRUCE BARRETT CANE - CARCOOLA BLACK AQUA BRUCE BURNELL CARABEEN ANGUS BLACK ARROW BRUCE FULTON CARAGABAL WEST PTY LTD BLACK MARKET ANGUS BRUCE JACOBS CARAGOOLA FAMILY TRUST BLACK STAR ANGUS BRUCE NEWPORT CARAWATHA PASTORAL CO BLACK WATTLE ANGUS BRUNSDON PASTORAL CO CARLSFIELD PLAINS PARTNERSHIP BLACKHILL ANGUS BRYAN HAYDEN CARLTON PARK BLACKSTORM WA BT & MJ BOYD CARMELINA GASPARI BLIGH PASTORAL COMPANY BULL ISLAND PASTORAL COMPANY CARNGHAM STATION BLUE TRADING P/L BULLAGEE PASTORAL CAROL DURKIN BLUEFIRE NOMINEES BULLRUSH FARM CAROLYN STUBBS BLYTH BROS PTY LTD BUNG PASTORAL CARRAWATHA PASTORAL CO PTY LTD

CARRINGTON PROPERTY CO CARTERS FARM PTY LTD CARWELL PASTORAL COMPANY CARWOOLA PASTORAL COMPANY PTY LIMITED CASTLE COOMBE PASTORAL CO PTY LTD CATTLE CREEK ANGUS CAWDOR CB & SL MCLEOD CC & M WHEELER CC SEYMOUR & CO CE FLANAGAN & PF EBERT CEMAITRA HOLDINGS CESARE PASTORAL CO CG & DC DEAN CG & TS ROLLS CH & JL MILLER CHARLES ARMITAGE CHARLES CALLEJA CHARLES HOOD CHARTWELL FARMS CHERYLTON CHERYLTON ANGUS CHESREX PTY LTD CHILTERN PARK ANGUS CHRIS COWAN CHRIS GODDARD CHRIS HALL INVESTMENTS PTY LTD CHRIS HILL CHRIS, BRONWYN, SOPHIE, CASEY & JOSH HAL CHRISTINE DAVY CHRISTOPHER MILLIGAN CHRISTOPHER W CORNELL CHUMPOT PASTORAL CHURCHILL PASTORAL COMPANY CIENEGA PTY LTD CIMA FARM PTY LTD CIRCLE C CJ & G E CROSBY CJ & RA BRIGHT CJ & SME KLOSE CLAIRE ROBERTS CLARENCE PARK ANGUS STUD CLARENDON PASTORAL CO CLAYHILL ANGUS CLEA PASTORAL COMPANY PTY LTD CLEAR HILLS ANGUS CLEAR SPRINGS PASTORAL COMPANY CLEM A WHALE CLEVELAND PASTORAL ESTATES PTY LTD CLONMORE ANGUS CM & CJ WAUGH & SONS CM & KL HENKE CM & TM BEST PLEASANT VALE ANGUS CM BOYD CN & K JARRAD COBB COUNTRY ANGUS COBBLEGUN ANGUS COBRABALD PASTORAL CO PTY LTD COBUNGRA STATION COLBERT FARMS COLIN & SUSAN HILL

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D G BLAXLAND D H & S A MURRAY D H A A TRELOAR GRAZING CO. D J & C H NALDER D J & C R BRUCE D J & J E PRICE D J & M D J MILNE D J & S KIMMORLEY D J & V SNOW D J GRAHAM TRUST D J ROBERTSON D L & V YOUNG D M & N A BURROW D N & S J BALCOMB D P ERNEST D P FENSOM D R & D P HILL PARTNERSHIP D R & P S PATCH D R GINN D R HALL D T & M A MICHAEL D W TAYLOR PTY LTD DA & DE JOHNSON GRAZING CO DA ALLEN DADL WORTMANN DAINTY PARK DALE JANSEN & JOHN JANSEN DALLAS MAHNKEN DALMENY TRUST DALWHINNIE ANGUS DAMIAN CARRACHER DAMIEN & EMILY BROOKES DANCE ANGUS DANCHA TUCKER DANIEL MOLLOY DANNY ANDREWS DARLOW PASTORAL COMPANY PTY LTD DARREN JAMES HEGARTY DARRYL & HELEN MUMMERY DARRYL BRANSON DARYL QUINLIVAN DARYL WALLACE DAVID & HELEN GODDARD DAVID & PERINA KENTISH DAVID ALLAN GOW DAVID ANSTEE DAVID BATES DAVID BRENNAN DAVID CHARLES BENSON DAVID EVANS DAVID G STEWART DAVID HALEY DAVID J PILKINGTON & FRANCES T TOOHEY DAVID JOHN CROWE DAVID LAIDLAW DAVID MORRIS DAVID PATERSON DAVID SCHUBERT DAVID THOMSON DAVID WAGHORN DAVID, HANNAH & SAMANTHA BIRD DAVINA MACHIN DAVY CATTLE DC & P BURNS DCF MARINE PTY LTD DE & W NOLAN DEAN DAVIDSON DEAN LYNCH

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DEB MACDONALD DEEPDALE - SEATON PARK ENT PTY LTD DEEPWATER PASTORAL HOLDINGS DEGAFELGA PARTNERS DELLAWONG STATION PARTNERSHIP DEMPSEY PASTORAL CO DENFORD PARK NOMINEES PTY LTD DENHOLM GLEN ANGUS DENHOLM GREEN PASTORAL CO DENISE RAE DENISE WILLOX DENNIS BOROWSKY DENNIS PASTORAL DERRY LODGE PASTORAL COMPANY DERRYN J BADCOCK DEVANAH MOONLIGHT ANGUS DF & LS PADMAN DG & HJ KOSCH DH & FA MACLEAY DH & JG HANNA DH & LJ CAMERON DIANA HURLEY DJ & AL BRIODY DJ & HA TONER DJ & JA INGOLD DJ & JM DINNING DJ & KL CALDWELL DJ DOWNIE & CO DJ HYDE & RE HYDE DJ ROSS DJ, A & RC SANDERS DJ, MT & RT FERGUSON DKF HEYWOOD DKW ANGUS STUD BLAYNEY DL & CA JANNINGS DL & JE DRAFFIN DL & JM CLARK DL & PJ BELLINGER DL BENDALL DL CA & R JACKSON DM & BJ THOMSON DM & LS MINOGUE DM COLES PTY LTD DOCKERS PLAINS PASTORAL COMPANY DONA MCQUEEN DONALD & MICHELE DUNLOP DONALD CROSS DONMARLOU PTY LTD DONNA GOW DOREEN J EDWARDS DOREEN PARTNERSHIP DORSET DOWNS DOUBLE B AGRICULTURE PTY LTD DOUBLE SCOTCH PASTORAL CO DOUG HAMILTON DOUG ROBERTSON DOUG VOLKER DOUG WHITE DOUGAL PURCELL DOUGLAS CRAIG DOUGLAS PEEL DP TAYLOR & AL WILLOUGHBY

DR & BJ PAYNE DR & CH FORD DR & DJ ROCHE FAMILY TRUST DR & GJ EWING DR & S GIBSON DR DENIS SCANLON DR J H & MRS J M LEIGH DR UNA DENHAM DRAFFEN PROPERTIES DREWE FERGUSON DS & CG VARKER DS MOTLEY DSK ANGUS DT & JK O'LEARY DTS & E PHILLIPS DUCK ISLAND PARTNERS DUDLEY DUNCAN CLOWES DUNCAN F MACINTYRE DUNGAY PARK ANGUS STUD DUNKELD PASTORAL DURNHART PTY LTD DW & EA MUNRO DW & VJ GRACE E & B LEITCH E & L IPSEN TWIN LAKES E & M NOTARIANNI E & R E NIPROSKI E & S WATT E A & B M BODEY E A COOKE E A FRIEDRICH & SON E H PITT E J GRIEVE E L BETHEL PTY LTD E M EVERITT FAMILY TRUST E M MASON E, M & H LUCAS E.E.M PTY LTD EA LK & AD CARKEEK EAGLE VIEW ANGUS EAGLEHAWK CATTLE COMPANY EAGLESNEST ANGUS EAGLEWOOD PARK ANGUS EAST LODDON PASTORAL EASTERN PLAINS PASTORAL CO EASTGATE PASTORAL CO EB & JP FINCH EBONY BEEF EC & ED HAMERSLEY EC, AM & AJ PETTINGILL ECHO COTTAGE PTY LTD EDDERTON STUD PARTNERSHIP EDDINGTON PASTORAL EDDY'S ANGUS EDENLEA ANGUS EDWARD ARCHER EDWARD CHARLES STEWART HERRING EDWARD DUNN EDWIN HISCOCK EFFINGHAM PTY LTD EGREMONT PASTORAL CO EJ & SA MURNANE EJ GRIMSHAW & JD PERMEZEL ELAINE & BILL GILLOOLY ELDERS LIMITED ELFINI PTY LTD

angus foundation ELIZA, ANNA & EMMA REDDEN FRANK WHITE GA & AF KEOGH ELLIOTT FRANKLIN ANGUS GA & SJ DICKSON ELM GROVE CATTLE COMPANY FRED & MICHELLE GEARD GA & V REDDING ELM VALLEY PTY LTD FRED PRATT GAETANO & SUZANNE TURRISI ELSA D CORNWELL FRENCH PARTNERSHIP GAFFNEY FAMILY EMMA HIGGINS FT LLOYD GARRAS EN & J HARRISON FULL CIRCLE GENETICS GARRY & KERRY CAIN ENGLEBRECHT PASTORAL FURNEAUX PASTORAL COMPANY GARRY MORRISON PTY LTD ERIC J NICHOLLS GARVAGH PTY LTD G & C GALBRAITH ERICA GUNDRY GATTI SAWMILL PTY LTD G & D HEYS T/AS CLOVERMAY ERIK JENSEN GAVIN RUSSELL G & D VAN DER EST ERYLDENE ANGUS GB & RE HAGE G & F PATON ESSLEMONT ANGUS GC & EA SKEER G & J D'MELLOW PARTNERSHIP ESTATE OF HHM MILLER GC & GS THOMPSON G & J ELLIOTT ESTATE OF THE LATE GD & SC JONES PERCY E THORPE G & J FINCH GE & AM HILL EUABALONG STATION G & J TUCKETT GE & BE COSTELLO EULO PASTORAL PTY LTD G & K ELLIOTT GE & HL LETHLEAN EULONGA PASTORAL G & K LENEHAN GE & PJ WILLIAMS EUMERALLA ANGUS G & M PLATT-HEPWORTH GEBEL PTY LTD EURA CARLA G & N WILKINSON GENETICS AUSTRALIA EUREKA BEEF G & P IVONE CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED EVER GLADE ANGUS G & R MAHER GEOFF FERGUSON F & G RICHARDSON & SONS G & R SIMPSON GEOFF MAY F & H COLACIELLO G & R WEAR GEOFF QUAIL - WOORNDOO PARK F & S ANGUS G & S BATLEY & SONS GEOFFREY J JERVOIS F B GRAHAM PTY LTD G & S CHAPPELL GEORGE & EDITH HOLT F CONROY & C NICHOLSON G & S VICKERS GERALD SHEAHAN F H & P J WHITE G & T HURRY GERALDINE MAWSON F J & J J FOREST G & W HOWELL GERARD & JENNI WHITE F J L & K J SMITH G A & B L MORRISON GERARD M RYAN F NIXON & CO G A & D E GEALE GFD & NJ LEE F W & B S CORNELL G A DANKS GG & EJ BATES FAIRFIELD PARK PASTORAL CO G A TICKLE GG & I DARLING FAIRVALE ANGUS PTY LTD G A VARCOE PTY LTD GH & AJ BURSTON FAIRVIEW VALLEY G CHESHIRE FAMILY TRUST GHINNI GHI ANGUS FALK & HARTOG G D & C A & N STEINBECK GI & CM HOSKING FARMWEST G D MUIR GIANT VALLEY ANGUS FAROE PARTNERSHIP G D STAR GIBRALTAR CATTLE FARRER AGRICULTURAL G DIMOND & SONS GILES W PRITCHARD-GORDON HIGH SCHOOL AUST P/L G E SANDERSON FAULKNER LEES PTY LTD GILLEN SECURITIES PTY LTD G F & E J BISHOP FAYE & JOHN CLARKE GILLIAN FAHLE G F MCGRATH FBIS INTERNATIONAL GIPPSLAND WATER AGRIBUSINESS G F S R & C L FULLER FE & AJ WANGMAN GISBORNE PARK FARM PTY LTD G F, K C & G J WILLIAMSON FELICITY SULTANA GJ & JH LINDSAY G G & J A MURPHY FERNHILL ANGUS STUD GJ & KM TIGHE G H & J M STUCKEY FERNHILL HOLDINGS GJ & LA, GA & J DUNSMUIR G H HARRIS & SONS FERNMOUNT PARTNERSHIP GK & RJ SMITH G ISEPPI & K JOHNSON-ISEPPI FERNSIDE PASTORAL COMPANY GL & EJ GLASGOW G J & D J KOENIG FIGTREE FARM STUD GLEN IRIS PASTORAL PTY LTD G J & J R FRENCH FINGAL PASTORAL GLEN OAK PASTORAL COMPANY G J COLLINS PTY LTD FIONA GLOVER GLEN PARK ANGUS G K & D DANIEL FISHER AG GLENAMPLE PASTORAL CO G L WHITEHEAD PTY LTD FLEMING GROVE GLENBERNIE PASTORAL G M & J M GRANT COMPANY PTY LTD FLEMING PASTORAL CO G M & R A GROTH GLENBURN HORTICULTURE & FLORENCE GRAETZ & PETER FLYNN G M DONOVAN & COMPANY PASTURES PTY LTD FOREST LODGE ENTERPRISES G MCINNES GLENBURN STATION PTY LTD FORMOSA ESTATE G O & M BROWN GLENBURNE ANGUS FORNELO P/L G P & E A SHALDERS GLENDA & JIRI PECH FORSTER & SONS G P MACKIE & CO PTY LTD GLENDALOCH PASTORAL FOSTERS VALLEY GRAZING G R & J BULLER CO PTY LTD FOUR O EIGHT ANGUS PTY LTD G R JOHNCOCK GLENDARUEL PASTORAL COMPANY FOX PASTORAL G R WATSON & SON GLENFIDDICH PTY LTD FRANC FARMING PTY LTD G SMITH & CO GLENFIELD GRAZING COMPANY FRANCIS & DAWN BOULTON G T & J H HILLIER GLENGARRY PASTORAL TRUST FRANDREW PTY LTD G T FISHER, CLOVER RIDGE GLENGOWAN ANGUS STUD FRANK ARCHER PASTORAL GLENISA CATTLE CO FRANK BINOTTO G W & J M PENNY GLENN JAMES ROGERS FRANK PIGOTT G, B & A ROSS GLENN PRETTY T/AS WOLGAN FRANK TOMASI NOMINEES G, J R & D J KOOPMAN

GLENN VAN OOSTERUM GLENRAE PASTORAL CO PTY LTD GLENTREE PASTORAL GLENVALE PASTORAL CO. GM & CS DALTON GM & LJ BARTOLO GM & TM TAYLOR GMS CONSOLIDATED P/L GN & HJ WHITEHEAD GNV PASTORAL GO OAKLEIGH PARTNERSHIP GOBBA ANGUS GOLDEN ARROW GRAZING CO GOLDENHOLM DAIRY PTY LTD GOLDING PASTORAL GONDWANA STUD GOONAMURRAH PASTORAL CO GOORAM SPRINGS/EAST UNION PTY LTD GOORAMADDA GORDON A & NORMA I WELLER GOSHEN FARM GOUROCK PARTNERSHIP GOWEN FAMILY ESTATES GP & D NORMAN GR & JA DE CAMPO GR & JM SAFFIN GR & VR INGHAM GRAELBAR PASTORAL CO GRAEME & DAWN MACAULAY GRAHAM BASTIN GRAHAM HIGHAM & DEBORAH HIGHAM GRAHAM LOADER GRAHAM NOCK & NOCK SON & CO PTY LTD GRAHAM R RAISIN GRAHAM WHITE GRAMAN PASTORAL COMPANY GRANDVIEW GUNDAGAI PTY LTD GRANT DANIEL & LONG PTY LTD GRANT FAMILY TRUST GRANT OLDFIELD GRANT ROESLER GRASSDALE ESTATE GREENDALE HILL ESTATE GREENLANDS GREENLEAF ANGUS GREENWALD PASTORAL CO GREG BRYANT FAMILY TRUST GREGORY ALLAN BROWN GRESWICK ANGUS GRIFFORAN PASTORAL CO GRIMSTEAD ANGUS STUD GROGANVILLE PASTORAL CO GROVES ESTATE PTY LTD GS & KA WILKINSON GS CONROY P/L GTL BOWMAN GUEST PASTORAL GULGAMREE GUNNINGRAH PTY LTD GUNNONG PASTORAL CO PTY LTD GUY FITZHARDINGE GV & A ARMSTRONG GW & CR NASH GW & MC PARKER GW & ME OLIVER GW & S DYSON GW PUTLAND

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angus foundation JM & MA HALLYBURTON JM & NL MASON JM & S SMITH JO-ANN MCMULLEN JOANNA BACON JOHN & ALAN MCKENZIE JOHN & JENETTE HINDMARSH JOHN & MARILYN WOOD JOHN BENDOTTI JOHN BONGIORNO JOHN CARTER JOHN DANIELS JOHN EDWARD WOODWARD JOHN FAULKNER JOHN FORMBY JOHN HOSKINS JOHN LAMB PASTORAL CO JOHN LEY JOHN MACLACHLAN PTY LTD JOHN MADDOCK JOHN MAURIC JOHN MCCRORY JOHN MCINTOSH JOHN MONTELEONE JOHN MURDOCH JOHN ORGILL CURRIE JOHN POOLE JOHN R MCKAY JOHN RICHES JOHN ROBERT CROMB JOHN ROBERT HARRISON JOHN STIDOLPH JOHN THEODORE RALPH JOHN W DONOVAN JOHN WILLIAMSON JOHN WILSON JON OBERER JONATHAN SCHMIDT JONDARYAN ANGUS JORONSON ANGUS JOSEPH & HANNA FRIM JOSEPHINE M BEVERIDGE JOSIE REYNOLDS JOY LEE JOY RIED & SON JP & C HASSING JR & E SHARWOOD JR & HJ HOLMFIELD JR & ME RODGERS JR & SA WAREHAM JR & SL WADE JR & SM WILLIAMS JRA & HJ DRYSDALE JS & EN BAGSHAW JS & SJ TAYLOR BUSINESS TRUST JUBILEE PARK JULIA R E SIMMONS JULIE & BRAD MURRAY JULIE L MCPHIE & ALAN MCPHIE JUSTIN & KATE BOSHAMMER JUSTIN DOHERTY JUSTIN MAXWELL BLAIR JUSTIN RICHARDS JUTLAND PARK JV TOOHEY & SONS JW & A SHINE JW & B DIXON JW & EM GIBSON & FAMILY JW & GC WILSON JW & ML CROZIER

JWK SYLVESTER K & D KELLY K & J FERRARI K & J PRESSWELL K & K HALLEY JENKINS K & M FARMING K & M GARRETT K & M SMITH K A & P JACOBS K A LANGLEY K FINGER & SONS K J & J A BATEMAN K J HODBY K J HUTCHINSON K L SMITH K LOOSEMORE K N & M P DAVIS K N & R M DEWAR K N RUSSELL K O ANGUS STUD K R & V MCBRIDE K R REED - CHATSBURY KA & JB KLEMM KA HUNT & LM MARDLING KAFILARO KALGOORIE CARTAGE P/L KAMILAROI ANGUS KANDELLA DARTMOOR KANGAROO ISLAND CATTLE CO KANGAROO MOUNTAIN COMPANY KAPARI ANGUS KARATTA PASTORAL KAROOPA PARTNERSHIP KATE DAVY KATHARD INVESTMENTS PTY LTD KAY TAYLOR KC & BS CHAMBERS KC & JA SMITH KC & KN HALL KD POWER PASTORAL CO PTY LTD KE & JM BULLEN KEA FARMS PTY LTD KEILIRA PROPS KEITH GATENBY & SONS PTY LTD KEITH SOAMES KEITH WILSON KELLY ANGUS KELVIN GRANT GESSELL KEN WHARTON KENNETH GEOFFREY BENNETT KENPAR ANGUS KENSAL GREEN BEEF KENT FARM ANGUS KERRIPIT PARTNERSHIP KEVIN BRIAN SCOTT KEVIN DUNNET KEVIN MILHAM KF & AG DEAN KG & JA WYATT KG & KJ LUMMIS KG & SJ JARROTT KHAN YUNIS KHATAMBUHL CREEK PASTORAL CO KIA KAHA ANGUS STUD KIDAMAN CREEK PASTORAL CO KIDMAN ANGUS

KIELLI HOLDINGS KILCOOLIN PASTORAL COMPANY P/L KILKENNY PASTORAL KILLAIN INVESTMENTS KILLARA PASTORAL COMPANY KIM GANDY KIM HERRIOT KIMBRIKI ANGUS KING FAMILY PARTNERSHIP KING HILL PASTORAL KING ISLAND FARMS PTY LTD KINGISLE FARMS PTY LTD KINGSCLERE ANGUS STUD KINGSTON ANGUS STUD KINJIBI ANGUS KINLOCH ANGUS KINROSS FARMS PTY LTD KINTALPA PARTNERS KINTYRE ANGUS KINYERRIE ANGUS KIRKOOLA PARTNERSHIP KLAND HOLDINGS PARTNERSHIP KNEEBONE FAMILY TRUST KOGODY FARMING CO KOOJAN HILLS ANGUS KOOMBAHLA (TRUST) ANGUS KOPANICA PASTORAL CO PTY LTD KORANUI PTY LTD KURRABINYA KURRA-WIRRA PASTORAL CO KW BATTERSBY KW SHONE & ME SHEEDY KYABRA STATION-UNION AGRICULTURE KYEEMA SPRINGS KYWANNA PASTORAL CO PTY LTD KYWARRA ANGUS L & C WARD L & J LANGSHAW L & M S HAM L & V BURTON L A R & G R DUNN L A SHAW L BISINELLA DEVELOPMENTS P/L L D WARD L E F & B L VERSTEEGH L G KLAUSER L H & G M HOODLESS P/L L J & L M J ARTHUR L J BRENNAN L J FOWLER L J RIJS L K & M A THIELE L M PETTITT LACHLAN BRUCE MCIVER LAGOON CREEK PARTNERSHIP LAKE EACHAM ANGUS STUD LAKE ELLEN PASTORAL LAKEVIEW ANGUS LALLEMAND AUSTRALIA PTY LTD LANDMARK, EUROA LANE BROS SOUTHERN CROSS LANGI KAL KAL FARM MANAGER LATROBE PARK ANGUS

LAURA HOLLINGWORTH LAUREN BERECRY LAUREN CROSS LAURIE HYATT LD & DP GOMMERS LD & JE FLEMING LE CHEM PTY LTD ATF THE PROPERTY TO UNIT LEEHOLME PASTORAL CO LEENA PRADHAN LEGOE FARMS LEICHHARDT PARK LEIGH DEVINE & TONY SEYMOUR LENA & NARDIA GALLOWAY LEO BULL LESLIE APTED & SONS P/L LESTER FARMS P/L LEVENS CATTLE CO LEX & JOSH CROSBY LF BULMER LG & PMH WEBSTER LILYVALE PASTORAL PTY LTD LIMEKILNS ANGUS LIMEKILNS PASTORAL COMPANY P/L LINLITHGOW PLAINS PTY LTD LINTON PARK PASTORAL CO LISA BALKIN LISCOMBE POOLS PARTNERSHIP LISMORE PASTORAL CO LITHGOW PASTORAL LITTLE AIRE FALLS LITTLE MEADOWS T/A GOLDING & SON LIVESTOCK SHIPPING SERVICES LIZ SUDLOW LJ & CD COX LJ & JL LUSH LJ & KE MCLEAN LJ & ML PRICE LJ & SM MCDOUGALL LJ, JK, HJ & JA CONDON LL & SD ADAMS LLANDCO LMB TIMMINS PTY LTD LOCHABER PARTNERSHIP LOHREY PASTORAL CO LOIS MARJORIE KARGOTICH LONGFORD STUD PTY LTD LONGRIDGE PASTORAL CO PTY LTD LOOTEN T G & J B LORD PASTORAL PTY LTD LOWANNA ANGUS LOWLY PASTORAL LP & KE HORNE LT & JM WILSON LUCY & MATT GODLEE LURG CATTLE CO LV CORRIGAN & CO LYNARNIE FAMILY TRUST LYNDAVALE PTY LYD LYNDON HALE LYNETTE WALLIS LYNNE GRAF M & H RUTTY M & J PAVEY M & K SMART

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MARKARNA GRAZING PTY LTD MAROO PASTORAL CO MARTIN & LIZ WALTERS MARTIN NOLAN MARTIN WALKER MARTINDALE HOLDINGS ROSEWORTHY MARYANNE KEARNEY MAS & AN GREEN MATAURI ANGUS MATHEW WILLIAMS MATLOCK FARM P/S MATONI BEEF MATTHEW & KATE SPRY MATTHEW D HANNAY MAURICE JAMES WHITEHEAD MAYBROOK PASTORAL COMPANY MAYO BEEF MB & R NOLTE MCA MCCARTHY LIVESTOCK MCLACHLAN GROUP PTY LTD MCPHEE PROPERTIES PTY LTD MD & ME NIXON ME & CM EVANS ME ELDER MEGAN E RICHARDS MELBOURNE POLYTECHNIC MELON PASTORAL PTY LTD MENA PASTORAL PTY LTD MENALPYN PTY LTD MENINGOORT MEPUNGAH PASTORAL CO PTY LTD MERINDOC PASTORAL MERLEWOOD ANGUS MERMERAN MEROM PASTORAL COMPANY MERRIBROOK MERRICROFT PASTORAL COMPANY MERRIMENT RURAL INVESTMENTS MERVYN R & JEANETTE M BLYTH MEZZ'S ALL BLACK STUD MG & BM CASH MG & CG BRITZA MG & JK ROBERTSON MG & TJ WALES MG & TM SMITH MG SCHLICHT MI & DM TWENTYMAN MIBUS BROS MICHAEL & HELEN PALMER MICHAEL & MARGARET GORMAN MICHAEL BLAKE MICHAEL CARROLL MICHAEL COBIAC MICHAEL EGERTON MICHAEL GOODEN MICHAEL HOPKINS MICHAEL J SMITH MICHAEL JAMES BROWN MICHAEL KATZ MICHAEL KRIVSKY MICHAEL LEONARD MICHAEL MULLANE MICHAEL ROCCA

MICHEL HILLTOP STUD MICHELLE GREENE MICHELLE HIRCHFIELD & JIM WHEELER MICK PRATT MIDDLE CREEK CATTLE COMPANY MILNER TRUST MILONG PTY LTD MILWILLAH ANGUS MINGAWALLA AG MINNAMURRA PASTORAL CO MINNINUP PASTORAL CO MINTOR LLC MIRABELLA ANGUS MIRRABOOKA HEREFORDS PTY LTD MISS ALANNA ARMSTRONG MISTY VALLEY ANGUS MITCHELL PARK ANGUS EUROA MJ & AJ PEARCE MJ & BJ LITTLE MJ & HR SCOLLARD MJ & J PENDERGAST MJ & LA BULLE MJ & OJ HILL PARTNERSHIP MJ COCK & H COCK MJ WUNNENBERG ML HAMILTON MM & MJ JOHNSTON MOGALE PTY LTD MOKOAN AGRICULTURE PTY LTD MONA VALE HOLDINGS MONDILIBI PASTORAL CO MONEA PARK MONSON PRICE MOORAMOOK PASTORAL COMPANY MOORE PARK LIVESTOCK MOORENBAH ANGUS MORAY INVESTMENTS PTY LIMITED MORELLA AGRICULTURE MORELLA ENTERPRISES PTY LTD MORT & CO MORUNDAH PROPS MOSQUITO CREEK ANGUS MOUNT GEORGE STATION MOUNT MYRTOON PARTNERSHIP MOUNT SCHANCK ESTATE MOUNTAIN RUN PASTORAL COMPANY MOUNTAIN VALLEY PASTORAL COMPANY PTY LTD MOYLE PASTORAL MPJ NOMINEES MR & LK CONNOR MR B WILSON MR ROB COULSON MR RODNEY & KERRY NEWNHAM MRS B PHILLIPS MRS LEAL SQUIRE-WILSON MRS V FINGER MS L T JONES MT & CP MULLANE PTY LTD MT & VL O'BRIEN

MT BOOTHBY PASTORAL CO MT HUGEL PTY LTD MULLIN TRADING MUNGA DEVELOPMENTS MUNGALA INVESTMENTS PTY LTD MUNMURRA ANGUS MURABY ANGUS MURDOCH FAMILY PARTNERSHIP MURFETT FAMILY TRUST MURK & KATE SCHOEN MURLINGBUNG PARTNERSHIP MURRABAH ANGUS MURRINDI STATION PASTORAL COMPANY MURROKA PTY LTD MURRUMBANK ANGUS STUD MURRUMDON MURRUNJAI PASTORAL COMPANY MUSSELROE BEEF MUSTER PASTORAL MV, SM & NE HEGGATON MW & L FAIRLIE MY & VA HASTINGS MYLORA PASTORAL MYRTLE FARM MYSMART FARM MYUNA ANGUS MYWURLIE PASTORAL CO N & D BLAIN N & E KURTZ & SONS N & J UMBACK N D & S R ENGLER N E CHRISTIE (NSW) PTY LTD N H & J WILLING & SON N J & S N SMITH N K O'CONNELL N S & S M MOYLE N S BROCK N T & V M DUDDY NA & IJ CLARKE NA COX NAMALITA ANGUS STUD NAMPARA ANGUS NANENA PASTORAL COMPANY NANGWARRY PASTORAL CO PTY LTD NARANGA PASTORAL CO NAREEN STATION PTY LTD NARRACALCA PARTNERSHIP NARRANGULLEN PTY LTD NARRANMORE PASTORAL CO NARRIE HOLDINGS PTY LTD NARRIOOTA PTY LTD NATIVE POINT PTY LTD NAVE PASTORAL COMPANY NAWEENDA PARTNERSHIP ND & YR GERKE NE & KL MORGAN NEALE LAVIS PTY LTD NEALE PARKE NEALES RIVER LIVESTOCK NEDS CORNER NELLORE ANGUS NESACHA PTY LTD NETHERLEIGH FARM NETHERWOOD PASTORAL NEVILLE HALLYBURTON NEVILLE R BEASLEY NEW KAYAREM PTY LIMITED NEWBERRY TE VELDE & CO PTY LTD

angus foundation NEWBURY PASTORAL CO NEWLAND ANGUS NEWSBREED LIVESTOCK NF & JM HALLIWELL NF & MK CLEAR - CLEAR INVESTMENTS P/L NG & JD BUCKLAND NGAPUTAHI STATION NHA & RL STONEY NICHOLAS BOSHAMMER NIGEL MEYN NIGEL WATSON NIGEL WHITE NINDOOINBAH NIOKA PASTORAL COMPANY NIXON BROS NJ & AU ALCORN NJ & MC WILSON NJC & LF GILMORE NOAN PASTORAL CO NOEL KENNEDY NOEL MUNRO NOEL WILLIS FAMILY TRUST NOELHURST PASTORAL CO PTY LTD NOGRIGAR STATION NOONBAH PTY LTD NORM DREW NORMAN & JOHN JEFFRESON NORMAN TURNER NORTHGATE PARK PASTORAL NORWOOD ESTATE NOSRAEP ENTERPRISES NP & JC JENKIN NR & EE SAUNDERS NT & SM NUGENT NT FLEMING & CO NUNN PARTNERS NW MOORE O F LAMPE PASTORAL CO O M DUSINA OAK VALLEY PASTORAL CO PTY LTD OAKBROOK ANGUS OAKEY CREEK PTY LTD OAKLAND PARK OAKLAND PARK ANGUS OAKLANDS OB ANGUS BOGGY CREEK FARM PARTNERSHIP OCKK ANGUS STUD O'CONNOR'S VIEW FAMILY TRUST OLD BAMBUN GRAZING OLD MURROA PARTNERSHIP OLD OAKLEY ANGUS OLD PINE HILL PARTNERSHIP OLDBURY FARM OLLERA STATION PTY LTD ONALIM NOMINEES PTY LTD ONSLOW ANGUS ORNUM ANGUS OSWALL ANGUS OTWAY GRAZING OUTWEST ANGUS OWEN PEDLOW OWEN W PEDLOW OZZIE ANGUS P & A BUTTERFIELD P & A HANSEN P & A POTA P & B NICHOLS PTY LTD

P & C HAMILTON PAUL JOHNSON - PJO ANGUS PM CORCORAN P & C JONES PAUL M MCLAUGHLIN PN & DJ GADD P & F BILLESKOV PAUL O'LEARY POLIGOLET P & G J THOMAS PAUL REA POLIN PASTORAL CO P & G LAVIS PTY LTD PAUL THOMPSON POLTALLOCH PLAINS PASORAL P & J NEW PAXTON HILL ANGUS POMANY ANGUS P & K DEL MASTRO PC & JL GILES POSIE MANN P & K REID PD & AE NATION POSSUM POINT PASTORAL CO PTY LTD P & MJ COSTIGAN PD & CA BOWMAN POWE FAMILY P & S BOND PD & J READER POWER RURAL P & S DIXON PD & LH LEWIS PTY LTD PR & CM & BW KUPSCH P & S MARGERY PE & B & S HENNINGS PR MURRAY P A JOHNSTON PEARCE AGRICULTURE PR, EJ, EST, RN & PL GRIEVE P A MCINDOE PEE DEE CREEK ANGUS PRESWON PTY LTD P A ROCHFORD PEEL PASTORAL PTY LTD PRINCESS ROYAL STATION P A SANDERS PEIL INVESTMENTS PRUE CALVERT P C & A B TAYLOR PELICAN BEND STUD PS & M SLATTER P C CRAUFORD PEMAT PTY LTD P C CROSSLEY AND CO PEMBROKE PASTORAL COMPANY PULITANO PASTORAL PTY LTD PURRUMBETE SOUTH PASTORAL P C LAMOND PENRITH NOMINEES PTY LTD PUYOL NOMINEES P E & B J QUILTY PERFORMANCE GENETICS PW & WM MORTON P H LAND PERTANGUS Q W BRAUND P H STEWART & SONS PERUL ANGUS QUAMBY ANGUS P J & K A LANGFIELD PETER & DONNA CLARKE QUARRAM GRAZING CO P J & L L FITZGERALD PETER & KAREN REID QUARTER-WAY ANGUS P J CANAVAN PETER & SANDRA KRAUSE QUILTER NOMINEES P/L P J GRIFFIN PETER & SUSANNE MCKAY QUINTARRA FARMS P J HANIGAN & CO PTY LTD PETER AISTHORPE & JENNY R & A RAYMOND P J J GERAGHTY WILLIAMS R & B PEARCE PTY LTD P M & M MAY PETER ARUNDELL R & C DICKINSON P N & N Y CHALMER PETER BRYANT R & D CALDANA P R & J HUGHES PETER COLLIVER R & D GREGORY & P R & P J FLEMMING PETER DUFF BRADLEY GREGORY P R & P L ARDEN PETER HOWIE R & G ADAMS & K & J CANNY P R STEWART & B E PETER J COLLINS R & G MCINTOSH WOODFORD-SMITH PETER J SATTLER R & H COOK P SINDERBERRY & S WRIGLEY PETER JAMES WADE R & J BAILLIE P SMITH PETER KEARY R & J STEWART P TAYLOR PETER MORRISON & SON PTY LTD R & K TELLING P, J, T & L MCLAUCHLAN PETER PETHER & R & L BROAD LOUISE MITCHELL P, M & S CONNOLLY R & L MOORE PASTORAL PETER PORTELLI PA & MJ COLEMAN R & M ANSTEE PETER R HENNESSY S. C. PACKER PASTORAL COMPANY R & N LIVERSIDGE PTY LTD PETER SUTHERLAND SMITH R & S CAMERON PALGROVE PASTORAL NOMINEES P/L CO PTY LTD R & S LAWRENCE PETER TOMKINS PALMATEER PASTORAL R & V FINCH PETER WILLIAMSON PALMER VALLEY STATION R & V SKIPWORTH PG & JE HONEY PAMELA LANGFORD R A & I J WHITEHEAD PH & CD OLDHAM PANMURA PROPERTIES R A , J E & A P ROSS PH CLARKE & SON PANORAMA PARK FAMILY R A J & C A CONNOR PH NF DP & ML MOORE TRUST R B & J L WALSH PHILIP LINDEMAN PANSHANGER ESTATE R B & W P HARRIS PHILLIP ARNOLD PARAWAY R BODDY & SON PINDARI RURAL PTY LTD PARDOO CATTLE COMPANY R BUROW PINE CREEK ANGUS STUD P/L PTY LTD R C & M H TEASDALE PINE CREEK PTY LTD PARINGA LIVESTOCK PTY LTD R CURRIE PINE GROVE PARTNERSHIP PARISH RURAL PTY LTD R D MILLER PINELODGE PARTNERSHIP PARKER AMBER PTY LTD R E & G E BOMFORD PINEVIEW AG PARSONS PASTORAL CO R E GREBERT PINNAROO PASTORAL CO PATRICK RAFFERTY R F J LARKIN PJ & AL MCCARTHY PAUL & LYNNE HOOPER R F M FARMING PJ & DM STUDT PAUL & MARINA WRIGHT R F MCGHIE PJ & JM LEECH PAUL & MELODY MCCULLOCH R G & B J BROWN PJ & LE O'BRIEN PAUL & ROSALIE HILTON R G & R LEGOE PJ & PM ALCORN PTY LTD PAUL BANKS R G MACHIN PJ & TM WOODMAN PAUL BETTIO R H BOYD & SONS PTY LTD PK & GK TAYLOR PAUL D WEIR R J & E J RUSS PKB & SG GADEN PAUL E GRAHAM TRUST R J & M D AUSTEN PLATTS BROS PAUL GRUIGAN R J & P H SIMPSON PLOVER PLAINS PM & MA BURNS PAUL HOFFMANN R J & T WHITELEY PLOWMAN PASTORAL PTY LTD

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angus foundation R J BOSHAMMER RICHARDSON & SON R J HARRIS RICHLEY DOWNS R J MCFARLANE RIDDELLVUE ANGUS STUD R K DICKENS RIFA SALUTARY AUSTRALIA R KEDDIE BLACKWOOD R L & J A GOODALL RIFA SALUTARY PASTORAL CO R M & P L WRIGHT RILEY & TAYLOR R M JOHNSTON RISING SUN PASTORAL PTY LTD R M, M E & R C CUMMING RIVERBEND ANGUS STUD R N & M H MCINNES RIVERVIEW DORA DORA R N PLUNKETT & CO PTY LTD PASTORAL COMPANY PTY R P & G M REEVES RJ & J MCLACHLAN R P & J A GATES RJ & JA THOMASON R P & P J WILLIAMS RJ & JM BARNS R P KUHN RJ & JT PHILPOTT R R & P L CROSBY RJ CRAIG NOMINEES PTY LTD R R & S A HARBISON RJ ROGERS & SONS R S CHESTER RK & HP MILNER R S LARKE RK & JM HEINRICH R V BOWDEN & SON RK & JS PRYCE R WOODGATE RL & G HERD R. P. BLAKE & SON RM & CM NASH R.N PERRY RMK PASTORAL RA & KI REED RN & CMC WALKOM RA & MM SHEA PARTNERSHIP ROACHDALE TRUST RA HARLOCK ROANOKE FAMILY TRUST RACHEL SAVAGE ROB & RUTH CALDWELL RADFORD PASTORAL ROB JOHNSON RAFF ANGUS ROBERT & JOY MACKIE RAGLAN FARMING ROBERT & KERRY LETTS PARTNERSHIP ROBERT & SUSAN SELBY RAM & MJ SMITH ROBERT ALAN DEMPSEY RANGERS VALLEY CATTLE ROBERT B BOWMAN STATION ROBERT BRIAN RAVEN PARK PTY LTD ROBERT BROOKS RAVONNA ROBERT COSTELLO RAY & RITA VELLA ROBERT DONALD ARMYTAGE RAY BROS ROBERT HILL RAYVIEW PARK PTY LTD ROBERT KOBOLD RC & JM PEARCE ROBERT PAYNE RD & HM ROBERTSON ROBERT ROSS RD & SAH AHRNS ROBERT SEGBOER RD & SE HORSPOLE ROBERT SWINTON RDM ANGUS ROBERT THOMSON RE & SB GILES ROBERTSON FAMILY TRUST REBECCA BLYTH ROBIN KISSEL REBECCA J RUNDELL ROBINCREST ANGUS RED HILLS ROBINSON GRAZING RED ISLAND BEEF PARTNERSHIP REDGUM PLAINS ANGUS ROBYN ESTELLE SENINI REEN FAMILY ROBYN KUCH REG SAUNDERS ROCKLYN PARTNERSHIP REID & STEVENS PTY LTD ROCORP PTY LTD REX ANTHONY HYSON ROD ELDRIDGE REX R & J E CAMERON ROD YEATMAN REX W & GREGORY J TETT RODERICK WIVELL RF & ME ORTON RODNEY BENNETT RG & JM SMITH & AJ WATKINS RODNEY CAPLEHORN RG LARKIN RODNEY STIN RH OMODEI & SONS RODNEY THOMAS HOOPER RHYS & AMY INNES ROGER FLOWER RICHARD & PRUE POST ROGER HENWOOD RICHARD BRETT & ELIZABETH ROGIALYN PLATINUM ANGUS MAY HOOPER ROMA DOWNS PASTORAL CO RICHARD CROWLEY NOMINEES ROMANI PASTORAL PTY LTD COMPANY PTY LTD RICHARD DAVIES RON COSGRAVE RICHARD DAVY RON MELDRUM COMPTON RICHARD LAST FARMS SPRING GROVE RICHARD NUM RONALD THOMAS HOOPER RICHARD REED ROO PARK PASTORAL

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ROSEBANK ANGUS S TULLOCH SCOTT & SON ROSEBY FARMING CO S W DAVIDSON ROSEMARY & CHRIS CLIFTON SA & CA SAY ROSEMOUNT AGRICULTURAL SA & GE SMITH-LAKALA COMPANY SABRE PASTORAL ROSEVALE ANGUS SACHA HOLME ROSEVALE WAUGOOLA SALLY CORDERY GEURIE STUD SALLY LEVETT ROSS & CAROL CARDILE SALLYPORT TRUST ROSS ANDREW DAY SAM CHISHOLM ROSS JARVIS SAM KING ROSS ROBERTSON SANDRA FLETCHER-WELLS ROSSANDER PROPERTIES SANDRAN PTY LIMITED PTY LTD SANDY CREEK ANGUS STUD ROSVERLAND FARMS SANDY YEATES ROTHAIGH HOLDINGS PTY LTD SARAH CORREA ROTHERWOOD FARMING SARAH, STEPHEN & ROWALLAN LODGE PTY LTD JAMES TOUT ROYDON NOMINEES PTY LTD SARONA PASTORAL CO RP & I BRADSHAW SBC FARMS RP & JS NEWNHAM SC & S CARTER RP & KS LOCKETT SCANLON ANGUS STUD PTY LTD RR & AJ ALLSOPP TRUST SCANLON PARTNERSHIP RR CUTCLIFFE SCARBAH ANGUS RT & BM GRIGG SCHULZ LIVESTOCK RT & CJ METCALFE SCONE PASTORAL CO PTY LTD RT & JC JONES SCOTT GUTHRIE RT MOORHEAD SCOTT SHERIDAN RT PASTORAL PTY LTD SE & JD ELLIOTT RTR & NE ROYDS SEAFORTH PARTNERSHIP RUSH BROS SEAN O'NEILL RUSSELL J BENSON SEATON VALE PASTORAL CO RUSSELL TAIT SEMEX PTY LTD RUTHVEN SEVEN HILLS ANGUS RW LEE PROPERTY SEVERN ANGUS RYAN PASTORAL P/L SF & LM COLLINS RYRIE RUTLEDGE PASTORAL CO SG & LE MCLEAN RYTARGRA ANGUS SHACORRAHDALU ANGUS S & B GAVIN SHAMROCK HILL STUD S & E PLUNKETT SHANE ELDRIDGE S & J MCKIMMIE SHEOAK ISLAND TRUST S & K GREEN SHEPWOK DOWNS S & K HUTCHISON SHERACO PASTORAL S & L OWEN PTY LTD SHERON FARM S & M HARDING SHEZANNE GIBBS-HOOPER S & M KLIMPSCH SHRUBLANDS ESTATE ANGUS S & N BRANSON SIDDELL FAMILY FIG TREE PARK S & N COOK, PARADISE PARK SILVER ANGUS PTY LTD S & P DESHON SILVERLANDS STUD FARM S & R DIGIORGIO & SONS SIMAKOFF-ELLIMS S & S BRAIN PARTNERSHIP S & T COLLER SIMON KURTS S B EDWARDS SIMON SHARROCK S BECK SIMON WALSH S C WRIGHT SIR ANDREW GRIMWADE S CAMARRI & CO SISKCA PARK S D CLIFFORD SJ & SM GIBLIN S D ELLIOT SKARA BRAE ANGUS S G DAVIDSON SL & II MISSEN S J & L E BERRYMAN SMITHS PASTORAL PTY LTD S J H & S E SHARMAN SOMERSET ANGUS S J ROSS SOUTH GOWRIE PASTORAL S K & P J JERMYN COMPANY S L ROBERTSON SOUTHERN CROSS GENETICS S M FAGAN SOUTHERN STAR RURAL S MATHERS MARLO DOWNS SOUTHFORK ANGUS S P & J A EVANS PARTNERSHIP SOUTHPORT ANGUS S R & M J GUEST SP & JL MCLEISH S STANFIELD SPERIBY NORTH PTY LTD S T & M E CANNON SPRINGFIELD ANGUS S T HAMILTON FARM SPRINGFIELD STATION

angus foundation SPRYS TA & LM HATCH SR & JL ROE TA FIELD ESTATES PTY LTD SR & MC BEASLEY TA SADLER SR DALTON TAIT PASTORAL CO PTY LTD SRETLAW PARK TAKAJO PASTORAL CO SSME PTY LTD TALLAGEIRA PASTORAL CO ST VINCENTS PTY LTD TALLANDBAR PASTORAL STAPLECROSS FARMS TALOUMBI ANGUS STEPHEN & BIANCA FERRIS TALUMBERI BEEF STEPHEN & LIONEL PLATTS TAMAR VALLEY ANGUS STEPHEN DUNNE TAMCAL LIVESTOCK STEPHEN E GARLAND TARANEE PASTORAL CO STEPHEN J SIMPSON TARRAGANDA PASTORAL CO TRUST STEPHEN THOMAS HAWKE TATIARA PASTORAL CO STEVE CLIFTON TATTYKEEL STEVEN & LEIGH PHELPS TAUWITCHERE PASTORAL CO STEVEN J SCOTT TC GUNTHORPE STEVEN POCOCK TD & KF TOYNTON, DW & JN STEWART WALLACE TOYNTON STONEHOUSE GRAZING TDP & SE COMBES STONEHUT HOLDINGS PTY LTD TED SEDGWICK STONEY POINT PERFORMANCE TELPARA HILLS PTY LTD ANGUS TENTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL STONYWELL TERENCE J MILLER STRATHDOWNIE ESTATE TERIP RIG ANGUS STRUAN RESEARCH CENTRE TERRY & MARY-BETH HIGGINS STUART GLENN TERRY M HANIGAN STUART RICHARDSON TERRY NUTTING STUART WATTS TEXAS ANGUS SUE RAY TEYS AUSTRALIA CHARLTON SUMATANGA PARK THALABA ANGUS SUMMERFIELD ANGUS THE AVENUES INVESTMENTS SUNNY HILLS ANGUS PTY LTD SUSAN CHISHOLM THE BABWORTH PASTORAL CO SUSAN SHAW THE BILLABONG SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE THE CASCADE PASTORAL CO OPERATING TRUST THE FIRS SUTTON GRANGE THE FRITH TRADING TRUST SW & LE KEYWORTH THE GLEN PASTORAL CO PTY LTD SWAN BROTHERS THE MANAGER EST TW MITCHELL SWANBROOK ANGUS THE RACECOURSE SWATCHFIELD PTY LTD THE RANGE ANGUS SWISS AUSTRALIAN FARM THE ROCK ANGUS HOLDING PTY LTD THE SCOTS PGC COLLEGE T & B HIPKIN THE SOUTHWAY TRUST T & E KIRK THE TRUSTEE FOR THE T & K MARTIN ROOTS FAMILY TRUST T & K NETHERWAY THE WHITNEY PASTORAL T & R CURRIE COMPANY T & S KOSCH THE WK RICHARDSON T D & S M BOWEN FAMILY TRUST T G BULLEN NOMINEES THE ZANOTTO FAMILY TRUST T J BAKER & I J CROUCH THOMAS E F HUGHES T J COLLESS THOMAS FAMILY T J HENWOOD FAMILY TRUST THOMSON VALLEY ANGUS T J PYNE PTY LTD TI & AM VLAHOV T J VINCENT TIANA PARK PASTORAL COMPANY PTY LTD T KERR & J AURISCH TIBOOBURRA ANGUS STUD T L GUNN TIGER LILLI ANGUS STUD T LEBNER & S PERMEZEL TILLABUDGERY ANGUS T M CONSULTING PTY LTD TIM BRYANT T M J BRITTAIN TIM FLANIGAN T M STRAHAN TIM RHODES T MCNEILL TIM SCHUURING T P & D M LACK TIM SULLIVAN T R TRUSCOTT TIMANDA T.R MOORE TIMBER LOGISTICS PTY LTD T.W. LEWIS TIMOTHY & JEMMA REID TA & JA WESTON TINTERN PARTNERSHIP TA & JM SCOTT TABLE TOP ANGUS TIVEY PASTORAL

TIVOLI VERMONT ANGUS TJ & JL MCKIBBIN VERWOOD TJ & MB WAUGH VH, JA, CM & MG LINKE TJ & MP WALSH VICTORIA M & MARGARET T TJ & VM SCHMALING ROYDS TJS & MRS M L SMITH VIELUN PASTORAL COMPANY TK WILSON VILLABRAE PASTORAL PTY LTD TLC CATTLE COMPANY VINCE LARKIN TLHC TRUST VM BARRINGTON TODD CAMERON W & E J DURNAN TOM BURKE & SON W & J BRUCE TOM GROGGIN STATION W & J FARRELL TOOHEY PASTORAL COMPANY W & VE O'LOUGHLIN TOOLANG PASTORAL CO W A & R A KEMP TOOLLEEN ANGUS W B & R A PIRANER TOOLONG PTY LTD W D JANETZKI TOOPERANG BEEF CATTLE W G & G F TRIGWELL TOORA WEST PURE BLACK W G & J A WATT TOP HARVEY W J HENDERSON TOPHAM BROS W J TAYLOR TOPTANI PTY LTD W JARVIS PROPERTIES TORRIDON FARM W K & B A COLLESS TOTAL LIVESTOCK GENETICS W L & W A DENNIS TOUT FAMILY W R & S J LASKER TR & PA HANCOCK W S MACTIER TR GEDDES W T & J M SLATTERY TRACEY MULLIGAN W T HARVEY & CO TRAFALGAR ANGUS W V & S C PRESHO TRAVERSDALE PARK W V JAMES & SON TREETON LAKE W, G & S SWINBURNE TRENT WALKER, WA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE-HARVEY KERINGA ANGUS WAKEFIELD ANGUS TREVANGE WALDARA-JOHN M CURTIS TREVOR & LYNN STEVENS WALGA PASTORAL CO TREVOR ALLAN KING WALLARINGA ANGUS TREVOR PASCOE WALLINGS PASTORAL TREWOON CO PTY LTD TROWBRIDGE BBB ANGUS WANDO ESTATE STUD WANGANUK ANGUS TROY & DONNA DAVIS WARGOONA FARM PTY LTD TROY JACKA WARGUNDY ANGUS TROY O'CONNELL WARRAGUNDI ANGUS TRUDY MORAN WARRANBOO ANGUS TRUE NORTH INVESTMENTS WARRAWEE KILLARA STUD PTY LTD WARREMBOOL PASTORAL CO TS & TA DICK PTY LTD TUCK SERVICES PTY LTD WARREN FERN TUITE HILL ANGUS WARRIMBA FARMS TUNBRIDGE WELLS WATER GRASS HILL ANGUS PARTNERSHIP WATERHOUSE AG TUSCANNA WATERVALLEY PTY LTD TW PEARSON & SON WATTLETOP PARTNERSHIP TWYNAM PASTORAL WAVERLEY STATION PTY LTD COMPANY P/L WAYNE R BELLMAN TWYNEM PARTNERS WAYNE VEITCH TYRONE PARTNERSHIP WC & CC HALL PTY LTD ULLADULLA PASTORAL WC GRAY COMPANY WD & HD PERKINS UMAMI WD CATTLE UNION AGRICULTURE PTY LTD WE & D HUMPHRIES UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY JOHN BRUCE PYE FARM WE, BB & TWA PETRIE URBAN ANGUS WEATHERLY ANGUS V & R DAWSON FAMILY TRUST WEBB BLACK ANGUS V E & D M RHEINBERGER WEBSTER LIMITED V J & M K PATRICK WEERANGOURT PARTNERSHIP VAL LAURIE WELLINGTON LODGE PTY LTD VARENIA PTY LTD WENONA PASTORAL CO VAUCLUSE AGRICULTURAL WENTWORTH CLOSE PTY LTD COMPANY PTY LTD WESLEY GRAHAM VERGE PASTORAL CO WESTABY PTY LTD T/A

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angus foundation KILBURNIE WESTBROOK ANGUS WESTBROOK HOLDINGS PTY LTD WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY WESTLEY ANGUS WESTSIDE ANGUS WEYMOUTH FARM PASTORAL PTY LTD WG & VJ BINGLEY WH & GM HOLLOWAY WHITEHOUSE PROPERTIES WHITELEY'S AGRICUTURE & FERTILISERS PTY WICKFORD PASTORAL CO PTY LTD WILGUNYAH WILLALOOKA PAST CO WILLARTY ANGUS WILLEMY PASTORAL CO WILLIAM HARRINGTON WILLIAM LECKEY WILLIAM MILNE WILLIAM SMITH WILLIAMS FAMILY WILLOW VIEW ANGUS WILLOWBANK AGISTMENT CENTRE WILL-O-WYN ANGUS WILLURAH PARK WIN MAPLEY WINBERG RURAL WINDERMERE PASTORAL COMPANY WINDFALLS ANGUS WINDSOR FAMILY TRUST WINDSWEPT HOLDINGS PTY LTD WINDYRIDGE

WINSTON WHITING WINTERLAKE PASTORAL COMPANY WINTERTHUR PTY LTD WIRRABILLA PASTORAL PTY LIMITED WIRRIBILLA FARMS ANGUS WJ & IA MCLAREN WJ & MJ THOMPSON WJ ATKIN WJ WILLIAMS WJP GATENBY PTY LTD WK BEOHM WM & EA HOLCOMBE WM & LK NIXON WM & LM HUFTON WM & VL LYONS TRUST WOBBLY BOOT WOLF VENTURES PTY LTD WOLLONGBAR TAFE ANGUS WONBOYNE ANGUS WOODLANDS ANGUS WOODLANDS ROMSEY PTY LTD WOODSOAK FARMS WOOLMITT ANGUS WOORABINDA PASTORAL CO WOOTOONA PROPRIETORS TRUST WORLD WIDE SIRES AUSTRALIA WP & S ROCHE WRIGHTS ANGUS WRIGLEY CATTLE CO

WUNDEREE PASTORAL CO WYAMBI ANGUS WYATT W THOMPSON WYBONG PASTORAL COMPANY WYTHBURN PARTNERSHIP WYTHES PASTORAL COMPANY YADGENO CO YAJAMBEE FARMS YALKURI PTY LTD YALLAMBEE HENTY YAMBA ANGUS YAMMATREE FAMILY TRUST YAN YAN GURT ANGUS YANDILLA ANGUS YANDRA FARM YARDCO YARRA VALLEY ANGUS YARRABAH HOLDINGS YARRAFORD YARRAMILDI P/S YARRAWALLA VINEYARDS YARUMPA PTY LTD YEALAMBIDGIE ESTATE YELLOW SILK LIVESTOCK YERINGBERG YJ BARREL & M & C FISHER YOUNG GUNS ANGUS YOUNGS VEGIE SHED PTY LTD YURRAMIE ANGUS Z AUSTIN ZAKANAKA ANGUS ZENITH ZILLER PASTORAL

Recipients of Angus Foundation Scholarships

Angus Foundation Beef Australia Scholarship winners, Emily Webb-Ware, Laura Wishart and Jack Laurie

Steph Frankham in New Zealand after winning the 2018 Trans Tasman Exchange with James van Bohemen

Hugh Cochrane (left) with fellow participants at the 2018 Tocal Judging School

Kaiti McGregor and Staci Jennings attending the 2017 #GrowAngus National Conference in Ballarat VIC

Samantha Neauman Dog Sledding overseas on the K State scholarship

Kaiti McGregor, Jasmin Ramage, Chloe Gould & Angus McGregor at the 2017 World Angus Forum in Scotland

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Strategic Projects

Finance & Administration

Peter Parnell

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David Cameron

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Accounts Officer P: 02 6773 4612 E: joy.howe@angusaustralia.com.au

Svetlana Kuhn

Sue Webeck

Accounts Officer P: 02 6773 4606 E: svetlana.kuhn@angusaustralia.com.au

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Amanda Wolfe Administration Officer P: 02 6773 4600 E: amanda@angusaustralia.com.au

Christian Duff

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Jonathan Faris Northern Development Officer P: 02 6773 4600 M: 0417 219 405 E: jonathan.faris@angusaustralia.com.au

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Michael Ainsworth Computer Programmer P: 02 6773 4610 E: michael@angusaustralia.com.au

Dale Curtis

Chris Nimmo

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Diana Wood

Robyn Brazier

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Candice Liddle

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Graphics & Multimedia Officer M: 0428 518 880 E: design@angusaustralia.com.au

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Liz Pearson

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Angus Brand Verification Officer M: 0408 111 573 E: richard.braund@angusaustralia.com.au

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Member Services

Breed Development & Extension

angus australia staff directory Andrew Byrne

Matthew Reynolds

Breed Development & Extension Manager P: 02 6773 4618 M: 0418 412 042 E: andrew@angusaustralia.com.au

Breed Development Officer P: 02 6773 4626 E: matthew.reynolds@angusaustralia. com.au

Scott Wright

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Member Services Manager P: 02 6773 4614 E: scott.wright@angusaustralia.com.au

Senior Member Services Officer P: 02 6773 4616 E: nicky.carey@angusaustralia.com.au

Samantha Hamilton

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Member Services Officer P: 02 6773 4611 E: victoria.lee@angusaustralia.com.au

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