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Brownlie family notches 50 years buying bulls from The Grove
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It was September 1973 when Mr Don Brownlie first purchased paddock bulls from The Grove.
Don commented “It was much simpler back in those days. A visit to the yards to inspect the bulls and up the house for a cup of tea with Goff and Mary”. Ever since then, Don and his two sons John and Campbell and now his grandson Stuart, have continued to source their Shorthorn genetics from The Grove.
The Brownlies have consistently sought out the top end of the bulls - high yielding, high muscled bulls and with a trend in recent years to also chase the higher end of the IMF bulls as well, also never afraid to pay top dollar for what they want.
After visiting John at “Tamarisk” earlier this year it is very obvious that the dollars invested in genetics over the years has been well and truly worth it. A magnificent herd of cows who produce heavy and high yielding feeder steers, and or oats bullocks when possible, that are very much in demand. It also always adds to our trips to “Meribah” to see the many Shorthorn feeder steers that are regularly on show on Chambers Rd.
Stuart and John are also now regular suppliers of F1 wag/Shorthorn to our program and across the board they have performed very well in both gain on feed and marbling for the 400 days on feed.
Campbell and Roz have now retired to land that does not require as much moisture to sustain it, but we do believe they miss their beautiful mobs of Shorthorns. Roz also no longer gets to spend time photographing and making friends with the bullocks on the oats every year. Campbell and Roz were always a fixture at every sale, sitting with heads together over their list of bulls, especially with the advent of the digital Helmsman system.
So we consider at The Grove that three generations of continued support from the Brownlie families is a very special milestone, but much more important is the three generations of friendships that have been formed and maintained over that same period.
A very sincere thank you to Don and Joan (deceased), John and Carol, Campbell and Roz, and Stuart and Annabelle for your friendship and support of the “Myall Grove” Morgans and our Shorthorn cattle.
