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Contents Editor Kim Woods Outcross Media 0499 77 2860 kim@outcrossmedia.com.au Art direction and design Therese Donovan Graphic Design 0431 297 469 Advertising Annette Weatherstone Rural Weekly 07 4660 1360

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WHC on our doorstep

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Herefords shine on King Island

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Bring on the pies!

Publisher Herefords Australia ABN 86 121 714 332 General Manager Andrew Donoghue Breed Development Manager Michael Beattie

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Member Services Officer Ambrose Kenney

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Chairman’s report

Member Services Officer Leanne Olrich

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General manager’s

Member Services/ Marketing Co-ordinator Rowan McNaught Youth Co-ordinator Nikki Williamson

report 6 News • Driving efficiency

Bookkeeper Carmel Reilly

• DNA updates

Board of Directors 2019 Bill Kee, Chairman Geoff Bichnell, Vice Chairman and Chairman - Marketing and Development Committee Tony Haggarty, Chairman Finance, Audit and Risk Committee Sam Broinowski Scott Lewington Pat Pearce Trish Worth (Directors)

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Carcase triumphs

16 Technical news 24 Vales

30 Young guns on the move 52 Breed forum reports 62 Spring bull sales 64 Glen Innes bull sale 68 Around the Royals 76 Store sales wrap 78 Board of Directors

26 AgQuip success

79 Regional contacts

The Herefords Australia magazine is published twice a year by Herefords Australia Limited.

27 News from the West

80 Breeders directory

Articles appearing in the Herefords Australia magazine do not necessarily represent the policies, opinions or views of Herefords Australia.

28 Northern focus

82 2020 events calendar

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

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Bill Kee Dear members, The Board of Directors recently appointed Sam Broinowski and Scott Lewington as directors to fill two casual vacancies. Their appointment assists the board to continue its focus on the strategic plan and the development and adoption of strategic projects by our members. We welcome and congratulate Sam and Scott on their appointment.

The introduction of our four new Selection Indexes in October 2019 is the culmination of much collaboration. The new Indexes are based on production systems for both southern and northern Australia. By using these Indexes, seedstock and commercial Hereford and Hereford-cross producers will be ensuring they choose the right genetics for their production system.

The Indexes have been developed on the best available science and have taken into consideration the input from workshops held with both members and industry representatives, also feedback from a member survey together with consultation between our management, AGBU and SBTS. I thank all those who have contributed to their development and introduction.

The Indexes alone are not a silver bullet for our breed but are a substantial tool to be used by all breeders together with BREEDPLAN and physical examination when setting their breeding objectives, and choosing genetics to assist in improving genetic gain in their cattle.

The Black Baldy R&D program is in its final stages with the last cohort of steers recently processed and the results are being analysed. The maternal traits are the final remaining section of the project to be analysed when pregnancies are confirmed early next year.

The final report will be made available upon its publication. The preliminary report presented at our breed forum was encouraging and can be viewed on the Herefords Australia webpage. Your Board is considering the benefits and results of the various past and present R&D programs with a view to considering the formulation of a future program to capture and record all relevant data. This will ensure our breed has the information, technology, programs and industry best practice in place to provide contemporary services to our members with the ability for enhancements as new technologies become available.

Consultation will also be held with the providers of expert advice and assistance to Herefords Australia to ensure that in the event a new program is developed it uses the most appropriate and relevant information and technology, and provides the best possible outcome for our members and the future of our breed.

A Bred Well Fed Well Workshop in Omeo, Victoria, was attended by 55 cattle producers. MLA developed the workshop program which was based on two themes. Firstly, to show breeders how to set breeding objectives that suited their production system and then how to use Indexes and BREEDPLAN together with physical inspection to choose bulls that would assist to achieve their breeding objectives. Secondly, how to manage breeding stock, particularly first calving heifers, to achieve the best possible reproductive result. Dr Jason Trompf and Chris Mirams were outstanding in their presentation of the workshop. The day was an overwhelming success with those who attended being so stimulated they are now setting up their own Better Beef discussion group.

Sponsorship of the day came from Herefords Australia, the Gippsland Hereford Group and many of its members.

I would recommend to all our regional groups they consider running a similar workshop. The message from the workshop is compelling and the outcome was outstanding!

My wife and I attended the Herefords Australia Youth Expo at Parkes, NSW. We spent three days with our young members, their parents, siblings, grandparents, mentors, breed supporters and cattle. The experience was inspirational, the cooperation, goodwill, dedication, determination, skill and professionalism, sportsmanship and friendship shown by all in attendance was overwhelming. I congratulate all those involved in organising the event, particularly our youth coordinator and the Hereford Youth Committee. Our youth are our future and from the enthusiasm shown and success of this event, our future is bright!

I again urge all members to support those businesses that support our breed, embrace our strategic projects and pursue excellence in all their endeavours.

I am aware that many of our members continue to experience devastating conditions as a result of the ongoing drought together with the added trauma of bushfires. For those experiencing these horrendous conditions our hearts and thoughts are with you and we all hope that your circumstances change soon.

On behalf of your board, management, staff and personally, I thank all members for their support and contribution to our Hereford Breed during 2019 and wish all members and their families a very Merry Christmas and a safe, healthy and prosperous 2020.

Let’s not be a breed that serves history, let’s continue to be a breed that makes history!

Yours faithfully, Bill Kee

CHAIRMAN, HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA LIMITED

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Andrew Donoghue The Herefords Australia Breed Forum was held in Hamilton, Victoria in June.

This event was a tremendous success with 150 attendees from all over Australia.

Attendees were treated to two days of technical and industry presentations.

The breed forum was combined with the 2019 Herefords Australia annual general meeting and a breed dinner.

The feedback following the event from those who were able to attend was positive. A big thank you to our keynote speaker Jack Ward, from American Hereford Association, for giving up his time to attend and the message he was able to deliver.

Coverage of the 2019 Breed Forum has been and will continue to be released on the Herefords Australia website. This coverage includes written reports and video recordings of each presentation. I encourage all members to take the time to watch any presentations of interest.

The October BREEDPLAN run saw the release of the new Breed Object Indexes for Herefords. The new Herefords Australia Breed Object Indexes are incorporating both the “production system” and “finishing system” into the calculations.

This means on-farm feed costs and cow maintenance are better accounted for than they have been previously. Carcase specifications and target markets are also an important factor of these indexes.

A lot of work has been put into these indexes by AGBU, ABRI and HAL staff and members. We are confident these new indexes will point our breed in the right direction.

The current Herefords Australia R&D projects are nearing the end of their contracted period. The BIN Project has been highly important in the formation of a high-quality reference population for use with genomics.

The Black Baldy Trial will provide much needed data to quantify the benefits of using Hereford genetics in a crossbreeding operation. The Board and management of Herefords Australia are working closely with MLA and AGBU to develop effective R&D projects for the next five to 10 years. These projects will be important to the future of the breed.

During the course of 2019, there have been a number of Bred Well, Fed Well workshops held by Herefords Australia members and regional groups.

These workshops have been developed by MLA and have been a great success. Feedback from the workshops has been positive and attendees have been able to leave the workshop with some good skills around developing a breeding objective for their herd, and what effective tools are available to be used to meet that breeding objective.

I would encourage any member or regional group interested in hosting one of these events to contact the Herefords Australia office to discuss it further.

We have launched a campaign that focuses on genotyping females in your herd. We would like to continue to grow our reference population and female genotypes are important. We would also like members to consider submitting maternal traits such as Days to Calving and Mature Cow Weight.

These traits are an important part of the new indexes and are not measured in large numbers. Please contact the office if you would like to know more about how to submit these traits.

Our younger breeders have also had a busy time during 2019. A highly successful Young Guns Conference was held prior to the Breed Forum in June. Attendees heard from some exceptional speakers and attended a shortened version of Bred Well, Fed Well tailored specifically for them.

The Herefords Australia Youth Committee held another successful Youth Expo, this time in Parkes, NSW. Over 100 youth competitors attended this event where they received educational presentations, as well as taking part in junior judging, parading and showing of their animals.

These initiatives involving our youth and younger breeders are an important part of building the skills for our next generation of breeders.

I would like to thank Katelin Davies for the exceptional work she has done for the Herefords Australia Youth over the past two years and her work with Herefords Australia for the past three-and-a-half years. I would also like to welcome Nikki Williamson to the team and look forward to working with Nikki and the youth committee into the future.

We realise a large majority of our members and breeders are experiencing a difficult time due to the prolonged drought conditions and bushfires. If any Herefords Australia members are experiencing financial difficulties, please contact myself or Carmel Reilly in the office to discuss your options.

I would like to acknowledge the hard work the team in the office contribute to Herefords Australia. We have a great team that takes pride in their work and who are proud to provide services to our members.

The activities listed above would not be possible without their hard work and dedication. I would also like to acknowledge the resilience of our members and breeders, the last two years has thrown a lot of challenges at you, and your ability to deal with these and adapt has not gone unnoticed.

We can only hope 2020 brings good seasons and the ability for all producers to consolidate and re-build.

Regards, Andrew Donoghue

GENERAL MANAGER, HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA

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Nikki takes over Youth Coordinator role

Herefords Australia is pleased to welcome Nikki Williamson to the team as the new youth coordinator.

Nikki has a wealth of experience with the Herefords Australia Youth being involved with the committee since 2012 and has most recently been president of the National Youth Committee since 2018.

Nikki and husband Kierin Martin own Kianma Poll Herefords and have both been heavily involved with the Herefords Australia Youth over a number of years.

Nikki has stood down as president of the Herefords Australia Youth Committee following her appointment as youth coordinator.

“We wish Nikki all the best in her new role and look forward to working with her to continue the excellent work of our Youth organization,” Herefords Australia general manager Andrew Donoghue said.

“I would also like to thank Katelin Davies for everything she has done during her three-and-a-half years with the company.

“Katelin was initially responsible for our website and communications and more recently in the role of events and youth coordinator.

“She has also recently been responsible for coordinating the Dubbo and Wodonga National Shows and Sales, going above and beyond to assist many members in all areas of registration, DNA and performance recording.

“Katelin has been an outstanding supporter and mentor for all staff during her time and her contributions will be sorely missed by all of the team in the Herefords Australia office.”

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Matching the animal to the environment to drive efficiency The ongoing drought and poor seasons across much of Australia offers producers the chance to review their pastures and prepare for future seasons, according to industry consultant Chris Mirams.

“There’s been some pretty tough seasons around and a lot of the feed bases will be eroded, there’s no doubt about that, so now’s a great time to do a review of soil testing, where we’re up to with our nutrient status, and what’s happened to our pastures,” Mr Mirams said.

He was a key speaker at a Meat and Livestock Australia’s Bred Well Fed Well workshop hosted by the Gippsland Hereford Group at Omeo, Vic. The workshop was delivered by Mr Mirams and livestock consultant and researcher Dr Jason Trompf.

The Bred Well Fed Well workshops have been run at various locations around Australia and focus on teaching producers to develop a breeding goal for their business and how to produce animals that meet those goals.

Dr Trompf’s presentation focused on understanding BREEDPLAN estimated breeding values and how to use them in bull selection.

He also pointed out visual assessment still plays a vital role in animal selection, however this should be used in conjunction with objective genetic information.

At the Omeo workshop several bulls were provided for producers to appraise and then identify which bulls would be best suited to particular production goals.

Chris Mirams said initially the producers were asked to select the bulls on visual appraisal alone, and then they were provided with the data.

Bulls were provided for producers to appraise and identify which ones would be best suited to He said producers first needed to particular production goals. Image Lauren Hill. understand what their breeding objective was, then understand what EBVs were required, and balance that with visual assessment of the animal.

Placing too much focus on raw body weights of bulls at sales was another key issue Dr Trompf discussed with producers at the workshop.

Animal weights are a lowly heritable trait with the majority of the influence on weight coming from non-genetic factors such as age and feed availability.

Dr Trompf said using BREEDPLAN corrects for environmental factors in the bull’s growth and allows producers to sift for the genetic opportunity existing within that bull.

The importance of matching the animal to the environment to drive efficiency was the focus of Chris Mirams’ presentation at the Omeo workshop.

According to Mr Mirams, producers needed to ensure feed supply was matched with feed demand by understanding the environment and setting the right calving dates.

A purebred Hereford female from Bonang, Victoria, may have taken the crown of Australia’s most fertilie female when she delivered a live set of quadruplets.

The cow had previously had a set of twins as a first-calf heifer.

Owners David and Julie Ingram were surprised to find their cow had given birth to two heifer calves and two bull calves in May. The calves were the first to be sired by Mawarra Five Star and all naturally conceived and delivered. The two heifers have survived.

Multiples are not a first for the Ingrams – they join about 400 head and this year alone have had nine sets of twins, down from 14 sets in 2018.

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Pestivirus testing now an optional add-on Members are reminded it is a requirement of entry for both the Wodonga and Dubbo Nationals for bulls to be fully DNA tested prior to close of entries.

The required testing includes: • Low Density Genotype • Sire Verified • Tested Free of Genetic Conditions and Pestivirus The testing is all included in the Hereford Standard Bundle for $55 (Pestivirus test is an additional $10).

Members wishing to enter bulls in the 2020 Nationals should begin submitting DNA samples to ensure ample time for results to be obtained and (where necessary) further testing to be completed.

Neogen have updated the hair cards they would like breeders to use.

The new hair cards are similar to the old card used previously (they are a card and small plastic bag), however these are smaller in size with an updated format.

Each hair card also has its own barcode for identification at the lab.

Neogen now offer Pestivirus (BVDV) testing as an optional add-on to any DNA testing that is submitted through Herefords Australia.

All that you need to do is select it as one of your ‘addons’ when submitting a DNA sample. The cost of this add-on is $10.

This add-on is ideal for members who are submitting

DNA for bulls that are going to Wodonga and Dubbo National Sales.

The Pestivirus test requested through Neogen: • Is only available as a ‘add-on’ to the standard Hereford DNA tests • If a positive result is returned, it is recommended you send a second DNA sample from the animal taken more than two weeks after the first sample.

Members can view their DNA requests and results in Hereford Live.

Under the Reports Tab, click on View Reports. In the Report Category drop down box, select Internet Solutions to see all of your DNA testing records.

With Herefords Australia July release of the a ultra-low density (uLD) DNA test for females, this gave members the opportunity to genotype their female herd with a more cost-effective genotype option.

To complement further the reduced DNA prices on bundles that were introduced on July 1, Herefords Australia has launched a summer promotion to offer greater savings on DNA testing.

This promotion is all about encouraging member uptake of genomic information on their herd, especially genotyping their females to help in the selection process for genetic improvement.

All samples must be received by the HAL office before February 28, 2020.

For more information please contact the Herefords Australia office.

Trophy haul for Salesian with Hereford cross steer A Hereford infused steer dominated the 2019 Royal Melbourne Show carcase competition by taking out grand champion, champion export, schools and highest scoring carcase.

The Blonde d’Aquitaine-Hereford cross steer was bred and exhibited by Salesian College, Sunbury, Vic, and was first on the hoof in the led export class.

It was the biggest clean sweep of the carcase classes in the college’s history, and it was awarded the Bott-Burston trophy for the most successful school or college exhibitor.

The steer had a liveweight of 562kg, carcase weight of 290kg, a dressing percentage of 51.6, 14mm of rump fat, 7mm of rib fat, 100sqcm eye muscle area, an MSA Index of 63.55 and a total of 91.5 points.

A Poll Hereford cross, exhibited by Jackungah Speckle Park, won the led heavy domestic class.

In the Borthwick Trophy, the Hereford team placed fourth with steers from Longerenong College (sired by Bowmont Unique J24), Finley High School (sired by Glentrevor Spark and bred by Jack and Maree Doyle), Yanco Agricultural High The Welray bred steer exhibited by School (sired by Welray Mack and bred by Yanco Agricultural High School.

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Donovan team rewarded for feedlot performance Whiteface Bos indicus cross steers showed feedlot The Donovan team placed ninth in the overall weight gain performance and carcass quality in the 2019 RNA on 2.66kg and seventeenth on the individual average daily gain on 3.04kg.

Paddock to Palate Competition.

Mitch Donovan, South Grafton, NSW, placed in the top six Galloway Cattle Company, Roma, entered teams of overall in the trade class with a team of Braham/Hereford Brangus/Hereford cross while Ron and Colleen Dean, Bonalbo, NSW, entered a Hereford/Simmental team, and cross steers.

Devon Court Herefords, Drillham, Qld, two purebred The steers were fed for 70 days at Mort and Co’s Grassdale teams.

Feedlot, Dalby, and processed at the JBS Dinmore plant. Devon Court placed 11th with an average daily gain of His highest performing steer in the feedlot had an 2.62kg and Galloway Cattle Co made the top 20 in the average daily gain of 3.04kg, dressing at 56.16 per cent, individual average daily gain on 3.14kg in the 100-day with a P8 fat depth of 10mm, rib fat of 6mm, marble score export class and top 15 in the pen results. one, eye muscle area of 79sqcm and a Meat Standards Despite the ongoing drought, entry numbers were almost 25 per cent up on last year with close to 1000 steers.

Australia Index of 56.25.

Whiteface teams competing in Feedback Trial Sixteen teams of Hereford and Hereford infused steers Lindsey Carter, and James and Jacinda Douglas, Waverly have entered the 2020 NSW Beef Spectacular Feedback Run, Big Springs, NSW. Trial.

At the midway point in October, the cattle were consuming The trial has been running for 11 years and attracted an average of 16kg a head per day. They are due to be exhibitors from as far north as Bingara and Dorrigo processed by Teys Australia’s Wagga Wagga plant in mid in the north down to Mortlake in Victoria, with a large December. percentage from southern NSW.

A total of 435 head of cattle in 87 teams have been The culmination of results will take place at an awards presentation dinner at Wagga Wagga RSL on January 31. entered by 46 individual vendors.

The purebred and crossbred steers entered Teys Australia Meat and Livestock Australia corporate chef Sam Bourke Jindalee feedlot in late August for a 112-day feed regime, will entertain the attendees with an insight into red meat with a field day in mid October to view their progress. preparation during an onstage cooking demonstration.

Entrants will be provided with a full analysis of their cattle from induction specifications, to feedlot and carcase performance.

This includes average daily gain, lean meat yield, carcase weight, Meat Standards Australia Index, ossification and marbling.

Purebred teams have been entered by Les and Gai Douglas, Cheviot Hills Ag, Wagga, NSW, Tom and Sophie Holt, Coonoong, Urana, NSW, Kanimbla Poll Herefords, Holbrook, Llandillo Poll Herefords, Bathurst, NSW.

Black Baldy teams have been entered by Bill Garnock, Boco Pastoral Company, Cooma, NSW, The cattle will be processed this month after 112 days on feed at Teys Australia’s Jindalee feedlot.

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The trial has drawn a total of 4055 steers over the 11 years it has been conducted.

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Purebred steers shine in carcase classes at Adelaide Royal

Kerlson Pines P039, held by Travis Wilson, was reserve champion heavy domestic carcase. Image Stock Journal.

A pair of Hereford steers have shone in this year’s Royal Adelaide Show led steer awards.

Kerlson Pines Paddy P147 was exhibited by Keith Area School and won reserve champion Light Domestic Carcase with a score of 88.80 points.

Paddy had a liveweight of 426kg and a dressing percentage of 53.99.

Standing second on the hoof, Kerlson Pines P039 was awarded reserve champion in the Heavy Domestic Carcase class with a score of 92.14, the third highest point score across the entire competition.

Kerlson Pines P039 also won the best eating quality award in the Heavy Domestic class and scored the second highest eating quality overall on a score of 44.65.

The eating quality was calculated across several criteria including ossification, MSA index, MSA marbling and

meat pH. Kerlson Pines Poll Herefords co-principal Mark Wilson was pleased with the win.

“I was really happy with the eating quality result, we’ve been trying to get more IMF in our cattle, and it’s paid off here,” Mr Wilson said.

Both steers were out of stud females and sired by Allendale Gambler L143, purchased by Kerlson Pines at the 2017 Herefords Australia Dubbo National Show and Sale for $40,000 for his strong carcase attributes.

“He won the Supermarket Index Performance class at Dubbo in 2017 and these steers are some of his first progeny,” Mr Wilson said.

Gambler ranks in the top one per cent of the breed with an EMA EBV of +8 sqcm and an IMF EBV of +1.6, which is in the top five per cent of the breed.

All of Gambler’s selection indexes are in the top 15 per cent of the breed.

Kerlson Pines was also awarded the Herefords South Australia Prize for Highest Scoring Hereford Export Steer on Hook with a third steer on 84.03 points in the export class.

Of the four Kerlson Pines steers entered at Adelaide, all scored above 82 points, earning the Herefords Australia Premium for any purebred Hereford steers on hook gaining 82 points and over.

Three more steers from Days Whiteface, Loxton High School and Meningie Area School also scored above 82 points to earn the Herefords Australia Premium.

The Herefords South Australia Inc Prize for the School Exhibiting the Highest Scoring Hereford Steer on Hoof and Hook was awarded to Coomandook Area School with a purebred steer bred by the Schwarz family of Oak Downs Poll Herefords, Bordertown.

The steer weighed an impressive 530kg at 13.5 months.

Whiteface meeting domestic and export specs Whiteface cattle proved their flexibility meeting domestic and export specifications in the 2019 Sydney Royal Beef Challenge.

Held at the Wilga Feedlot at Bellata, NSW, the Challenge caters for animals in pens of six in two different classes of 70-day domestic and 100-day export.

The feedlot hosted a field day on August when producers were invited to view their cattle with the winners announced on September 6 in Tamworth.

This year the competition drew 53 domestic teams and 29 export teams.

All cattle were processed by Kilcoy Global Foods, Kilcoy, Qld, with Meat Standards Australia data fed back to producers.

Scott and Pip Hann, Truro Herefords, Bellata, placed second in the domestic individual daily weight gain with purebred steers. The team averaged 2.38kg per day, with the highest performing steer on 2.74kg a day.

Truro also placed second and third in the feedlot category and third in profitability.

The 70-day grainfed domestic class winners were Guy and Suz Lord, Branga Plains, Walcha, with steers out of black baldy cows and by Charolais/Shorthorn bulls.

David O’Reilly, Kyogle, took third place in this class and

third in the domestic individual with Hereford infused steers.

John and Marie Smith, Woodenbong, placed equal first in the carcase grid with Santa Gertrudis/Hereford cross steers.

Lotus Herefords, Glen Innes, placed third in the individual export carcase, and were awarded a silver medal in the taste test.

Yuglibar Pastoral Co, Baryulgil, with Santa/Hereford steers, was equal third in the individual export carcase, third in the taste test and awarded a silver medal.

Scott Humphrey, Wellbatch Pastoral, Mummelgum, won a silver medal in the taste test awards with a team of Santa/Hereford steers, with all carcases grading with a MSA Index over 62.02.

The purebred team from Truro Herefords had an average daily gain of 2.38kg.

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WORLD HEREFORD CONFERENCE

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There are pre and post conference tours available.

Action packed program for World Hereford Conference in NZ The Boehringer Ingelheim World Hereford Conference in New Zealand is on our doorstep and offers an action packed program of property tours and specialist guest speakers.

address from the NZ Minister of Agriculture, Hon Damien O’Connor, at the Rabobank Welcome Reception.

NZHA is inviting everyone attending to wear something symbolic from their country to add to the occasion.

NZ Herefords general manager Posy Moody said there Tuesday morning begins with a topical talk from Dr Brad were so many reasons to attend the event on March 9-13, Crook, manager of genetics research and development 2020. at ABRI, regarding multi-country genomic evaluation.

“This is the closest World Hereford Conference with This will be followed by all the member countries direct flights from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney into delivering their country reports.

Queenstown,” Ms Moody said.

“This year the member countries have submitted “NZ weather in March is normally stunning, accentuating their facts to NZHA to be uploaded on the Rabobank the incredible scenery of the Southern alps and the conference app, so we look forward to getting a real speakers invited are top class. insight into where each country is gaining momentum or “The program has been designed so there is something for hitting road blocks,” Ms Moody said. everyone. There will be excellent learning opportunities “Tuesday afternoon will also cover the Beef + Lamb throughout the week, and delegates can see Herefords at Genetics NZ Progeny test results and disclose the findings a show and in their natural environment. and how Herefords compare to other breeds.

“There will be free time to explore Queenstown and “Julia Jones will then lighten the mood with one of her surrounding area or to take in a game of golf or a local motivating talks to inspire a new generation of food producers.” glass of wine.”

The conference week starts March 9 with an opening

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Southern Alps’ Mount Aspiring National Park.

Earnscleugh Station and Locharburn will become the classrooms on Wednesday with some more interesting talks and demonstrations scheduled at both locations, including Dr Jason Rowntree, who has studied the economic, environmental and social complexity in agriculture and beef farming.

During the conference, Herefords will be the feature breed at the show, with the Young Breeder Competition a highlight.

There are pre and post conference tours planned - please refer to the NZWHC website for more detail.

The pre-tour in the North Island includes seven studs The 21,000 hectare Earnscleugh Station is based in and a visit to Te Puia in Rotoroua, which offers a cultural Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, and experience combining dramatic performance, singing, produces over 100 tonnes of high-quality Merino wool dancing, haka and a traditional hangi dinner. annually.

“If you sign up for the post tour you will attend nine studs It also has three cattle and six Merino sheep pedigree stud and have a chance to visit Erewhon Station, a 14,000 ha operations involving over 6,000 individually recorded sheep and beef property, which also includes a working animals.

Clydesdale horse stud and is nestled right amongst the One of these, the Locharburn Hereford Stud will be host Southern Alps of NZ,” Ms Moody said. to a scanning demonstration and talk on the importance “For those of you who can be away from home a little of measuring intramuscular fat. longer, have a look at the Bay of Islands ‘Get Over Your

On Thursday the conference returns to the Millennium Jetlag Tour’ and also the ‘Kaikoura Extension’. You won’t be Hotel for the morning to hear a more from Dr Jason disappointed.”

The gala dinner on March 10 will be held Rowntree and also Dr at the historic Walter Peak High country Jaqueline Rowarth, farm, with refreshments on board the TSS discussing “Social Media Earnslaw steamship. and Science – which future for beef”.

The gala dinner on March 10 will be held at the historic Walter Peak High country farm, with refreshments on board the TSS Earnslaw steamship.

Wanaka A & P Show is a popular iconic kiwi day out, held on the southern shore of Lake Wanaka with views of the snowcapped

Wanaka A & P Show is a popular iconic kiwi day out, held on the southern shore of Lake Wanaka.

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New selection indexes to maintain and improve eating quality

By Catriona Millen, SBTS technical officer

Four new Herefords Australia BreedObject selection indexes were released with the publication of the October 2019 Hereford BREEDPLAN analysis.

These are the Southern Self-Replacing Index (SSR), the Northern Self-Replacing Index (NSR), the Southern Baldy Maternal Index (SBM) and the Northern Baldy Terminal Index (NBT).

These four selection indexes have been developed by Herefords Australia, along with staff from the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU) and Southern Beef Technology Services (SBTS).

Extensive consultation was undertaken as part of the development process, with seedstock and commercial Hereford producers, lotfeeders and processors.

This was done to ensure the new Herefords Australia selection indexes are representative of the varied production systems Australian Herefords are run in, including both straight-bred and cross-bred production systems.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA SELECTION INDEXES

Each of the new selection indexes describes a different production/market scenario and relates to a typical commercial herd using Hereford bulls.

Producers are advised to use the selection index that most closely aligns to their production system. All four selection indexes are focused on maintaining and improving eating quality.

Significant premiums are applied for increasing marble score up to a marble score of 3.

Pressure is also applied to early life growth to maintain low ossification scores and good MSA compliance. In addition, each selection index targets the following specifications.

SOUTHERN SELF-REPLACING INDEX

Estimates the genetic differences between animals in net profitability per cow joined in a commercial self-replacing straight bred Hereford herd targeting the domestic market.

Daughters are retained for breeding and so maternal traits are of importance. Steers are slaughtered at 20 to 22 months of age to produce 300 kg carcases with 10 mm P8 fat depth. A moderate cost is applied for cow feed costs during the annual feed shortage period.

NORTHERN SELF-REPLACING INDEX

Estimates the genetic differences between animals in net profitability per cow joined in a commercial self-replacing herd targeting the domestic market.

This index is suitable for use by both straight-bred Hereford herds and in crossbreeding programs where Hereford bulls are being used over a Bos indicus based cowherd.

Daughters are retained for breeding and so maternal traits are of importance. Steers are slaughtered at 20 to 22 months of age to produce 340 kg carcases with 12 mm P8 fat depth. A high cost is applied for cow feed costs during the annual feed shortage period.

SOUTHERN BALDY MATERNAL INDEX

Estimates the genetic differences between animals in net profitability per cow joined in a commercial crossbred herd using Hereford bulls over Bos taurus females (e.g. Angus).

A portion of the heifers is retained for breeding and so maternal traits are of importance. The steers and surplus heifers are destined for slaughter at 20 to 22 months of age.

Steers produce 300 kg carcases with 10 mm of P8 fat depth, while heifers produce 270 kg carcases with 12 mm of P8 fat depth. A moderate cost is applied for cow feed costs during the annual feed shortage period.

NORTHERN BALDY TERMINAL INDEX

Estimates the genetic differences between animals in net profitability per cow joined in a commercial crossbred herd using Hereford bulls over Bos indicus/tropical females (e.g. Santa Gertrudis) where all progeny (male and female) are destined for slaughter.

Steers and heifers are slaughtered at 20 to 22 months of age. Steers produce 340 kg carcases with 14 mm of P8 fat depth while heifers produce 300 kg carcases with 17 mm of P8 fat depth.

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New selection indexes to maintain and improve eating quality cont’ FROM PAGE 16

Further details, including profit driver (blue), EBV weightings (red) and predicted response (green) graphs for each of the new selection indexes, are available in the Interpreting Australian Hereford Selection Indexes tip sheet.

This tip sheet is available on both the Herefords Australia website (https://www.herefordsaustralia.com.au/) and the BREEDPLAN website (http://breedplan.une.edu.au/).

USING THE NEW HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA SELECTION INDEXES To assist Hereford producers identify which of the new Herefords Australia Selection Indexes they should be using, a flow chart has been developed. For commercial producers, this should assist in identifying which selection index best suits an individual production system.

For seedstock producers, this is a tool that can be provided to commercial clients (e.g. in sale catalogues) to assist in identifying which of the new Herefords Australia Selection Indexes is best suited to their situation.

It is important to remember producers should not just use the selection index with the highest value. While a bull ranked highly for the Southern Self-Replacing Index may be a suitable choice for a Victorian producer targeting straight-bred Hereford cattle for the domestic market, he is unlikely to be the most suitable bull for a commercial producer in northern Queensland targeting flatback progeny in a terminal system.

Which Index Should I Use?

Do you live in a summer-dominated or winter-dominated rainfall region?

Winter-dominated rainfall region (e.g. Southern NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, Southern SA and South-West WA)

Summer-dominated rainfall region (e.g. QLD, Northern NSW, Northern WA, Northern SA and NT)

Are you using Hereford bulls in a straight bred Hereford herd or for cross-breeding?

Are you retaining heifers for breeding purposes (e.g. self-replacing herd) or sending all heifers for slaughter (e.g. terminal herd)

Straight bred Hereford herd

Cross-breeding program (e.g. Baldy)

Self-Replacing Herd (e.g. Straight bred Herefords, Flatback/Baldy)

Terminal Herd (e.g. Flatback/Baldy)

Use the Southern Self-Replacing Index

Use the Southern Baldy Maternal Index

Use the NORthern Self-Replacing Index

Use the NORthern Baldy TERMINal Index

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New selection indexes to maintain and improve eating quality cont’ FROM PAGE 18

Instead, a northern Queensland producer in this situation would be best to utilise the Northern Baldy Terminal Index.

Of course, seedstock producers with clients located across a range of production systems may need to consider multiple selection indexes within their own breeding programs.

There are two Herefords Australia Selection Indexes suitable for producers in winter-dominated rainfall regions, where feed costs are inherently lower (e.g. southern New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, southern South Australia and south-west Western Australia).

For those living in one of these regions and producing straight-bred Herefords for the domestic market, then the Southern Self-Replacing Index will be the selection index of choice. For those living in these regions but using Hereford bulls in a crossbreeding program (e.g. to produce black or red baldies), then the Southern Baldy Maternal Index is the most suitable selection index.

The remaining two Herefords Australia Selection Indexes have been designed for producers in summer-dominated rainfall regions, where feed costs are inherently higher (e.g. Queensland, northern New South Wales, northern Western Australia, northern South Australia and the Northern Territory).

For those in these locations that keep a portion of heifers (whether they be straightbred Hereford heifers or flatback/ baldy heifers), then the Northern Self-Replacing Index will be the selection index of choice.

For those in these regions that don’t keep any replacement heifers (e.g. all heifers are sent for slaughter), then the Northern Baldy Terminal Index is the most suitable selection index.

The Southern Self-Replacing Index estimates the genetic differences between animals in net profitability per cow joined in a commercial selfreplacing straightbred Hereford herd targeting the domestic market.

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Modern production systems reflected in new indexes

By Catriona Millen, SBTS technical officer In October 2019, Herefords Australia released four new selection indexes.

These are the Southern Self-Replacing Index (SSR), the Northern Self-Replacing Index (NSR), the Southern Baldy Maternal Index (SBM) and the Northern Baldy Terminal Index (NBT).

These four selection indexes will replace the previous Hereford selection indexes.

The selection indexes calculated by BREEDPLAN are generated using a software package called BreedObject.

The BreedObject technology was developed by the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), a joint venture of NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and the University of New England (UNE), with financial assistance from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).

While the development of selection indexes is quite a lengthy process, one critical aspect is the accurate description of the production system, including pricing (both costs and earnings) within the given production system.

As both the overall production system and pricing values within the production system may change over time, all selection indexes should be regularly reviewed to ensure they best represent the production system they are describing.

Given the Herefords Australia Selection Indexes were last revised in 2014, a review of Herefords Australia Selection Indexes was carried out.

In addition, AGBU has recently made available a new version of the BreedObject software. This new version includes a number of developments, including:

1. IMPROVED MODELLING OF YOUNG ANIMAL GROWTH. THIS INCLUDES:

• Separate modelling for each sex. This gives the potential for each sex to have different market end points in a selection index.

• Revised modelling of growth during backgrounding and in the feedlot.

• Revised modelling of feed requirements for young animals. This includes the ability to use NFI EBVs in selection indexes.

2. IMPROVED MODELLING OF COW WEIGHT AND CONDITION SCORE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS INCLUDES:

• More advanced modelling of cow weight, and subsequently feed requirements, at times of year when feed is in short supply and/or expensive.

• Inclusion of cow condition score and production penalties for cows outside of optimum condition (too lean or too fat).

• Revised methodology for valuing cows when culled. This allows for variation in sale weight and value between cows culled for various reasons (for example, cast for age, reproductive failure, poor condition, etc.).

3. ENHANCED MODELLING OF CARCASE MARKET SPECIFICATIONS AND VALUES.

• This includes the ability to handle non-linear price structures like carcase grids that penalise both too lean and too fat carcases, and/or those that penalise under and overweight carcases.

As a consequence of these enhancements, the selection indexes have moved away from the traditional finishingsystem and market end-point focus (for example, grass or grain finished).

Instead, each of the new Australian Hereford Selection Indexes better reflect a whole production system in which Hereford bulls are used.

Recent AGBU research has shown finishing type (for example, grass versus grain finished) has less effect on the overall breeding objective than other features of the production system (such as cost and/or length of time of supplementary feeding).

For Herefords Australia, where producer feedback indicates there are different feed costs between southern (winterdominated rainfall; feed costs inherently lower) and northern (summer-dominated rainfall; feed costs inherently higher) regions, these enhancements have allowed the development of Herefords Australia Selection Indexes where regional differences in cow feed cost can be better accounted for.

Improvements in the modelling of carcase market specifications and values also allows Hereford producers access to selection indexes which better reflect grid premiums for MSA graded cattle.

The four new Herefords Australia Selection Indexes have been developed through extensive consultation with Hereford producers (both seedstock and commercial), meat processors and scientists to ensure they best reflect the production systems in which Australian Hereford bulls are used.

These new Herefords Australia Selection Indexes are a valuable tool which, when used by producers, will assist in improving profitability within straightbred and crossbred Hereford herds.

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Elaine Young passed away at the Rochester Nursing Home on June 4 aged 81 years.

Loved and loving wife of Vern Young (dec) and dearly loved mum of Russell, Deb and Brett, mother-in-law of Pippa and cherished grandma to Kira and Nikita.

Elaine together with her late husband Vern founded Strathvalley Poll Herefords in 1955 at Rochester, Vic. Elaine had a great love for her cattle, horses, dogs and farm life and was still riding her four-wheel motorbike around the farm at 80 years of age.

A memorial service for Elaine was held at Tobin Brothers Funerals, Echuca, on June 17.

Elaine Young

John Grieve formerly of Invernaion Herefords, Millmerran, Qld, passed away on August 26.

John was a much-respected member of the Australian Hereford Society and served on the council from 1973 to 1992.

He was President of the council from 1980-1983 before taking on the role of Vice President from 1983-1986.

John retired from council in 1992, at which time he had Honorary Life Membership bestowed upon him.

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Hereford breed supporter Jason Sutherland passed away on June 13 following a short illness at the age of 41.

Jason, of Moss Vale, will always be highly regarded by all those who New South Wales worked with him including colleagues and customers alike, and will be sadly missed.

He worked as a sales executive with Victoria/Riverina International Animal Health Products and served as president of the Sydney Regional Hereford Group.

Jason was a family man, who with his wife Meagan and three children Mikayla, Nate and Avery, were in the process of building their new home.

Queensland Son of Steve and Dianne Sutherland, Jason was a loving brother to Justin and Andrew and their families.

South Australia Through his involvement in the Sydney Regional Hereford Group, Jason supported a youth training expo, Sydney Royal Show, a Western Australia seedstock auction and promoting the breed through an Experience Day. As a student at Moss Vale High, Jason’s interest in cattle was sparked in Year 8.

“My interest in cattle started in high school where we had Limousin, Murray Grey, Shorthorn and Hereford cattle,” Jason told Herefords Australia in 2016.

“Out of all of those, I chose Hereford as they were quiet to break-in, lead and show plus they had the carcass eating quality.’’

Margaret and Ian Hughes of Elm Vale Poll Hereford Stud sensed Jason’s passion for cattle showing and guided this interest. Elm Vale LM3715 Hereford Sale Ad 210x297 AW.indd 1 was his second home.

By the age of 20, he had purchased a number of Poll Hereford cattle and the birth of his own cattle stud was realised with the foundation of Mystic Park Poll Hereford Stud.

Jason was awarded Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Rural Achiever at Sydney Royal in 2001, recognising the determination of rural youth to succeed and work for the benefit of their chosen industry.

He was also a member of Moss Vale Show Society for many years, vice-president and chief steward for the cattle section, and was often asked to judge at country shows.

Herefords Australia Youth initiated the Jason Sutherland Encouragement Award presented to an individual who works hard and supports those around them.

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Premium steaks satisfy hungry field day patrons Steak enthusiasts were once again treated to an enjoyable eating experience by the Herefords Northern NSW group at the 2019 AgQuip field days in Gunnedah, NSW, in August.

AgQuip is one of Australia’s largest agricultural field days and attracts thousands of visitors from across the country each year.

The Herefords Northern NSW group served 4000 premium Hereford Boss branded steaks and 350 Hereford beef pies over the three days of AgQuip.

The Hereford Boss brand is 100 per cent verified Hereford beef and is underpinned by the JBS Farm Assurance Program, meaning the meat is 100 per cent grass fed and free of added hormones, antibiotics and GMOs.

Northern NSW Hereford breeders and Herefords Australia staff manned the barbecue stand for the three days ensuring hungry AgQuip visitors had somewhere to sit and enjoy the prime Hereford beef.

The popular stand at AgQuip offers a prime opportunity to promote the Hereford breed as a whole, with both a polled and a horned bull from Swanvale Herefords on display at this year’s site.

Money raised by the Herefords Northern NSW group during AgQuip is put towards promoting the breed throughout the region and supporting youth programs.

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According to JBS, the beef packed into the Hereford Boss brand is consistently in the top 10 per cent of all MSA graded beef in Australia, proving it is guaranteed to be some of the most tender, juicy and flavoursome beef produced in the nation.

The quality of the product served at the Herefords barbecue was noted by many customers over the three days, with more than one satisfied steak connoisseur deeming the Hereford steaks the best at AgQuip.

The bread rolls and chunky Hereford beef pies were supplied by the Latter family of Bread Basket bakery, Kurri Kurri and were met with top reviews from pie fans.

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1. The barbecue is organised and run by the Herefords Northern NSW group each year.

Image Rowan McNaught.

2. Thousands of people enjoyed Hereford steaks and pies over the three days of AgQuip.

3. Hereford Boss branded steaks were on the menu for hungry customers at AgQuip in Gunnedah.

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Fertility and pregnancy rates a winner for whiteface in WA MARKET acceptance and appreciation of temperament and doing ability is driving the continued increase in industry support of Hereford sired cattle in Western Australia over the past year.

Fertility is another attribute being praised by users of Hereford genetics, both in a beef program as well as an increase in dairy programs.

This included a recent report of a breeder putting a Hereford sire with one of another breed running with 60 females resulting in 54 Hereford calves and six from the other breed.

The renewed interest and acceptance of the breed from agents and lot feeders, having proved the performance and carcase attributes, has propelled the breed to be competitive under all production systems.

The 2019 turn off of the premium milk fed calves is getting underway.

Long-term users of Hereford genetics, Bruce and Daphne Marsh, Alexandra Bridge, report selling the first draft of 20, nine-month-old calves to Woolworths.

The consignment averaged 245kg carcase weight to sell for $5.80 kg for a return of $1421, the day after weaning.

Selection protocol is based on any calf weighing over 400 kg goes on the consignment, giving a strong dressing percentage.

Astute stockmanship ensures an even turn-off with very few not meeting market specifications.

Another long-term user of Hereford bulls is Graham Payne who has just drafted a consignment of 50 calves of similar weights and quality.

Both breeders sell to Woolworths, which has confidence in the cattle from year to year.

The black baldy is slowly being recognised as a superior animal to many crosses and gaining popularity in the West Australian industry.

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An eight-month-old Hereford calf nearing market specification on the property of Bruce and Daphne Marsh. Image Rob Francis With the state reporting a late start to the season, the Hereford calf is showing the superior finishing ability to reach market requirement by weaning.

Again, an early adoptee of the breed, Charlie Odorisio, Waroona, has set the bar high with his consignment of yearling black baldy steers to the Landmark store sale at Boyanup, when his pen of steers topped the market realising $1638.

The sudden demand for Hereford females has been outstanding, with enquiries for several hundred in recent months.

Several of the milk calf producers are finding the firstcross dairy matron is giving udder and mastitis problems while the beef or second-cross mother is equalling the turn off weights.

The Brunswick Farm Weekly Supreme bull sale, a multibreed multi-vendor sale was again topped by a Hereford bull.

This is the sixth year in succession the Yallaroo Stud has topped the fixture, selling a bull for $18,000.

Pregnancy rates reported have emphasised the breed’s fertility which is assisting the renewed interest in Herefords.

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Red Centre puts on successful show despite tough season Northern Territory Poll Hereford breeders, the Hayes family, took out the champion Hereford bull at the Alice Springs Show on July 5-6.

The bull was an entry from the 18-24-month-old class and was paraded by William Turner, Alice Springs.

Judge Rebecca Skene, Cecil Plains, Qld, praised the bull for its structural correctness. “It has plenty of natural softness and good muscle expression in the hindquarter, which is where most money comes from,� she said.

Ben and Nicole Hayes, Undoolya Station, were second in the NT bred cow and calf, and first in the interstate bred cow.

Jamie Hayes, Undoolya, paraded the champion interstate bred female (12-24 months), Keringa Vicky, with Nikita Hayes in second with Sevenbardot Colleen and Alfie Turner, Undoolya, third.

Jamie Hayes went on to exhibit the champion led NT bred steer, Old Mate, with Nicole Hayes in second with Puffer and Nikita Hayes in third with George.

Alfie Turner, Undoolya, showed the Poll Hereford bull under 18 months, while Nikita Hayes paraded the mature Poll Hereford bull, Loyal, and placed second on the open NT bred bull.

1. Alfie Turner shows his Minlacowie blood cow while Nikita Hayes shows Sevenbardot Colleen in the interstate bred class. Both females were donated to the young handlers several years ago. Images Nicole Hayes 2. Nikita Hayes, Undoolya Station, was a competitor in the led classes.

3. Young handlers compete in the poddy calf section.

4. Jamie Hayes, Undoolya Station, exhibited the led steer champion.

5. Nikita Hayes with a bull calf out of her Sevenbardot cow, competes against William Weir, 1 Amaroo Station, at the Alice Springs show.

6. William Turner, Alice Springs, Jamie Hayes, Undoolya Station, and Alfie Turner, Alice Springs.

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In the pen classes, Undoolya Station was second in the pen of two NT bred bulls, under 18 months, Steve Hayes, The Garden Station, was third in the NT bred pen of two females and won first and second in the NT bred pen of two steers (milk teeth).

Steve was also first in the NT bred pen of two steers (four tooth) and champion, winning the Centenary Cup, plus second in the NT bred pen of two steers (two tooth).

Ben and Nicole Hayes exhibited first, second and third in the mature pen of NT bred steers.

Isaac Eagleson, Undoolya, won the handler 10 years and under leading a poddy calf, Riley Eagleson, Undoolya, won the handler 11 to 18 years leading a poddy calf, and handler 12 years leading a heifer.

Lily Sabadin put in a great effort to win the fancy dress handler 12 years and under.

Due to the dry season, the decision was made not to hold the annual bull sale, resulting in no interstate entrants in the bull show classes.

The Alice Springs Show and Blue Ribbon Sale on July 4 yarded 3900 head at the Bohning yards, and topping at 322c/kg for milk-tooth steers from Lucy Creek Station.

The black baldy steers weighed 353kg and equated to $1136 a head.

The seconds from Lucy Creek, weighing 363kg, sold for $1169.

Lucy Creek also offered 37 Hereford cross, 344kg, milktooth steers, which sold for 302c/kg or $1038.

A second run of Hereford steers, 331kg, sold at 294c/kg or $973.

Overall, steers topped at 322c/kg and heifers at 225c/kg, with heavy cattle exceeding expectations by 20c/kg, according to Landmark Alice Springs NT manager Steve Gaff.

Dry conditions throughout the Red Centre meant the sale was not just restricted to milk and two-tooth cattle.

Yearling steers made 145-312c/kg while feeder steers sold from 252-322c/kg.

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A taste of station life thanks to Herd of Hope Ten teenagers from the heart of the nation’s biggest cities had a taste of station life in the Northern Territory thanks to The Herd of Hope.

Poll Hereford breeders Ben and Nicole Hayes hosted the youth on their station, Undoolya, Alice Springs, for a five day camp to experience horse riding, cattle mustering, campfires and bush life.

The Herd of Hope charity is named for 30 Poll Hereford heifers donated by the Hayes family.

In March last year The Herd of Hope were driven from South Australia to the nation’s iconic Bondi Beach to raise funds and awareness for organ donation, and services for organ donor families and transplant recipients.

Four of the 2018-drop heifers donated by the Hayes family were auctioned at the Mount Compass, SA, in June for $1870 to help fund the camp.

A 250kg steer also made $747.50, two 205kg steers sold for $615 and a 155kg steer sold for $434.

A donation of $10,000 was made by Beachport Liquid Minerals.

Children attended the camp from Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

With a complete technology ban for the duration of the camp, activities included bush cooking, looking after stock, a night of singing with 2009 Australian Idol finalist Toby Moulton, horse therapy, bush walks and learning about station life.

The children, aged between 12 and 15, took part in stargazing with Alice Springs’ Richard Williamson, who helped three children see stars that had been dedicated to their family member who had become an organ donor.

The teenagers were so enthusiastic about their experience they now want to work in agriculture with three boys wanting to be employed as stockmen right there and then.

Nicole Hayes paid tribute to the organisers for getting all the children and their parents to Alice Springs.

“They had the opportunity to experience the outback and just be kids,” she said.

“It gave them the chance to engage with someone just like themselves

who has lost someone dear to them.

“They enjoyed climbing the hills and running around in the sandy creek.

“They learnt horsemanship skills and were taught about the solar system and its stars.

“Some of the kids who have stars dedicated to their loved ones were able to see them clearly for the first time – it was a goosebump moment for us all.”

Mrs Hayes said the teenagers learnt to crack whips, throw ropes, cook and experienced sleeping in swags.

“They managed to do all of this with a technology ban and didn’t seem to even notice,” she said.

“It was funny to hear the kids telling their parents to put their phones away because they weren’t needed.

“Some of them have never been to a cattle station or touched a cow or horse before.

“Ben and I really enjoyed getting to know each of the 10 kids and hope they can look back at this experience as a wonderful part of their childhood.”

The Herd of Hope received a boost in October with the two veterinary science students, Rory Speirs and Kellie Adamson, recruited from the University of Adelaide to oversee the cow herd and act as ambassadors for the charity.

The Herd of Hope has formed a partnership with the University’s Roseworthy Campus where the cowherd will be managed.

ABOVE: The teeenagers from Herd of Hope at Undoolya Station, NT. LEFT: Some of the children had never touched a horse or cow before until the camp.

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Jamie shows his class at National Youth Expo Queensland handler Jamie Hollis continued his showring dominance with the overall champion junior judge title at the Herefords Australia National Youth Expo at Parkes in July.

Jamie, of Pittsorth, won the senior division title and earnt himself an invitation from the RASV to associate judge at the 2019 Royal Melbourne Show.

He also picked up championships in the futurity female, bred and owned, and steer divisions.

Jamie showed Binara Pedro, a 12-month-old Hereford/ Charolais cross steer owned and bred by Amanda Burcher, Binara Poll Herefords, to claim champion steer of the show.

His 12-month-old heifer, Kalara Miss Revona P24 was sashed reserve junior champion female and went on to claim the owned and bred class, picking up a $1000 credit towards the purchase of a Hereford heifer from any of the 16 studs providing loan animals to the 2019 Expo.

This class was introduced to encourage youth members to start and continue their own studs.

Other divisional junior judging winners included Brooke Doolan (peewee), Rebecca White (junior), and Charlie Pout (intermediate).

More than 100 competitors, aged six to 25, travelled to the central west NSW town with 109 head of purebred and commercial cattle to participate in the 2019 youth expo.

The event also drew a team of six young handlers from New Zealand.

The three-day schedule kicked off with an educational program on Friday with competitors taking part in a variety of lectures and activities.

Topics included pastures, animal health, tattooing and tagging, animal preparation, marketing, and a mock bull auction.

The cattle classes took place Saturday afternoon, with Jamie Hollis exhibited Binara Kalara Revona M072 to champion futurity female. Image contributed.

109 head of cattle judged by Hereford Youth alumni Brooke Rayner of Armada and Grathlyn studs, Mudgee, NSW. It was a successful day for Mawarra B with Mawarra B Perfume 01, exhibited by Katie Kerby, awarded grand champion female, and Mawarra B Power Play, exhibited

by Taylah Sykes, claiming grand champion bull.

Grand champion female Mawarra B Perfume 01 was named supreme exhibit of the show.

The futurity female class attracted five entries. To be eligible for entry in to this division, the female must have been exhibited at a previous National Youth Expo.

Kalara Miss Revona P24, exhibited by Jamie Hollis was named champion, with Cloverlee Minerva L042 awarded reserve champion.

Roselee Pretty Woman P001 was exhibited by Emilee Battiste to reserve champion bred and owned.

Zara Hadden paraded Graham Miss Titania 1 to junior champion female with Kalara Miss Revona P24 in reserve.

Gabrielle Lawson showed Binara Moonbeam P026 to reserve intermediate champion female.

Beau Blatch paraded The Ranch Tilly N037 to senior champion with Maddison Tink and Llandillo Elladee Nora N083 in reserve.

Helen Decosta paraded Cloverlee Minerva L042 to reserve champion futurity female.

In the steer division, Charlie Pout paraded purebred Leeway Domino to reserve champion.

The prestigious Most Potential Breeder competition gained record interest from competitors this year, with 22 applications received.

Greg and Del Rees, The Ranch Poll Herefords, Tomingley NSW, generously sponsored the award this year, with the donation of The Ranch Tilly P044.

Tasked with the difficult job of sorting through the applications, the Rees’ were blown away by the calibre of each and every applicant.

In the end it was 16-year-old Liesl Cooper of Bithramere NSW, rising to the top, taking home Tilly and claiming the title of 2019 Most Potential Breeder.

Three new awards/scholarships were introduced to the 2019 Youth Expo, with presentations made at the Saturday dinner function.

The first award, presented by judge Keirin Martin, Forbes, was the Jarrah Genetics Queensland Work Experience Award.

The award, sponsored by Jarrah Genetics, gives the recipient Tabby Cross, Indigo Valley, Vic, the opportunity to spend a week with Sam Becker of Jarrah, learning about his operation and experiencing the northern beef industry.

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Impressing all 13 judges, Connor led a team of 23 cattle, with mostly peewee handlers.

Connor had his team immaculately presented at all times and was always lending a helping hand whenever and wherever he could.

The organising committee will now shift their focus to planning the 2020 National Youth Expo, which will take place in Wodonga from July 9-12.

Herefords Australia Youth introduced the National Expo Travel Scholarship earlier this year.

All applicants were required to submit their proposed itinerary, including a budget of up to $5000, as well as sit an interview in Parkes.

Herefords Australia General Manager Andrew Donoghue, one of the two scholarship judges, announced Annie Pumpa as the 2019 recipient.

1 Miss Pumpa plans to travel to New Zealand to immerse herself in the industry and source new genetics for use in Australia.

The final new award presented at the awards dinner was the Jason Sutherland Encouragement Award.

The award was created after the passing of past youth member and avid Hereford supporter Jason Sutherland.

The aim of the award is to celebrate an individual that works hard and looks out for those around them.

Presenter Daryl Holder announced 19-yearold Emilee Battiste of Goulburn as the winner, awarding her with the perpetual trophy and leather show halter.

Paraders judge Andrea Falls, Finley NSW, had her work cut out for her, sifting through three classes of each age group.

In the end it was eight-year-old peewee champion parader Sam Garvin who took out 1. From left, senior champion overall grand champion parader, impressing Ms herdsman Hannah Gibb, Falls with his calm and natural ability to show off intermediate champion his animal.

Cassie Bush, junior Other divisional champions included Riley champion Will Van Gend, Weller (junior), Eleni Fogden (intermediate), peewee champion Max and Alana Wade (senior).

White and grand champion Max White was reserve champion peewee Connor Evans. parader, Emma Grey reserve in the juniors, 2. The Jarrah Cattle Company Connor Edwards reserve in the intermediate Scholarship was awarded and senior reserve went to Annie Pumpa. to Tabby Cross, Indigo The Expo concluded with the final awards Valley, Vic, pictured with presentations, and the announcement of judges Andrew Donoghue, champion herdsman.

Herefords Australia, and Competitors were evaluated throughout the Kierin Martin, Forbes, NSW. course of the Expo on several areas, including 3. The Jason Sutherland presentation of their animal and themselves, Memorial Award was industry knowledge, and their overall ability presented to Emilee and willingness to work with and assist other Battiste, Goulburn, competitors. pictured with Daryl Holder The winners of the herdsman age division and Megan Sutherland, awards were: peewee – Max White (reserve Goulburn, .

Emma Watkins) junior – William Van Gend (reserve Maddison Tink) intermediate – Cassie 4. The Travel Scholarship went to Annie Pumpa, Table Top, Bush (reserve Eleni Fogden), and senior – NSW, pictured with judges Hannah Gibb (reserve Laura Harris).

Andrew Donoghue and Intermediate competitor Connor Evans was Kierin Martin. named grand champion herdsman.

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Young breed leaders heading for New Zealand Eight young breed leaders have been selected to represent Herefords Australia at the World Hereford Conference Young Breeder Competition in New Zealand in March 2020.

The successful applicants have been split into two teams of four and will compete in a range of competitions including cattle handling, stock judging and a clipping competition.

Herefords Australia Team Red comprises Connor Evans, Annie Pumpa and Brandon Sykes, and led by Kierin Martin.

Herefords Australia Team White comprises Janet Cantwell, Helen De Costa and Alicia Trovatello, with Lachlan Woodcock as team leader.

The eight representatives will travel to New Zealand in March next year and compete against other young Hereford enthusiasts from around the world.

The event is designed to be informative, rewarding and challenging at the same time.

Competitors will get to see some of the best countryside New Zealand has to offer, while visiting great Hereford studs and experiencing Te Anau, Wanaka Agricultural Show and Queenstown, as well as some kiwi activities.

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Williamson is confident in the teams selected and their ability to do Herefords Australia proud in the WHC Young Breeders Challenge.

“We believe both teams are stacked with young breeders who possess the skills and polish that will give them a competitive edge against the other countries,” she said.

“Most of all, we hope each team member finds the entire process to be rewarding and we look forward to supporting them on their journey to NZ in 2020.”

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Future leaders simulate board environment

By Rowan McNaught Herefords Australia was represented by five future industry leaders at the Australian Registered Cattle Breeders Association Young Breed Leaders Workshop in Armidale.

The participants were Tim Reid, Sarah Day, Chloe Stewart, Catherine Coghill and Bart Bowen.

Held in October, the workshop was facilitated by Dr Michael Bradford, executive officer of the Livestock Registering Federation in South Africa.

Sessions addressed the future viability of breed societies, how to encourage greater uptake of digital technologies in registered herds, promoting generational change and more opportunities for young breeders in the registered cattle industry, and future opportunities for professional development of young breeders.

Delegates also discussed what role the Australian Registered Cattle Breeders Association (ARCBA) can play in stimulating breed societies to commit to management training and generational change for young breeders.

The group work and networking aspects of the workshop was something Bart Bowen found particularly beneficial.

“We were placed in an environment where we were required to work in groups, predominantly with other participants that we hadn’t met previously, with limited available time; to achieve certain goals and develop a consensus of opinion and then make a presentation on this basis,” Mr Bowen said.

“This was a very effective method to have us consider group dynamics, think critically and work together with people from varied backgrounds - simulating many board environments.”

have been, it makes the coming years for the red meat industry as a whole an exciting space to be involved in,” Sarah Day said.

On the second day of the workshop, delegates visited Bald Blair Angus stud in Guyra and were addressed by principal Sam White on how the stud uses the latest genetic technologies to assist with cattle selection and marketing.

Later in the day delegates heard from previous ARCBA Workshop attendee Charlie Perry, of Trent Bridge Wagyu, and Alf Collins Snr regarding his work in improving fertility through selection in tropical breeds of cattle.

Delegates also participated in information sessions on branding and marketing as well as the legal responsibilities of board members of incorporated associations.

The overarching purpose of the three-day workshop was to give young breed leaders the tools they need to be successful in the registered beef cattle industry and to enable each participant to make a valuable contribution to their breed.

Participants learned more about the role of breed societies and were able to meet fellow passionate young beef producers.

Chloe Stewart was delighted at the opportunity to attend the workshop and said it was a beneficial experience for all involved.

“Learning more about the breed societies and the roles they play was great, along with the importance of including young people to educate them as we are going to be the future leaders in the industry,” she said.

“It was great meeting and networking with likeminded people and I think it is exciting to be part of this important and evolving industry.”

Participants visited the UNE Smart Farm and listened to a presentation from Smart Farm staff on how new and emerging technologies can From left, Chloe Stewart, Tim Reid, Sarah Day, Catherine Coghill and Bart be incorporated into the Bowen at the Young Breed Leaders Workshop. Image Rowan McNaught beef cattle industry.

Continuing the technology theme of the Smart Farm, workshop participants then heard from Catriona Millen of Southern Beef Technology Services (SBTS) on the theory behind modern genomic technologies.

Michael Crowley of MLA also discussed the latest technologies for realtime objective carcase measurement.

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By Nikki Williamson

It has been a fantastic, busy second half of the year for our youth across the country.

The National Youth Expo held at Parkes in July was a huge success with over 100 competitors coming from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and six competitors from New Zealand.

This year saw the development of two new annual scholarships, offered to those competing at the 2019 National Expo.

The Jarrah Work experience scholarship was kindly donated by Sam Becker of Jarrah Cattle Company and involves one week of working with Sam and the Jarrah herd.

Congratulations to Tabby Cross for receiving this exciting opportunity.

The Committee have also come up with a travel scholarship worth up to $5000 to take the successful recipient anywhere around the world to be involved and extend their knowledge in the beef industry.

Congratulations to Annie Pumpa for receiving this excellent opportunity.

I was proud and pleased as to how the National Expo went, congratulations to all the competitors and can’t wait to see everyone in Wodonga on July 9-12, 2020.

Most recently there have been a few changes to Herefords Australia Youth seeing Katelin move on to new things and a change of positions on the National Committee.

We welcome Annie Pumpa on as president, Brandon Sykes as vice president, Alicia Trovatello as secretary, Helen De Costa as treasurer and Georgie Beighton as publicity officer.

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2. The planning of the 2020 National Youth Expo well and truly in full swing with exciting times ahead.

These slight changes haven’t stood in the way of the committee moving forward with finalising the 2020 Youth calendar ready to hit mailboxes early December.

The planning of the 2020 National Youth Expo is well and truly in full swing with exciting times ahead.

We also would like to congratulate the eight who will be representing Herefords Australia Youth at the World Hereford Conference in New Zealand in March.

Congratulations to the Red team – Kierin Martin, Brandon Sykes, Annie Pumpa and Connor Evans and White team – Lachlan Woodcock, Helen De Costa, Alicia Trovatello and Janet Cantwell.

We look forward to watching you compete against the other seven international teams.

As my first year of youth coordinator I look forward to what 2020 has in store for Herefords Australia Youth.

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Herefords Australia Youth president’s report

By Annie Pumpa As 2019 comes to a close, we reflect on the year that was. The committee and extended support should be extremely proud of the outcome of our youth proceedings for the year.

Our annual Expo held in Parkes NSW, saw over 100 incredibly enthusiastic competitors come from various parts of Australia along with our international guests from New Zealand.

This saw participants involved in many meticulous, practical, informative and industry pertinent lectures.

It included an integrated commercially focused approach to our junior judging and an exciting tour through Moxey Farms, an 8000-head working dairy for our eldest age group.

Significantly, we want to congratulate not only all of our competitors on their dedication and hard work but recognise our champions and scholarship recipients; • Grand Champion Junior Judge Jamie Hollis, Pittsworth QLD • Grand Champion Herdsperson Connor Evans, Bathurst NSW • Grand Champion Parader Sam Garvin, Orange NSW • Most Potential Breeder Donated by The Ranch – Liesl Cooper, Tamworth NSW • Travel Scholarship – Annie Pumpa, Bannockburn Vic • Queensland Jarrah Work Experience – Tabby Cross, Albury NSW • Jason Sutherland Award Emilee Battiste, Goulburn NSW.

Annie Pumpa, newly elected president for Herefords Australia Youth

Likewise, the National Youth Committee would not be able to organise an event this successful without the outstanding backing of not only everyone involved but also our unbelievable sponsors.

Particularly our major sponsors: The Cattle Shop, Studstocksales.com, Emily H Photography, Herefords Australia, Kianma Poll Herefords, Virbac, Upper Murray Seeds, Langlons Hanlon and Jarrah Genetics.

We thank you for your generosity and continued support and your commitment to supporting rural youth does not go un-noticed.

As a committee, we are dedicated to creating an expo that allows entrants to expand their knowledge, strengthen their skills and form new contacts whilst creating lifelong memories.

In 2020, we plan on evolving all facets of our youth show, making it bigger and better than any previous.

We will have more prizes, hands-on lectures and opportunities to come in 2020 making it one not to miss.

Our national youth show will be held in Wodonga, Victoria from the July 9-12, 2020.

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Industry shining lights brush up on their skills at Young Guns workshop Hybrid vigour, digital marketing platforms and making informed bull selection decisions were under the spotlight at the 2019 Herefords Australia Young Guns Conference.

The event was held in conjunction with the Herefords Australia Breed Forum in Hamilton, Vic, in June.

A total of 22 future breed leaders attended the two-day workshop featuring presentations from international speakers and the successful Meat and Livestock Australia Bred Well Fed Well workshop.

American Hereford Association executive vice president Jack Ward outlined the successes of Herefords in commercial beef herds in the US and the research trials.

James McWilliam, Kamimbla Poll Herefords, Holbrook, NSW, found the US crossbreeding research exciting.

“By taking the approach of “it’s ok to buy an Angus bull but buy a Hereford bull as well,” they have managed to bring on board some larger commercial producers and create a flow on effect proving the use of Hereford bulls as a viable, marketable option,” Mr McWilliam said.

The crossbreeding focus was also discussed by Uruguayan Hereford Association director Fernando Alfonso.

Mr Alfonso outlined the higher proportion of Hereford cattle in Uruguay and how the breed is progressing well in South America.

Participant Kate Reid, Talbalba Herefords, Millmerran, Qld, was impressed by the strong marketing and promotion of the Hereford breed in both the US and Uruguay to the commercial producer as an excellent crossbreeding option.

“I thought their heavy focus on crossbreeding was brilliant,” she said.

“You can get so much hybrid vigour from crossing two breeds, I think this is something we should promote better in Australia, both seedstock and commercial breeders and the society, rather than just focusing on the purebreds so much.”

Brett Tindall, The Land, and Angus Street, AuctionsPlus, discussed the future of marketing and livestock selling and how producers can stay relevant in an increasingly technology driven world.

Mr Tindall covered the importance of maintaining websites and ensuring they are user friendly across different platforms and devices.

This information encouraged some of the Young Guns to consider reviewing their own stud websites.

“Following Brett’s talk, I will go and check out how user friendly our website is, particularly on a phone compared to a desktop,” Ms Reid said.

“I thought this was really great advice, as everybody uses their phone for everything these days, but websites are mostly developed to be desktop friendly.”

The use of online platforms such as AuctionsPlus to market cattle is already an important tool for many producers, with this sort of technology continuing to develop and open new markets for people buying and selling livestock.

Sarah Day, Days Whiteface, Bordertown, SA, was excited by the potential these online platforms continue to offer to producers.

“Angus Street put forward some interesting points as to what is potentially coming in the future that can be used as not only a marketing strategy, but a new way to make sales and make the viewing of animals more accessible, which is exciting for the industry,” Ms Day said.

The second day of the Young Guns conference was held at David Jenkins’ Banemore Hereford stud, Penshurst, where industry consultant Dr Jason Trompf, JT AgriSource, delivered an abridged version of the MLA Bred Well Fed Well workshop.

The main take-home message of the workshop was the importance of setting a breeding objective and using BREEDPLAN as a selection tool to make more informed bull buying decisions.

Dr Trompf informed the Young Guns delegates the bull selection decisions they make today will have a much longer lasting impact than they may first think.

“One bull has approximately a 20-year impact [on the herd],” Dr Trompf said.

The workshop attendees recognised the need for a breeding objective and the use of EBVs as a selection tool as the key points on the day.

“The main take home message from the workshop was that each production system needs to ensure it has its own direction planned out and they are able to pinpoint the specific traits needed to achieve these goals,” Ms Reid said.

“Understanding the traits which drive their business is so important, including how much emphasis is needed to be placed on each.”

While the majority of the Young Guns said they already used EBVs as an important selection tool in their herds, they came away from the workshop with a more detailed understanding of how to use BREEDPLAN figures.

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Alex crowned as Queensland Youth Ambassador Alex Rankin took out the Queensland Ambassador Award at the Herefords Queensland Youth Association show at Pittsworth in July.

He went on to take out the bred and owned class with Jacaranda Corisande, a 12-month-old daughter of Tondara Clines Vendetta J303, and was reserve champion senior judge.

Lyall Nixon was presented with the Lyn Zillman award judged by Felicity Reeves, Reevesdale Poll Herefords.

Senior Most Potential Hereford Breeder was awarded to Bailey Duncan and junior Most Potential Hereford Breeder was presented to Riley Bacon.

The show drew 55 keen competitors aged from six to 25 years from across NSW and Queensland for a weekend full of educational activities and cattle competitions.

Educational sessions focused on branding, farm safety, first aid, BREEDPLAN, ring craft, halter making, photography, animal health and public speaking.

Grand champion senior judge was awarded to Chloe Jamieson while in the juniors, Kayla Duncan was awarded the grand champion sash and Taylah Doman took out reserve.

Grand champion parader was awarded to senior winner Chloe Jamieson and reserve champion went to the junior division winner Liam Langenhorst.

Champion steer was awarded to Vegas, a purebred Hereford owned and exhibited by Charleigh Tucker and champion commercial heifer was won by Blossom, a black baldy heifer exhibited by Bridie Gurner.

The bull class drew four entries, with Ownaview Storm P010 being awarded the champion sash. A Glendan Park Storm W134 son, Ownaview Storm was owned and exhibited by intermediate competitor Lachlan Bacon.

In the junior heifer division Wallan Creek Lioness took home the champion sash. Lioness was exhibited by

Felicity Roberts and donated by the Nixon family of Wallan Creek Herefords.

In the senior heifer classes, the show’s youngest competitor Connor Duthie led Callaway LK98 Ellen P009 to champion senior and grand champion heifer of the show.

Supreme champion of the show was awarded to the champion futurity female Talbalba Moonbeam M141 and her bull calf led by Bridie Shooter and Riley Bacon.

Grand champion Herdsman was awarded to Aleacea Nixon and reserve champion Herdsman was awarded to Charleigh Tucker.

Senior grand champion public speaker was awarded to Mitchel Portbury and reserve senior champion public speaker was awarded to Aleacea Nixon.

Grand champion junior public speaker was presented to Tom York, with Georgia Hobday in reserve.

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By Kim Woods Whiteface cattle are playing a key role in a paddockto-primals traceability system launched by JBS Australia’s King Island beef brand.

The traceability system will link customers with the individual farmer, positioning King Island Beef as a unique, innovative and premium brand.

With the increasing demand from customers and end-users to understand where their food has come from, JBS Southern chief operating officer Sam McConnell said the program would follow the journey from paddock to plate, connecting consumers with the beef producers.

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“It has been 12 months in the making and will be part of a larger blockchain scheme being implemented

by JBS that will enable individual primal cuts to be traced back to the producer,” Mr McConnell said.

“We are excited to implement the innovative system first at our Longford beef facility in Tasmania, where cattle supplied by our King Island producers are processed.

“As the system evolves, it will be rolled out at our Brooklyn plant in Melbourne.”

The King Island brand was originally acquired by JBS as part of the take-over of Tasman Group in 2008.

Underpinned by Meat Standards Australia, King Island Beef draws on grassfed Hereford and black baldy cattle, along with other British breeds.

Suppliers need to be registered in the Great Southern Farm Assurance program and carcase specifications include a 2 minimum marble score 1+ for the domestic market.

Whiteface cattle are also supplied to JBS brands Great Southern, Great Southern Pinnacle and Little Joe.

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Flagship restaurants on board with the King Island brand include Pure South Dining at Southbank, Melbourne; Angus + Bon, Prahan, Melbourne; Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney; Black Cow Bistro, Launceston; Astor Grill, Hobart; A Hereford Beefstouw, Adelaide; and Madil Beach Casino Resort, Darwin.

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JBS Southern’s beef sales manager Robert Ryan is pleased to see the rebrand of the King Island program come to fruition after a year of planning.

Mr Ryan said the innovation would reposition the iconic King Island Beef as a leading brand in the market, generating premiums for those along the supply chain.

“Customer preferences are changing every year and over the last five years especially it has been around this natural space of provenance and origin,” Mr Ryan said.

“Their interest in who raises the animals and where they come from is greater than ever, and one of the most common things we are asked is about the farm the product has come from.

“The King Island brand has evolved from just King Island beef to being part of the Great Southern Farm Assurance program, and we added the certified claims of grass fed, no antibiotics, hormone growth promotants or GMO feeds.”

Mr Ryan said the innovative traceability system involved external physical identification of the beef.

“It is a combination of systems we had to put in operationally around data systems – in the plant it was a big task to link all the systems together and overcome that final hurdle of tracing cuts back to carcase, then back to farm,” he said.

“Data is attached to the primal and that data is available to the end user for transfer to their venues or customers.

“Other value adders will be using that ID to also identify the packs they send out to individual stores or restaurants.”

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potential to be rolled out across any JBS plant in the future.

“This first system has been a real achievement in itself and the learnings from that will be adapted as we roll it out into other programs,” he said.

Mr De Luca said King Island Beef was a fantastic fit for a traceability system.

“Within the JBS business, it is a relatively small brand making it ideal to start a new process, and the brand itself is really all about the provenance of the island, and origin of the animal,” he said.

“As a brand, it sits within our Great Southern family of brands, which includes Great Southern Pinnacle and Hereford Boss.

“Ultimately this is a supply chain brand developed with the end user in mind and to bring the producer on the journey.

“If we can develop a brand which satisfies the needs and wants of the consumer, it adds value for all of us in the long run.

“That puts JBS in a strong position to demand a premium for our brands, and passed on to everyone in the supply chain.

“We will continue to refine and modify the program to ensure we are meeting the needs of global consumers.”

Mr De Luca said the partnership between producers and JBS was critical.

He said there was a continual loop of information on cattle performance against the program’s specifications.

“We help guide producers with a long term view to improve compliance.

JBS marketing executive Brad De Luca said the process had been complex and now guaranteed the provenance of individual cuts.

“Eighteen months ago we launched Little Joe, a Great Southern Farm Assured brand from grassfed free-range cattle with a minimum marble score of 4.

“The big challenge the industry faces is tracking each part of the carcase – there has been a huge amount of work go into this, incorporating multiple divisions and teams within our business to unlock that code,” Mr De Luca said.

“We can only do that by working with producers to create an environment where animals develop marbling that was previously unheard of in the grassfed beef sector.”

“We’ve got to make sure the system remains intact for the people further value adding our product ultimately to the consumer.”

Rob Ryan said the new traceability system had the

Mr De Luca said King Island Beef had been refined over the last three to four years to suit high-end retail and restaurant chain.

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market as it does differentiate our product from the competition,” he said.

Andrews Meat Industries general manager for food service Jacinta Geddes believes the traceability capabilities they can provide to customers will improve the engagement within the supply chain.

“This is such an important step forward for our industry – bridging the final hurdle of traceability and provenance to our end users,” Ms Geddes said.

“As a food service supplier, we are excited to be able to bring our chefs a product with these credentials and give them the opportunity to engage more fully with the whole supply chain.”

King Island Beef Wellington carved by the chef at the table during the relaunch of King Island Beef.

Among the whiteface producers supplying the brand, Peter Aldridge is impressed with the marketing and value adding of the King Island Beef product.

“Having had the opportunity to follow the chain of supply from paddock to plate, it is rewarding to supply the product that is the King Island Beef brand,” Mr Aldridge said.

Hereford and black baldy suppliers to King Island Beef need to be registered in the Great Southern Farm Assurance program.

There is a minimum marble score of 1+ for the brand in the domestic market.

The relaunch comes on the back of the success of the 100 per cent Hereford content brand, Hereford Boss.

Specifications for Hereford Boss are grass fed for life, farm assured, hormone, antibiotic and GMO free.

Mr Ryan said Hereford Boss was continuing to

draw cattle from Victoria and Tasmania despite the drought affecting NSW and Queensland.

“Numbers have been consistent since late August and we have still been able to support the brand with product every week.

“Our livestock buyers are targeting supply as it is one of our important brands, and fortunately we have three southern plants giving us geographic protection.”

Restaurants and retailers interested in being part of the King Island community, sourcing and serving King Island Beef can visit www.kibeef.com.au or call 03 9315 1299.

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By Kim Woods Whiteface cattle are supplying a new high-end “boutique” beef brand emanating out of the Murray Valley.

Called Murray Pure, the brand has been launched

by Wodonga processor McPhee Bros and is PCAS accredited and free of antibiotics, growth promotants and genetically modified organisms.

McPhee Bros general manager Matthew McPhee said the brand was soft launched in the spring with an initial domestic focus following a year of development.

Mr McPhee said the brand was primarily aimed at the food service and hospitality sector.

The target area to preferentially source cattle direct from producers is the Upper Murray.

“Our processing plant has been here for 50 years and we always focused on manufacturing meat,” Mr McPhee said.

“But, with amazing cattle on our doorstep, we made the decision to consider producing a higher grade product with a local focus.

“Prior to this, the business was 100 per cent export and doing nothing at all in the domestic market.

“This brand is our first real step into supplying meat in Australia.”

Murray Pure brand manager Darcy Bishop said the brand was synergized with the surrounding region.

“We are focusing on grassfed British bred yearling product,” Mr Bishop said.

“This product is on our doorstep and we think the name Murray Pure encapsulates the rolling hills, snow capped mountains, the pure water and the remarkable livestock.

FROM TOP Hereford cattle are grass fed and free of growth promotants and antibiotics.

A Murray Pure branded tenderloin from whiteface cattle grazed in the Upper Murray.

“The idea with this brand was to step our toe into the local market with a local product.

“The product is low food miles with the cattle on a truck for around 35 minutes, depending where they originate, transferring into eating quality.”

Mr McPhee said the long history of the business combined with expertise and strict internal procedures to ensure consistent quality set the brand apart.

“It’s not just every animal pulled off a property that makes this grade – it still has to pass a rigorous quality control system,” he said.

“We are concentrating on a grass fed product free of growth hormones or antibiotics.”

Processing for the brand began in June with plans to introduce an in-house auditable and traceable system to complement PCAS. Specifications for British bred steers and heifers are YP (young prime), 0-4 tooth, a carcase weight of 280 plus kilograms and fat class three to four (6-22mm).”

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Cattle are sourced from a 100km radius of Wodonga direct out of the paddock and are predominantly Hereford, black baldy and Angus.

Mr McPhee said the carcase specs were based on Meat Standards Australia grades.

He said lairage was critical in maintaining a low pH in the meat with short transport distances to the abattoir reducing stress and internal bruising.

Mr McPhee said regional producers were world class and already used best practice in terms of nutrition, animal health and handling.

Murray Pure was originally showcased at the Melbourne Good Food and Wine Show followed by an international debut at the global Food and Hotel Malaysia.

Preferred suppliers to the brand receive an above market premium for their cattle.

“We offer a premium grid which is competitive for these animals making our specs,” Mr McPhee said.

“The carcase weights were designed around the testing we did with consumers and what they wanted in the cuts.

“We aim for that 280kg plus carcase weight but do have a lighter range for customers.”

Mr McPhee said the grass fed certification allowed for some approved supplementary feeding during dry seasonal conditions.

“Volume wise with the drought has meant we are at 50 per cent of where we wanted to be initially,” he said.

“We are processing around 50 cattle a week for this brand but would like to get to 100 or more.

“We would like to be domestically focused but in the end we are still exporters so samples and shipments have been sent to overseas markets.

“Our overseas customers have been receptive of the story behind the brand and our region.”

Darcy Bishop has worked with Albury restaurants, The River Deck, Bistro Selle, wholesalers and exporters to ensure quality

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is maintained along the supply chain.

“We have opened our range of cuts from short ribs through to primals and tomahawks, which is new for our boning sector.”

Murray Pure can be sourced from Locky’s Countryside Meats and Arnolds Butcher, Wodonga, and is on the menu at more than 15 regional restaurants.

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The brand is supplied to food service businesses in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

Tender loin and strip loins have been well received by fine dining establishments and steakhouses in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while McPhee Bros export to over 40 countries.

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Mr Bishop said the story behind Murray Pure helped sell the product into Asia.

“They love the story of the Murray region with its on pasture up river, under sun,” he said.

“It’s all about telling the history of the product and region similar to a fine wine.

“Malaysia has been our first big win but we have also gone into Hong Kong, Thailand and resorts in the Maldives.”

The brand will eventually incorporate prime lamb and goat as a value added product rather than retail ready.

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Mr McPhee said branded goat was a product not readily seen on the Australian menu with plenty of potential for growth.

“I encourage cattle producers to contact us as we want to work directly with them to maximise their returns,” he said.

1. Murray Pure was debuted at the Melbourne Good Food and Wine Festival. Images Mark Jesser 2. Murray Pure beef tartare by Chef Ludo at The River Deck, Albury.

3. Chef Tara of Bistro Selle prepared this Murray Pure ox tail terrine.

4. Murray Prime tomahawk steaks on the grill overlooking the Murray River.

Image Darcy Bishop 5. Chef Masashi at Entier French Dining, Kuala Lumpur, with a Murray Pure ribeye.

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By Kim Woods Hereford producer Tom Nixon was caught off guard by the sheer popularity of his first foray into value adding.

Tom, of Drillham, Queensland, had planned to quietly launch a branded beef product into the market but local consumers quickly ate their way through the first batch of primal cuts and were calling for more.

Branded as Devon Court Beef after the family’s seedstock and commercial enterprise, the concept had come to fruition at the 2018 Back to the Bush Festival in Miles.

Devon Court Beef gained momentum after Miles Windsor Hotel Motel included branded eye fillet, rib fillet, rump, T-bone and sausages on their menu.

Tom said orders for whole, half and quarter carcases quickly flowed after the festival to consumers from Roma to Chinchilla, ordering through the brand’s dedicated Facebook page.

Registered steers are now processed monthly at Steve’s Country Kills, Chinchilla, and sent 1 to Chinchilla butchery Gleeson Quality Meats for portioning.

canapés and then hosted a showcase dinner in September at a local hotel.

“Devon Court is a beef and grain property covering 8400ha and has been in the Nixon family for four generations since 1910,” Tom said.

“This is very much a new era for our farm and we hope this is just the beginning.

“We have over a centuries knowledge of our land and breeding our cattle, and this is followed up with not just lifetime but generational traceability.”

Local bakery Mace’s Hot Bread produced the first gourmet chunky beef pie carrying the Devon Court firebrand on the pastry.

Tom is planning to expand the range into family sized pies.

“We are trying to be cautious as we have to make it profitable and get the processes in place before we get too courageous,” he said.

“We sold out of our first three steers in two weeks – we had feedback from singles and families who couldn’t buy a whole carcase.

“We couldn’t sell individual cuts so the best way to do it was develop four different boxes with cryovacced cuts.”

In June, Devon Court Beef were paddock to plate sponsors of the Kindy Casino Ball with a menu of beef 1. Local bakery Mace’s Hot Bread produced the first gourmet chunky beef pie carrying the Devon Court firebrand on the pastry. Photo supplied.

2. Devon Court Beef gained momentum after Miles Windsor Hotel Motel included branded eye fillet, rib fillet, rump, T-bone and sausages on their menu.

3. All product in the beef brand has been straight Hereford.

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These comprised a family box of roasts and secondary cuts, followed by a mates box, and the Bachelor and Bachelorette boxes for single households.

“The steaks are bagged as a single meal in the Bachelor and Bachelorette boxes for convenience,” Tom said.

“This trial has been successful sales wise as we sold out of every box in a week.

“We priced everything in the box at a retail level and they came out at $200-$300 per box.”

Tom said having the cattle processed locally equated to low food miles for consumers.

“We are selling our local beef to local people and using local family businesses along the supply chain,” he said.

“We called it Devon Court Beef as we are a beef producer and not just a purist but at this stage all product has been straight Hereford.

“All cattle processed have been registered so we have full traceability.

“Our beef isn’t just lifetime traceable but it has generational traceability with the pedigrees going right back to the foundation of the stud.”

The family aims for a carcase weight of 250-300kg with adequate fat cover and all steers are scanned for intramuscular fat.

There is a minimum 15-day dry-ageing period for the carcases.

“Meat eating quality is utmost as no matter how much marbling is in it, if it doesn’t taste good and it’s not tender, it doesn’t matter,” Tom said.

“At times we will offer a grassfed or multi-species pasture raised option but mostly it is a feed assisted program.

“It is not a feedlot ration but grain-assist so the flavour is not lost.”

The multi-species pastures comprise oats, clover, vetch, brassica and radish.

Tom is keen to evaluate the effect of pasture diversity on the meat flavour profile, especially temperate species not widely used in Queensland.

Previously, 90 per cent of Devon Court steers went from farm to feedlot, with five feedlots within 100km of the property.

The enterprise runs 400 Hereford, black baldy and Angus commercial breeders.

The next step is website design for online beef and merchandise sales, backed by a strong social media presence.

“If we can compliment the years the stud has been going and get that acknowledgement for both Devon Court and Hereford beef, the sky is the limit,” Tom said.

LEFT: There is a minimum 15day dry-ageing period for the carcases.

BELOW: The steaks are bagged as a single meal in the Bachelor and Bachelorette boxes for convenience.

“The flavour has definitely been one of our biggest selling points with the self-proclaimed steak connoiseurs.

“We now want to develop our packaging to maintain quality in all aspects.

“We were aiming for processing up to six steers at a time but didn’t quite understand how much demand we would get and were a little overrun.

“We may have been a little naive as to how popular it would be and we are literally getting in a rolling procession of steers.

“In our grand scheme, we want to do something once a month so we’ve got to keep on the ball to supply the demand.”

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By Rowan McNaught Genomics, meat quality, weaning and heterosis were among the vast array of industry topics covered at the 2019 Herefords Australia Breed Forum.

Held at Hamilton, Vic, in June, the forum drew more than 140 producers from across Australia to hear 14 different presentations from a world-class line up of guest speakers.

Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit principal scientist David Johnston discussed the development of new Hereford $Index values and the power of genomics in Single Step BREEDPLAN EBVs. Feed costs and net feed intake were identified in David’s presentation as important traits to measure in the development of the new $Indexes as well as mature cow weight.

AGBU director Rob Banks spoke on the state of the Hereford breed and where it is heading.

The importance of using new technology to make greater genetic progress was a focus of Dr Bank’s presentation, which reiterated the importance of using genomics to increase the accuracy of traditional EBVs as discussed by David Johnston.

The preliminary results of the Herefords Australia Black Baldy Trial were presented by University of Adelaide’s Professor Wayne Pitchford and focussed on the value of Hereford genetics in commercial crossbreeding operations.

Neogen Australasia sales and marketing manager Sarah Buttsworth introduced the new uLD genotype test being made available to Herefords Australia members for genotyping females.

The ultra-low-density test will be a lower priced option enabling producers to submit female genomic data into BREEDPLAN and increase the EBV accuracy of their entire herd.

Dining on Hereford Boss beef donated by JBS Australia, guests were entertained by a light-hearted but informative presentation by Enoch Bergman, titled “Proud to Produce Protein’’ for the evening dinner.

The presentation offered an informed response to those opposed to consuming animal-based proteins by demonstrating a range of environmental and animal welfare benefits to producing livestock animals.

Wednesday morning kicked off with the industry breakfast where Meat and Livestock Australia managing director Jason Strong discussed consumer interests and producers needing to tell their story better.

The keynote speaker for the 2019 forum was American Hereford Association executive vice president Jack Ward.

Mr Ward discussed the importance of Herefords in commercial beef herds in the USA with particular emphasis on black baldies and cross breeding.

“What we need to do is take advantage of what we’ve got and make sure every Angus cow sees a Hereford bull,” Mr Ward said.

Jason Strong and Michael Crowley, Meat and Livestock Australia, with Herefords Australia general manager Andrew Donoghue at the Herefords Australia Breed Forum at Hamilton.

He also pointed out it was important breeders were producing bulls with the right genetics for the commercial producer.

Beef consultant Phil Holmes emphasised the importance of a whiteface in a profitable beef enterprise and more broad options for making beef production more profitable including joining times and labour efficiency.

Dr Holmes identified the temperament and structural soundness of Hereford bulls as a major selling point for the breed, as Hereford bulls tend to last longer, therefore resulting in a lower dollar-per-head price per calf weaned.

Michael Crowley, MLA, delivered a presentation on the emerging technologies for measuring meat quality and how the use of automation and robotics in meat processing is leading to higher yields.

From a processor’s perspective, JBS Australia supply chain manager Mark Inglis discussed the challenges faced by red meat processors, particularly the rising costs associated with meat processing and the need for greater transparency up and down the chain.

Lachy Strohfeldt, Bell Veterinary Services, discussed the importance of weaning acclimation and the range of health benefits proper weaning can bring, particularly if cattle end up in a feedlot environment.

Enoch Bergman continued the discussion on feedlot health with particular emphasis on Bovine Respiratory Disease and vaccination.

Backgrounding cattle for at least one month prior to feedlot entry and managing co-mingling within the feedlot are two main ways to decrease the risk of BRD, according to Dr Bergman.

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Whiteface advantage in crossbreeding lifts bull demand Demand for Hereford bulls in the US is rising on calves were marginally heavier at birth, but no extra the back of growing awareness of the benefits of calving problems occurred. crossbreeding.

The Hereford-sired calves were on average 5.4kg American Hereford Association executive vice heavier at weaning and almost 6kg heavier in carcase president Jack Ward said the advantages of with a 19mm higher ribeye area. crossbreeding included fertility, longevity, health and There was a seven per cent increase in conception efficiency. rates in the crossbred heifers and the animals had a

Mr Ward was the keynote speaker at the 2019 better temperament.

Herefords Australia Breed Forum at Hamilton in June.

A similar project was conducted on Harris Ranch Since the American Hereford Association began in California and found Hereford-sired calves had promoting the benefits of heterosis, membership, higher average daily weight gains, and there was a registrations and female inventory numbers have significant advantage on dry matter intake and cost jumped. of gain.

There was some initial hesitance in the US towards An overall net return of $30 was seen in the Herefordrecognising the benefits of heterosis for several sired steers. reasons, including breed loyalty and preference for Mr Ward reported Dr Vern Pierce had developed a purebred. an economic model showing a $514 net advantage Due to this mindset there had historically been active over the life of a cow due to increased fertility, and resistance to crossbreeding by seedstock producers longevity along with the incremental advantages in and breed societies, Mr Ward said. weights, carcase results and feedlot performance He said heterosis has shown to have a large net However, Mr Ward pointed out it was important positive cumulative effect.

Hereford seedstock producers were producing the The ‘2000 Bull Project’ in the USA identified that apart right genetics for commercial operations. from Brahmans, Herefords were the most distantly Hereford genetics do have a place in the commercial related breed to all other British/European breeds cowherd, but seedstock producers must ensure they and therefore crossbreeding with a Hereford offered are focusing on economically relevant traits. the most benefits through heterosis, or hybrid vigour.

Mr Ward also said it was important for producers to The American Hereford Association has been decide their own place within the industry and to undertaking a research project similar to the Herefords understand they can’t be everything to everybody.

Australia Black Baldy Trial with 600 commercial Angus The American Hereford Association is pushing for females joined to 10 AI Hereford sires. further genetic progress within the breed and has Within the project conducted at Circle A Ranch implemented mandatory whole herd reporting for in Missouri, traits of economic importance were their breeders. measured, including calving ease, weaning weight, yearling weight, feedlot gain, feed efficiency and All American Hereford breeders must submit calving ease data and weaning weights, while all other traits fertility of the F1 females. need to be submitted on a whole herd basis, e.g.

Three Angus sires with similar breeding averages to yearling weights for the whole calf drop, not just the Hereford bulls were used for the control group. potential sale bulls.

The results of the project found the Hereford-sired “If breeders are not compliant with this system within two years, the EBVs for that herd are switched off,” Mr Ward said.

“In order to make genetic progress you have to be involved.”

As a result of the crossbreeding push and faster rates of genetic gain there has been an increase in demand and value of Hereford bulls in the US, he said.

For a more detailed version of Jack Ward’s presentation, visit www.herefordsaustralia.com.au

American Hereford Association executive vice president Jack Ward and commercial Hereford producer, Andrew Bell, Millicent, South Australia at the breed forum. Image Rowan McNaught

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1. Alvio Trovatello, Glendan Park 1 Herefords, Kyneton, Tim Hayes, Tarcombe Herefords, Ruffy, Michael Beattie, Herefords Australia breed development manager, and Andrew Green, Yarrandabbie Herefords, Barfold.

2. Alastair Day, Allendale Poll Herefords, Bordertown, Mark Wilson, Kerlson Pines Poll Herefords, Keith, and Lachy Day, Days Whiteface, Bordertown, at the breed forum. Images Rowan McNaught 3. Stan Walker, Pearsondale, and Christopher Steer, Bordertown, caught up at the breed forum.

4. Peter Guthrie, Heywood, and Linton Price enjoyed the breed forum at Hamilton.

5. Jamie Jones, University of Adelaide, caught up with Judith Pitchford, SA. 6. Tim and Jemma Reid, JTR Cattle Company, Roslyn, and Bill Lambert, Taronga Poll Herefords, Paschendale.

7. Ambrose Kenney, Herefords Australia, and James 3 McWilliam, Kanimbla Livestock, Holbrook.

8. Logan Sykes, Mawarra Genetics, Longford, Sarah Day, Bordertown, and Kate Reid, Millmerran, Qld.

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Reduced calf costs give Herefords a price advantage Longevity and lower bull costs within the Hereford 30c/kg discount on a 200kg weaner by the $80 bull. breed wipes out the “black premium” through Dr Holmes said one of the best ways to increase on reduced calf costs, according to industry consultant farm profitability is by crossbreeding and gaining Phil Holmes. the extra 10 per cent of yield through hybrid vigour.

Addressing delegates at the 2019 Herefords He has been working with six large beef production Australia Breed Forum, Dr Holmes said bull costs herds across NSW for the last 10-30 years. per calf born were lower in the Hereford breed than Within these herds all females calve in spring and other mainstream British breeds. are joined for six weeks to two per cent bulls while “There’s so much going for the Hereford breed, heifers are joined for four weeks. especially on bull costs,” he said.

“We cannot afford to calve at any other time than in “No one talks about bull cost per calf born, but it has the spring period,” Dr Holmes said. a fairly potent financial effect on the herd.

“We cannot match feed supply with feed demand “Hereford breeders have the beef world at their properly and cost effectively [if we calve at any other feet.” time].”

According to Dr Holmes’s research, Hereford bulls Restricting mating times to six weeks is crucial to have much better longevity than Angus bulls for a maintaining a highly fertile and productive herd, range of reasons. according to Dr Holmes.

He found the main cause of failure in Angus bulls Gestation length in southern cattle breeds is 283 was penis related, followed by leg/joint related days, post-partum anoestrus (the amount of time injury, feet and serving ability. before a cow will cycle again after calving) is 40 days, “In my data set, Hereford bulls last an average of with a mating time of 42 days adds up to 365 days.

4.9 matings while Angus bulls last an average of 2.4 Producers must work to this system if they want each matings,” Dr Holmes said. female to be producing one calf per year.

“That difference completely wipes out the so-called “Every day you extend mating beyond 42 days the black premium and the more money paid for Angus wider you open the back door on the herd and let bulls with that sort of breakdown rate, the black more sub fertile cows into the system.” premium becomes a farce.”

Dr Holmes has found within the six herds that limiting These statistics also have a large impact on the bull the heifer joinings to four weeks has increased the cost per calf weaned. conception rates of first calvers.

This cost is calculated by the initial cost of the bull, But, this has taken some time to achieve as they have minus the resell value (meat value) of the bull at the had to build higher genotypic fertility into the herd. end of his working life, divided by the number of For a more detailed report on the presentation by calves the bull produces in his lifetime.

Dr Phil Holmes, visit www.herefordsaustralia.com.au This is hugely important when it comes to the value of a bull’s progeny, for example; if one bull costs PICTURED ABOVE: Hereford bulls last on average $20 per calf weaned, while another costs $80 per 4.9 matings, lowering calf costs across the herd. calf weaned, that difference of $60 works out at a

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Improved maternal traits and growth rates from black baldy Better maternal traits in crossbred dams and higher used throughout the trial and bred to Angus and growth rates in crossbred progeny are the primary black baldy females. benefits of heterosis uncovered in the Herefords The sires used in the Herefords Australia trial are Australia Black Baldy Trial. high data accuracy sires with links to other progeny The trial was developed in 2014 with the first AI trials from Australia and New Zealand. matings taking place in September of that year.

The Herefords Australia Black Baldy Trial is similar Professor Wayne Pitchford, of the University of to other heterosis research projects that have been Adelaide, discussed the emerging results of the conducted in the US, including projects conducted trial with attendees of the 2019 Herefords Australia by the US Department of Ag Meat and Animal Breed Forum, held in Hamilton in June.

Research Centre (USDA MARC) in 1974 and in 1985, and the more recent Harris Ranch Heterosis Trial.

Professor Pitchford completed his PhD on the effects of heterosis in 1992 with a focus on Hereford/ While the results of these earlier trials were known Brahman cross animals and how the purebreds when the Herefords Australia trial was designed, and crossbreds performed under different pasture researchers wanted to see if there would be a quality environments. difference in Australian data.

“What I found was that under low quality pasture heterosis for growth was only 1 per cent, under medium quality pasture 13 per cent and under high quality pasture 21 per cent,” he said.

The results uncovered in the Australian trial have been similar to the historical results of other trials and the more recent results from the US, according to Professor Pitchford.

“So, what that tells me about the mechanism of heterosis is that it’s not making the animals more biologically efficient, it’s just making them have bigger appetites.”

The data from the Herefords Australia trial has shown Hereford sired calves were eight per cent heavier at birth than their purebred Angus counterparts, and four per cent heavier than the purebreds at weaning.

The Herefords Australia trial has been conducted in North Eastern Tasmania in Musselroe Bay and has followed three cohorts of animals, with the final cohort of steers being processed towards the end of 2019.

Calving ease was an area of particular interest in the trial, as Hereford bulls have traditionally been considered to have lower calving ease than Angus sires.

However, the results in the trial suggest there is little A range of Hereford and Angus bulls have been difference in calving ease between the two sire groups.

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In the mature dams there was no difference in calving ease between the Hereford and Angus bulls, and in maiden heifers with female calves there was also no difference.

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The trial also examined the differences in weaning weights of calves out of purebred and crossbred dams and found there was a further advantage to crossbreeding here.

The only group with slightly more calving difficulties The calves out of pure Angus females averaged in the trial were the heifers with male calves sired by 218kg at weaning and the calves out of black baldy Hereford bulls. dams weighed 225kg, so there was an advantage When it comes to the maternal benefits of heterosis, of 7kg of having a Hereford sired mum relative to a crossbred heifers at the time of joining were heavier, pure Angus mum, Professor Pitchford said. taller and fatter than the pure Angus heifers.

Jamie Jones also presented at the Forum and There was also a vast difference in the number of discussed the carcase composition results of the crossbred heifers that were pubertal at the time of joining when compared to the purebreds, but this Herefords Australia Black Baldy Trial, which has been the focus of her Honours project at the University of did not appear to affect conception rates.

Adelaide.

“There was no breed difference in the number of The carcase results (also adjusted for age) revealed heifers who had a calf,” Professor Pitchford said. the Hereford sired steers were heavier, had a larger “[When the heifers are] suddenly put with the bull and that’s combined with really good pasture, eye muscle area (EMA) and were fatter than Angus sired steers, however the larger (they’re joined at exactly the EMA was directly correlated right time for that spring with the weight of the crossbred flush of pasture,) there’s no steers. difference between the breeds in their calving response.”

“Hereford sired steers were four However, the maternal per cent heavier and had a four difference emerged more per cent larger EMA [at time of prominently at the time of the slaughter] but once we adjusted heifers’ second calving, with the EMA for the carcase weight more of the black baldy heifers there was no difference,” Ms having a second calf than the Jones said. pure Angus heifers.

This result was consistent with scan data in the trial and shows there is no difference in muscularity in the crossbreds, they are just bigger animals than the purebreds.

The heightened performance of the crossbred second calvers is significant as this is a big driver of overall herd fertility and therefore profitability.

ABOVE: Carcase data was collected on the final cohort of steers this year.

LEFT: The trial examined the differences in weaning weights of calves out of purebred and crossbred dams and found there was a further advantage to crossbreeding.

The biggest difference in carcase data was in the intramuscular fat (IMF), with the purebred Angus steers scoring much higher for IMF than the Hereford sired animals.

There were limited differences in overall meat quality between the purebred and crossbred steers which led to only a one percent difference in MSA grading between the purebred Angus and Hereford cross steers which can largely be attributed to the lower IMF scores of the Hereford sired animals.

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Removing stress and anxiety from weaning to promote performance He said producers should be handling weaners from The benefits of yard weaning when it comes to animal day one and even beforehand at calving, when the management and feedlot health are second to none, cattle are mustered and when cows come into the according to Dr Lachy Strohfeldt of Bell Veterinary yards for preg-testing.

Services.

The reasoning behind handling weaners on their Dr Strohfeldt addressed the Herefords Australia first day in the yards relates to the ‘performance and Breed Forum on the benefits of yard weaning when it pressure curve’, which shows lessons are learned and comes to minimising feedlot morbidity and mortality. remembered better under optimal stress conditions when the brain is most stimulated.

Elevated stress levels caused by confinement anxiety and poor handling of cattle when they enter a feedlot It is also important to ensure the cattle have a are the main cause of health issues such as Bovine positive experience in the yards as weaners as these Respiratory Disease (BRD), according to Dr Strohfeldt. experiences will shape how the cattle behave under similar situations in the future.

Yard weaning plays a crucial role in reducing stress levels caused by confinement anxiety and a fear of A field study conducted by Dr Strohfeldt with Bell Veterinary Services showed early handling also helps humans when it is done effectively.

A study completed at the University of New England with weight gain during the weaning process.

By Rowan McNaught

showed that 18 per cent of paddock weaned animals that entered the feedlot had to be pulled out due to BRD and other health issues, while seven per cent of yard trained cattle (cattle which had been through the yards but had little human contact) were pulled.

In the first year of the study cattle were kept in the yards for 10 days and handling was delayed, the results showed at the end of the weaning process the cattle had lost seven per cent of their bodyweight, which averaged -14kg per animal.

Only three per cent of cattle which had been In the second year of the study, the cattle were kept effectively yard weaned had to be pulled out. in the yards for four days with early handling which The study also showed a clear advantage to yard resulted in a five per cent increase in bodyweight weaning when it came to average daily weight gains which averaged +10kg per animal. in the feedlot.

Dr Strohfeldt encouraged producers to use a goalOne of the primary issues Dr Strohfeldt has oriented handling program directed at stopping encountered when discussing successful yard negative behaviour and promoting the positives. weaning is the vast number of ideas and theories on Lesson time with the cattle should not be a long what yard weaning entails. and drawn out process; 10-minute lessons where He believes weaning should take no longer than something positive is achieved followed by a seven days, with effective yard weaning possible in meaningful break makes optimal use of the weaners attention spans. two or three days if it is done well.

The second misconception Dr Strohfeldt has These short lessons can be repeated multiple times encountered is how long producers should wait in a day, and each time the producer should expect before handling weaners. the results to be better.

Lesson time with the cattle should not be a long and drawn out process - 10-minute lessons where something positive is achieved followed by a meaningful break makes optimal use of the weaners attention spans.

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Commercial demand maintained against drought backdrop Commercial demand for bulls with calving ease and marbling was prominent in this year’s spring onproperty sales circuit, clearing $4.2 million worth of bulls.

A total of 28 on-property sales were held in NSW and Queensland from July to September against a backdrop of diminishing feed supplies, declining breeder numbers and even completely destocked herds.

“We were overwhelmed with the support of locals and purchasers. Bulls went to NSW, Qld, Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria, with 95 per cent going to repeat buyers,” co-principal Steve Crowley said.

The season’s second top price of $25,500 was recorded at Wirruna Poll Herefords, Holbrook, NSW. Wirruna Nomad N432, sired by Monymusk Eiffel Tower, was bought by Andrew and Serena Klippel, Sugarloaf Creek Herefords, Towong, Vic.

Of the publicly available results, 718 horned and polled bulls were sold from the 1013 offered for Co-principal Ian Locke said Wirruna’s spring 2019 a clearance of 70 per cent, average of $5816 and sale was well beyond his expectations. gross of $4,176,124.

“With many parts of Australia battling extreme Leading the charge in the sales averages was drought and dwindling female numbers for many Cascade stud, Currabubula, NSW, on $7842. clients, the demand for bulls and females was The next closest sale average was $7487 achieved expected to be subdued at best,” Mr Locke said.

by the Peake family, Bowen Poll Herefords, Barraba, “Instead a good crowd turned out on the day with NSW. some 60 registered bidders, and remote bidders on Celebrating their golden anniversary, Tycolah stud, AuctionsPlus were active, buying 16 of the 60 lots.

Cobbadah, NSW, held their sale in the toughest “The noted activity of the sale was the strong drought in the stud’s history and recorded the demand for calving ease bulls. season’s top price of $26,000.

“The specialist heifer bull lots averaged $8270 – Top price bull, the 23-month-old Tycolah Quake 80 per cent of the draft were true polled bulls and N125, was snapped up by the Nixon family, Wallan marbling genetics were in high demand.”

Creek Herefords, Qld. The Bowen sale at Barraba, NSW, drew 82 registered The 23-month-old bull was sired by Wararba Park bidders from five states despite the drought.

First Class F230, weighed 966kg and had an eye CONTINUED PAGE 62 muscle scan of 130sqcm.

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Commercial demand maintained against drought backdrop cont’ Among the female sales, Wirruna cleared 10 PTIC The $22,000 sale topper was 23-month-old Bowen stud heifers to a top of $2800 and an average of Notorious N245, weighing 758kg and bought $2315, with the top price female going to Mark

by David Lyons, Melville and Melville Park Poll Wootton, Jigsaw Farms, Vic. Herefords, Vasey, Vic. The Holcombe family, Rayleigh Poll Herefords, FROM PAGE 61

The bull ranked in the top one per cent of the breed Burren Junction, NSW, offered 12 stud heifers and for intramuscular fat and the top 10 per cent for sold nine to a top of $1750 and average of $1270. birthweight, gestation length, rib and rump fat.

Greg Tyler sold stud and commercial heifers at his The season’s largest catalogue of 143 bulls was second annual Hillview stud sale at Tyringham on offered by Ironbark Herefords, Barraba, NSW, with June 28.

70 sold under the hammer for an average of $6200.

Six from eight stud heifers sold to a top of $1750 to The top price bull at $22,000 was 24-month- average $1350 and four out of five commercial pens old Ironbark Daybreak N245, bought by long- topped at $840 and averaged $720. time clients Noel and Liz Cook, Kindon Station, Dalkeith Herefords, Cassilis, held a forced drought Goondiwindi, Qld. stud reduction of 36 commercial cows and calves, A yearling bull topped the 26th annual Mountain 88 pregnancy tested in calf commercial heifers, 48 Valley sale on $18,000 for the Durkin family. stud cows and calves, and 20 stud PTIC heifers.

The 16-month-old Injemira Anzac H006 son was Two stud cows and calves sold to a top of $3250, purchased by Deloraine Rural, Morven, Qld. unjoined mixed age cows with calves to $2800, and Cascade stud, Currabubula, NSW, equalled the PTIC heifers to a top of $1500. $18,000 price tag at their on-property sale on July Kanimbla Poll Herefords, Holbrook, sold 12 from 15 17 when 56 registered bidders from four states unjoined heifers to top at $8000 and average $2750. competed on the catalogue.

The 10th annual Hunter Valley Stud Hereford Female The top price bull was 17-month-old Cascade sale was conducted by Bowe & Lidbury at Maitland Anzac P004, a son of Injemira Anzac H006, bought

by Bill and Kathy Lambert, Taronga Poll Herefords, Saleyards on November 2.

Paschendale, Vic.

On offer were 23 lots of unjoined females, PTIC The Hollis family’s stud Lotus drew interest from females and three-in-one units.

Victoria to Queensland with the top price bull at Vendors included Ivy Bank, Mondeo, Melmeth, $17,000, Lotus Not Negotiable N136, selling to Moorine, PMH, Riverwood, Santarna, Shultz and Glendan Park Herefords, Kyneton, Vic. Telegherry.

The two-year-old bull weighed 1006kg and had an Agent Rodney McDonald said 21 lots were sold from eye muscle scan of 142sqcm and intramuscular fat the 23 offered with all cattle staying in the local area. of 6.2 per cent “It was a good offering of stud cattle in forward store Grant and Kylie Kneipp, Battalion Herefords, condition and there was some good buying at the held their first sale on July 8 at the Glen Innes same time,” Mr McDonald said. showgrounds with their top price bull, Battalion Bomber N031 selling to Newcomen Herefords, “Top price in the cows and calves was lot 12, Mondeo Viola N006, selling for $3050 while Ivy Bank had a Ensay, Vic, for $12,000. couple of good sales with their heifers and calves in Bomber had semen collected for export to Haven store condition, making up to $2400.

Herefords, UK, Allowdale Herefords, Ireland, and “Cows in calf sold up to $1500 while 10 to 18-monthGlacier Herefords, New Zealand. old heifers sold for $1100-$1900.

“It was a great crowd, clearance and average for our first sale despite the extended drought conditions “The top price heifer was lot 16, Santarna Lass, for experienced by many,” Mr Kneipp said. $1900.”

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Spring on-property bull sales for 2019 OFFERED SOLD

TOP

AVE

AMOS-VALE

22

18

$15,000

$5916

BATTALION

14

11

$12,000

$5545

BOWEN

40

39

$22,000

$7487

CASCADE

23

23

$18,000

$7842

CURRACABARK

20

17

$11,000

$6118

DALKEITH

30

20

$15,000

$5300

DEVON COURT

29

18

$11,000

$6850

ELITE

32

21

$14,000

$5210

FRANCO & PARSON HILL

27

20

$15,500

$5647

GLENWARRAH

27

15

$7000

$4700

GUNYAH

16

11

$5000

$4500

HILLVIEW

26

10

$3000

$3000

IRONBARK

143

70

$22,000

$6200

JARRAH

56

47

$7000

$4468

KANIMBLA

32

19

$6500

$4553

KIDMAN

32

15

$14,000

$5333

LAMBERT

21

17

$10,000

$4882

LOTUS

37

23

$17,000

$6173

MERAWAH & TENARU

41

38

$10,000

$5450

MOUNTAIN VALLEY

37

35

$18,000

$5457

RAYLEIGH

26

22

$12,000

$5363

REMOLEA

37

26

$9500

$4960

ROMA

32

14

$4000

$4000

TALBALBA

46

37

$17,500

$6595

TYCOLAH & THE COTTAGE

51

33

$26,000

$6200

WALLAN CREEK

35

24

$20,000

$6021

WIRRUNA

60

55

$25,500

$6909

YALGOO

36

20

$14,000

$6050

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Buyers chasing muscle and marbling pay to $14,000 at Glen Innes Impressive raw data resulted in Supple Naked making the top price of $14,000 at the 2019 Glen Innes Hereford Bull sale.

The 74th annual multi-vendor sale was held at the Glen Innes saleyards on July 26 drawing 116 registered stud and commercial bidders from four states.

A total of 33 bulls sold under the hammer from the 82 offered to gross $161,500 and average $4894.

Two from three female lots sold for an average of $1500.

Bluey Commins, Nunniong Herefords, Ensay, Vic, paid the top price of the sale for the 25-monthold son of Sugarloaf Kingmaker K135 from vendors Ben and Leanne Rumbel, Supple Whiteface, Guyra.

Mr Commins liked the bull’s length, width, skin and structural correctness.

It was the first horned bull he had bought at the sale in 30 years.

Supple Naked had taken out the senior bull class under judge Ben Davies and scanned with a raw eye muscle area of 140sqcm, rib fat of 12mm, rump fat of 18mm and a scrotal circumference of 40cm.

Second top price of the sale was $13,500 paid for Kylandee Narrabri by Chris Lisle, Tummel Herefords, Walcha, from vendors Phil and Brad Thomas, Kylandee Herefords, Inverell, NSW. Sired by Thornleigh 325 Hullabulloo H325, Narrabri weighed 1130kg, and had a raw eye muscle area of 132sqcm, and a scrotal circumference of 45cm.

Mr Lisle was impressed with the bull’s eye muscle and intramuscular fat.

Volume buyer of the day was Stuart Larsson, Mara Seeds, Mallanganee, with four bulls to average $5375 and a top of $8000.

Mr Larsson bought the 1020kg grand champion bull and “yardsmen’s pick”, Kylandee Nerong, sired by Courallie J F051 Jackhammer, for $8000.

He described the bull as tidy and moderate framed, and will use him over Brahman cows to produce vealers for the Asian organic market.

In the show classes, the Hann family, Courallie J Herefords, won the pen of three junior bulls and champion pen of three, while Tahlan won the pen of three senior bulls and Valley View No Way won

The second top priced bull was Kylandee Narrabri purchased by Chris Lisle, Tummel Herefords, Walcha (right)

the intermediate bull.

Supple Whiteface won the champion pen of six and was declared the most successful exhibitor.

Andrew Meara, Elders, attributed the low clearance to the ongoing drought and lack of cow numbers.

“Overall, onwards and upwards from here, hopefully by the time we roll around again for next year, we’ve had a change in the season and we get a few females back in the system, and it’ll be all business as usual again,” Mr Meara said.

Glen Innes sale committee chairman Angus Vivers said vendors were realistic in the light of the season.

“The vendors have got an attitude that we’ve just got to pick ourselves up and keep going. Everybody else is in the same boat,” he said.

Mr Vivers thanked the sale committee for their hard work and also the buyers who supported the fixture.

The Glen Innes Hereford Bull Sale is set to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2020 with scanning and judging on July 23 and the sale on July 24.

Supple Naked with vendors Ben and Leanne Rumbel, Supple Whiteface, Guyra, with Ashley Estcourt, Vic, Elders agent Andrew Meara and Bluey Commins, Ensay, Vic. Images Rowan McNaught

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Drought breaks at Ekka for Devon Court A cracking son of Devon Court Advance K126 powered his way through the line-up to take out grand champion Hereford bull at the 2019 Royal Queensland Show.

It was a long time between drinks for the Devon Court stud, last taking out the broadribbon in 1977 but the drought broke this year for principal Tom Nixon with Devon Court Advance N142.

The bull weighed 1060kg and scanned with an eye muscle of 136sqcm, rump fat of 18mm and rib fat depth of 11mm.

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1. The senior and grand champion female, Binara Kalara Revona M072, and her heifer calf paraded

by Jamie Hollis and Mikalaya Passmore. Images contributed.

2. Devon Court Advance N142 was sashed as grand champion bull at the Royal Queensland Show.

3. Junior champion bull was Devon Court Jubilant P190.

4. Mikalaya Passmore exhibited the junior champion female, Kalara Miss Revona P24 and is pictured with Hilary O’Leary, Remolea, Clifton, Qld.

Mr Spencer described his grand champion as having a great top line, butt shape and mobility.

Devon Court also claimed reserve senior champion with Devon Court Nash N138 and junior champion bull with Devon Court Jubilant P190, champion pair of bulls and breeder’s group.

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Richard Ogilvie and Sons, TeAngie stud, Wongwibinda, won the progeny stakes group.

Te-Angie exhibited the junior champion bull for the second year in a row with 12-month-old Te-Angie Prospector P149 by Wyregall Goldminer G83.

Jamie Hollis and Mikayla Passmore, Kalara Livestock, Pittsworth, partnered with Amanda Burcher, Binara, to exhibit the senior and grand champion female Binara Kalara Revona M072.

Sired by TwentyTwelve 190Z (IMP CAN), the threeyear-old Revona went on to stand top four in the interbreed.

She was shown with a February-drop heifer calf, Binara Revona Q001, sired by Yavenvale Lieutenant L076.

Kalara Miss Revona P24 emerged from the 12-14 months heifer class to win the junior champion female for Kalara Livestock.

Sired by Kalara Jackaroo J62, the July 2018 drop heifer was out of Kalara Binara Lady Revona J01.

4 The 14-month-old Kianma Matchless P009 exhibited by Kianma Poll Herefords, Forbes, was the reserve junior champion female, while reserve senior champion female went to the rising two-yearold polled female Wararba Park Flo N263 exhibited

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Strong cow families make clean sweep of Adelaide Royal It was back-to-back success for South Australian stud Kerlson Pines at the 2019 Royal Adelaide Show, bagging all the major broadribbons.

Mark and Anita Wilson, Keith, exhibited the junior and grand champion bull, Kerlson Pines Mcgrath P037, sired by the $40,000 Allendale Gambler L143.

Mcgrath weighed 762kg at 15 months and scanned with an eye muscle area of 120 sqcm, 13mm on the rump and 9mm of rib fat.

Judge Trent Johnstone, Lyndhurst, NSW, was impressed the bull’s maturity pattern, softness, doing ability and structural correctness.

Senior and grand champion female was Kerlson Pines Last Day L24, a four-year-old cow with a five-monthold bull calf.

Last Day was sired by Allendale Anzac H181 and out of Kerlson Pines Last Day F115, the grand champion

female at Adelaide in 2017.

Mr Johnstone was impressed by the cow’s structure, outlook and milking ability.

Kerlson Pines Last Day P124 was sashed as the junior champion female, and was another daughter of Kerlson Pines Last Day F115.

The heifer was one of the first progeny by a new sire at Kerlson Pines, Mawarra Ohio L416, purchased in partnership with Oakdowns stud, Bordertown, for $36,000 in 2017.

The heifer was the youngest female on show and Mr Johnstone paid tribute to the strong female lines coming out of Kerlson Pines.

The stud went on to win the pair of bulls under 20 months, bull and female under 20 months, the breeder’s group and was declared the most successful Hereford exhibitor for the third consecutive year.

1 1. Romy Morrin, Wetherbys Scientific, sashes the grand champion female, Kerlson Pines Last Day L24, with handlers Holly and Mark Wilson.

2. Landmark Strathalbyn’s Jack Guy sashes the grand champion bull, paraded by Travis Wilson, and with judge Trent Johnstone.

3. Senior champion female Kerlson Pines Last Day L24 led by Mark and Holly Wilson.

4. Junior champion female Kerlson Pines Last Day P124 paraded by Travis Wilson.

5. Junior champion Kerlson Pines Magrath P037 led

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Impressive young sire takes supreme exhibit at Melbourne A young sire ticking the boxes for carcase and structural correctness was sashed as the supreme exhibit in the Hereford ring at the 2019 Royal Melbourne Show.

Tondara Mason P037, sired by CHAC Mason, was exhibited by Tom and Sophie Holt, Tondara Herefords, Urana, NSW, and Jordan Alexander, Bowral, NSW to junior and grand champion bull, and supreme exhibit.

Judge Jasmin Green, Uranquinty, NSW, was impressed with the 622kg 13-month-old bull paraded by Cassie Bush, Cootamundra, NSW. Tondara Mason scanned with an eye muscle area of 88sqcm and rump and rib fat of 9mm.

Mason was a calf on Kanimbla Harmony when she won supreme exhibit at the 2019 Sydney Royal and 2018 Royal Melbourne Show.

The Tondara success continued in the bull classes with Tondara Mr H N304, a son of Kanimbla Power Play J066 and out of a cow sired by SLDK Vendetta, sashed as senior champion.

Tondara Mr H was junior champion bull at the 2018 Royal Melbourne Show.

He tipped the scales at 1175kg, had an eye muscle area of 125sqcm and rump and rib fat of 15mm.

Andrew Manson, Wanrua Herefords, Maffra, Vic, exhibited the reserve junior champion bull, Wanrua Angus, a 2018-drop bull by Wanrua Lionheart.

The reserve champion senior bull was Grangeview Park Mascot shown by Rod Bowles, Grangeview Park Poll Herefords, Axe Creek, Vic.

Mascot was the 2018 senior and grand champion bull at Melbourne and is a son of the 2015 grand champion Wagga Caesar.

1 In the female classes, Tondara Magdalena P171 was awarded junior champion with Tondara Last Day 202 in reserve.

A daughter of CHAC Mason 2214, Tondara Ave Maria N045 was senior and grand champion female while Tondara Zena 1, shown by Thomas Holt, was reserve senior female.

Ave Maria shared the same dam as the junior champion in Tondara Magdalena, and they are both out of the SLDK Vendetta sired cow, Cannawigra Gigi J75 bought at the Cannawigra dispersal.

She was shown with her August-drop bull calf, Tondara Alejandro Q032, sired by SHF Rib Eye M326.

Magdalena is by Ironbark Frontline L074.

Tondara went on to win best three head bred and owned by the exhibitor, sire’s progeny (group by CHAC Mason 2214), pair of bulls under 20 months, best two females under 20 months and most successful exhibitor.

In the paraders heats, Hayley Kernagahn, Finley High School, placed second in the 12 years and under with a purebred steer sired by Glentrevor Spark and bred

by Jack and Maree Doyle.

1. Cassie Bush, Cootamundra, parades the junior and grand champion bull Tondara Mason P037.

2. Andrew Cloke, right, holds the Sir Kenneth and Lady Luke Memorial Trophy for the grand champion bull Tondara Mason with presenter Arthur Angliss, exhibitor Thomas Holt, Urana, and on the halter is Cassie Bush, Cootamundra.

3. Senior champion cow Tondara Ave Maria and her 4 bull calf Tondara Alejandro.

Arthur Angliss, Romsey, presents the sash to Thomas Holt, Tondara.

4. Senior champion bull Tondara Mr H N304. Images

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2019 Perth Royal Show results HEREFORD AND POLL HEREFORD Junior champion female – Eskdale Mary Y2 P21 exhibited by John and Robyn Lynn, Eskdale Poll Hereford stud, Cunderdin.

Senior champion female – Eskdale Moonshine D26 H7 exhibited by Denise Warner, Paragon stud, Waroona.

Grand champion female – Eskdale Moonshine D26 H7 Junior champion bull – Eskdale Prophet Y2 P13 exhibited by J & R Lynn.

Grand champion bull – Eskdale Prophet Y2 P13 Supreme exhibit – Eskdale Prophet Y2 P13 Breeders Pair – J & R Lynn Breeders group of three – J & R Lynn MINIATURE HEREFORD Junior champion female – Paragon Lady Peppa exhibited by Denise Warner Senior and grand champion female – Paragon Lady Jessica, Denise Warner Junior champion bull – Paragon Lord Pickles, Denise Warner Senior and grand champion bull – Paragon Lord Liam, Denise Warner Pair of females – Denise Warner Breeders group of three – Denise Warner

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Super Sire used to boost crossbreeding operation

By Rowan McNaught Hereford bulls are achieving great results for the Marks family of Winvic, in the Kilcummin district north of Clermont.

Darren and Alice Marks, along with their daughter Olivia, run a Braford breeding herd of 1200 females over 10,073 ha.

The Winvic property was originally drawn by Darren’s grandparents in 1957 at which time Herefords were the primary breed on the property before the switch to Brafords.

Darren and Alice began using Hereford bulls once again over their Braford females in 2012 and say they have been impressed with the results.

The Marks generally purchase their Hereford bulls through the Roma Poll Hereford Bull Sale and are pleased with the quality of the sires that come through the sale.

“We like buying [at Roma] as the breeders all collect EBV data, and they offer quality bulls at affordable rates,” Alice said.

“We also breed our own composite bulls from our Roma Poll Hereford sires, which go back into our herd.

“We’d have close to 15 pure Hereford sires, and an equal number of composites.”

However, the most recent Hereford bull purchase for the Marks came from the Devon Court sale this year where they purchased Devon Court Jubilant N174.

Devon Court Jubilant N174 is sired by the impressive Minlacowie Jubilant J123, who was champion

interbreed bull at the 2016 Sydney Royal Show and sold for the record price of $95,000 to Devon Court at the 2016 Wodonga National Show and Sale.

Devon Court Jubilant is now being used over the Marks’ registered Braford heifers and their best commercial heifers.

The Marks family are aiming to breed polled whiteface cattle with good weight for age and good intramuscular fat (IMF).

To help with this goal, the family has begun using a Herefords Australia Super Sire in their AI program.

The Super Sire in use, Wirruna Matty M228, is ranked in the top 1 per cent of the Hereford breed for six EBVs/indexes, including IMF and carcase weight, and is in the top 10 per cent for 16 EBVs/indexes.

The docile Hereford temperament is another big advantage in their production system according to Alice.

“It’s amazing how docile [the Hereford bulls] are, and that breeds on. Their progeny wean easily and gain weight rapidly after weaning.”

The Hereford cattle are running well in the northern country and the Marks’ have found the Herefords to be more tolerant of ticks than other British breeds being used in the area.

“There’s a lot of interest in Herefords up north at the moment. People are liking the whiteface again,” Alice said.

LEFT: Olivia Marks (daughter of Alice and Darren) with Hereford cross weaners onproperty at Winvic.

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Whiteface restocker cattle satisfy nation’s store markets Whiteface weaner steers topped the nation’s store markets at 393c/kg while bullocks soared to $2161 and purebred cows with calves made to $2030.

The demand for all categories of Herefords in the past six months played out against a deepening drought and destocking in NSW and Queensland, balanced by southern buyers seeking restocker cattle.

Grown unjoined heifers and cast-for-age cows made to a top of $1779, while weaner heifers sold to 339c/ kg, grown steers topped at $1638 and grain fed steers fetched to $1912 in northern markets.

In southern store markets at Wodonga, Kevin Mitchell, Cobar, mirrored the massive destocking program, offering almost 150 Herefords including PTIC heifers, 508kg, and making $1100.

Mike and Shirley Trewin, Bungil, sold Hereford steers, 382kg, for $1300 or 340c/kg while among the top of the weaners was Jeanette McCormack, Bullioh, with purebred steers weighing 345kg and selling for $1185 or 343c/kg to an Upper Murray steer finisher.

In the grown, heavy steers, N and L Scriven, Lurg, sold two-year-olds weighing 504kg for $1400 or 277c/kg.

Michael Nott, Gulgong, had yearling Hereford steers in the same market, weighing 313kg and making $1090, and B and N Teek, Tallangatta, sold Wirruna blood steers, EU accredited and 324kg, for $1100 or 339c/kg.

Among the top prices at Wodonga were D and M Robinson, Finley, with purebred steers, 315kg to $1125 or 357c/kg. Steers weighing 333kg returned 300c/kg for John and Robyn Scales, Dartmouth.

Commission buyer Peter Touhey paid the top price at Wodonga for heavy steers, 475kg, of $1470 from Ravensdale Rural Holdings, Holbrook.

Brewarrina Holdings, Narrandera, NSW, yarded their entire drop of 154 heifers and steers at the Yea store sale. Their top pen of steers, 289kg, Wandong blood, sold for 296c/kg.

Claredale Poll Herefords, Elong Elong, NSW, sold into the same market, offering Wirruna blood, August 2018-drop heifers and steers. A pen of 299kg steers made $930 or 311c/kg.

Glen Goulburn Poll Herefords, Epping, sold cows and calves at Yea for $2030 and the seconds for $2010.

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Charlewood Nominees also chose Yea for a complete dispersal of their Woodstock Poll Hereford cows and calves.

The mixed age cows were redepastured to Wirruna and Glen Goulburn bulls, and topped at $2030, with the seconds making $1940. Their PTIC heifers, 548kg sold for $1500.

SEJ sold Hereford steers, 20-22 months, 440kg, for 331c/kg or $1450 for Willow Grove Farms at Pakenham. The seconds weighing 405kg finished at 343c/kg or $1390.

North to Wangaratta and J and C McKenzie topped the market with purebred steers weighing 392kg and settling at $1350 or 344c/kg.

Across to Hamilton and Neild Contracting sold 366kg steers to top the Herefords on 313c/kg. Scott and Lara Herrmann, Hamilton, sold weaner steers, 333kg, for 305c/kg.

Topping the unjoined heifers at Mount Gambier was Hereford crosses from Aminac Solutions, 15 to 16-months-old and 415kg, making $1250 to Thomas Foods International.

At Naracoorte, C and J Paltridge, Lucindale, sold Days Whiteface blood Poll Hereford steers weighing 420kg for $1205 while a feature of the yarding was 205 MarchApril 2018-drop EU calves, Wirruna and Yavenvale blood, from John and Jenni Randell, Andran Pty Ltd, Stewart Range.

The majority of the steers were knocked down to Ramsden Ag, Binnum, for up to $645 or 330c/kg.

The 97 heifers weighing 170-217kg sold to $540 and averaged $452.

But, MacLachlan Proprietors, Pewsey Vale, Mount Pleasant, had the sale’s top heifer price a kilogram pen with 2018-drop Herefords and black baldies, 314kg, at 287c/kg.

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In Western Australian markets, a draft of Yallaroo blood Hereford cross steers weighing 589kg topped Boyanup at $1638 or 278c/kg for V and M Wright, Donnybrook.

M and J Brooker, Newdgate, sold Poll Hereford yearling steers, 469kg, for 260c/kg or $1220, yearling heifers, 433kg, for $1047 and heavy cows, 708kg, for $1613. In the same market, yearling steers weighing 550kg made 250c/kg or $1375 for GB Reid.

Into NSW, Michael Hall Livestock and Property sold 595kg heifers on behalf of S and A Craig, Taralga, for 288c/kg or $1714 at SELX while Landmark sold 659kg cows on behalf of HE Hearne for 270c/kg or $1779.

SJ Harding, Yass, sold 648kg Hereford cows at SELX for 261c/kg or $1693, and C and J Dooley, Roslyn, returned $1993 or 248c/kg for extra heavy 804kg Hereford cross steers.

Ray White Livestock lit up SELX with a pen of Hereford bullocks, weighing 665kg, and returning 325c/kg or a whopping $2161.

Heading north to Queensland, Yorkaringa Farming Trust, Yorkaringa, Wallumbilla sold 100-day grain fed Hereford steers to 277c/kg, reaching a top of $1912 to average $1702 at Roma, while Steve Stevenson, Kilcoy, topped the Woodford market with Hereford cross cows for $1490.

Poll Hereford cross steers, 12 to 13 months, from Ross, Tasmania, topped the heavy steers online at 316c/kg while 302kg steers from Meander, Tasmania, commanded a whopping 393c/kg online.

A draft of 144 Poll Hereford cross steers, 9-10 months and weighing 232kg, from Triabunna, Tas, topped the restocker steers on 378c/kg.

Tasmania was again in the news with Poll Hereford heifers weighing 212kg and fetching 339c/kg.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Meet our team for 2020. For the benefit of the membership, included are details for the Herefords Australia board directors.

Bill Kee

CHAIRMAN Phone: 03 5182 6111 Mobile: 0407 825 555 Email:

bkee@herefordsaustralia.com.au

Geoff Birchnell

VICE CHAIRMAN AND MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Mobile: 0412 425 949 Email: gbirchnell@herefordsaustralia.com.au

Trish Worth

DIRECTOR Mobile: 0417 812 175 Email: tworth@herefordsaustralia.com.au

Tony Haggarty

Pat Pearce

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CHAIRMAN FINANCE, AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE Mobile: 0418 878 428 Email:

DIRECTOR Phone: 02 6928 4180 Mobile: 0437 465 114 Email:

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Regional Breed Development Groups – contact information Southern NSW Hereford Youth Group Helen De Costa, president Central Tablelands Herefords Association 28 Taber St Uranqunity NSW 2652 Paul Hancock, Secretary T: 0448 353 764 “Whim Park’’ E: hdecosta@bigpond.com 66 Kings Plain Road Blayney NSW 2799 Queensland T: 02 6368 2140 M: 0418 639 597 Herefords Queensland Association Inc E: whimpark@bigpond.com.au Amanda Burcher, Secretary Hunter Valley Herefords Association “Binara’’ Carolyn McDonald, secretary Goondiwindi Qld 4390 893 Hinton Rd T: 07 4676 1183 Nelsons Plains NSW 2324 M: 0427 132 188 T: 02 4987 3405 E: binaraburcher@bigpond.com M: 0427 293 015 Herefords Queensland Youth Association E: mondeo.p.h@bigpond.com.au Aleacea Nixon, secretary Herefords Australia Northern NSW “Colville Park’’ Association Dulacca Qld 4425 Tammy Kimmince, secretary M: 0473 404 216 “Redbank” E: mouse18.aln@outlook.com Mt Russell Rd Victoria Little Plain NSW 2360 T: 02 6723 2902 Victorian Herefords Youth Group M: 0429 919 031 Elle Woodgate, secretary E: kimo2@bigpond.com 1 Armstrong Street Herefords Australia Northern NSW Youth Buchan Vic 3885 Sophie Cooper, secretary M: 0428 192 229 M: 0407 805 682 E: victorianherefordyouthgroup@outlook.

E: sophiej.cooper98@gmail.com com Sydney Regional Herefords Breeders North East Victorian Herefords Group Group Ferruccio Tonini, secretary Ellen Hussein, Secretary 321 Moyhu/Glenrowan Rd 2 Eskdale Close, Glenrowan Vic 3675 Narellan Vale NSW 2567 T: 03 5766 2417 M: 0411 089 578 E: glenpoll@internode.on.net E: ellenhussein@gmail.com Herefords Gippsland Western Regional Herefords Association Lauren Hill, secretary Brooke Rayner, Secretary M: 0427 750 250 “Grathlyn’’ E: lauren@karoondapark.com Hill End Road Corrangamite Hereford Breeders Group Inc Via Mudgee NSW 2850 Margaret Allen, secretary T: 02 6373 8677 PO Box 105 E: grathlyn@gmail.com Mortlake Vic 3272 Southern NSW Hereford Breeders Group Northern Herefords Group Inc Brittany Sykes, secretary Emilie Lyons, secretary PO Box 435 C/- 17 Emily St Cootamundra NSW 2590 Seymour, VIC 3660 M: 0408 734 696 M: 0404 956 038 E: brittanysykes@outlook.com.au E: emilielyons@hotmail.com

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South Australia Herefords SA Tessa Dawes, secretary PO Box 108 Goodwood SA 5034 T: 08 8210 5299 E: tdawes@adelaideshowground.com.au Herefords SA Southern Tyson Smith, secretary PO Box 85 Rendelsham SA 5280 M: 0400 654 259 E: tysonsmith_21@hotmail.com

Western Australia Western Australia Herefords Association Sandra Woods, secretary 1791 Westdale Rd Beverley WA 6304 T: 08 9647 2029 M: 0439 964 720 E: terraneil@wn.com.au

Tasmania Tasmanian Performance Herefords Judy Fry, Secretary 206 Plummers Rd South Forest TAS 7330 T: 03 6458 3364 M: 0418 319 689 E: jamena1@bigpond.com

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Akubra

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Hylands

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Rostulla

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Anipro

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Ironbark

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Stanford

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Bahreenah

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Kanimbla

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Tarcombe

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Banemore

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Karoonda

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Tarwin

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Beggan Hill

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Landmark

24

Te-Angie

41

Bowen Downs

80

Leeway

81

The Ranch

80

Burrawang

81

Lotus

27

Tummel

57

Dubbo National Show and Sale

57

Mawarra

11

Upper Murray Seeds

69

Eastern Spreaders

77

Melville and Melville Park

31

Warragundi

39

Elite

76

Neogen

67

Warwick Court

80

Enduro Tags

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Newcomen

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Wirruna

21

Nunniong

63

Pacific Seeds

55

Wodonga National Show and Sale

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Quamby Plains

76

World Hereford Conference

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Queensland Machinery Agency

WRL

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Glendan Park

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Glen Goulburn

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Glen Innes Show and Sale

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Glenellerslie

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Yavenvale

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Calendar of events 2020 Visit www.herefordsaustralia.com.au for an updated listing of events JANUARY

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2020 Herefords Northern NSW Youth Camp

Inverell, NSW

29

Sugarloaf Creek Beef Week open day

Towong, Vic

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Kanimbla Beef Week open day

Holbrook, NSW

Glenellerslie Beef Week open day

Adelong, NSW Book Book, NSW

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Sydney, NSW

1

Stanford bull and female sale

Bathurst, NSW

Guildford 46th annual bull sale

Ouse, Tas

MAY

Kirraweena/Glenholme Beef Week open Cootamundra, day NSW

5

Rosstulla Beef Week open day

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Tarcombe Beef Week open day Warringa Beef Week open day

Mawarra Genetics Beef Week open day Newcomen Beef Week open day

FEBRUARY

Beechworth, Vic Ruffy, Vic

Sarsfield, Vic

Longford, Vic Ruffy, Vic

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Tarwin Beef Week Open day

Meeniyan, Vic

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Glendan Park Beef Week open day

Kyneton, Vic

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1415 19 24 24 25 25 26 28 28

Andtravern Beef Week field day Wilkah Beef Week open day

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Herefords Australia National Show and Sale Cootamundra Junior Hereford Show

JUNE

Hill View Herefords annual bull sale

Tyringham, NSW

Herefords Queensland Youth Show,

Pittsworth Qld

Battalion & Cara Park 2nd annual bull sale

Glen Innes, NSW

Herefords Australia National Youth Expo

Wodonga, Vic Burren Junction, NSW

JULY 35 6

Adelong, NSW

13

Remolea annual bull sale

Gundagai Hereford feature show

Gundagai, NSW

15

Cascade Poll Hereford bull sale

Yavenvale Herefords annual bull sale

Adelong, NSW

16

Bowen annual bull sale

17

Tycolah annual bull sale

18

Mountain Valley annual bull sale

21

Tummel Herefords annual sale

Days/Allendale annual bull sale Sugarloaf Creek Bull sale

Morganvale annual bull sale

Injemira 49th annual “Industry Proven” bull sale Wirruna autumn bull & female sale Royal Canberra Show

Glendan Park 7th annual bull sale Melville and Melville Park annual bull sale

Bordertown, SA Towong, Vic

Willalooka, SA Book Book, NSW

Holbrook, NSW Canberra, ACT Kyneton, Vic

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Franco & Parson Hill annual bull sale

Truro annual bull sale

Glenwarrah Herefords annual sale

75th annual Glen Innes bull show and sale

Vasey, Vic

23

Lotus Herefords annual bull sale

Wilkah 5th annual on-property sale

Vasey, Vic

23

Amos Vale annual bull sale

Ennerdale 49th annual bull sale

Dundonnell, Vic

30

Namoi annual bull sale

Tarcombe Herefords annual sale

5

Banemore Herefords stud dispersal

Ruffy, Vic

Cootamundra, NSW Penshurst, Vic

AUGUST

Currabubula, NSW

Barraba, NSW Casino, NSW Cobbadah, NSW

Coolatai, NSW Bellata, NSW

Walcha, NSW

Bundarra, NSW Glen Innes, NSW Glen Innes, NSW Glen Innes, NSW Gunnedah, NSW

Currabubula

27

Talbalba annual bull sale

Millmerran, Qld

18

Newcomen 17th annual bull sale

Ensay, Vic

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23

Mawarra Genetics 48th annual sale

Longford, Vic

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Clifton, NSW

Warragundi annual bull sale

26

New Zealand Deloraine, Tas

Dubbo, NSW

21

World Hereford Conference Tasmanian All Breeds Junior Beef Expo

Cootamundra, NSW

27

Rayleigh annual bull and female sale

Glenellerslie Herefords annual sale

Wodonga, Vic

Herefords Australia National Show and Sale

10

Willaura, Vic

Hagley, Tas

2

Willalooka, SA

Morganvale Beef Week open day

Glenholme/Kirraweena annual sale

21

Quamby Plains 36th annual bull sale

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Yarram Park annual bull sale

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Vasey, Vic

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Vasey, Vic

Melville and Melville Park open day

MARCH 2

Lancefield, Vic

Gelantipy, Vic

Sydney Royal Show beef cattle judging

29

Adelong, NSW

Longford, Vic

3-4

Injemira “Industry Proven” sale preview

Yavenvale Beef Week open day

Karoonda Herefords annual sale

APRIL

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Mawarra Genetics Ladies Day

Wirruna spring bull and female sale Ironbark annual bull sale

SEPTEMBER

Kanimbla annual on-property bull sale

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Holbrook, NSW Barraba, NSW

Holbrook, NSW

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FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2020 @ 12.30pm | Mulwarree Yards, Barraba NSW 170 GENOMICALLY TESTED, SIRE VERIFIED STUD HEREFORD BULLS ADRIAN SPENCER 0429 659 766 Email: ironbarkherefords@bigpond.com | www.ironbarkherefords.com.au

THE PROOF IS IN THE PERFORMANCE AT IRONBARK HEREFORDS Recording the performance of commercial cattle and how they hang up helps the team at Ironbark Herefords know they’re meeting the needs of their clients. Kill data from Ironbark blood steers and heifers has been collected and combined with genotype and phenotype to give an exact picture of how each animal is performing from all aspects. i.e. selection for physical characteristics of a trait supported by the DNA testing for that trait.

Therefore enabling selection of superior seed stock.

Dr David Johnston (Animal Genetics & Breeding Unit UNE) recently spoke at the Herefords Australia Breed Forum Hamilton, Victoria. “The number of Hereford animals recorded for abattoir carcase, carcase weight, intramuscular fat measurements and retail beef yield is very low ”.

Ironbark have been collecting this data for many years and using it to enhance the overall herd performance. The breakdown of the

Grass Fed Comparison for MSA Kill data shows Ironbark blood out performs other breeds. Our focus is on improving the profit driving traits; weight gain and carcase quality.

Adrian Spencer says “We’re seeing superior performance in the cattle with better weight gains in the feedlot and improved carcase performance.

Our clients are getting improved performance off pasture into the premium grass fed markets.”

In the MSA Kill Data Comparison Grain Fed – domestic and export, 4,906 head of Ironbark blood steers and heifers were compared with 43,833 head of All Breeds records of steers and heifers out of accredited feedlots. In Graphs 1 and 2, the Ironbark cattle perform above in EMA, Marbling, Hot Standard Carcase Weight and MSA Index. This data has been collected and assessed since 2011. 98% of Ironbark blood steers and heifers have hit the top of the grids for domestic and export markets (grain and grass). Actual figures can be seen below.

30 – 35% of beef cattle slaughtered in Australia each year is consumed by the domestic market, the balance is export. It’s important to keep a strong focus on the domestic market in your breeding program.

MSA KILL DATA GRAIN FED COMPARISON Ironbark All Breed Blood Grain Fed 4,906 hd 43,833 hd Total HSCW 307.17 262.18 EMA 68.91 67.33 MSA Marbling 347.18 345.25 Meat Colour 2.29 2.31 Fat Colour 1.13 1.12 Rib Fat 9.25 6.36 Ph 5.51 5.53 MSA Index 59.92 55.98

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Ironbark blood performs above other breeds for MSA Kill data and also average daily weight gain (feedlot). 2019 feedlot data, 284 head of Ironbark blood cattle were compared with 4,487 head of other breeds. Ironbark blood averages 2.2kg/day compared to 1.89kg/day other breeds. There were some exceptional Ironbark blood cattle gaining up to 4.1kg/day.

Dr Johnston told the Herefords Australia Breed Forum “it was critical for the Hereford breed to increase the size of their genomic reference population. Breeds can survive without genomics but their progress is going to be limited.”

Ironbark Herefords have always performance recorded (Breed Plan). The next step is genomic selection based on DNA testing.

2017 Herefords Australia introduced Single Step Genetic Selection into Breed Plan analysis. Ironbark’s decision that advanced genomic selection was important to future genetic change and as such we implemented a progressive approach to ensure that the Ironbark herd is at the forefront of

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MSA KILL DATA GRASS FED COMPARISON Ironbark All Breed Blood Grass Fed 1,931 hd 9,296 hd Total HSCW 292.64 269.71 EMA 69.61 67.41 MSA Marbling 374.15 344.59 Meat Colour 2.22 2.22 Fat Colour 1.50 1.23 Rib Fat 6.42 5.78 Ph 5.54 5.52 MSA Index 57.17 55.23

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genomic accuracy. This has been completed by ensuring that all historical and currently used bulls that have had an impact on the Ironbark breeding program over the last 15 years have been tested with either a High Density or Low Density Genomic test through Herefords Australia. More than 100 sires have been genomically tested over the past 3 years and we have been able to DNA test bulls dating back to 1984.

All bulls have been and are being tested with the low density genomic test, which includes tests for Hypotrichosis (HY), Dilutor (DL), Idiopathic Epilepsy (IE), and Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD). All Ironbark Bulls in this year’s sale have been parent verified to their sire. This ensures that EBVs provided are as accurate as possible.

Talk about constitution. The dry times have sorted out the good doing cows.

Adrian firmly believes easy fleshing cattle are more; feed efficient, breed back better and is tied to longevity. It takes generations of breeding and culling to develop naturally easy fleshing good doing cattle.

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7TH ANNUAL BULL SALE FRIDAY 28TH FEB 2020

SALE PREVIEW: SUNDAY 2ND FEB 2020

35 rising 2 y.o. Hereford and Poll Hereford bulls Alvio Trovatello: 0419 191 193

Andrew Green: 0427 400 337

2090 Kyneton-Heathcote Rd, Barfold via Kyneton VIC 3444

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