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Whilst the Litchfield family have been involved in agriculture for more than 150 years, they are innovators, constantly evolving the management of their properties and livestock practices to remain at the forefront of emerging technologies and genetics. The Hazeldean Litchfield business specialises in the production of superior seedstock for the beef and wool
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expanded their pastoral interests even further in marketing bulls in Queensland, NSW and South Australia. Jim’s daughter Bea and son-in-law Ed are coming through the ranks to succeed the business whilst raining two sons, Stirling and Fred. 2023 will see four bull sales and two ram sales. The Autumn bull sale is on the 4th May, QLD sale is the 3rd August, New England sale at Tamworth on the 8th August and Spring sale at Cooma is the 7th September. The Monaro Ram sale is on 20th October and Elite Ram sale is on each February. Hazeldean’s Angus cattle auctions are still breaking records, with just over 600 bulls sold in their recent season. Contact Ed Bradley for more information: dbradley@hazeldean.com.au, 0412 298 546 or edbradley@hazeldean.com.au
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Hazeldean's Angus auctions break records
industries and is recognised as one of the oldest and largest Merino and Angus cattle studs in Australia. Commercially focused genetics relevant to current profit drivers in the beef and wool industry is what Hazeldean has always focused on. The historic family property “Hazeldean” was initially settled in the 1860s by James Litchfield who had travelled from England. Five generations have since succeeded the original James Litchfield. The Litchfield family have also had the opportunity to educate many jackaroos, overseers and managers in the art of sheep and cattle breeding, performance recording and objective measurement, coupled with visual assessment to select and identify top animals along with best practice in livestock breeding. Today, Jim Litchfield is the Managing Director of the company and has
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