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Speckles add sparkle to the Walcha show team

When did your school get Speckle Parks?

Our school first got four PTIC heifers with two bull calves and two heifer calves at foot in 2018. We also bought a bull. They were all Specklines – their dams are Lowline Angus and their sires are purebred Speckle Parks. They have a moderate frame along with a high yielding carcase.

Do you believe agricultural programs would benefit from having Speckle Parks?

The Speckles have added value to our agricultural program by adding a line of stock that are easy for the students to work with, do well on the feeding regime we can offer, are suitable size for the students and add some colour and sparkle to our show team.

What successes have you had with the Speckle Parks at your school?

We have had many successes at our local agricultural shows with our Speckline cows. Our Speckle heifer, Tuity Fruity and her cracking heifer calf received champion in a mixed class of carcase animals and females.

To top it off, Cookies N Cream and Wagon Wheel, two of our other Speckline cows, received reserve champion and third respectively in the same class. Jodie Provost, Agricultural teacher Walcha Central School Walcha Central School show team members with their Specklines, Abbey Mackaway, Charlotte Mooney and Sophie Worth

Monto School agriculture teacher Toby Workey and students Kiralee Streeter, Sophie McLaughlan, Emily Zumbansen, Riley Thomsen and Danika Smith with steers at Beef Australia 2021.

Teagan Thomsen leading her Speckle Park steer, Oreo.