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been able to invest in more bulls and increased their joining rates. So long as there’s grass on the ground, there’s buoyancy. When that tightens up, we’ll see an adjustment in the market.” BUILDING KNOWLEDGE ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
IN THE KNOW
Studs such as Knowla Livestock (their cattle is pictured above) support knowledge development through partnerships with schools. They helped Pymble Ladies College establish a cattle club.
fertility and growth and constitution traits was an advantage, as commercial breeders were looking for potential sires that could equally go into mobs of heifers and cows. “The cattle industry forecast is for a very, very positive future. The market is sitting in a place that complements people’s breeding,” she says. “The demand for red meat is continuing to head in a positive direction, locally and globally,” she adds. “For those cattle producers who stuck it out through the drought and kept the best of their herds, they’ve
With the next generation coming into the cattle industry during a buoyant period, the emphasis is on opportunity and knowledge building. A healthy industry expands that knowledge building across the sector, focussing internally and externally, formally and informally. Studs such as Knowla Livestock support knowledge development through partnerships with schools. About a decade ago, on their daughter’s initiative, Ted and Alison Laurie helped Pymble Ladies College establish a cattle club, and they continue to donate four steers each year. “The students have had great success showing our steers and entering a carcase competition every year,” Ted Laurie says. “It’s a really good partnership. Forty students participate in two classes a week, learning to look after and feed the steers, and they show their cattle in a few local shows throughout the year. “It’s also an opportunity to educate students from suburbia about the beef industry, about where their > food comes from and how it’s produced.”
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