Angus Youth News

ANGUS YOUTH NEWS - Billi Marshall named the 2020 Trans-Tasman Exchange Scholarship recipient!!

Western Australian Angus Youth member Billi Marshall was recently awarded the 2020 Trans-Tasman Exchange Scholarship at Roundup 2020. Miss Marshall was the lone WA participant in the event and travelled over 3,000 kilometres from home in Dongara in the Wheatbelt region to take part in her first Roundup. Miss Marshall was sponsored by the WA State Committee to attend Roundup. Sponsored by New England Travel and the Angus Australia Foundation, the TransTasman Exchange scholarship is provided annually to an Angus Australia member aged between 18 and 30 years of age attending Roundup. The recipient of the TransTasman Exchange will embark on a trip around New Zealand, visiting Angus studs, commercial operations, feedlots and attend field days and sales. The exchange will involve moving throughout the country experiencing the New Zealand beef industry and the

strength of the Angus breed globally. Miss Marshall was chosen from a competitive field of young beef producers who applied for the scholarship, and her enthusiasm for the beef industry was a leading drive for her selection as recipient. “I almost didn’t apply for it because didn’t think I fit the bill. I don’t own Angus cattle of my own, but I do work in the industry as I am a breeding technician for a cattle vet and constantly dealing all different clients of all different breeds, so at the last minute I decided to throw an application in and it turned out really well.” Miss Marshall looks forward to her trip, hoping to get the most out her time abroad in terms of further developing her professional career through the opportunity provided. “There are definitely a few things on my list I want to get to. Some bull sales would be awesome to go and see over there, I really want to get into the sire selection and the repro sires, so really getting into the repro side of the things over there, reproduction centres and stud breeders over there.”

*From Cheyne Twist, Communications Officer. Angus e-News 22 nd January 2020. (And although due to Covid-19 interna

tional travel is limited we will touch base with Billi once she has been able to go on her trip!)

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- Billi Marshall with Peter Parnell, Angus Australia’s CEO.

(Photo credit - Emily H Photography)

An Update from Harvey Beef...

In these unprecedented times, Harvey Beef would like to thank and acknowledge all our cattle farmers, for their hard work and dedication to putting food on the plates of our customers. It has been a challenging few months for us all and we have remained focussed on keeping our supply chains strong, our people safe and our customers fed. Our Harvey Beef production facility has put in strong control measures to ensure continuity

of supply and we are committed to producing quality WA beef, no matter what. We look forward to continuing to work in partnership with our farmers across WA, particularly our Angus breeders, who are so critical to our domestic and export supply chains. To discuss supplying Harvey Beef please contact our livestock team on 08 9729 0000 or livestock@harveybeef.com.au

*Andrew Forrest took the chance to visit our processing plant in Harvey and personally thank our 650-strong staff for their tireless efforts on the front line. (Photo credit: Tattarang)

46th President

Angus Australia is pleased to announce that New South Wales producer Sam White has been declared the 46 th President of Angus Australia, following a meeting of the Board of Directors held via teleconference on the 28 th of May 2020. Mr White owns and runs family-based farming business, Bald Blair Angus, located near Guyra in the New England area of NSW, with his wife Kirsty and two boys, Abbott

and Arthur.

Sam is the third generation of Whites to run Bald Blair Angus. Bald Blair Angus runs a seedstock and commercial Angus herd, as well as crossbred sheep, run on Bald Blair and other properties east of Guyra. The White family has run Angus cattle on their properties for well over 100 years. The Bald Blair herd was first recorded in 1908, with Angus cattle part of the family’s business since the late 1880’s and the family have been members of the Angus Society over the last 101 years as one of the original founding members, and have been involved in the Angus Society throughout that time. Mr White will be leading off from out-going president, South West Victorian Brad Gilmour, with Erica Halliday, Ben Nevis Angus, NSW the newly appointed VicePresident.

Mr White and Mrs Halliday will be joined by seven fellow board members, Brad Gilmour VIC, Dr Laurie Denholm NSW, Perry Gunner SA, Jock Hughes Tas, Andrew Kuss WA, Hamish McFarlane Vic and Brett Piraner Qld.

*From Angus e-News 5 th June 2020