At the recent Warialda show, Dunrobyn Park Murray Greys create history by winning all seven (pen of three) classes in the Prime Cattle Section. With the district still recovering from drought, organisers were pleased with the 89 head of cattle that were put before the judge, Ian Durkin. Geoff and Vicki Smith of “Dalkeith” Warialda...
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Advertisement bookings are now open for the 2015 Murray Grey Annual Magazine. Please find booking request below. Bookings are due September 19th. Copy is due October 3rd. The Annual Magazine is a full colour glossy magazine, covering Murray Grey stories from Australia and overseas and is distributed to all MGBCS members, industry representatives and is...
Cat. No. Exhibitor Exhibit Result JUNIOR HEIFER Class 292 – Heifer – 12 months and under 14 months 806 Benson, Brian and Esther MERMERAN KYLA J07 1 805 D G & S A Taylor Baroona Park Eliza J8 2 803 R L & S M Lea Bookoola Chloe J1 3 Class 293 – Heifer –...
By Laura Griffin Courtesy Stock and Land THE East Gippsland family-owned Wuk Wuk Beef brand topped the Open division of the Small Producer Grass Fed Class and won a Gold Medal at the Royal Melbourne Fine Foods judging last week. Grassvale Farms took out the class and a Gold medal on their first attempt at...
By Paula Thompson Courtesy Stock Journal ADELAIDE Hills producer Leanne Vears’ passion for livestock and agriculture is evident at Paris Creek . Leanne and her husband Ashley run a property at Paris Creek in the Adelaide Hills. The couple moved to the area in 2009, after falling in love with the picturesque property situated at...
Robert Macdonald was granted Honorary Life Membership of the Murray Grey Society in 2005. Robert Macdonald, known to his friends and associates as Bob, lived with his wife Beryl on their property Blairwood on the picturesque Bellarine Peninsula. On their 1500 acre property Bob’s family run a beef, sheep and cropping enterprise consisting of 400...
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Accurately recording pedigree information is one of the most fundamental jobs of a beef seedstock producer. Amongst other things, accurate pedigree information is fundamental for the maintenance of an accurate herd book by registered breed societies, it plays a crucial role in enabling the calculation of Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) from genetic evaluation programs such...
Four years, 78,000 cows and 78 properties means a lot of numbers have been crunched, analysed and chewed over for MLA’s CashCow project. The result, according to Project Leader Professor Michael McGowan of the University of Queensland, is a step-by-step methodology to help producers tackle tough questions such as ‘is my operation as profitable as...
