June 23rd, 2009
I recently received this media release from the organizers of the Deni Ute Muster. I found it slightly amusing considering the “Ute-Gate” scandal that is playing out between our pollies however I wanted to give a fair-dinkum, Aussie event a plug:
Due to the ‘ute-gate’ scandal Deni Ute Muster organizers are extremely concerned that the great Aussie ute will get all the blame!
Festival Director, John Harvie feels that this is the time for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to get out in to the bush and meet 20,000 plus ute fans at the Deniliquin Ute Muster.
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May 25th, 2009
Herefords Australia Limited is out to prove that Angus isn’t the only cattle that can perform in the feedlot with the launch of its new Red Star Hereford Secure Program.
In mid-March the Board of Herefords Australia Limited gave the green light for the launch of the new quality assurance program which promises to produce cattle that are ‘healthier, calmer and set for superior feedlot performance’.
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May 22nd, 2009
A gentleman had stopped in the middle of the alley way as he was approaching the Cattle Country stall at Beef 09. His face was that of shock but it quickly turned to delight – his grin was as big as Beef 09 its self! A woman then pointed to a poster we had displayed and said, “look Dad, that’s you on that poster!”
What I am describing is Eric Nobbs from Moura, Queensland, seeing the larger than life poster of himself. Eric was featured in the summer 2006 edition of Cattle Country Magazine.
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May 21st, 2009
(from left) Professor Jim Scott, Claire Edwards, Terry Coventry, Professor Iain Young, and David Paull at the handing over of the cheque.
Representatives of the Cicerone farming systems project have presented a cheque for $18,000 to the University of New England to support an annual “Cicerone Livestock Farming Systems Scholarship” at the University.
This follows the winding up last month of the Cicerone Project - a unique farmer-science partnership, begun in 1998, that conducted realistic farming systems research on topics of interest to local producers.
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May 20th, 2009
One in every four beef animals registered with Australian beef breed organizations in 2008 was an Angus.
There were 52,369 Angus calves recorded in the primary and secondary registers in 2008, about the same as the total for the next two largest breeds.
Over the past decade, the percentage of Angus calves registered in the nation’s beef cattle herd books jumped from 18.3% to 25.94%.
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May 18th, 2009
A bull resulting from the implantation of an imported Australian embryo topped the 2009 New Zealand All Breeds Beef Expo & National Sale on May 11 at $27,000.
Farfield TM Modest 773 was the supreme champion Angus and performance class winner and sold for the top price to a syndicate comprising Australian stud Vermont, Penshurst, Vic, and two New Zealand studs Goldwyn and Delmont.
The embryo that produced the sale topper was flushed by Ardrossan Angus at Holbrook, NSW, and implanted in New Zealand by Farfield Angus.
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