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Moving heifers and calves today. Our calving is nearly finished and we are delighted with our beautiful calves. The next big job is to draft up the A.I. heifers for the start of the program next week. We will be putting the bulls out with the cows in late October as the cycle of... READ MORE

These heifers in the future!   We are pleased to report that our heifers sold very well at Barnawatha on October 1st. There was plenty of action on them before they sold to a phone bidder. 16 at 352 kg av sold for $1480 ($4.21 per kg)17 at 310 kg av sold for $1430 ($4.61 per... READ MORE

We are now almost finished our calving and it has gone very well. There are beautiful little calves driving their mothers mad everywhere and we are having a bountiful season weatherwise. The pasture is really growing with that spring sun and we will have plenty of feed for the... READ MORE

During the week, the first bulk IGS data was released for Australia’s shorthorns registered with Shorthorn Beef. All data was previously analysed through Breedplan but the shift is now being made to the new platform which is run from America and is the world’s largest... READ MORE

We completed our preg tests for the spring herd on March 13th and were very pleased with a 96% positive pregnancy test result. This was very gratifying as the cows have been through a tough 2020 until it rained in early March. 2019 was also an extremely tough year and we had... READ MORE

With 2019 about to finish, we can only say that we are looking forward to a better season in 2020. Presently we are on a shade over 200 mm for the year, a very low rainfall for the second year running. However, we have ended the year on a high note with a cull cow by Yamburgan... READ MORE

We are now well into our calvng and it is heart warming to see those beautiful little calves so active and strong. Our A.I. heifers have produced some top class calves by Sprys Primrose Buddy and Sprys Exclusive and we will be very interested to see how they grow out. Last week... READ MORE

2018 was one of our dryest years on record and unfortunately 2019 is not shaping up to be any better. In the last few weeks, we have had to move 200 of our cows onto grain and the rest will be following shortly if we don’t get rain soon. Despite the dry conditions, our... READ MORE

We wish everyone a Happy Christmas and all the best for the New Year. The weather has been extremely hot here and we are looking forward to the next cool change which is not in sight at present! Our dryland lucerne has responded to the 30mm of December rain and we have started... READ MORE

We are very honoured to be announced in this week’s Weekly Times as a contender in the Weekly Times Coles 2018 Farmer of the year. Thanks to James Wagstaff on his great article featuring Amanda and the Shorthorns. The article highlighted the high marbling of our cattle and... READ MORE