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We wish all our friends in the cattle world a happy Christmas and a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year! READ MORE

The cycle of life continues at Toogimbie Shorthorns. With calving finished, we have drafted the cows up and last week we trucked the bulls to their new mobs. Last Monday was a very hot day in the yards where we split one mob of cows into 6 groups. This took a lot of mothering up!... READ MORE

We are now well into our main calving season and have many beautiful strong calves cavorting around the calving paddocks. Arrival of the A.I. calves is always exciting and we have some lovely calves by some of Australia’s top bulls as well as the Canadian, Crooked Post... READ MORE

Our new bulls have arrived from South Australia, kindly delivered by Belmore studmaster, Andy Withers. They came off the truck very quietly in the dark and were happy to settle down in the yard with their lucerne hay. Next day, we walked them out to their paddock where they... READ MORE

Last week we travelled to Naracoorte in South Australia to attend the Belmore Shorthorn Sale. We were delighted to have the opportunity to purchase 2 of the pick Belmore bulls: the Belmore Jackeroo son, Belmore Supercool J66 and the Adelaide Show winner, Belmore Shogun J40. Both... READ MORE

For the first time, we entered a team of steers in The Land Beef Spectacular Feedlot Trial. This is the largest feedlot trial in Australia and atttacted 95 teams of 5 steers. Our team finished 23rd as the top purebred Shorthorn team. This was a wonderful result for us! READ MORE

On a 42 degree day, it is easy to see how adaptable the Shorthorn breed is.  While our cattle are sheltering from the heat here, shorthorns overseas are seeking shelter from snow in the Northern hemisphere in countries like Canada.  Our feed is drying off fast but our cows have... READ MORE

Thanks again to Tony Fountain for recognising the online presence of Toogimbie Shorthorns. Tony is doing a wonderful job publicizing our marvellous breed. His weekly bulletin provides Shorthorn news from around the globe as well as the wider cattle community. In his last... READ MORE

36 quality Toogimbie heifers will sell at the Echuca Store sale on October 6th 2014. Please ring Amanda for more details on 0428812081 or visit the FOR SALE page on this website. READ MORE

Yesterday our in calf heifers broke open the gates to get in with the weaner heifers. Today we had to yard them all to redraft them. The in calf heifers don’t need much feed as they are quite close to calving. The young heifers, however, need to be on better feed as we are... READ MORE