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The Drovers Journal  is a FREE e-bulletin written by Anthony Fountain that is published each Sunday and contains news and views on Shorthorn cattle across Australia and overseas stories on early explorers and Australian pastoral history and affairs of the bush It has over 1100... READ MORE

Congratulations to Kamilaroi Shorthorns in achieving the top price at the National Sale with Kamilaroi Meat Packer. This fine roan bull sold for $17,000 to Malton and Outback Shorthorns. We are proud to report that we have three half sisters to this bull in our herd. Out of the... READ MORE

I finally decided to do the sums on the preg test results: 92% tested positive after one of the toughest seasons on record in 2013 when all cows were hand fed on a diet of Ani pro and straw. And these results came with a 8/9 week joining. 2014 is shaping up to be a much better... READ MORE

On April 30th, Steve and I attended the Belmore Shorthorns Inaugural Sale. 40 bulls were sold on the day for a 100% clearance. We bought 2 bulls: a rich red Belmore bull by the heifer specialist Belmore Mikado C309 and a beautiful soft roan, Carlton Hillview H285. Both bulls... READ MORE

Our final preg testing will be conducted this Friday. Then we will discover how hard our bulls really have worked! READ MORE

We are in the middle of a very hot spell, having faced a week of above 40 degrees Celsius each day. Yesterday was 44 degrees and today and tomorrow will be just as hot. Hopefully the weather will have cooled down by Wednesday when we will preg test our AI cows and heifers.... READ MORE

We would like to wish all our friends in the Shorthorn world a Merry Christmas and a happy, safe, healthy and prosperous New Year. All our cattle jobs are complete at present: the A.I. programme is complete, all the bulls are out with the cows and the mobs are slowly going... READ MORE

Yesterday we drafted up our heifers to go out with the bulls. It was a very big day as we back lined, vaccinated and weighted them all as well. We have decided to AI 20 of them to a Yamburgan bull. READ MORE

  We have just finished drafting up our biggest mob of cows to mark, tag and vaccinate the calves. Our muster did not quite go as planned with calves and cows here, there and everywhere! Eventually we got them all sorted and in the right spot. It took 2 days and we... READ MORE

Over the past two days, we have had three sets of twins born.  All the calves are strong and healthy and so are their mothers. Let’s hope that they all stay that way! READ MORE