We are now two thirds through our weaning and it has gone well. All the spring calves weaned so far are out on the lucerne, grazing happily and don’t seem to be missing their mums. We have had all the cows with weaned calves preg tested and we are running at over 90%... READ MORE

  We were shocked to hear of Tony Fountain’s sudden death last weekend. With his weekly Drover’s Journal, Tony united Shorthorn enthusiasts all over the globe and also  entertained and enlightened us with his Australian bush stories and down to earth socia... READ MORE

We would like to wish all our friends all the best for the festive season with a safe happy and prosperous new year to follow for all! Lately we have been busy giving the calves their first vaccinations and and we are starting to take the bulls out from the cow mobs. We are still... READ MORE

Today we sold some cull cows and heifers at the Deniliquin Prime Cattle Sale. I was very interested to see a group of Toogimbie cows in the sale pens on account of a local farmer. These pure bred shorthorn cows had been sold by us as yearlings and still had their Y tags. This... READ MORE

We are delighted to see that the Nero stud has selected a heifer by Toogimbie Key Largo K36 as one of their 2 heifers to go to the Dubbo National Show and Sale. Nero KL Roseanne M143 presents with excellent figures and structure to match. We wish the Ridleys all the best with... READ MORE

Much had been reported about the current rain band so we had high hopes for big falls on the grazing country. But we will have to be satisfied with falls of 18 to 21.5 mm! It will certainly be handy on that dryland lucerne to finish our steers off for the JBS Thousand Guineas... READ MORE

Last week we travelled over to Naracoorte for the annual Belmore  bull sale.  We were very pleased to be able to purchase the top Bayview bull, the second top priced bull overall. Bayview Travis L53 has excellent figures and scanning data and we believe that he will be a great... READ MORE

Finally we have finished weaning all our calves. We turned the last mob out on Firday and they look great! Using our Low Stress Stock Handling skills, we have found these weaners very easy to manage both in the yards and the paddock. READ MORE

We are very pleased to see that the latest JBS grid gives the Shorthorn Guineas steers in the 250 to 330 kg weight range a 5 cent a kilo premium over Angus steers. Shorthorn steers in this weight range are now priced at $4.05 a kg, which is a handy price! READ MORE

We are well into our calf weaning now with only one mob to go. Amanda recently attended a session run by animal handling expert, Dr Kev Sullivan, and we have been using his techniques with our calves in the yards. Kev thinks that weaning should be yard training and not just... READ MORE