Red hot Reiland sale reflects trend to artificial joinings
Buyer Dougal Kelly, Riverview Wallah, Rugby, vendor Mark Lucas, Reiland Angus and Edward Proudford, Proudford Agriculture, Rugby, with the top price bull at $38,000, Reiland Richie R282.
Commercial producers seeking quality genetics for artificial insemination programs over heifers paid a…
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Kick off your AI program with $1000 incentive at Reiland
Reiland Rooster R272 will be among the star lots to be offered at the Reiland Angus spring bull sale on September 3.
Buyers at the Reiland Angus spring bull sale will have the chance to win $1000 towards an artificial…
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Micquella shines as Norman Lethbridge Award winner
Mark Lucas, Norman Lethbridge Award Committee chairman and Reiland Angus Stud, Tumut and Gundagi; Yvonne Gregory representing Booroomooka Angus Stud, Bingara; Hannah Wetzel, Tuggerah Lakes Secondary School; Sara Pace, Chevalier College; Micquella Grima, Caroline Chisholm College (winner); Lani Fuller, Marian…
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High indexing bulls push Reiland average to a record
Mark Lucas, Reiland Angus, with Keith Mitchell, Tooma, Vic, buyer of the equal top price of $22,000 bull, Reiland Quartile Q1080, at the Reiland autumn bull sale.
Buyers wanting high indexing bulls pushed the sale average up by $1455 on…
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Profitability focus remains steadfast after 50 years
Mark Lucas, Reiland Angus, with Jen Stephenson, Wagga Wagga and Dick Turnbull, Holbrook, at the Reiland client seminar.
Reiland Angus may be celebrating 50 years of breeding stud cattle in 2021 but breeding objectives remain firmly focused on improving a…
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Learning to speak “cow” means better weaner health
Dr Kevin Sullivan works with weaners in the yards at Killimicat Station, Tumut.
Keeping our voices to a minimum and not being above a cow’s eye level is among the best ways of keeping a mob of cattle comfortable in…
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Angus used in composite designed to lift fertility and carcase
Feedlot and cattle industry consultant Kevin Sullivan outlined the Mitchell composite at the Reiland Angus seminar at Tumut on March 31.
Dr Sullivan, Bell Veterinary Service, Bell, Qld, had worked with the Australian Agricultural Company in the past on the…
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Fertility and mature cow weight needs to be on radar
Dick Whale, Independent Breeding and Marketing Service, addressed mature cow weight and stayability among breeding cows at the seminar.
Mature cow weight is a “hot button” for the industry and independent consultant Dick Whale doesn’t hold back on the escalating…
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Cattle prices pass the peak and now on down hill run
Restocker (200-280kg) steers peaked at 542c/kg in January and are forecast to fall by 10 per cent to 490c/kg in July-October, and a further 24 per cent to 410c/kg in January 2022.
Australian cattle prices have been tipped to fall…
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Focus on profitability at Reiland industry seminar
Principal scientist, Dr David Johnston, Animal Genetic and Breeding Unit, Armidale, will focus on selection criteria to maximize on-farm profitability and permanent genetic gain.
The launch of a new cattle breed, a beef industry market forecast and genetic selection for…
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