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Contact Contents Association Manager. Editorial . 2 Anastasia Fanning President’s Paragraph . 3 Office. Brahman House . .183 East Street 2019 Highlighted . 6 . Rockhampton Q 4700 Wilangi crowns positive Postal ...................................PO Box 796 Brahman year . 8 . Rockhampton Q 4700 Big Country opens 2020 with Phone ............................... 07 4927 7799 Accounts .......................... 07 4927 7690 sensational sale success . 12 Advertising ........................07 4921 2506 A Prince and a Gypsy led the Summer Registrations .....................07 4921 4726 Brahman Sale in February . 18 Fax ...................................07 4922 5805 Fast-tracking leading genetics Email [email protected] 8 Website ..............www.brahman.com.au at Clukan . 20 Emphasis on quality females Tropical Beef Technology Services pays off – Elmo stud profile . 24 Contact. .Paul Williams Mobile ..............................0427 018 982 Changing seasons prompt operational Email ................... [email protected] changes at Rosetta Station . 28 Web ....................http://tbts.une.edu.au Vale Ken Coombe OAM – energetic, The Australian Brahman Breeders’ Association innovative ‘tornado’ . 34 Limited reserves the right to accept or reject any advertisement submitted for publication Vale John R Dobson 1931 - 2020 . 36 12 in “Brahman News”. A few words from Brett Coombe . 36 While every effort will be made to publish advertisements as ordered, no responsibility Slice of history . 37 is taken for the failure of an advertisement to appear as ordered. Ernie Mollenhagen 1943 - 2019 . 38 Opinions expressed in “Brahman News” are not Around the ridges - RBWS 2019 necessarily those of the Association. pre-sale gathering . 40 Front cover photographic credits. Gold City 2019 Sale topper . 41 Photo by. Mt Callan Brahmans 20 & Corinne Rockemer DNA Parentage Verification . 42 Designed by. ABBA Brahman Graphics Around the ridges - ABBA Xmas party & Rockhampton Feature Show function . 43 Printed by. Harding Colour Printing, Tingalpa Congratulations . 45 Sales and Events . 50 Directors Advertisers Index . 51 Services & Suppliers . 51 President . .. Wendy Cole 24 Promotional Merchandise . 52 Senior Vice-President . Reade Radel DNA price list . 54 Junior Vice-President . Matthew Noakes Treasurer . Brett Coombe Breeders' Directory . 55 2020 JUNE BRAHMAN NEWS DEADLINES Bookings required by FRIDAY, 1ST MAY 2020 Artwork & photos required by FRIDAY, 8TH MAY 2020 34 Editorial As we start 2020 there has been some much kinder weather for a lot of the country. Although still very patchy there are many receiving some nice falls along with follow up rain that is helping pasture recover from the very dry long period. With many producers still receiving very little I hope their turn is not far away for the humans and animals alike. The year has started well with the On the 21st of March the Rocky All first sale being held at Charters Stars Female Sale will be held at Towers over the 1st Monday and the Gracemere Saleyards and at the Tuesday in February. Big Country end of March the recently created Sale had excellent clearance rates North West Qld Branch of ABBA will across 159 Grey bulls, 99 Red Bulls be holding a conference called the and 116 females. The 258 bulls sold Cloncurry Genetics Muster with some for an average of $9543 and the very informative speakers agreeing females averaged $4099. There were to be a part of this event. some excellent bulls available at this This conference is closely followed sale and they topped at $75,000 for by the judging at the Sydney Royal Akama Sambo (IVF)(PP). Show, the NSW Stud Brahman Female This sale was closely followed by & F1 Commercial Female Sale and the February All Breeds Brahman Sale first of the breeds Feature Shows for A few words about the lives of Ernie on Day 1. Again some very good the year in Clermont, Qld at the end of Mollenhagen and John Dobson are looking bulls were offered at this May. Ponderosa Sale in the NT is only also included. sale including 60 females. The bulls a few days after the Feature Show. What a year 2019 was and rightly topped at $16,000 and averaged at There are some very interesting stud so we have the breeds top price $5606 for a clearance of 85.5% . stories written for this Brahman bulls of the year at $105,000 on the The females topped at $8000 to News with the two top averaged front cover. These two bulls both average $3727. studs for Brahman Week featured. sold at the Brahman Week Sale. I A busy year is already well under Both these studs have been having have featured some of those great way with preparations being made excellent results with their cattle and highlights and promotions that were in the office. Application forms for it is well worth the time to read about achieved in this excellent year. Brahman Week and Gold City have how their operations run. Happy Easter to all. Enjoy time with been sent out and are due back 3rd of The Wilangi Sale, held the end of your families and friends and all the April and the 1st of May respectively. November, along with Big Country and best for 2020. Gympie Applications closed on the February all Breeds Bull and Female 14th of February with approximately Sale have write ups about how the 100 females nominated. Once again sales went for Vendors and Buyers. there are some excellently bred females available at this sale that Sadly a prominent influencer of the would be a great introduced asset for breed, Ken Coombe, passed away The Editor. any stud’s herd. That sale will be held in November and included is a little Anastasia Fanning in Gympie on the 6th of June. information of his life’s achievements. 2 MARCH 2020 President’s Paragraph It is with great pride for me to write this Presidents Paragraph, as for me to be elected by your Council to this position is certainly an honour and a privilege. Together with the assistance of the Directors and all our members I will fulfil my role to the best of my ability. Firstly, I would like to thank our with good results at the February Past President Matthew McCamley All Breeds sale. The Rocky All Stars and all councillors for the tireless sale have 90 females nominated to work that they have carried out on be presented at CQLX Gracemere behalf of our Association. With the on 21st March with some great ongoing drought in many areas for genetics on offer. so long it has been a tough time, for The NSW Branch of ABBA is holding not only Directors, but many of our their 4th annual Brahman stud members and it is their dedication female and F1 commercial female to our great breed that has kept so sale at Casino for which entries are many of us positive. now open. This branch has put a lot Members from North West Qld has of work into this sale promoting formed a branch and it is great to Brahman cross females in an area see so much interest coming from predominantly breeding European those areas with lots of Brahman and British bred cattle. I look forward to catching up with cattle. This newly developed North Clermont is hosting a Qld Brahman members at some of the upcoming events. West Branch of ABBA is holding Feature Show on 26th and 27th a Conference in Cloncurry on Sincerely of May and with Beef 2021 fast Tuesday the 31st of March with approaching this would be good many interesting speakers and preparation for this upcoming event. subjects to be discussed. If you are able to attend I believe it will On a sadder note the passing of be very informative. I would like to Ken Coombe who was one of the congratulate Clayton Curley being Associations Life Members. Ken President elected as the Chairman of this served as honorary secretary of Wendy Cole group and also welcome Andrew the Australian Brahman Breeders Hacon whom Council has co-opted Association from 1960 to 1968, and as the area representative. worked for a year for the breed society in 1972 as field officer. He Thankfully the season has changed also was President of the ABBA for a lot of members in the last for three years from 1981 to 1983, month and it is great to see the and was one of the forbearers of confidence back in the industry with BEEF Australia Expo, first held in so much devastation from not only Rockhampton in 1988, which has bushfires but the ongoing drought. now become a world class event The Big Country Sale in Charters celebrating all things Beef. My Towers was very successful and condolences go to Jan and her family. the Brahman bulls and females met MARCH 2020 3 2019 Highlighted Wilangi crowns positive Brahman year Contributed by McCaffrey’s Australian Livestock Marketing The Wilangi Invitation Brahman Sale, held at Charters of 142 sqcm. He was the heaviest milk tooth bull in the Sale and had, Towers at the end of November 2019, crowned a highly a few months before, stood as a successful sale year for the Brahman breed, recording broadribbon winner at the Royal the year’s biggest grossing sale of all the private vendor Brisbane Brahman Feature Show. sales held for the breed. Studmasters and commercial After a strong bidding battle he was knocked down to the Abbotsford M cattle producers from widespread areas responded Brahman Stud of Biloela. keenly to the sale’s high quality grey bull offering. Hemsworth’s brother, also sold well In the face of poor seasonal Livestock Marketing said, “the bulls with David & Holly Stevens, Cremona conditions, the Wilangi Sale cleared inspected well and presented well in the Brahmans, Julia Creek bidding $45,000 215 bulls at an overall average ring, with buoyant bidding competition to secure him.