ON THE MOVE THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD | 2020 ANNUAL JOURNAL 2020 AUSTRALIAN BRAFORD JOURNAL WELCOME MEET THE TEAM WELCOME Who’s Who ................................................4 New Members .........................................37 President’s Report .....................................6 FIELD DAYS TECHNICAL FarmFest ..................................................38 Classification Report .................................7 Ag-Grow ..................................................40 Why Breed Brafords ..................................8 BRAFORD BREEDERS FEATURE South Queensland Report .......................44 P6 Chasewater Braford Stud ........................10 South Queensland Directory ...................50 Bambling & Co. .......................................11 Wide Bay Burnett Report ........................48 Auctions Plus ..........................................12 Wide Bay Burnett Directory ....................52 Bendemeer ..............................................14 West Moreton Report ..............................45 Winvic Pastoral .......................................16 West Moreton Directory ..........................51 Alderside Brafords ..................................18 North Coast Report .................................49 Rarcamba ................................................24 New South Wales Report .........................46 Little Valley Grazing Co. ..........................26 New South Wales Directory.....................54 Remember When ....................................34 Capricornia and Callide Dawson Big Valley Brafords ..................................35 Directory .................................................53 Downfall Creek Braford Stud ..................38 IN MEMORIAM P16 SHOWS Robert Maxwell Tremain .........................56 Taroom Feature Show 2019 ....................20 Donald Francis William Hoffmann ..........57 Glen Innes Feature Show 2020 ...............42 Kevin Murphy .........................................58 Barry Edward Myles ................................59 BULL SALES Dorothy Jean Brimblecombe ...................59 New Dimension .......................................28 National Braford Sale ..............................30 ANNOUNCEMENTS Births ......................................................60 SNAPSHOT Out and About ........................................32 SAVE THE DATE Calendar .................................................61 P32 YOUTH Junior Members ......................................36 ADVERTISING DIRECTORY CONTACT Abernethy Brafords ........................ 37 Nutrien Livestock ........................... 13 Australian Braford Society COVER IMAGE Ascot Neimen........................... 40, 41 Queensland Country Life ............... 19 122 Denham St, (PO Box 749) Rockhampton Qld 4700 HEIFERS FROM Ashby Braford Stud ....................... 62 Rarcamba Braford Stud ................. 25 T: (07) 4927 5196 ASCOT NEIMEN. Banyula Brafords ........................... 62 Riverton Brafords .......................... 64 F: (07) 4927 5708 IMAGE BY GALLOWAY Baroma Downs Brafords ................ 37 SBB/GDL ....................................... 23 E: [email protected] Bendemeer .................................... 13 South Queensland Braford www.braford.org.au FAMILY. Capricornia and Callide Dawson Breeders ......................................... 50 Facebook: Australian Braford Braford Breeders ............................ 53 Society Southern Cross Braford Stud ......... 62 Carinya .......................................... 33 Strathgyle Brafords .......................... 7 Design and production: Chasewater Brafords ..................... 62 Sunny Lawn Braford Stud ............... 7 MadeKnown Double C Brafords ......................... 23 www.madeknown.com.au Downfall Creek Brafords ............... 38 Taroela ........................................... 63 Elders ............................................. 32 Uralla Braford Stud ....................... 62 Harriett Valley Brafords ................... 2 Vaucraft Braford Stud ...................... 9 Linlora Braford Stud ...................... 39 West Moreton Braford Breeders .... 51 Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure that all details are correct, the Society cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy of Little Valley Grazing Co ................. 27 Wide Bay Burnett Braford information contained within the Journal, nor for the consequences Breeders ......................................... 52 National Braford Sale .................... 31 of any actions taken or not taken as a result of this information. New Dimension ............................. 29 Winvic Pastoral .............................. 62 Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Society. New South Wales Brafords Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Directory ........................................ 54 2019/2020 Journal. MEET THE TEAM / WHO’S WHO PRESIDENT DAN GALLOWAY GLENLEA, BANANA QLD 4702 0407 499 006 [email protected] Dan Galloway is a part of the Ascot MEET Neimen Braford Studs alongside his parents THE Graham and Jill Galloway. Dan has been heavily involved in presenting the show team and sale bulls since finishing school in 2000. Ascot Neimen Brafords are currently running around 300 registered and 300 commercial breeders on four properties in the Banana area. The commercial side is focused on the grass fed EU market while the stud aspect is focused on the annual bull sale in September. Dan hopes to help promote the breed and increase breeder’s TEAM confidence in Brafords. VICE PRESIDENT RHONDA RYAN BANYULA, PO BOX 736 EMERALD QLD 4720 (07) 4982 3657 Rhonda runs a mixed farming operation just north of Emerald in Central Queensland, with around 50 registered Braford breeders and a similar number of commercial breeders. The stud was established in 1972 by her parents, Eric and Betty Burns. Being a smaller property, seasons heavily dictate the turn-off of steers; in good years they go direct to works, in poorer years are sold privately or through the local saleyards. Bulls and stud females are marketed at the DAN DANIEL RHONDA New Dimension and National Braford Sales. The herd is EU accredited and has been performance recorded with Breedplan for over 25 years. Rhonda strongly encourages members to join the Braford Group Breedplan, to gain and record objective data on the breed. Only by measurement can improvement be made. Rhonda has been promoting Brafords in the showring since 1991, and at the CQ Ag-Grow Field days LARRY KYM LES and has had success in the Callide Dawson Carcass Competition. “I believe carcass competitions are a great benchmarking tool our members can use – and Brafords hold their own very well. My motto is ‘Quietly achieving Quality’ and I strive to breed structurally correct functional cattle”. RUSSELL STUART GEOFF 2020 AUSTRALIAN BRAFORD JOURNAL VICE PRESIDENT PATRON BOARD MEMBER DANIEL TRELOAR LARRY ACTON RUSSELL KENNY D.H.A.A TRELOAR GRAZING CO. RIVERTON, GOGANGO QLD 4702 HARRIETT VALLEY, PO BOX 210 CHESSINGTON, PO BOX 2062, (07) 4934 7622 GAYNDAH QLD 4625 NARACOORTE SA 5271 [email protected] (07) 4161 1379 (08) 8764 8046 www.rivertonbrafords.com.au [email protected] [email protected] Larry is extremely proud and honoured Russell runs Harriett Valley Braford For the past seven years, Daniel with to have been the Patron of the Australian Stud, along with his wife Donna and wife Helen and two girls, Airlie and Abi, Braford Society for more than 10 years. He children Jeffrey and Bec, and is a third have been running “Chessington”, their regards the role as one of active support generation Braford breeder. They currently grazing property at Stewart Range in for the President and Management, and is have about 7,000 acres and lease 5,000 South Australia’s south-east. They run a determined to advance and promote our acres in Gayndah which is part of the North 300 head pure Braford commercial herd, cattle wherever he travels. The support Burnett Shire on which they breed both with over 13 years of breeding, along with includes members, particularly our newer stud and commercial Brafords, with 500 replacement heifers and 200 Braford cross members, who are either just getting breeders. They sell bullocks and cull cows cows – predominately focusing on the involved with breeding Braford cattle, or are to Swifts and Teys and weaner heifers to feedlot and background markets. Daniel part of our young brigade, who are critical to Murgon. They are also annual vendors is passionate about the Braford breed the future of the breed. For almost 40 years, at the National Sale in Rockhampton, as for its constitution, adaptability in all Larry and Beth operated a large commercial well as privately, and visitors are always environments, carcass traits and ease of Braford herd near Emerald in the Central welcome. management. He would like to promote the Highlands of Queensland, and bought their breed’s versatility, not only as a pure line, bulls mostly through the National Sale each but also for crossbreeding purposes, with year. Since moving to a much smaller place its highly impressive hybrid vigour traits. “I on the Fitzroy River west of Rockhampton, BOARD MEMBER look forward to working with the Society Larry is a new recruit to the Stud industry. STUART DINGLE in the ongoing promotion of the breed and 2019 was the seventh year that Riverton exploring new opportunities into the future.” Braford Stud has sold bulls at the National MT PERRY QLD 4671