Beef Week Field Day – 27th July 2015
Take the opportunity to visit us on Monday 27th July 2015 when we open the gates for the Southern Beef Week Field Day. The day represents a great opportunity to inspect the Wirruna herd, discuss yours and our breeding program and preview the sale bulls and females that are programmed for our Spring Sale on 26th August 2015. Continue reading
Wirruna BullSELECT Workshop – 12th February 2014
his BullSELECT Workshop, presented by Southern Beef Technology Services (SBTS) and hosted by Wirruna Poll Herefords, educates beef producers about how to use the available tools to select the best bull to suit your enterprise.
The bull purchase decision can… Continue reading
Carcass and fertility in demand at 2013 Wirruna spring sale
NSW and Victorian beef producers chasing carcass and fertility helped underpin the Wirruna Poll Herefords spring bull and female sale this week, with prices topping at $11,000.
Hosted on-property at Holbrook by the Locke family, the August 28 Helmsman sale drew more than 50 registered seedstock and commercial bidders.
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Wirruna Winter Newsletter
The last 12 months have been a very busy one for us all at Wirruna Poll Herefords.
Both our Spring 2012 and Autumn 2013 sales were among our strongest ever results and I am hearing lots of good stories on how the bulls and sale breeders are performing in clients herds.
The common theme being that the bulls keep improving in their new home, not go backwards, as can be the case with over pampered bulls. Long term clients are telling us of good calvings, improving carcase traits and low fuss easy-doing progeny. Continue reading
Three things to remember
We see ourselves as a very different seedstock operation compared to most studs. Continue reading
Selection for Economically Important Traits
Introduction
The primary objective of a seedstock producer should be to make genetic improvement. Genetic improvement occurs when the average genetic value of the offspring (e.g. the current calves) is higher than the average genetic value of the previous generation… Continue reading
Moving towards a more sustainable beef production system
here is a common theme of beef producers all over the world, to produce beef profitably with high market acceptance and at low cost. Often this needs to be done against a backdrop of declining ‘terms of trade’, which requires continual improvements to the production system in order to remain competitive and sustainable in a world market. Continue reading
Preview on-line Spring 2013 sale video
Bulls Rocket To $8500 Top At Wirruna
The Land 4th September – Penny Watts
New Zealand bloodlines with excellent calving ease traits pushed prices to $8500 at last week’s Wirruna Poll Hereford on-property sale at Holbrook. Sons of the New Zealand import, Koanui Rocket, topped the… Continue reading