Archive for March 2019

Hot dry conditions have meant a challenging year for pinkeye, with some local mobs unfortunately experiencing high disease levels in not just young stock but cow and bull mobs. Where some have traditionally regarded pinkeye as a self-limiting process, with little intervention needed; no-one can ignore that occurrence and severity appears to be increasing, and prevention and treatment strategies are needed to avoid serious production and sale value losses.

Last week we decided to donate a registered heifer to the AuctionPlus North Queensland Flood Relief Charity Auction. The winning bid of $6000 will see the new owner, Geoffrey Porges from J&G Pastoral Co, Orange hand pick their new heifer from a top line up of our future breeders.