Page 5 - NZ Herefords Magazine 2019 Edition

The Hereford Year

From the President

It’s great to have the opportunity to sit back and reflect on the SNP. You still have options
past 12 months. It has been a busy time for your board, and to select the service provider
one that deserves reflection. We have pushed the boundaries you wish to use, as NZHA,
on a number of fronts. Not all have shown the success we along with PBB, has Greetings to everyone for 2019
would have liked, but as they say, if you’re not brave enough engaged a data pipeline
to give it a go, you will forever regret not knowing. known as TREE, which will
This brings me to the changes last year to our PGG sort results from different providers to provide a
Wrightson National Video Sale. Holding the breed dinner dam/sire verification. The warning note is that if you are using
and AGM at Orlando Country Club was successful, as was closely related sires, the testing will need to be via a 50K SNP
the Hereford Prime auction and bull display at the Brown’s as accuracy on lower SNPs may not be reliable.
property. With a number of H&S challenges, along with We are now 12 months away from the Boehringer
rising costs placed on us, we took the decision to join with Ingelheim World Hereford Conference and our opportunity
Angus and Shorthorn and hold a video sale away from to show the world’s Hereford communities that our cattle
the farm. There are a number who will always question demand respect around the globe. The planning is stepping
this move – which had mixed results – but we needed to up a gear. The WHC website and Facebook pages should
try something different. This year we are going all out to a by now be locked in as your favourites. Registrations,
new property with facilities available for all classes of stock pre- and post-tours and the conference timetable will all
and we will not leave the farm. We will hold the entire day be available in May. We have already received a number of
at the Strahan family farm at Kiwitea, starting with a bull overseas enquiries from a number of countries that have
parade and paddock walk. Then into the PGG Wrightson advised they will be attending. I encourage all our members
marquee where each lot will be located just outside, open to take part in this opportunity and build networks of like-
for all to see. We also plan to display a still photo of the lot minded breeders from many parts of the world.
behind the auctioneer. This is really our last opportunity, so I am excited with the calibre of the team selected to
we encourage you to attend and participate. represent NZ Hereford Youth. We received a great response
The start of the year saw members vote to change the from across the country. This made for a tough and testing
NZ Hereford Association constitution. This was conducted competition and it would be great to have them all represent
via electronic voting – another new move. It was well us. To date we have received expressions of interest from
received and council was pleased to have a favourable eight countries advising they will be sending a youth team.
vote. Council is keen to lift its and the breed’s profile, using I hope to catch up with a number of you over the
as many resources as possible. One of these is social coming months; remember my phone is always on.
media. We have started to move towards small video clips Talk soon.
covering different topics and our intention is to push this
even more, covering off youth, World Hereford Conference,
and our key business partners. Please remember to
support our loyal supporters: PGG Wrightson, Boehringer
Ingelheim, Tru-Test, AON, Honda NZ, Allflex and Goldpine.
The world of technology and DNA science has made big
inroads over a small time frame. Our technical committee is COLIN CORNEY
working closely across a number of fronts. We have seen President
increased demand from breeders for DNA testing using NZ Herefords

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President Colin Corney ...... colraine.herefords@xtra.co.nz Chairman Laurie Paterson ......... paterson@farmside.co.nz
Vice president Gray Pannett ......................pannetts@xtra.co.nz Vice chairman Geof Brown ............. locharburn@farmside.co.nz
Treasurer Gray Pannett ......................pannetts@xtra.co.nz Treasurer Colin Corney ....... colraine.herefords@xtra.co.nz
General manager Posy Moody ............. manager@herefords.co.nz Brand manager Natalie Campbell .....herefordprime@pbbnz.com 3