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The Hereford Year

GRASSMERE POLLED HEREFORD STUD NZ Hereford Young Breeder

Est. 1966
team update WORDS NZHA PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED

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SALE THURSDAY 4 JUNE 2020, 2.30PM
IN CONJUNCTION WITH: RIVERLANDS J ANGUS &
CAPETHORNE POLLED HEREFORDS
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED LAST YEAR’S SALE

WIRRUNA LEAP
FORWARD L95

AI sire used over heifers.
Several sons for sale this year.

January 2020 HEREFORD GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVs
EBV CE-DIR CE-DTRS GL BW 200 400 600
BULL 12.4 +4.1 -2.6 +3.1 +42 +66 +94
Acc% 73% 52% 94% 95% 92% 92% 90%
EBV MWT MILK SS DTC CWT EMA RIB
BULL +73 +17 +2.9 -6.1 +67 +6.9 +2.0 PICTURED ABOVE: The NZ Hereford Young Breeder team, left to right: Mark Murphy, Lisa Bonenkamp, Hannah Gibb and Sam Tipping.
Acc% 80% 63% 92% 52% 78% 68% 73% Absent from photo was Niamh Barnett.
EBV RUMP RBY IMF INDEXES ($)
BULL +2.5 +0.7 +2.1 HP/Mat +$185 Dairy/Mat +$198
Acc% 78% 70% 77% Export/Mat +$171 Dairy/T +$129 WHAT A YEAR it has been for the NZ Hereford Young Breeder The three-day youth show commenced with the senior
team – captain Sam Tipping, Hannah Gibb, Mark Murphy, competitors taking a field trip to Moxey Farms, one of the largest
Niamh Barnett, and travelling reserve Lisa Bonenkamp. dairy farms in Australia, milking 7000 cows three times day. The
GRASSMERE The team was chosen at a selection weekend in Hamilton, younger competitors were involved in several modules including
kindly hosted by Craigmore Herefords, in January 2019. It then DNA, heifer selection, EBVs, animal structure, pastures, animal
MAJOR 305 spent the majority of 2019 preparing for the Young Breeder health, and an excellent module on marketing, social media,

Sold to Matariki Competition run in conjunction with the World Hereford and photography of cattle.
Conference in Queenstown in March 2020. The afternoon of day one saw the senior competitors paired
Herefords for $18,000. The competition involves teams of young Hereford breeders with a younger ‘peewee’ competitor to mentor and help for the
from all over the world – including Australia, America, the UK duration of the competition.
and Sweden – competing against one another in a variety of The afternoon involved more modules with the senior
cattle breeding and agricultural related disciplines and modules. competitors learning new skills from the clipping module
In early July the New Zealand team flew to Parkes, New presented by two industry professionals. The day concluded
South Wales, to compete individually in the Herefords Australia with a mock auction where competitors, in teams, were tasked
National Youth Show in preparation for the big event in 2020. with buying a bull. Each team of 10 had a budget of $10,000:
The youth show had more than 100 competitors aged between they had the bulls available to phenotypically assess, along with
six and 25 years. The New Zealand competitors were each their EBVs, to help them make their decisions. The teams were
given a heifer and stud team to work with, allowing them the pre-organised to have a mixture of ages, which also made it a
opportunity to learn about all aspects of showing and preparing fantastic team-building and communication exercise.
cattle from various studs across Australia.
“The senior/peewee buddy system was definitely my
favourite and most rewarding element.”
Lisa Bonenkamp

Day two kicked off with junior judging where each age group
judged two classes: four heifers and four bulls. The top 10 from
each of the senior and intermediate divisions were then invited
to judge a line of heifers (given only four minutes) and speak
about their placings. Sam and Lisa both progressed to this
Chris & Amanda Jeffries - Benmore, 1412 Domett Road, RD2, Cheviot 7382 stage and both spoke well, gaining valuable insight on how to
run a show ring while judging and speaking to a class. Lisa
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PICTURED LEFT: Seniors watching the show ring action.
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