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POINT OF DIFFERENCE

The Kanes are one of a few southern Hereford breeders The Kane’s compelling point of difference for bull clients,
turning out low birth weight, high growth rate bulls especially especially Mycoplasma bovis-wary dairy farmers, is their strictly
suited to dairy systems. Demand has picked up over the past closed herd and feed policy.
two years, which has driven the price average from about $2100 “We are fully self-contained. We don’t buy in any stock so
to $2800 at the 2019 s pring sale. from a biosecurity perspective it gives our buyers peace of
Robert attributes the upswing in interest to several factors: mind,” Robert says.
the growing reputation of the bulls along with the downturn in Undoubtedly another unique selling point is that the Kanes have
the live heifer sales, which has turned attention to other dairy- ‘skin in the game’ through both Hereford breeding and dairy farming.
based income streams. “We’ve proved that you can use a beef bull across your
In the future another driver for the beef infusion across dairy heifers and cows to get a $100-plus calf to sell at four days old
heifers could be driven by processors, who Mary-Anne predicts rather than a $20 to $30 bobby calf. It’s a significant gain for a
will eventually stop accepting bobby calves. minimal investment in a beef bull.”

ANNUAL
BULL SALE
8 OCTOBER 2020
TH
WESTHOLM GALLANT R 61
@ 12PM
50 WELL GROWN
YEARLING BULLS
SEMEN TESTED, BVD TESTED &
VACCINATED x2
SUITABLE FOR HEIFER & COW MATING WESTHOLM GALLANT R 61
R1 BULLS ON OFFER SIRED BY: MATARIKI DUNSTAN (P)
POLLED HEREFORD SIRE: MONYMUSK GALLANT 110089 (P)
Westholm Gallant R61 MONYMUSK DOROTHY 070083 (SBM)(P)
Ardo Fargo 7061 LIMEHILLS AWESOME 07 901 (P)
HORNED HEREFORD DAM: WESTHOLM AUDREY L18 (P)
CL 1 Domino 955W (Imp USA) WESTHOLM AUDREY H9 (P)
ANGUS JANUARY 2020 NZ HEREFORD GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVs
Blue Mountain Chisum R40 EBV DIR DTRS GL BWT 200 400 600 MWT MILK SS DTC
Matauri Reality 839 BULL 0.2 -0.3 +0.9 +4.9 +34 +68 +97 +77 +19 +2.7 -2.8
B Avg +1.6 +1.6 -0.5 +4.3 +33 +55 +78 +68 +16 +2.0 -2.8
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
ROBERT KANE EBV CWT EMA RIB RUMP RBY IMF INDEXES ($)
P: +64 3 204 8236 BULL +66 +5.6 +0.6 +0.3 +1.6 +1.1 HP +$127 DM +$83
E: westholm@farmside.co.nz B Avg +52 +3.4 +0.6 +0.7 +0.8 +0.5 EXP +$121 DT +$69

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