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The Hereford Year

Boehringer Ingelheim World Hereford

Conference 2020
Queenstown NZ
World Hereford Conference 2020

WE ARE DELIGHTED with the wonderful response to the 18 Wellington. The passengers will also have an opportunity to
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World Hereford Conference in Queenstown in March 2020. explore Rotorua, Taupo and Napier, as well as attend a dramatic
With four years of planning since the conference was last held Maori performance at Te Puia.
in Uruguay, it’s heartening to have so many attending despite The South Island post-conference tour has nine studs on
political and environmental external influences. the itinerary as well as two major commercial operations. The
New Zealand last hosted the World Hereford Conference in tour starts with a scenic boat trip on Southern Discoveries’
Christchurch in April 1984 when James Caldwell was president. launch across Lake Wakatipu, followed by a drive in 4WD
They held an open day at the Canterbury A&P showgrounds buses through Mount Nicholas Station’s commercial Hereford
featuring Hereford cattle as well as displays of sheep breeds operation, and ends with a trip to the iconic Erewhon Station
and typical New Zealand farming activities. and dinner at the Antarctic Centre.
During this year’s conference, close to 400 people will visit
Earnscleugh and Locharburn Stations to hear talks on the PICTURED BELOW: Visitors will attend the Wanaka Show as part of
importance of scanning, and regenerative grazing management. the conference. Photo: Courtesy of Jodie Rainsford Photography.
The conference week is filled with informative and interesting
talks, along with several social events including the Rabobank
welcome reception, the PGG Wrightson gala dinner at Walter
Peak Station, and the Allflex BBQ at Earnscleugh. The final day
of the conference will be spent at the Wanaka Show where
Hereford is the feature breed. It is also the culmination of the
Young Breeders competition.
A World Hereford Conference (WHC) would not be complete
without stud tours. For the 18 WHC, NZHA has provided the
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opportunity to attend four stud tours for those with time and
stamina. The ‘Get over your jetlag Northland tour’ and the
‘Kaikoura extension tour’ are smaller bespoke tours, each
visiting three studs and some outstanding New Zealand scenery.
The pre-conference tour visits seven studs in the North
Island as the coaches make their way from Auckland to
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