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The girls’ interest in Herefords started after Hillary liked the look of the white-faced calves at her school Ag Club.

“At the moment, any surplus we have will just go to the “I don’t want to be closed off about anything. I think it’s
works because they’re not high enough quality. The bulls important to keep your doors open and I’ve learnt through
will come to the dairy farm for now, but as we go along we’ll Hereford Youth that agriculture isn’t just about shearing
hopefully get our breeding right and we’ll produce higher sheep, milking cows or producing a good animal, there’s so
quality animals,” Michelle says. much to it that I didn’t know about,” she says.
Neither sister has a career mapped out yet but Hillary For now she and Elizabeth have enough to do between
says she has been inspired by the people she’s met through showing cattle and running their small stud, as well the usual
Hereford Youth, who range in age from eight-year-olds to things like going to school and playing sport.
university graduates.

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