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ISSUE 160  •  JUNE 2019
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         HEREFORDS






         THE BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE NEW ZEALAND HEREFORD ASSOCIATION







                                                    PANTONE  CMYK  PANTONE  CMYK
                                                    PANTONE 2925 C  PANTONE 425C
                                                    C-85 / M-21 / Y-0 / K-0  C-0 / M-0 / Y-0 / K-80
                                                    R-0 / G-156 / B-222  R - 84 / G -88 / B - 90
                                                      #54585A
                                                    #009CDE
       CHAMPION BULL
       Hukaroa Refined 17 98
       owned by the Hansen Family
       Pictured: Briar, Dean, Lisa, Gemma Hansen
       and Cam Heggie, PGG Wrightson Genetics
       Photo: courtesy of Maria Robbie
















                       PGG Wrightson’s Livestock


          National Hereford Show and Sale 2019






         Once again NZHA were blessed with fine weather for the 2019   the beef industry, as well as the “EBVs were very good across
         PGG Wrightson Livestock National Show and Sale. The judges   the mob”. He selected his Champion Bull, “Hukaroa Refined 17
         Eoin McKerchar (Senior Judge) and Sam Tipping (Associate   98” belonging to the Hansen family, as he was “a big strong bull
         Judge) visited the grazing unit at the Levett Line, Kiwitea on   and was a worthy bull to be Champion”. The Reserve Champion
         Monday 13th May to assess the 14 bulls. McKerchar addressed   bull, owned  by the  Taylors,  “Glenbrae Navigator 1711”  was
         the large crowd the following day, stating that he took into   selected for his “great length, good bone, and width across the
         consideration the age difference, which was up to 3 months,   hind quarters”.
         whilst judging and stated that all the bulls would contribute to             National Show & Sale Continued on page 3 ...

         DIARY DATES 2019                          CONTENTS


         JUNE                                         2  NZHA President's Note         10  FBNZ Competition 2019
         11th-12th Herefords Australia Breed Forum     3  PGG Wrightson Livestock      11  Notice about Hereford
         12-15th  Mystery Creek Fieldays                 National Hereford Show &          magazine 2020
         JULY                                            Sale and Sale Results
         26th   Copy due for August Hooked on       4 - 6  Hereford Prime NZ
                Herefords
                                                    7 - 8  Council Communications
         OCTOBER                                      8  Boehringer Ingelheim
         18th   Hereford Magazine advertisement          World Hereford Conference
                bookings Early Bird deadline
         31st   WHC Early Bird Registration closes       UPDATE
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