Australian Dairy Breeds Journal. Edition 3 March 2026

03; march 2026

AUSTRALIAN DAIRY BREEDS Journal

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AUSTRALIA

HOLSTEIN AUSTRALIA

5 Ring Road Bundoora Vic 3083

P: +03 9835 7600

E: enquiry@holstein.com.au

W: www.holstein.com.au

PRESIDENT

Gino Pacitti P: 0409 678 110

E: gpacitti@holstein.com.au

VICE PRESIDENT

Bryan Dickson P: 0407 498 821

E: bdickson@holstein.com.au

INTERIM CEO:

John Crowther P: 0428 813 058

E: jcrowther@holstein.com.au

BOARD MEMBERS

Garry Carpenter P: 0407 376 256

E: gcarpenter@holstein.com.au

Craig Cochrane P: 0407 418 094

E: ccochrane@holstein.com.au

BROWN SWISS

Bill Morgan P: 0448 575 807

E: bmorgan@holstein.com.au

Toria Patten P: 0427 451 486

E: tpatten@holstein.com.au

ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTANT:

Jayne Brown

E: jbrown@holstein.com.au

SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICER:

Ally Bird

E: abird@holstein.com.au

MEMBER SERVICES:

Amanda Moyses

E: amoyses@holstein.com.au

Louise Howden

E: lhowden@holstein.com.au

MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS:

Celia Evans

E: cevans@holstein.com.au

AUSTRALIA

https://brownswiss.com.au

CEO

Shirleen Evans

ceo.brownswissaus@outlook.com 0431 218 003

REGISTRATIONS / MEMBERSHIP / FINANCIAL

VIA Holstein Australia enquiry@holstein.com.au

AUSTRALIAN REDS AUSTRALIA

http://aussiereds.com.au

PRESIDENT Brett Davies info@aussiereds.com.au

REGISTRATIONS / MEMBERSHIP / FINANCIAL VIA Holstein Australia enquiry@holstein.com.au

JERSEY AUSTRALIA

5 Ring Road Bundoora Vic 3083

P: +61 3 9370 9105

E: jersey@jersey.com.au

W: www.jersey.com.au

Rego: rego@jersey.com.au

Class: class@jersey.com.au

Accounts: accounts@jersey.com.au

PRESIDENT

Geoff Akers P: 0427 298 478

E: Geoff.Akers@jersey.com.au

VICE

PRESIDENT

Jane Sykes P: 0422 640 533

E: Jane.Sykes@jersey.com.au

TREASURER

Jamie Drury P: 0427 008 088

E: Jamie.Drury@jersey.com.au

BOARD MEMBERS

Robert Anderson P: 0400 987 702

E: Robert.Anderson@jersey.com.au

ILLAWARRA AUSTRALIA

www.illawarrasaust.com.au

PRESIDENT Tom Cochrane regcochranepl@gmail.com

ICSA REGISTRAR & MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES illawarra@lbcentre.com.au (02) 4232 3333

GUERNSEY AUSTRALIA

https://guernseyaus.com

SECRETARY Joyce Cleggett guernseyaus@activ8.net.au

ICSA REGISTRAR & MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES guernsey@lbcentre.com.au 02 4232 3333

The Australian Dairy Breeds Journal is published in partnership by Jersey Australia Incorporated and The Holstein Friesian Association of Australia Incorporated of 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Vic 3083.

Printed by Litho Art, Darra, Queensland Australian Dairy Breeds Journal is produced 4 times a year Return undeliverable publications to: Dairy House, 5 Ring Road Bundoora Vic 3083. The Australian Dairy Breeds Journal is distributed to members of Jersey Australia and Holstein Australia, as well as subscribers, advertisers, and industry stakeholders. Cover photo: International Dairy Week, Supreme Champion 2026

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in the Australian Dairy Breeds Journal are not necessarily those of Jersey Australia Inc, Holstein Australia, their Boards of Management, or the Compiling Editor. No responsibility is taken for their authenticity. While every effort is made to publish advertisements as ordered, no responsibility is accepted for the failure of an advertisement to appear as ordered. All content is copyright and reproduction without permission of the publisher is prohibited.

DEVELOPING

AND PROMOTING THE JERSEY BREED

Con Glennen P: 0408 527 898

E: Con.Glennen@jersey.com.au

David Boyd P: 0427 830 213

E: David.Boyd@jersey.com.au

Reece Attenborough P: 0400 597 341

E: Reece.Attenborough@jersey.com.au

SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR

Audit and Risk: Jamie Drury

Genetics: Robert Anderson

Promotions: Jane Sykes

GENERAL MANAGER/ SECRETARY: Glen Barrett P: 0418 466 371

E: Glen.Barrett@jersey.com.au

MEMBER SERVICES: Peter Roach P: 0499 059 652

Peter.Roach@jersey.com.au

BOOKKEEPER: Tracey Borg

Tracey.Borg@jersey.com.au

AYRSHIRE AUSTRALIA https://australianayrshire.com.au

PRESIDENT Anthea Day 0400 266 375 saunders-day@dcsi.net.au

REGISTRATIONS / MEMBERSHIP / FINANCIAL PO Box 189 Kiama, NSW, 2533

Phone: (02) 4232 3333 ayrshire@lbcentre.com.au

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Project Management, Layout and Design: Kelsie Hore

All contributors are asked to respect these deadlines to ensure smooth production and timely distribution of the Journal.

Wednesday May 27 - Friday May 29 2026, Noosa QLD

Wednesday 27th May 2026

1:30pm Bus shuttle from Sunshine Coast Airport

Casual Dinner

Thursday 28th May 2026

Bus to Sunshine Coast Surf Life Savings Club

Breakfast Information Session

Farm and Herd Visit

Chad and Carita Parker and Family

Glen-Echo Jerseys

Lunch on farm @ Glen Echo Jerseys

2026 Annual General Meeting in Noosa

Jersey Australia Awards Dinner

Friday 29th May 2026

Casual Breakfast along Noosa River

10am Shuttle Bus to airport at 10:00am

Cost

Full Package $290 per person Includes

Designated shuttle bus to and from airport

All Meals on Thursday May 28 only th Bus trip on Thursday May 28th 2025

JA Awards Dinner Only $110.00 per person

Includes pre dinner drinks and canape 2 Course Meal

Cash bar available during dinner

Accommodation Noosa Place Resort 2 Nights – Wednesday 27th – Friday 29th May

Bookings Essential

Jersey Australia has secured a number of rooms and available to members on a 1st in basis

FROM THE JERSEY DESK

What an outstanding way to commence 2026, with two exceptional dairy events bringing farmers together from across the countryInternational Dairy Week and the Australian Dairy Conference. While strategically different in focus, both events play an important role in supporting and advancing the Australian dairy.

International Dairy Week was a tremendous showcase of Australian dairy cattle, combined with the professionalism, passion and enthusiasm displayed by exhibitors and fitters in the sheds. The Jersey Show in particular was a testament to the quality and depth of our breed. I extend my congratulations, along with those of the Association, to everyone involved for presenting and representing the Jersey breed at the highest level.

It was terrific to connect with so many members throughout the week. The Wednesday morning coffee and donut run was once again warmly received, and it remains something the Board and Staff greatly enjoy supporting as a small way of backing our members in the sheds.

Congratulations to the entire IDW team for delivering another outstanding event.

The Australian Dairy Conference was equally impressive, with more than 900 attendees, including a strong number of Jersey members. The program was highly relevant, addressing both the current landscape and the future direction of the dairy industry. It was a well- executed and valuable conference, and we encourage all members to consider attending in future years.

Our congratulations to the ADC Committee on delivering such a successful event. Together, these events highlight the strength, unity and forward momentum of Australian dairy as we step into 2026.

We are delighted to welcome Brown Swiss Australia to this edition of the Australian Dairy Breeds Journal. A core objective of the Journal is to continue building and growing strong representation across all dairy breeds, and it is fantastic to see the Brown Swiss community featured in this issue.

As this edition goes to print, we will have already issued; as part of our annual governance requirements - a call for nominations for the Board. Representing members on the Board is an important role within the organisation, and I encourage anyone considering nominating to reach out to any of the current Directors or to myself to find out more about the role and its responsibilities.

Best Regards,

Glen Barrett

Jersey Australia General Manager

FROM THE HOLSTEIN DESK

Welcome to the year 2026!

Hoping everyone was able to enjoy some family time over the Christmas period and maybe even a milking or two off to go with it. It’s always a busy time in the lead up to the New Year, last minute registrations before IDW rolls around and head into the hottest time of the year.

January saw another successful International Dairy Week with many events across the course of the week, including on the Sunday when the Youth Challenge took place. All up, there was 13 teams competing for the Matt Templeton Trophy. Congratulations to all the competitors in the event and especially to the winning team from the Northern Vic Sub-Branch. I would like to sincerely thank all the judges and everyone that has helped co-ordinate this, from planning through to all the work done behind the scenes to make for a successful event, allowing the younger generation to put their skills to the test and have some fun along the way. Special thanks to Justin Johnston & Amanda Glossop for all their hard work. Also to Duncan & Danielle Chesworth for supplying heifers for the big day.

Winners IDW - Congratulations to all the exhibitors in putting together their show teams and well done on all those who managed to place highly in their classes, including the following champions.

Youth show

Well done to Lottie Chesworth with heifer Tomargo Lombardi Whynot for winning Junior Champion heifer for Junior leader in the All Breeds Youth show. Congratulations to Dakota Hindmarsh for the Senior leader champion with Lightning Ridge A Summers Day. Red & White

Junior Champion - Cherrylock Hastoric Apple Tart - Brad & Jess Gavenlock

Intermediate Champion - Impression Analyst Tulip - M & L Flemming, K Heath & P Worner.

Senior & Grand Champion - Wileys Ridge Unstopabull Barbara - C Allen, Wiley’s Ridge, C & J Cochrane, J & E Walsh, and Mark & Hayden Patullo

Black and White

Junior Champion - Grandale OD Lambda Panda - Grandale, Oakdale Holsteins and Chelsea Atkins.

Intermediate Champion - Melaleuca Arrow Lautella - Avalon Holsteins & Clydevale Holsteins.

Senior, Grand & Interbreed Champion - Windy Vale ATW Frosty 2 - G & C Peatling. (Now co-owned by Gavenlock & Polson)

As we move on from IDW for another year, focus now turns to more upcoming shows across the country including Sydney Royal in April.

As the show season continues don’t forget to start looking at submitting entries for our competitions including the All Australian photo competition & Cow of The Year.

Here’s hoping there is some much needed rain around the country as we head into autumn.

Best Regards,

John Crowther

Holstein Australia Interim CEO

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2026 WORLD JERSEY CONFERENCE

The 2026 World Jersey Conference will be held in South Africa from 4th - 17th September, 2026.

This will be an exciting tour featuring outstanding herds and a fantastic opportunity to see the impact of Australian Jersey genetics within South African herds, alongside an incredible cultural experience. Programs and booking information will be available soon. If you are interested in attending, please email: jersey@jersey.com.au

CHANGES TO CLASS SYSTEM

There will be changes implemented into the class system for the upcoming year.

Locomotion will be added to the suite of traits and defects the classifiers will score for. Locomotion is defined as; A structural or functional fault that impacts the ability of the cow to walk smoothly and correctly showing an abnormal stride, stiffness of body, uneven weight bearing from side of the body to the other and lameness.

Locomotion will be scored in line with defects with the score option of Slight or Pronounced and will be included as part of the Feet and Legs Trait Group Scoring.

AUTUMN CLASSIFICATION BOOKINGS

Bookings are now open for the Autumn 2026 Class Tours. Please ensure you book in so that you are not missed.. Book online at: https://jersey.com.au/product/ autumn2026 _class-booking/

WELCOME NEW JERSEY AUSTRALIA MEMBERS

Jersey Australia welcomes the following new members to the Association

2025 CLASSIFICATION REVIEW

Each year, the Association undertakes a review of classification data, and we have recently completed the 2025 Classification Review. This is an important opportunity to analyse trends in classification results to ensure we remain aware of any yearon-year movement within the population. Monitoring these changes allows us to identify key traits where shifts may be occurring that could lead to future issues for the breed.

Key Points - 2025 Classification Review

Throughout 2025, the Association classified 6,527 cows, representing a 7% increase on the previous year.

There was an 18% increase (539 cows) in the number of first lactation cows scored, and a 14% increase (123 cows) in mature cows. This was offset by a 13% decrease (-121 cows) in third lactation cows, and a 9% decrease (-107 cows) in second lactation cows.

Average scores have moved slightly lower for first lactation cows, consistent with the trend over recent years of scores gradually pushing lower. Scores remained relatively static across second and third lactation cows, while average scores moved slightly higher for mature cows.

• Across the 24 traits, varying levels of year-on-year movement continue to be observed. Some of this movement is no doubt sire-orientated, as we often see changes in trends depending on which bulls are most significant within the scored population each year.

The new classification system is continuing to show greater consistency in scoring, and we are also seeing positive gains in efficiency in delivering classification services.

Jersey Australia thanks its members for their continued support of our classification program and services.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS

A reminder that all events and activities involving children require all adults involved to hold a current and valid Working With Children Card / Check.

These checks are state-based and should be considered the minimum requirement for all supervisors, organisers, and any adults participating in these activities.

If you need to apply for, renew, or update your Working With Children Card, please visit the relevant website for your state or territory:

Victoria https://service.vic.gov.au/services/working-with-children

New South Wales https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/ apply-for-a-working-with-children-check

Queensland https://www.qld.gov.au/law/laws-regulatedindustries-and-accountability/queensland-laws-and-regulations/r egulated-industries-and-licensing/blue-card/applications/apply

Tasmania https://abcn.com.au/mentors-companies/wwcc-childsafe-policy/tas/ West Australia https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/ department-of-communities/working-children-check

South Australia https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/rights-and-law/ rights-and-responsibilities/screening-checks/screening-wwcc

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GREAT AUSTRALIAN CHALLENGE

Jersey Australia congratulate all finalist in the 2026 Genetics Australia Great Australian Challenge.

2 YEAR OLD 3 & 4 YEAR OLD

SOUTH GIPPSLAND BROADLIN MERMAID 4254 P L & L Broad

CENTRAL GIPPSLAND KINGS VILLE BELLE 208 P R & K Anderson

GOULBURN MURRAY & NORTH EAST

LOXLEIGH BROADWAY MARIE 9211 G & N Akers

MURRAY VALLEY BENLEE PARK IRIS L & A Bennett

CUMBERLAND SIGNATURE CHROME VERA Hayley Boyd & Adam Bowden

BEAUTIZONE OAKLEIGH DOWNS COLTON MOYA 2321 Simon Atkins

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ASHTANEY VIRAL SADIE A & A Koch

TASMANIA MERSEYBANK CASINO TRYST G & A Heazlewood

BEGA WILGO VALENTINO COUNTESS A & E Salway

NORTHERN DISTRICT SHIRLINN ROULETTE DAWN 2 Tandara, Twin View & Brookbora

HUNTER VALLEY KENMAR BORUNG SNOWFLAKE K & M Atkins

RIVERINA MAYBERRY CRYSTAL 8 A & F Michael

SOUTH WEST VIC

HOPKINS RIVER 2203 Chris & Karen Porter

STH EAST QLD PLAINVIEW TOPSHELF SANGRIA Gianna Kelly / Gav Norgaard

ATHERTON TABLELANDS WARAGUMBA STEVE BETSY DG & KM Davis

LANGDALE STURGIS CARMEL -ET L & L Broad

BENLEE PARK HEATHER 26 P Anderson & K Shields

ARALUEN PARK VALENTINO MITTENS 2 T Saunders & A Day MONTA VALE BON WINKS T, J & W Monson

KAARMONA INVINCIBLE DAISY 41 G & C Sprunt

CAIRNBRAE CASINO DAISY 30 L & A Bennettt

RIVENDELL VICTORIOUS PASSION Dakota Hindmarsh

VALLEYROSE CHROME TOFFEE S & R Connell

JAMBER VICTORIOUS CHRISTINE R & R Walmsley

FERMER 21750 GR2 Fermer Partnership

GLENCRAIG CAJUN MISTLETOE S & D Salway

TANDARA ASKN BELLE B Govett

JAYDEN CRAZE LOVELIES S & L Coombes

MAYBERRY CHRISTINA 6 GR1 A & F Michael

ELMS PARK DUSTY 562 A & S Chant

NOBBYVIEW CHICAGOS PAULA Nobbyview Partnership

LONG LANES MATT DONARIA Jerry English

LOXLEIGH MATT LORNA 7558 G & N Akers

BENLEE PARK ROWENA 78 L & A Bennet

RIVENDELL VICTORIOUS VIENNA Riverlane Dairies

WINVARL MIKES RARITY 3 Marks Family

ASHTANEY TOPSY MISTYMIA A & A Koch

MERSEYBANK MARVIN BETHAN G & A Heazlewood

GLENCRAIG JAGUAR LASS S & D Salway

WARRAIN ASKN EXPRESS J & R Easterbrook

SHIRLINN CHICAGO MERLE Wilson Family

HOPKINS RIVER 4927 Chris & Karen Porter

ARDYLBAR TBONE FANCY Waylon Barron

LONG LANES TARGA ROSEMARY Jerry English

Videoing for the Great Australian Challenge has been completed, and we thank Fiona Hanks from Genetics Australia for her outstanding work behind the camera across the country. We look forward to the announcements of the winners at the upcoming JA Annual Awards night on Thursday May 28th 2026 at the Noosa Boat House in Queensland.

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holstein grounds

2026 Competition Deadlines

Holstein Australia has confirmed entry deadlines for its major 2026 competitions and awards. Members are encouraged to prepare entries early to ensure strong participation across all categories.

> Cow of the Year Award entries close 30th June 2026

> Semex Holstein Australia AllAustralian Photographic Competition entries close 31st May 2026

> Master Breeder Award nominations close 30th June 2026

> Distinguished Service Award nominations close 30th June 2026

These programs celebrate the best of the Holstein breed, honour outstanding service and achievement, and showcase the future of Australian dairy youth. With categories recognising both cattle and people, they remain highlights of the Holstein Australia calendar. For full details and entry forms, visit the Holstein Australia website or contact the office on (03) 9835 7600.

holly the holstein

If you looked closely at the Holstein Australia stand during IDW this year, you would have noticed a very special guest, meeting and greeting our members with a broad smile and a yearning to connect with the greater Dairy community.

Russell Smith (pictured) the author of ‘Holly the Holstein’ made his way down from Queensland with a box full of socks and a stack of ‘Holly’ books to personally sign exclusively for IDW attendees.

Russell noted that he was impressed by the Dairy breeding community’s drive to promote Youth in Dairy and was happy to help support events like the ‘HA Youth Challenge’ with socks as a giveaway to winning youth teams and junior exhibitors.

‘Holly the Holstein’, is based on one of HA’s notable Master Breeders, Colin Daley (Uncle Col) of ‘Ourway Holsteins’ in the Atherton Tablelands, Qld.

The book illustrates Holly’s experiences on the farm through to the show ring and is an educational guide to help young children understand the various aspects of the Dairy industry.

Classification Tour Update

Holstein Australia’s classification team are ready to roll around into areas for the second time this season. Starting through areas of NSW & Southern QLD in March and into April. From the end April onwards, we will be looking to WA, Far North QLD as well as areas in the Northern/NW Vic, Western Districts and some Gippsland areas. Keep an eye out for a text message to put your name down for the tour so you don’t miss out. You can always send through an email to enquiry@holstein.com.au to register interest or find out when tour in your area may be.

For direct, contact please call Sean Millar on 0429 950 908

uk exchange

Throughout January, we had farms throughout Victoria, Riverina NSW and even Tassie host the UK exchange Daniel Weaver. Starting with the Western Districts Youth Camp, then made the trek up to International Dairy week. Post IDW, Daniel certainly got a taste of a true Aussie summer up in Nth Vic & Riverina. Then made a quick trip over to Tassie to visit the birthplace of Fairvale Morty Lady 51 EX97 5E. Before departing home, Daniel managed to get a few last minute trips to see the Australian open. We shall hear more from Daniel’s trip in next journal issue.

The sales of the ‘Holly’ books goes towards aiding Dairy farmers during the recovery and rebuild of farms after natural disasters with over $1,000.00 being donated from purchases during IDW 2026.

You can purchase copies of the ‘Holly’ book from Holstein Australia via email enquiry@holstein.com.au or phone on 03 9835 7600 with Credit Card and mailing details.

HA Members and Non Members- $17.60 per book plus postage. HA Members can also charge purchased books to your HA account upon request.

Wholesale enquiries of the books can be emailed through to cevans@holstein.com.au

Or if you’re keen to purchase a pair of socks as well as a book you can purchase items via Russell’s website https://socksforfarmers.com

Welcome TO THE HA BOARD!

Three new directors have been appointed to the Holstein Australia Board following a nomination and election process. We are pleased to welcome Bill Morgan, Craig Cochrane, and Toria Patten, who bring a wide range of industry experience, leadership, and long standing involvement with the Holstein breed.

BILL MORGAN

Bill Morgan milks 320 registered Holsteins with his family in Northern Victoria under the Waterloo and Louden Hill prefixes. His career spans hands on dairy farming, time as a classifier with Holstein Australia, and roles within the genetics and herd improvement sector. Bill has also served on the Breed Development and Classification Committee, bringing strong experience in communication, relationship building, and business management. He is passionate about Holstein Australia remaining financially viable while continuing to deliver efficient, competitive member services and fostering a strong Holstein community.

CRAIG COCHRANE

Raised in Bega and deeply involved in the Parrabel Holstein stud, Craig Cochrane has been immersed in agriculture his entire life. He has milked herds of up to 800 cows, shown Holsteins internationally, and currently co owns cattle across Australia, North America, and Europe. Craig has been actively involved in Holstein sub branch activities since childhood and believes the breed is at a pivotal point in maintaining relevance within the industry. Professionally, he brings strong strategic planning, budgeting, and corporate leadership experience through his role as Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development at Bunge.

TORIA PATTEN

Toria Patten has been a member of Holstein Australia since 1979 and has spent decades farming as Ryanna Holsteins in Gippsland. For more than 35 years, she served as Secretary or Treasurer across East and West Gippsland sub branches and is a Life Member of the East Gippsland branch.

Toria also ran the kitchen at the All Breeds Youth Camp for 10 years, reflecting her strong commitment to supporting and encouraging youth within the industry. She is passionate about ensuring Holstein Australia remains a viable, united organisation that continues to support breeders in an increasingly busy and changing world.

WELCOME NEW HOLSTEIN AUSTRALIA MEMBERS

Industry stalwart wins award

Two-time Holstein Master Breeder and dairy industry stalwart Adrian Dee wasn’t planning to be at International Dairy Week this year, but he had a special reason to change his plans.

Adrian was announced as the 2026 Lex Bunn award that recognises quiet achievers in the dairy industry. The award was introduced in 2002 by Dairy Week co-founder Brian Leslie in memory of Ayrshire breeder, Lex Bunn of Tatura, and is voted on by previous recipients.

It holds special significance for Adrian who knew Lex and previously exhibited alongside him at IDW.

“It’s a great honour,” he said. “I knew Lex and he and Brian were instrumental in getting Dairy Week going. He was a very humble man and a fantastic human being.”

Luckily, word of the award made its way to Adrian’s sons. “I wasn’t going this year but my boys told me about it. I was in South Australia but thought I’d better come back.”

Not that it was hard to twist his arm. “I’m a big supporter of Dairy Week,” he said. “I think it’s the premier dairy show in the southern hemisphere.”

Adrian’s Clydevale Holsteins has competed most years at IDW. Along with other minor successes, they have won the Youth Show champion and in conjunction with his daughter Clare Modra won Intermediate Champion Holstein this year.

The award recognises Adrian’s long-standing contribution to the industry, including celebrating 50 years of Clydevale Holsteins in 2025, 13 years on the Holstein Australia board and a member of NHIA.

“I’ve loved every minute of it, ” he said

Clydevale Holsteins was established in 1975 by Adrian and Cheryl Dee at Clyde North, east of Melbourne. In 1980 they moved to their current farm at Macorna in north-west Victoria, between Pyramid Hill, Kerang and Cohuna.

Over the years, the stud has developed many famous cow families, including Pennys, Fantas, Irenes, Sunspots, Perfections.

Now aged 75 and semi-retired though still living on the farm, Adrian continues to take an active interest in the business which is run by his children Adam, Mark and Colin and families, now fourth generation farmers.

In total they have more than 1,200 females and the current milking herd is 459.

Adrian has always taken pride in being an innovative and progressive farmer, including the shift to robots and compost barns five years ago.

“We got to 46.8 degrees this year so the barns are better for them,” he says. “There are 50-odd fans in the shed and they have sprinklers on the feed alley. They’re 10 to 15 degrees cooler than being out in the paddock.”

The cows are in the compost barns 24 hours a day while they’re in milk and then go to the paddocks when dried off.

While the family has been honoured as Master Breeders for Holsteins, it wasn’t always that way.

In fact, Adrian’s switch from Jerseys to registered Holsteins was a sore point in the family. “My grandfather had a Jersey stud and Dad always liked Jerseys,” he said. “When I went into Holsteins, he wasn’t very happy.”

Adrian had worked with a cattle dealer who dealt mostly with Holsteins. “I just thought they were great cows – great temperament and huge milk production. We started with grade cows and bred them up through the appendix system.”

He says the breeding success came from “sticking to the core philosophy of production and conformation and then feeding them well. If you stick to the right conformation, production follows.

“Lex realised cows need the best feed and that you’ve got to strive for excellence - that’s what he did and that’s what I’ve always tried to do.”

Lex Bunn

Adrian also paid tribute to his late wife, Cheryl. “Cheryl passed away nearly nine years ago but she was a huge influence. I couldn’t have done it without her. I used to come up with all these ideas and she would implement them.”

It was a bit like that with the robots, which were Adrian’s idea, a progressive move five years ago. “The boys didn’t want robots - they wanted a rotary dairy – but I’d seen them 15 years ago in Canada and Europe and saw how good they were and they’ve just gotten better as the years have gone by.

“I gradually wore them down!”

The boys are now happy with where things are at. “They’re really good,” Adam said. “Production has gone up and the cows love the barn. They’re content, especially in extreme weather.”

They average 2.5 milkings a day, though some cows are milking four times a day.

The top cows are producing more than 70 litres a day. In February, they averaged 39.3 litres, 2.5 milkings a day and 3kg/Ms. “We’re really happy with that,” Adam said.

The family enjoyed seeing Adrian honoured for his contribution to the industry.

“Dad doesn’t like the spotlight but we were all excited about it,” Adam said.

Brian Leslie paid tribute to the family. “The time and work the entire Dee family has contributed to the breed is so appreciated.”

Family celebrates Holstein recognition

It was definitely a family affair for the Wishart’s when they recently received their Master Breeder honour from Holstein Australia.

The award is an amazing achievement for first generation farmers Rick and Tina who are ably supported by their capable girls Emmalea, Kaitlyn and April.

“It has been a long journey to get here,” Rick said.

“We started in the industry with virtually nothing when we transitioned my grandfather’s former sheep farm into a dairy farm.

“We trucked a second-hand 24 swing-over from Mt Gambier and started milking in 1997 with a cross-breed herd.”

It wasn’t until Rick gave up footy and decided to find a new hobby that breeding and a love for Holsteins began.

After attending an on-farm sale at Wood Lawn in Finley, Rick bought his first young cow, Mandel Coconut, who was 87 points and had great production.

That purchase inspired the couple to get interested in breeding and they started to use better bulls and appendix some of the herd.

As they began to build up numbers, they outgrew the dairy farm at Macorna and purchased a second farm at Mead.

At the time, they were milking around 290 cows, which was taking over three hours in the old shed.

The new farm was 158 hectares, and more importantly, had a 44-unit rotary dairy.

The purchase also enabled them to increase the herd and continue their love of breeding.

“While Rick initiated the purchase of some good Holstein cows, we never intended to show them, at the start it was more about value adding to the business,” Tina said.

The girls started to show an interest in the cows they purchased, which evolved into showing at a few of the local shows.

Tina reckons the girls would have been three, five and seven when they started.

In 2026, the girls capably ran the Rowlands Park 2026 International Dairy Week string which consisted of five milkers and three heifers and resulted in Honourable Mention senior Champion Cow, Senior Leader with Rowlands Park Cadillac Mabel, Honourable Mention Intermediate Champion Rowlands Park Crushabull Showbelle and Honourable Mention Senior Champion with Rowlands Park Jagger Cinnamon.

Jagger Cinnamon was also Reserve Champion in the Victorian On-Farm Challenge in 2025.

The girls are proud their entire string did so well and were bred by their family.

Their success can be attributed to some strategic cow family purchases and consequent breeding decisions.

Rick said Wood Lawn Doorman Cinnamon had bred very well for them and is the granddam of four-year-old Honourable Mention Jagger Cinnamon.

“We have gone on to sell three different animals from the Cinnamon family and they have gone to Tasmania, NSW and Colac.”

Kaitlyn said Doorman Cinnamon was a big, open, strong and powerful cow with many great traits.

“She is so well-balanced and such a great cow, it has been easy to breed from her,” Kaitlyn said.

The Mabel family has also proven to be strong after a purchase from Jack Bramley from Paravale.

“The Mabel family have been with us from very early on,” Tina said.

Shottle Mabel is 15 years old and still roams the farm, although she is now semi retired from milking.

She was the first champion cow the family had, after winning the title at the Kerang show.

“The Honourable Mention in the senior leader class in the youth show goes back to Shottle Mabel.”

The Wisharts have also established the Lotus family after purchasing Fleyas Doorman Lotus.

“We have taken her daughters to the last two IDWs and they have done well too,” Rick said.

When it comes to breeding decisions, April has stepped up to help her Dad.

“Dad and I both have a say with the breeding, but if he is not around, the decision is left up to me to decide,” April said.

Everyone agrees April has a great eye and she knows the cows and their traits very well, often picking out the cows for the show team, including Crushabull Showbelle, who wasn’t even halter trained before IDW.

The family breeds for type, function and production.

“Like everyone, we want to have strong, functional cows with great feet and legs so they can live long lives,” Emmalea said.

“We keep an eye on the data, especially around fat and protein, and we will use a production bull accordingly if needed,” Rick said.

Byrne Lea Octane Buttersnap was the Sydney Royal Champion in 2024 and Winter Fair champion last year, and is also a firm family favourite, along with Rowlands Park Chief Balertwine (above) out of Gorbro Atwood Balertwine, who was Best Udder and Honourable Mention at the Victorian Winter Fair.

Today, herd numbers sit up around 470 and both Emmalea and April work on the family farm. Emmalea is focused on the feed side of things and rearing the calves, while April is basically 2IC and manages the place when Rick and Tina aren’t around.

Kaitlyn might have flown the coop to Maffra, but she intends to come back to Cohuna one day.

“Us three girls work really well together, and it would be great to come back home one day, but it is also great we each have our own little interests - Em’s farm still has the dairy infrastructure, so there might be an opportunity for us to expand there one day,” Kaitlyn said.

Emmalea chips in, “we will just keep building the empire,” she laughed.

// MASTER BREEDER

Two Decades of Genetics, Progress and Passion

Craig Lister’s love of breeding dairy cows has seen him take a mixed herd of predominantly cross breed cows to a Holstein Australia master breed herd in just over two decades.

Along with his wife Sharon and kids Alex, Ollie and Emily, Craig operates Calister Holsteins at Calivil in Northern Victoria. Mum Judy is also a key contributor particularly when it comes to rearing the calves.

Craig has always been interested in breeding and the power of genetics.

“Originally, we just had a commercial herd with some Holsteins and a lot of cross breeds and I was always fascinated by the cows that produced more and got in calf with good health and that is where good genetics make such a difference,” Craig said.

Craig’s interest in Holsteins really took off when he left school in the 1990's and began working full time on the family farm.

“There were quite a few highly regarded dairy herds in our area back then and I was always asking questions and people were very generous with the time.

“When I became a share farmer, I bought in one of the best local commercial herds I could find from Mark Taig, who had a herd developed over time by Ron Lawry and I put them (150 cows) through the appendix system along with some of our better cross breeds,” Craig said.

Over the years, Craig has made occasional purchases of cow families including the purchase of two embryos from Trav Gilmour.

“I got one pregnancy which resulted in a heifer and that was my first cow family ‘Gretchens’ and they have gone on to be a big part of the herd today.

“Originally, they were not a massive production family but above average for type, fertility and longevity, but overtime they have improved and they are now up there with the elite.”

A2P2 Gwen, a descendant from the Gretchen family has a BPI of 772 and is the number three polled female in the country.

He said, star brood cow points and lifetime production have always been a driver and is why he was attracted to the Gretchen family.

“Inspiration Gretchen was a renowned cow,” Craig said.

Craig has also purchased genetics from the Walkup Louettas and Plushanski Chief Faith families from Warren and Judy Miles, Calivil Creek Holsteins, who dispersed their herd in 2008.

“These are internationally regarded families with great lifetime productions - the Chief Faiths are known for their dairy strength and both families have been a source of a number of bulls in AI who have been heavily used around the world,” Craig said.

Over the years, Craig has done quite a bit of ET work which has enabled him to sell bulls into AI.

Some bulls of note have been Calister Decipher (who is still in active service today) and Bowyang but perhaps the best known is Calister Maebull who came about after Craig purchased some international embryos from an online auction that was finishing up.

“At the time, my son was a very early riser and I was looking at a catalogue before milking. They were at a price I could afford and even though I knew nothing about bringing them into Australia, I soon learnt.”

The heifer Palermo Macy would go in to classify 88 points and produce well over 5,000kgs of milk solids. She only retired from the milking herd last year.

Craig also purchased two Snowman embryos from the Lila Z family which resulted in a heifer and a bull.

“That was when I hit the genomic pay dirt. That heifer was in the top handful of GTPI and GIPI cows outside of America at the time.

“She didn’t give me too many heifers early on, but after a few successful flushes, she gave me a heifer calf every year and we have 14 daughters from her in the herd.”

The Lila Z family is now the most prolific in the herd and the youngest daughter is a first lactation heifer in the herd today.

Craig said the Master Breeder recognition is a reflection of a consistent effort to breed cows fit for his ideals of a dairy cow.

“We now have all the genetic tools to give cows a healthy and productive life and I just love that I can do that,” Craig said.

He also said the arrival of sexed semen and genetic testing has been a game changer.

“I jumped onto genetic testing early and sexed semen enabled me to retain the top 60 per cent of the herd and rapidly grow the herd – ten years ago we still had a lot of cross breed cows.

“It is amazing how the Holstein breed has progressed, even over my short career.

“When I started there was concerns about where the breed was heading particularly with fertility and some health traits.

“It really has been highlight how much the Holstein breed has improved and having the ability to select and maintain what you want, without sacrificing the genetic merit means we can really have it all.”

The family milk around 350 registered Holsteins.

The 80ha milking platform consists of a mixture of fescue, plantain, chicory, white clover and 150 rye grass.

“Our grazing area works really well - the cows receive a full feed in the paddock most days and our rotation is big enough to support that,” Craig said.

The pasture system is supported by a fodder and cropping operation which rotates between cereals and vetch.

“Water and people are our most limiting resources so we have set up our operation with these two factors in mind,” Craig said.

The business employees one full time and one part time staff and milking 350 cows enable the family to cover the workload when staff are on holidays.

The cows are milked in a 50 unit, single operator rotary dairy with cup removers, retention bars and auto teat spray. The full herd is milked in around 90 minutes minus clean up and getting the cows in.

Craig said he is proud to be a farmer producing a product consumed across the country every single day, and he is proud to operate a dairy business which prioritises animal health and sustainable land practices.

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Janette ‘Nette ’Falls honoured with the Bette Hall Award

Article; Sophie Baldwin

This years Power of Women (POW) in Dairying award winner is Finley’s Janette ‘Nette’ Falls.

The annual award recognises resilience and adaptability and just like Bette, Nette has that by the bucket.

Nette has milk flowing through her veins.

Growing up in Gloucester, she was involved in showing cows from the time she could walk.

This helped establish a love and passion for the Jersey breed that has endured many decades.

At 16 Nette passed the Jersey Judging School and would go on to judge a countless number of shows across the country including Toowoomba and Canberra Royal. She has judged State On Farm Challenge finals across different breeds.

In 1968, she established ‘Pasadena Jerseys’ and has been a member of the Jersey association for over 57 years.

In the mid 1980's, she moved to the Southern Riverina with her family, milking 25O cow at Blighty, while raising her three children.

Over the years Nette has bred many excellent Jersey cows and she has a long list of class winners and champions including the Southern Riverina Jersey Cattle Club On Farm Challenge.

Noted cow families developed by Pasandena Jerseys include the Beautiful, Olive and Mistletoe’s.

Family remains everything to Nette and she has also shared success with the Charo family with daughter Lauren of Topshelf Jerseys and Suzie of Goldbar Jerseys.

Nette has even dabbled in breeding stud Holsteins and Illawarras, under the Abbotsbury prefix.

In 2013, Nette dispersed her dairy farm at Blighty and is now based in Finley where she works for Elders as a dairy specialist and real estate agent.

Nette has been the Southern Riverina Jersey Cattle Club president for many years, and chief dairy steward of the Finley All Breeds Show and also helps out on the Deniliquin Show Committee.

Nette was responsible for establishing the fancy dress class at IDW after watching her granddaughters sit on the sidelines.

“I was watching my granddaughters little eyes watching everyone else and I thought they need something to aspire too as well,” Nette said.

The fancy dress class has gone viral around the world with tens of thousands of views online.

Nette is also well known for her nurturing and support of the next generation of farmers.

She was shocked but equally thankful to receive the Bette Hall award.

“I really don’t feel qualified and it blew me away,” Nette said.

“I love what I do and cows are in my DNA – they are my comfort.”

Bette Hall

Nette said there have been so many people who have helped her over the years she didn’t want to name them for fear of leaving someone out.

“Hard times bring out the best in you and I have been on my own for three decades now. “It was always sink or swim and I was always going to swim - I learnt to back myself,” she told IDWs Around the Barn.

Holstein Champion a retirement present

When it comes to grand departures, Christine and Geoff Peatling couldn’t have scripted it better.

Christine and Geoff have retired from the dairy industry on the ultimate high note. Their Windy Vale ATW Frosty 2-ET (Alltheway) was named Holstein Champion and Supreme Champion at International Dairy Week, fulfilling a long-time ambition.

It was a quick exchange with Frosty only being purchased in October and already sold to Brad and Jess Gavenlock from Cherrylock, who prepared the champion cow for the show.

Christine said Frosty was a stand-out cow and purchased with an eye on IDW.

Now pushing 75 and 73, Geoff and Christine have recently retired to a four-acre block on their Katunga farm in northern Victoria.

They weren’t really in the buying market when they came across Frosty at a sale hosted by Timmering’s Scott Somerville. But she’s the great granddaughter of the iconic Harvue Roy Frosty EX97 and they liked what they saw.

“We like going to sales, even though we’re retiring, and we went to support it with no intentions of buying but she was a cow that Geoff liked,” Christine said. “There was something about herwe’ve always bought nice looking cows and she’s a lovely cow. We really liked her breeding.”

She was the top lot, selling for $25,000, and was shipped straight from Scott’s farm to Brad and Jess’s property to be prepared for IDW.

“She was due in December so we thought we’d try her at Dairy Week and we were better off getting someone who could look after her well to get her ready,” Christine said.

“She had done well the season before and there was just something that we felt, but it was really pot luck to buy a dry cow and do that within the time we bought her. It’s almost unheard of.”

“We’re really grateful to Brad and Jess for how they prepared her.”

Christine admits potential IDW success was back of mind when they bought her.

In 2023, they won Junior 2 Red & White at IDW with Gorbro Unlucky Jodie in the Red Holsteins section but this was their first overall champion. “That’s something Geoff wanted to do.

We couldn’t believe it… it was very exciting.”

Even though Frosty reached the summit of success, Christine and Geoff were still happy to sell - and Brad still keen to buy.

“She’s the complete package; she milks hard, has great type, and a great pedigree,” Brad said. “For me she’s the modern-day dairy cow and show cow – the perfect combination to build the bridge between the commercial world and stud world and she can thrive in any environment.”

Her preparation was easy. “She was one of the easiest cows I’ve ever had to get ready,” Brad said. “She came to us in October and calved the first week in December and didn’t put a foot wrong.”

This is the first time Brad has purchased a successful cow after preparing her for show. “We made an offer a couple of weeks before the show and let them have time to think about it. They wanted to show her at Dairy Week under their name and I was comfortable with that and it wasn’t going to change what I was doing.”

“I just wanted the cow.”

Frosty will be eight this year and Brad plans to take her to Royal Sydney Show at Easter and hopes to get her in calf and return to IDW next year.

Shines @ I D W

Melaleuca ARROW LAUTELLA VG87

1st place Senior 3 year old and Best Udder INTERMEDI aTE CH a MPION and RESERVE INTERMEDI aTE a LL BREEDS CH a MPION

Owned by Clydevale & Avalon Holsteins

Melaleuca BULLSEYE FELICITY

2nd place Milking Yearling

Goes back to Rockwood Park Achilles Felicity

3x Supreme Champion Melbourne Royal Praised for being extremely well balanced, with impressive movement on her hind legs, excellent chest width and a beautiful sweep to her rib.

Melaleuca ADVANCER SUPREME VG85

2nd place Junior 3 year old

Goes back to Meadow Park Linmack Supreme, Winner of 46 Championship Ribbons Showcases dairy character throughout, with strength from nose to tail, complemented by a beautiful mammary system and openness of rib.

Mr Mark Nutsford of Riverdane Holsteins described Arrow Lautella as cut like a diamond, noting her hard top and long rump, her beautiful mammary and silk right the way through. In his words, a beautiful dairy cow.

Melaleuca AMERICAN ROSEBLOEM VG85

4th place Snr 3 year old

Owned by Lachlan Awler

A true dairy cow, admired for the length in her rump, the slope from hip to pins and her refinement throughout.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

There aren’t too many people who can say they have spent most of their life doing something they love, but Jeff Harrower from Beltana Holsteins Cohuna can.

Jeff has devoted his life to his cows and the dairy industry, and his decades of commitment were recently recognised when he was awarded a distinguished service award from Holstein Australia.

“I have a long history of loving cows and I have nearly really been able to put my finger on why but one thing I do know is if you love what you are doing, it never seems like work.”

Ever humble, Jeff was honoured to receive the award.

Adam Dee from Clydevale Holsteins said Jeff was recognised for his integrity, generosity and his advancement of genetics which have left a lasting impact on the Holstein community.

“Jeff has been a mentor, educator, breeder, and advocate, inspiring generations of young people and contributing tirelessly to the promotion, development and preservation of the breed,” Adam said.

Jeff grew up on the family farm on Gunbower Island which he still owns and operates today.

As a youngster Jeff used to wander around the local agricultural show with stars in his eyes looking at the Holsteins from Elmar.

He credits old Marty Hore with giving him the encouragement and inspiration to take the plunge into the show ring.

“I started showing with the Rathjen families Glenjoy herd from South Australia after I went over there with my next-door neighbours, the Garner brothers.

“I fell in love with their cows and I was 19 when I wrote to the Rathjen’s asking if I could help. I ended up spending many years conversing with them via letters and talking about cows.”

Jeff became a registered member of Holstein Australia in the early 1960s and soon after starting showing cows in his own right.

“Back then the goal was to try and beat the cows from Elmar, that was the challenge for everyone in the district,” he laughed.

Over the years Jeff has exhibited at local shows, Melbourne Royal, Sydney Royal, the Victorian Winter Fair, and IDW, earning numerous ribbons and champion awards along the way.

His most memorable win was in 1987 with four-year-old Beltana Elevation Dream VG88, the first Victorian cow to take a champion ribbon at Sydney Royal.

“She was a great cow and Sydney was a fantastic old show ground back in the day,” he said.

It comes as no surprise to learn Jeff was one of the founding members of the North West Sub Branch when it was established in 1980.

“Our region has always had a strong Holstein representation. We started out with a hundred members and it has always been well supported.”

Jeff has remained an active and committed participant of the sub branch, attending meetings, sales, shows, and social events, and sharing his wealth of knowledge on pedigrees, breed history, and cattle management.

Adam said Jeff has been a long-standing supporter of youth and emerging breeders, generously sharing his expertise and mentoring countless individuals over the decades.

“He has employed and guided young breeders, cattle fitters, and photographers, helping develop the skills that have contributed to the growth of the Holstein community,” Adam said.

While there have been many great cows over the years and Jeff names Beltana Royal Rose as his top cow.

She has the prestigious honour of being the cow immortalised on the entry sign to Leitchville. She also gave him four daughters an excellent, VG88, VG87 and VG85.

In 2000, Jeff made the emotional and difficult decision to sell his herd.

He kept a few and has been playing around with them ever since however those days are numbered, as Jeff is 84 and thinking about retiring sometime in the future.

Our Favourites

WILGO VIRAL SAMANTHA EX90

1st Senior 2-year-old & Best udder in class NSW STATE SHOW 2025

WILGO SOUTHPOLE STEVIE VG88

Same family as WILGO VALENTINO STEVIE

Champion All-Australian 2 year old 2023

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WILGO LC QUEENIE EX94

GREAT NORTHERN CHALLENGE CHAMPION 2016

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WILGO SAMBO MISS EX93 3rd Aged cow NSW STATE SHOW 2025 3rd Aged cow FAR SOUTH COAST OFC 2025

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HM SENIOR CHAMPION, GIPPSLAND JERSEY FAIR 2023 3rd 5-year-old, IDW 2024

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WILGO JERSEYS was established in 1878 with the stud being established in 1908 with many families still here today.

BRUNCHILLI JOEL OLIVIA

1st Senior 3-year-old & Best Udder in class, INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION JERSEY

GRAND CHAMPION JERSEY

SUPREME ALL BREEDS INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION International Dairy Week 2026

Special thanks to Ricky Nelson for making Olivia available, and to his team for her care prior to and at the show!

Champion delivered...

Brunchilli Joel Olivia had a lot riding on her at International Dairy Week.

For former owner Ricky Nelson, she was a chance to prepare a prize-winner and support her new owners as fires closed in on their farm.

For new owners Aaron and Emma Salway, she was a chance to score a maiden champion title at IDW - and enough to set them on a 10-hour overnight road trip to be there for her crowning glory.

Olivia came up trumps, winning Intermediate and Grand Champion Jersey and also crowned IDW Interbreed Intermediate Champion.

Ricky purchased Olivia a few years ago from a Riverlane sale, home to both the Brunchilli and Rivendell Jersey studs.

“I liked her sire stack and what she was,” he said. “Brunchilli is a great stud. The cows that came out of that sale were outstanding.”

Last year, Ricky pulled her out of the herd and took her to the NSW state show as a practice-run for IDW. “While I was getting her ready there, Aaron and Emma Salway asked me for a price and they ended up buying her at the show. I didn’t take her there to win or sell her, it just all happened.”

Despite the sale, Olivia returned to Ben Predetti’s Froglands Jerseys farm at Tallygaroopna, where Ricky works, to be prepared for IDW in the show cow herd with a hay-fibre diet.

“I was very eager to get her ready for the show, even if I’d sold her,” Ricky said. “I thought she had a good chance to win her class, but I knew the competition and how she needed to be to do well.”

While reluctant to sell, Ricky was happy with the deal. “I don’t get a milk cheque so selling cows is what I need to do to turn over a bit of profit. It’s an avenue I’d like to explore more.”

Ricky was helping to prepare Ben’s other cows when Olivia won Best Udder. “We watched it on the TV as we were getting the others ready. I said to the guys, if she wins, I’d better go down to the ring!”

Aaron couldn’t be there because of the fires. “The fact that I’d sold her to him but he couldn’t be there probably drove me more to try to make sure she was ready,” Ricky said. “It was more special to do it for someone in his position rather than if I still owned the cow.”

The success makes Ricky hungry to do more showing, though he keeps it in perspective.

“I’m proud to have played a part in this success but there’s not a lot of money in showing cows – they’ve still got to milk and make money. It’s something I enjoy and I’ve made a lot of good friends out of it and learnt a lot about the importance of cow management and cow health.”

He also believes Australian herds are heading in the right direction. “For a while we had a fair distance between show cows and stud cattle, but we’re getting back to functional cows that can win shows and produce milk.”

Aaron and Emma had been forced to stay at home with fires surrounding their farm, but when she won Champion Cow, they decided it was time to go for the Supreme announcement.

“We left here at 7 o’clock on Wednesday night and drove half way from Cobargo to Tumut and did the rest the next morning to see her go out and win Intermediate Interbreed,” Aaron said.

“We had a cool change and a bit of rain which allowed us to go and our son said he’d stay home and milk.

“It was a 10-hour drive but well and truly worth the effort. That has always been the dream and the dream come true. We were over the moon. We knew she was good, but I wasn’t expecting her to go all the way.”

Aaron immediately recognised Olivia’s potential at the NSW state show.

“I liked the look of her and see the potential in her .

She’s got one of the best udders I’ve seen on a Jersey cow and she just catches your eye straight away. She’s the type of cow I’ve always wanted to breed.

“I’ve never had anything like this and a big thank you to Ricky, Ben and all the team that helped at Dairy Week.”

NORTHERN DISTRICT JERSEY BREEDERS CLUB

President: Todd Brown |

CLUB HEIFER TOUR - Our annual heifer tour was held in December. Visiting Jugiong, Royals Green, Craigielea and Brookbora, as always a great display of heifers and well attended. Pictured Grandpa Bill Cochrane sharing his knowledge with grand daughter, Imogen Livsey

Secretary: Pat Nicholson

Congratulations

to Daniel and Kelsi Bacon, married on the 21st November on farm at Tennyson

OFC RESULTS - Held early December, our on farm challenge saw 21 exhibitors entering 104 entries. An exceptional display of every cow, saw Shirlinn Roulette Dawn 2, Tandara Askn Belle and Warrain Askn Express go on to represent the club in the Great Australian in May.

Congratulations to all our members on their excellent representation and results at this year’s International Dairy Week. It was fantastic to see so many of our members exhibiting, with animals presented to an outstanding standard and results to be incredibly proud of. There were far too many highlights to list individually, with wins and strong placings across numerous classes.

A special congratulations to Darren Crawford and Julia Paulger on earning the Premier Exhibitor Award with their exceptional team.

Other club highlights included the inaugural Shane Paulger Memorial, Pen of Three awarded to S, D and K Bacon Reserve Intermediate Champion to Bacon and Hastings Honourable Mention Intermediate Champion to Flemming and Bacon

A tremendous effort by all involved and a great representation of our club on the national stage.

International Dairy Week Success

Junior to take the next step

Fifteen-year-old Lloyd Akers ready for the next chapter in his dairy showing career after a landmark display at this year’s International Dairy Week.

As he prepares to step into senior ranks, Lloyd can reflect on his success in the All Breeds Youth Show, winning Junior Leader with his cow, Loxleigh Broad Marie 9211, who then progressed to the ultimate success being named Grand Champion of the youth show.

It was the culmination of a remarkable IDW for the Akers family, including a win in the two-year-old milk class, Junior Leader Senior Champion Milk Heifer, and Grand Champion Heifer of the Show, fourth in the Jersey show, and five-year-old Loxleigh Matt Lorna receiving honourable Mention Senior Champion.

Lloyd, from Tallygaroopna, has been showing cattle for more than 10 years with some successes along the way, but nothing to compare with this year’s outcomes.

“It was good… we had a great show,” he said.

Lloyd describes Loxleigh Broad Marie 9211 as a standout twoyear-old. “She’d won the Two-Year-Old category in the On Farm Challenge and kept looking good,” he said. “We weren’t expecting her to win the Youth Show, but you never know with shows.”

Loxleigh Broad Marie 9211 was prepared by Cherrylock Cattle Co I enjoyed helping at Cherrylock, breaking in the show team leading up to Dairy Week as well as working with our cows”.

Lloyd has picked up some good tips for leading over the past few years. “It’s about balance and consistency and making sure you’re walking evenly with your heifer and you’re not dragging them,” he said.

“You both need to be relaxed. You need to have a good relationship with your heifer and know each other well so you have to work with her so you get used to the way she leads.

“

Make sure she walks with you, not against you. ”

Lloyd says the win was the most exciting so far in his budding showing career. “I wasn’t really expecting that win, but it’s a great feeling,” he said.

“Dairy Week is great. I always look forward to it, not just for showing cows but for the people you can catch up with.”

Turning 16 in March, Lloyd will progress to senior leader ranks next year. “That will be a good experience,” he said.

Lloyd’s father Geoff, who is Jersey Australia president, and mother Natalie were there to share the winning experience.

One of the best

Shirleen Evans only owns one cow…but she’s a good one!

Shirleen’s Tandara Dairystar Lola 99, known as Lola, was Senior and Grand Champion Brown Swiss at International Dairy Week and as a first-time IDW winner, Shirleen couldn’t be happier.

“I was pretty emotional and incredibly surprised,” Shirleen admitted. “A lot of people had said she looked great, but I didn’t see her winning.”

Lola was bred by Ben Govett of Tandara Brown Swiss. Ben, along with Alexz Crawford who led her in the ring, is responsible for her day-to-day management and preparation for IDW.

“From the first time I saw Ben’s Tandara cows, I decided that one day I would own one, it took 11 years, but it was worth the wait.”

Shirleen purchased Lola in the 2024 STgenetics sale for $18,000 after falling in love with her on the STg sale video. I had no idea how much she would make, but I knew I wanted her.”

“You just have to look at her to see why I love her,” she says. “She brings me so much joy …she’s an investment in my happiness bank”.

The granddaughter of a staunch Jersey breeder, Shirleen moved off her parents’ farm to pursue a nursing career and completed 20 years in the Royal Children’s Hospital Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.

“That’s where you learn about what’s important in life,” she said. “Those children and their families taught me so much, most importantly, to think about life and to choose happiness.”

She later returned to Oxley Flats before starting a dairy farm with her then partner who introduced her to Brown Swiss cattle.

Shirleen feels fortunate to be able to continue her grandfather’s stud name. “Pa registered the first ‘Cranbrook’ Jersey in 1943, I’m not sure what he would think about these Swiss cows, but he would be delighted to see ‘Cranbrook’ active within the family again.”

While continuing to work as a nurse in Wangaratta, Shirleen has been CEO and Public Officer for Brown Swiss Australia for the past four years. “I really enjoy my CEO role; I like helping people and solving problems, it’s always nice to meet and talk to cow people.”

She is a strong fan of Brown Swiss cows, not only for their working abilities but for their personalities.

“They’ve got such a beautiful, gentle nature, they love attention and love to be patted.

They’re very heat tolerant. On 40-degree days, cows when the other breeds are in the shade, the Swiss will be out grazing; they have sound feet and legs, amazing longevity, they’re good production animals and they love to eat.”

Paying tribute to the Tandara IDW team, led by Ben and Alexz, Shirleen said “It’s a lot of hard work keeping 20 animals, fed, clean, healthy and presented to the Showring to such a high standard. I am very grateful for the way they looked after ‘My Lola’, getting her to the ring looking the way she did.”

“This experience has been wonderful; it has also brought a lot of joy to my 94-year-old Mum. To be able to share this honour with Ben and Alexz, who have been very good to me, is very special.”

For Ben, she was an easy cow to prepare

“She was prepared with the rest of our show cows,” Ben said. “She only calved three weeks before the show and did everything right. She was Best Udder at show and is a very balanced and correct cow. We thought she might be too fresh but she looked pretty good on the day.”

Ben also had Reserve Champion and Honourable Mention cows.

GRANDALE OD LAMBDA

1st Place Autumn Calf JUNIOR CHAMPION HOLSTEIN HEIFER & RESERVE INTERBREED CHAMPION, IDW 2026

Dam; Eclipse Solomon 9 Princess ET VG89 x VG87 High Octane x VG89 Atwood x EX90 Damion x VG Goldwyn

Owned in partnership with Oakdale Dairies & Chelsea Atkins

The Grandale program is built on some of the world’s most influential cow families, including MS Goldwyn Alana EX96, KHW Regiment Apple EX96, Rosedale Lexington EX95, Fradon Rudolph Jodie EX90, Eclipse Damion Princess EX90, Pineland Goldwyn TidBit EX91, Murribrook Atwood Ivy EX93, Rockymountain Talent Licorice EX95, and Quality Ridge Stormi Hazel EX96.

This first showing marks the beginning of an exciting journey for Grandale Holsteins.

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A NEW WAY OF Farming

Article; Rick Bayne

With two young children, a growing herd of cows and an industry- wide shortage of skilled staff, Andrew and Jess Rushton needed a new way of farming.

A Lely robotic milking system introduced in late 2025 has provided the answer.

The robots are the latest evolution for the Rushton family which has been breeding Jerseys for 60 years. Today, they milk 320 registered Benlock Jerseys at Rochester on a split-calving system.

The family started breeding in 1966 at Stratfield near Bendigo and started registering the herd after buying the Rochester farm in 1973. After Brian and Lee took over the family farm, they built a new dairy in 2001 and added a neighbouring farm in 2006, growing the herd from 180 to 260. Jess and Andrew moved to the farm a few years ago and bought another neighbouring property as a dry out block, pushing the milking herd to 300-320.

Now they’ve moved to robots in the hope of improving efficiencies.

Andrew admits it was a big decision, but the dairy was 25 years old and a few things needed attention in. “You could spend the money on the old dairy and still have an old dairy, or going forward with the labour issues everyone is having, robots seemed to be a solution,” he said.

“It will be good not having to rely on skilled labour to identify crook cows. We get all the information from the robots - they identify anything that’s sick and anything on heat is identified and drafted.”

The robots have been operational since October 2025 accompanied by an ABC grazing system.

“The cows have three different grazings a day,” Andrew said. “They’re are not housed but graze in a different paddock or a feed pad and they do that every day of the year.”

The cows have adjusted well. “It took a week or two for them to get familiar and relaxed in the robot box but they worked out how to use them. Instead of coming back to the dairy at once, which they had spent their lives getting used to, they had to work out that they could come to the robots whenever they liked and if they did, they get rewarded with a fresh feed of grass or go on the feed pad and they get a pellet ration at the robots.”

While the cows were quick to adjust, Andrew and Jess also had to change their habits. “It was a two-man shed and one of us was in the dairy at all times with staff,” Andrew said.

“It has taken a while to get used to what our day-to-day jobs are, where the cows are going day-to-day and how to allocate each grazing area, which is an important part of the system. I think we’ve got a good handle on it now and the cows are walking to and from the robots themselves, which is great.”

With children Brodie, 6, and Grace, 4, the robots have changed family dynamics. “I’m here for every breakfast, can be there for every dinner and can go to school sports and not miss any of that,” Andrew said. “I still have jobs to do, but I can do them when I’ve got time and it doesn’t have to be around milking.”

Milking on hot days is no longer an issue. “They just walk to the dairy at different times,” Andrew said. “Your typical 6am and 3pm milkings are the quietest part of the day. Now they’re milking overnight or morning or whenever suits them.”

The existing dairy was retrofitted to accommodate the robots. Andrew says this involved a lot of planning but it worked well. “Pouring concrete around a dairy that was still functioning took some planning but we started concrete and steel works in the dairy on September 1st and we were milking by October 9th.”

The family is happy with the investment. “In October, we had just calved half the herd. The in-calf cows dropped in the first week and they didn’t recover, but the fresh cows did recover and gave us a bit more,” Andrew said.

“Our milk flow compared to last year is basically the same but the cows calving in the next month will be calving in a system they already know and that’s where we’re going to see the benefits. They know they can come in whenever they want and they won’t have a setback mid-lactation.

“We didn’t expect a milk increase when we started because of the disruption, but to hold our production was an achievement in itself.”

COW FAMILIES DELIVERING RESULTS

Barns on display

Noosa is known for its wet and warm climate - so how do cows cope in such conditions?

Visitors to the Jersey Australia AGM will find out how Chad and Carita Parker of Glen Echo Jerseys have helped their cows adapt to the humid conditions.

They milk more than 1,000 cows on their farm at Kenilworth with support from about 20 staff, including contractors.

Chad has been home on the family farm for 19 years, taking over the business just a year after returning when he was aged just 21.

When he took over, they were milking just 150 cows but since then the growth has been phenomenal.

They installed two freestall barns in 2017 and 2024 and invested in silage storage to accommodate the herd’s growth and to help the cows cope better with the tropical conditions.

“It’s more comfortable for the cows in the shed rather than grazing because of the weather conditions up here are not good for grazings,” Chad said. “Summers are usually hot and wet.”

The herd is 50 per cent Glen Echo Jerseys, 30 per cent Jersey-Holstein cross and 20 per cent Holsteins, with Chad particularly enjoying the output of the cross-breeds.

The main farm has about 200 hectares that is grazed for dry stock and heifers and double that size for crops.

Chad says he will be open for questions when the farm is opened for visitors. “I’ll show them around the dairy and barns and see what questions they have,” he said.

Glen Echo Jerseys will be the main farm visit of the AGM at Noosa on May 28th-30th. The annual awards dinner will be a highlight of the event, along with a breakfast information session.

Breed backbone

The Govett family has been the backbone of Brown Swiss farming in Australia.

From being among the first to dabble in imported Brown Swiss genetics to leading the national breed association and dominating the showring over the past decade, Bill Govett and his son Ben’s Tandara stud has been at the forefront of the breed.

The family’s five-generation farm is in northern Victoria at Tandarra, though the stud’s name drops the second R, reflecting local debate about how it should be spelt.

Dairy farming wasn’t always involved.

“My parents were wheat farmers and they had a share farmer,” Bill recalls. “I left school at 15 in 1970 and the sharefarmer left so I started milking cows. It just fell in my lap. The sharefarmer taught me how to milk them before he left and I was lucky that I had three dairy farming uncles in the district and I could get their advice on how to look after cows.”

Bill’s parents bought the stud Jersey cows during the changeover. “At the time, stud cows were almost as cheap as commercial cows bought at the saleyards,” he recalled.

Bill and his wife Judy later moved to the Heytesbury Settlement in south-west Victoria for three years and then Tatura for three years before returning to the home farm while his parents relied on sharefarmers. They subsequently bought the property and about seven years ago it was sold to their son Ben.

The switch in breeds started about 40 years ago. “A very good friend of mine who came from a famous Jersey herd, Lynton Broad, came back from an American trip where he had had seen Brown Swiss. He thought they looked very interesting and we liked what he told us so we bought some semen and then some embryos.

“They crossed very well over the Jerseys and then we went to purebred, though it took a long time.”

About 25 years ago, Holsteins were introduced to the herd for a roughly 50-50 split.

“Brown Swiss and Friesians mix well together,” Bill says. “They’re both big, strong cows and complement one and other.”

A small number of Jerseys were reintroduced to the herd by Ben, but Bill still sees it as a Brown Swiss-Friesian mixed herd.

He likes the split. “I don’t see any reason to go one or the other, but if one of the main breeds out-performed the other, the balance would change.”

Bill was pleased with the contribution of the Brown Swiss and became part of a drive to increase the breed’s presence in Australia. He was president of the breed society at both state and federal level and the inaugural breed magazine editor.

“I’ve stepped back now but was involved for many years trying to bring the breed forward,” he said.

“We were the fastest growing breed in Australia at one stage, and the breed is still growing in popularity. I always pushed hard to get involved in the commercial world, not just the stud breeder world. You see more of them out in commercial herds now, which is a good thing.”

Bill remains a fan of the breed. “Brown Swiss are naturally docile, they live longer, have good appetites, and they are tough and adapt better to extreme weather.

“In the early days, we had trouble getting quality genetics into the country but we worked on that with AI companies. We now have access to the best semen from around the world and the cows reflect that.

“At the elite level, the cows are getting better and better and closer and closer to elite Holsteins and Jerseys. “There’s no doubt in my mind about that, and commercially even more so.

“I believe they will continue to grow and, if they’re not already, in years to come they will only be behind Holsteins and Jerseys as the top three breeds. If you get enough cows in the base genetic pool, anything can happen.”

Bill is no longer milking or managing the farm but still helps with maintenance and odd jobs.

They milk just over 300 on 300 hectares and Ben is keen to continue the mix of the main breeds and his “smattering” of Jerseys.

“The Holstein and Swiss mix well together, both being similarsized bigger breeds they complement each other,” he said. “The Holsteins have high litres whereas the Swiss have high components and longevity.

Ben started bringing Jerseys back five or six years ago. “After showing Jerseys for people and owning some with Brookbora Jerseys, I just wanted a few in my own herd.”

He is continuing his father’s breeding regime. “We like gooduddered cows that are balanced and productive. We’re trying to breed a cow that will do many lactations with little problems. We breed for cows without faults and production continues to get better all the time, currently averaging 650 kg/Ms across the herd.”

They have split calving, autumn and spring, for both breeds.

Over the past 12 years, Ben has bred all bar one Swiss champion at International Dairy Week, including a streak of nine years.

The show cows are run separate to the main herd and fed a high-fibre diet in the lead up to IDW.

Ben says that apart from current management, the stud’s success continues to build on the breeding base set by his parents.

Together, their efforts have helped shape the Brown Swiss breed in Australia, with the Tandara prefix continuing to leave its mark both in the paddock and the showring.

2024/ 2025 Australian Brown Swiss 'Swiss Belles' Photographic Competition

CLASS 1 ~ UNDER 12 MONTHS

1st Martilda Genetics Ray Carol Maddy Foot

2nd Promenade Superstar Clare OP Daley & BK Bratfield

CLASS 2 ~ 12 - 24 MONTHS

1st Tandara Aldo Luna

Tandara Brown Swiss Junior Champion

2nd Dusty Road Aldo Paris Leah Dickson

3rd Tandara Aldo Heidi Maddy Foot

CLASS 3 ~ 2 YEAR OLD

1st Benleigh Albert Sarajevo Wake Family

2nd Tandara Glenwood Lola 107

Tandara Brown Swiss

3rd Tandara Spark Luna 6 Herbie Meyland

CLASS 4 ~ 3 YEAR OLD

1st Benleigh Dynamite Stacey Leah Dickson Intermediate Champion

2nd Tandara Dairystar Heidi 317 Tandara Brown Swiss

3rd Tandara Dairystar Lola 99 Shirleen Evans

CLASS 5 ~ 4 YEAR OLD

1st Tandara Dynamite Heidi 311 Tandara Brown Swiss

2nd Promenade Superstar Schnuggi OP Daley & BK Bratfield

3rd Werombi Vale Beverly Nicole A & T Hayter

CLASS 6 ~ 5 YEARS AND OVER

1st Tandara Vivid Lunda 260

Tandara, Parrabel & Oakleigh Downs Champion Cow

2nd Benleigh Prince Faith Wake Family

3rd Tandara Paray Lola 74

Tandara & Sarah Chant

TANDARA VIVID LUNDA 260; Tandara, Parrabel & Oakleigh Downs Grand Champion

Brown Swiss Australia are delighted to contribute to the third Australian Dairy Breeds Journal. We are excited to have this opportunity to share the strengths of the Brown Swiss Cow.

VICTORIAN BRANCH BROWN SWISS OFC

The Victorian On Farm Challenge judged by Kelly Bleijendaal of Winwood Holsteins, saw 101 entries, with results among participants. Steve and Jodie Huth’s Maverick Hank Sarajevo won Junior Champion, and their 2058 Carter earned Best Udder. Leah Dickson’s Dusty Road Dairystar Paris was named Intermediate Champion.

CELEBRATING LONGEVITY IN BROWN SWISS

One of the defining strengths of the Brown Swiss breed is their impressive longevity. This was evident in the Veteran Class, where Kelly commended the breed on the quality of the 14 cows aged eight years or older who entered the class. The 6 - 7year old class also had a strong showing with 13 entries. Kelly awarded both Champion and Grand Champion Cow honors to Miss Brookings Rowdy-Twin, exhibited by Alexz Crawford of Mayfair Brown Swiss. Kelly was particularly impressed with Rowdy, noting her accomplishments as a twelve-year-old cow with nine calves, including three sets of twins. Owner, Alexz Crawford appreciates Rowdy for her moderate dairy frame, open rib, excellent feet and legs and her exceptionally youthful udder, especially considering her age and multiple lactations. In January, Rowdy was classified as EX-90-4E, highlighting her superior qualities & ongoing productivity.

*Julie Andrew (BS Aust, Vic Branch President), Kelly Bleijendaal; OFC Judge & Alexz Crawford, Champion and Grand Champion OFC.

Photo: Jo Dickson

CELEBRATING YOUTH

Congratulations to Charlotte Andrew of Katunga, who was awarded the IDW Brown Swiss Encouragement Award. Charlotte, recently returned from working at Brown Heaven Brown Swiss in Canada and World Dairy Expo. These experiences have seen her knowledge and passion for the breed deepen even further. Charlotte enjoyed success in the Victorian On Farm Challenge, where her heifer won Class 1 and placed top five in two additional classes. Charlotte is the IDW Brown Swiss Youth Challenge Team Captain. She is dedicated to encouraging younger participants to get involved early, ensuring they gain the valuable skills needed for success in the showring.

MASTER BREEDER RECOGNITION

Brown Swiss Australia proudly announced Sherbrooke Brown Swiss as the third recipient of the esteemed Master Breeder award. The Sherbrooke Stud was established by Richard Brown in 1974. After Susan and Richard married in 1981, they continued to expand the Stud and were integral in the growth and development of the Brown Swiss breed. Today, their daughter Emily Brown and her partner Stephen Fisicaro, manage the Sherbrooke Stud alongside their Linderlan Brown Swiss Stud at Katunga, Victoria. Susan maintains a keen interest. To discover more about the Sherbrooke journey and browse a collection of photos, visit the Brown Swiss Australia Facebook page.

RECORD BREAKING SALES PERFORMANCE

The Brown Swiss sale ring has recently witnessed a series of outstanding results, reflecting the breed’s increasing popularity. One of the most notable achievements was the record-breaking sale of Benleigh Barca Lorna, fetching an impressive $31,000 for the Wake family. Following closely, a seven-month-old Brown Swiss heifer, topped the IDW STg Sale at $27,000 for Kit Davidson of Blighty, NSW. Adding to the momentum, her maternal sister, sold for $20,000 by Paul Schubert of Muswellbrook, NSW, but it was another Brown Swiss who topped the Schubert sale at an outstanding $27,000. These results highlight the strong demand currently seen for Brown Swiss animals.

SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION

Brown Swiss Australia is deeply committed to supporting the youth, the future of the dairy industry. We believe in providing young dairy enthusiasts with opportunities for learning, development and networking in supported environments. We are proud to sponsor youth camps around Australia.

DIAMONDS IN THE DINGEE DUST

By the time you receive this Journal, the Diamonds in the Dingee Dust Sale will have concluded. We extend our best wishes to Ben, Bill and Judy Govett of Tandara, hoping the event was a great success. It is our sincere hope that the sale led to Brown Swiss animals finding new homes among passionate enthusiasts, contributing to the breed’s ongoing expansion.

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» A complete package from a 10 generation Murray Brook family

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ABS GLOBAL RELEASES EXCITING NEW SIRE CSCKIRKY

ABS Global is excited to announce the procurement of new Australian Jersey sire CSCKIRKY

Strength, stature, positive milk, strong health traits and genetic diversityCSCKIRKY is a bull bred for the future of the Jersey breed.

Sitting among the breed’s top genomic bulls, the newest ABS Australia Jersey sire is already generating interest.

With a pedigree anchored by PILGRIM and STURGIS for strength and DAVID for production, CSCKIRKY blends performance with longevity and health - a combination increasingly sought in modern Jersey breeding programs, according to ABS Australia Sales Representative Alan Blum.

“Kirky is a total performance sire with the ideal blend of positive milk with positive deviations and amazing type, adding body depth, chest width and great udders - all while improving teat length,” he said.

“He’s high for Daughter Fertility, Farmer Likeability and Survival - the health traits linked to profit and management ease.” Health was front-of-mind for breeders Paul, Lynette and Adam Lenehan when planning the joining that produced Kirky.

The decision paired Murray Brook Kate 5024 - a Pilgrim daughter averaging more than 7000 litres per lactation and backed by ten generations of Murray Brook breeding - with Sturgis, a sire recognised for balanced type and strong health credentials.

“We want cows to survive in the herd as long as they can, have low - or no - cases of mastitis and fertility is crucial to get extra lactations,” Paul explained.

“These are all health traits that are important to us and the Jersey breed now.”

The Lenehans milk about 500 cows across two herds at Crossley in south-west Victoria.

CSCKIRKY is the ninth bull the family has sold into artificial insemination, with strong interest in the Murray Brook genetics stemming from a consistent focus on durability, production and the pursuit of a “very balanced” cow.

CSCKIRKY’s maternal line reflects that intent. His granddam - by DAVID - averaged 7,362 litres per lactation, 650 kilograms of milk solids, at 480 kilograms liveweight and calved annually.

His full sister calved for the first time this year and is projected to exceed 6000 litres in her first lactation while classifying 85 as a two-year-old.

With a sire pathway incorporating both Australian and United States bloodlines, CSCKIRKY also offers valuable genetic diversity, with VALENTINO appearing several generations back in the pedigree.

For Paul, this year marks 60 years of milking cows. The Murray Brook stud was formally established in 2020 following the genetic recovery process - a milestone reflecting decades of disciplined breeding and long-term investment in quality cows.

“My father bred Jerseys and I started once I left school,” Paul said.

“I’ve pretty much always used the best bulls of the day for 60 years, and it’s really starting to show in the genomics of the cows now.’

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ON FARM COMPETITION 2025 OVERJUDGING

TWO YEAR OLD

1st WOOD LAWN DREAMBIG DELIGHT 9308

2nd GORGALA CHIEF JOSIE

3rd INSTYLE DYLAN CHRISTMAS 1965

4th CARISMA MOGUL ARVI

5th HEARTS RIDGE DYLAN IMELDA 6813

FOUR YEAR OLD

1st GORGALA LAMBDA UNBELIEVABLE

2nd ROWLANDS PARK JAGGER CINNAMON 2550

3rd WHYNDELL DOC MOOVE

4th HL-STARCREST S C PETAL

5th WINDY VIEW CHIEF ELEGANCE

MATURE

1st ANDES ZION RASCA

Flanagan Farms, Wood Lawn Holsteins

Ben Pedretti

Jibantra Park Holsteins

Brenton & Ellie Thomas

Instyle Holsteins

Jason & Maree Deenen Carisma Holsteins

C. & F. Bills

Hearts Ridge Holsteins

Stacey Gleeson & Gleeson Family, Elm Banks Holsteins

R.L. & T.L. Wishart Rowlands Park Holsteins

R.K. Easterbrook Whyndell Holsteins

Harry Dodd HL-Starcest Holsteins

B. & Y. McVilly Windy View Holsteins

THREE YEAR OLD

1st WHYNDELL LAMBDA JADE R.K. Easterbrook Whyndell Holsteins

2nd CARISMA BRIDGEY AYLA Jason & Maree Deenen Carisma Holsteins

3rd MELALEUCA ARROW LAUTELLA Avalon and Clydevale Holsteins

4th QUALITY RIDGE CHIEF VELVENE Jake & Bec Fisher Quality Ridge Holsteins

5th VIEW FORT DYLAN JINKER Templeton Family View Fort Holsteins

FIVE YEAR OLD

1st AVONLEA PERFORMANCE RITZY B.E. & J.N. Somerville Melaleuca Holsteins

2nd WALLAROI CRUSHABULL ROXY J.P. Culton Calivil Ridge Holsteins

3rd CHERRY TREE FONDOO 3972 J. & J. Romans Cherry Tree Holsteins

4th CHERRY TREE FONDOO 4065 J. & J. Romans Cherry Tree Holsteins

5th GLOMAR SILVERLINE LUCKY 6817 R. Johnston Glomar Holsteins

Linsand Farms Pty Ltd, Linsand Holsteins

2nd ROCKWOOD PARK ATLEY CRETONNE Templeton Family, View Fort Holsteins

3rd GORGALA AWESOME TIFFANY R. Nelson, RJ S Holsteins

4th WESTMUIR JORDY APPLE-ET-RED Munden Farms & Oversea Holsteins

5th LIGHTNING RIDGE CMD TATOO BAMBA

Justin Staley, Aylesbury Holsteins

Supreme Champion Jim Conroy Award

GORGALA LAMBDA UNBELIEVABLE

Stacey Gleeson & Gleeson Family Elm Banks Holsteins

Australian Red Cow OF THE YEAR FOR 2025 AS VOTED BY THE

Beaulands Tokyo Princess bred by the Graham Family from Nowra in NSW. The Graham family purchased her grandmother amongst a line of heifers from a founding ARDB member, John Williams, Meningie in South Australia. When John dispersed his herd in 2009, the Graham family were able to purchase his rising 2 year olds. This particular heifer was sired by Beaulands Jim (ARBJIM) out of Bosgowan Princess 362 who was sired by Bjurist 1011.

When these heifers came to the Beaulands herd in Nowra, on the NSW South Coast, many of them, including the grandmother of Tokyo Princess, became quite ill with Theileria, as they had no pervious exposure to coastal ticks. Thankfully, none of the cattle with Theileria died, and despite their severe anaemia and weakness, they all made a full recovery. The dam of Tokyo Princess was born the following year, and was sired by Tosikko. This cow went on to produce over 50,000 litres in 6 lactations, regularly going in calf to her first insemination. A sister to Tosikko Princess also went on to produce over 70,000 litres in 8 lactation.

Beaulands Tokyo Princess (sired by VR Tokyo) is classified VG88. She scored EX90 for her mammary. Her BPI is 334.

She is currently in her 8th lactation, and produced over 70,000 litres. She is in calf to VR Humid from her first mating for the season.

She has mainly had bull calves, with 2 of her sons in A.I. at Genetics Australia. ARBMarnus is sired by VR Filur and ARBTyrell is sired by Onstad.

Other sons of hers have been sold to Victoria, and her most recent bull sired by VR Vimo was sold to Don Davis in Queensland.

She has 2 daughters in the milking herd. The eldest daughter is sired by Gopollen. On a recent herd visit to Beaulands by ARDB Chairman, Brett Davies, she was his pick for his favourite cow at Beaulands. She also has a 2 year old polled daughter by Sausvatn with a BPI of 329.

MEMBERS OF THE ARDB IS:

Sam Graham says, “Despite her age, she is still one of the cows that leads the herd to and from the paddock each day. She is an extremely quiet cow, and just an all round wonderful cow to own. She consistently has low cell counts, and is definitely one of my favourites”.

The cow voted in second is Ravenshill Uudin 1464 Owned by Owen Simpson. Sired by Uudin and out of one of Owen’s favourite Foske daughters.

1464 turned ten years old this year and is still in fantastic shape. She is classified EX91 with Rump 85, Mammary System 92, Feet and Legs 90 and Dairy Strength 95.

In 2021 and 2023 she was awarded Champion Cow in the Australian Reds Victorian On Farm Challenges. Owen says she is still milking as well as ever with her August herd test this year producing 3.08 kg milk solids with a cell count of 16.

In 3rd Place, is Cluain 4909 Matilda ET owned and bred by Graeme and Michele Hamilton.

Cluain 4909 Matilda (ET) is 6 years old and currently on her 5th lactation. On her last completed lactation at age 62 months she produced 10,405 litres; 366kg protein; 348kg fat in 295 days with a PI of 124; She has a lifetime average PI of 120. She is classified VG87 and at the time of her nomination her BPI was 354, Milk +1,047, Protein +52, and Butterfat +24 which placed her as Australia’s number 10 ranked Australian Red cow.

ARBD VISITS TASMANIA

In late January, members and friends of the ARDB travelled to Tasmania to attend the AGM, annual awards night and Red Tie Dinner event and the ever popular organised farm visits.

The first visit was to Paul Nichols at Greenacres. Milking 1500 cows Paul has been utilising the Viking Genetics ‘Golden Cross’ breeding strategy using Jersey, Holstein and Reds in rotational cross breeding program for the past four seasons.

Paul has been particularly impressed by the Red sired animals and has started using a little more red in recent times as they seem to be a more trouble free, robust and fertile animal. He believes this may suit his extremely tight 7 week calving pattern while maintaining production levels at one to one kilograms to live weight

The group also visited Riley Poke. A young single operator utilising Halter (virtual fencing). The group were impressed with Riley’s passion and commitment and his willingness to share his knowledge and thoughts on the system.

The last visit was to the Finlaysons' at Redhollow Farms.

Hugh & Melissa, with GEA robots milk 450 Australian Reds, The herd split calves in January and August. With the herd established in 1988. The family recently sold their farm in Togari as part of their family farm succession. Hugh and Melissa commissioned the GEA robot dairy in November 2022. Selecting a farm with a greenfield site that adjoined a run-off block that was already operated by the family.

Crops are grown for summer -Rape, Maize and Oats with undercover and Kale for winter mainly for dry cows. The farm is self-sufficient for hay and silage with a run off block not too far away.

Matilda SHINES AT INTERNATIONAL DAIRY WEEK

The ST Genetics 'Create the Future' sale is considered the most prestigious annual multibreed dairy sale in Australia.

Cluain 6239 Matilda was the first Australian Red Dairy Breed animal to be offered up for auction in such an elite sale and met with some spirited bidding.

The Breeder of Matilda, Graeme Hamilton, Hamilton’s Run in Mount Gambier says it’s something he’s wanted to do for a long time. “We didn’t know how it would go”, Graeme said. “We knew that to be accepted into such a high profile sale, we would have to offer our absolute best heifer”. Graeme also added that she also needed to be a heifer that would appeal to other Australian Red breeders or someone wanting to get into the breed with a heifer of the highest level. Graeme is also of the view that elite genetics should be shared around, in effect propagating top cow families into multiple herds around the country.

Paul Cocksedge from Tarwin in South Gippsland, Victoria was the successful bidder at the auction. Paul said, “I have admired the Hamilton’s herd for quite a long time.” Having inspected the herd on numerous occasions over the years, Paul says he has great respect for the way Graeme goes about it.

“When I saw the pedigree, performance and all the history behind this heifer, it certainly sparked my interest. There can’t be too many Red cows around that descend directly from an all breeds champion cow of the Sydney Royal Easter Show.”

Paul adds, “When you consider that it was Ron Graham, that originally selected Matilda’s ancestor right at time of the beginning of the Australian Reds. And then the high quality sires that have been used since, firstly by Ron, then later by Graeme, I know the foundations are solid.” Paul also added, “Ron would have to be considered the most successful breeder of Australian Reds since the breed began, so to continue on with this Family first selected by Ron is quite surreal”.

Paul now plans to start an IVF program with Matilda in time to have some of her embryos implanted for next year’s Autumn calving. Paul says, “There’s no doubt that her genetics are elite. Matilda’s mother is the highest ABV Red cow in Australia for kgs of Protein and my biggest source of income on the farm is from the sale of kilograms of Protein” He also says that the German Angler Sire of Matilda, was one that he missed.

“Blavand P is still the equal number two Genomic Bull in Germany today and looks very promising”. While his main goal is to try to create as many heifers as possible from Matilda, Paul is also hopeful that Matilda may one day breed a Son or Grandson that could be successful in A.I. “I don’t think many people realise, but Beaulands Echo, the very first locally bred Australian Red Bull to enter A.I. many years ago came from the Matilda cow family so maybe it’s time for another one”.

In late January, members and friends of the ARDB travelled to Tasmania to attend the AGM, annual awards night and Red Tie Dinner event.

Results for the Victorian On Farm Challenge, sponsored by ABS were also announced and presented by Judge of the competition, Darren Fletcher from ABS.

Class winners announced on the night were:

Class One: 602; Chris & Jennifer Read

Class Two: 1426 (ARBCAESAR) Leigh & Fiona Musgrove

Class Three: 1536 (VIKRUPPURA) Terry & Shannon Blasche

Class Four: 4167 (VIKRHAKVIN) Leigh Verhey & Ange Turner

Class Five: 4636 (VIKRFROERUP) Frank & Marianne Kelly

Class Six: 4330 (VIKRWILD) Frank & Marianne Kelly

Class Seven: 1991 (VIKRFOSKE) Owen Simpson

Overall Champion: 4330 (VIKRWILD) Frank & Marianne Kelly

Encouragement Award: Molly Dunn

The 2025 Australian Red Cow of the Year was also announced.

Champion Cow HOMEDALE 4330

Beaulands Tokyo Princess bred by the Graham Family from Nowra in NSW being awarded the top honour.

The Graham Family also received the award for their Beaulands Herd being the top ranked BPI herd in Australia.

Other awards announced on the night included:

Top BPI cow: Graeme & Michele Hamilton

Top Genomic Heifer: Frank and Marianne Kelly

Top BPI new Genomic Bull: Frank and Marianne Kelly

Seeing RED

Forty years ago, north-east Victorian farmer Bill Thompson saw some cows that changed his life and the Australian dairy landscape.

Bill’s wife Ena had wanted to investigate her Scandinavian family heritage and had long wanted to visit Sweden. When Bill and Ena travelled to the Scandinavian country, not only did they find beautiful scenery, they encountered Swedish Red cows.

That started the process of importing Scandinavian genetics into Australia and led to the creation of the Australian Red Dairy Breed.

Today, the Australian Red Dairy Breed is the country’s third most popular breed and is celebrating 40 years of making a difference to local farms.

Bill and Ena’s son Erik has continued the connections and followed in his father’s footsteps as a life member of the breed association. He says Reds continue to make a major contribution to Australian farms after their humble local beginning.

“Mum and Dad went to Sweden and saw all these beautiful Swedish Red cows. Dad was an Illawarra breeder and thought this was what was needed to improve our Illawarra breed,” Erik said.

“He came back and spoke to the Illawarra Society about importing Swedish Red genetics but they weren’t interested. He had to go to so much trouble to set up protocols between Australia and Sweden to import semen that he thought he may as well make a business out of it and share it with others.

“It meant he had to start another breed and he set up the Australian Red Breed to register and breed them in your own right.”

Bill, who farmed at Eskdale, had high hopes. “I remember him saying that the goal at that time was that three quarters of the world’s cows were red or red and white. Holstein was a dominant breed but if we could be like the Holsteins and select the best genetics from all over the world, whether it be Canadian Ayrshire, red and white Holstein or Swedish Red, we could register them as Australian Reds and develop a superior local breed.”

It wasn’t a smooth process. “There was a lot of debate,” Erik recalled. “The Illawarra people didn’t want to join and went down the Holstein path. There were fears that the red Holstein was going to cannibalise the Australian Red breed, but that didn’t happen.

“The cream that rose to the top was the Scandinavian Red and they are the dominant genetics in the breed today. Everything was tried but it consolidated into the Scandinavian bloodlines.”

Erik said his father was impressed by just about everything in the breed. “He liked the nice, commercial deep-bodied type of cow that had good strength, high production and was very healthy. Lactation persistence was really good which he felt could benefit our Illawarras.

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“Before everyone else started doing it, Scandinavians collected data on everything that affects cow profitability, and that attracted him to it. It was a big breed with a lot of data so there was a solid foundation to help him get started in Australia. He just wanted to bring genetics in to improve the improve the Illawarra breed but there were hurdles and people not wanting to do it, so he did it himself.

“It was a big thing. I remember I had to leave school when I was 15 and come home to the farm because the business took all his time.”

Bill established Austral Cattle which evolved into to Auzred, and he also started a monthly magazine The Red Cow. Sadly, he died aged 52 from cancer but his daughter Karen Moroney continued the business and the magazine for many years to come, along with the family farm.

Erik left the industry for a while but came back 15 years ago to form VikingGenetics Australia where he continues to play a central role in importing Scandinavian Red genetics into Australia. He is now VikingGenetics Australian director.

Aussie Reds, now formally known as the Australian Red Dairy Breed, continue to evolve locally.

While behind the two biggest breeds Holsteins and Jerseys, the Reds are clearly in third place and Erik believes there is scope for growth.

“They are definitely a good cow for Australian conditions. The Reds have always been known for their health, which is because of the way they breed them in Scandinavia and all the data.

“We believe they are a good alternative. If we can develop a Red cow, and I think we are close, that is a bit shorter than a Holstein, has good strength, superior health and will match the HoLstein for kilos, we will be successful.

Holstein farmers want cows small er, healthier and a bit more robustand that’s what the Reds offer.”

DIRECTORS:

Brett Davies (Chairman) 0438 340 783

brettandbronwyn@bigpond.com

Paul Cocksedge (Deputy Chairman) 0427 871 456 pscocksedge@gmail.com

Alison Finlayson 0417 567 198

redhollowaussiereds@gmail.com

Skeeta Verhey 0429 408 708

skeeta@marleighpark.com.au

Three breeds. Three leaders. One proof run. A rare hat trick that highlights the power of the VikingGenetics breeding programme — and delivers a powerful win for your herd.

A BPI PROVEN trifecta #1 Daughter-Proven

Across All three Major Breeds

VH Ascari

#1 daughter proven, 537 dtrs/47 herds. Strong daughter fertility, medium stature with dairy strength and longer teats.

VR Vimo VJ Gislev

#1 daughter proven, 201 dtrs/ 25 herds. #2 all ARDB Red sires. #1 VR Vesty, #2 VR Vimo, #3 VR Vinci P VikingRed Trifecta.

#1 daughter proven, 293 dtrs/36 herds. Dominates Jersey proofs (all sires) by 57 BPI points and 193 points ahead of the next BPI proven sire.

Carenda

Carenda

HEYHEY CIROCCO

Hayk x Altaflashback

Cirrus-P x River

“CIRROCO’s dam, Carenda River Verle VG86, is a West Cost River daughter from a very strong line of cows, her dam is in the herd and performing very well. CIRROCO is A2A2, polled, has really good confirmation and good butter fats” – CIRROCO breeder and Master Holstein Breeder, Ray Kitchen of Carenda Holsteins

2026 ADY Travel Scholarship

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Important Dates:

Interview Availability: Mid - Late, June 2026

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Trip Completion Deadline: June 30th, 2027

Applications close: May 31st, 2026

Application Requirements:

(additional information can be found on HA & JA Website)

Clearly outline your trip's purpose (work experience, training, or education).

Detail how this experience will benefit your role in the Australian Dairy Industry. Include references and confirmation of your planned activities.

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SOUTH GIPPSLAND FARMER CONTINUES MENTORSHIP JOURNEY

Kate Kirk admits she was a total novice when she was introduced to dairy farming.

At the time, Kate was working in a Leongatha supermarket in South Gippsland. Her then boyfriend, share farmer Jason Kirk whose family had two farms at Loch, needed to find a new worker when his sister moved on to run the second other farm.

“I said I don’t know anything about farming but I’m happy to give it a go,” Kate said. “What’s the worst that could happen –If I suck at it and you fire me; I can go back to the supermarket.”

Turns out Kate was a good learner who quickly adapted to farming life, and at the same time their relationship blossomed and led to marriage and Kate becoming part of the share farming arrangement.

Part of her success came from the mentorship of Jason and his family and the deluge of Dairy Australia courses she undertook to learn about industry standards.

She’s never forgotten the importance of that support and today she continues to pay it forward.

Kate will present `From Frankston to Gippsland: A Journey in Farming and Mentorship’ at the GA 2026 Today, Tomorrow and Beyond conference hosted by Genetics Australia in Geelong on March 17-18.

Kate had been raised in Frankston and no intentions of becoming a farmer but now she wants to help young people find their way in the industry.

She remembers joining the farm as a 19-year-old rookie. “Jason and his father taught me everything about what they wanted on their farm and they supported me to learn the industry standards,” she said. “Because I wasn’t qualified for diddleysquat, I started doing all the Dairy Australia courses like Cups On-Cups Off, calf rearing and Fert Smart. I think I’ve done every single course they’ve had in the past 20 years.

“I’ve always been a go-getter person and if I’m going to do something, I’m going to do the best I can.”

She even became confident and experienced enough to instigate on-farm changes based on data.

While continuing to lease in Loch, in 2016 Kate and Jason bought their own farm at Dumbalk, adding to it over the years to build up to a milking herd of more than 500 on 364 hectares. They have four staff and more than 1100 animals all up including young stock, and also do their own hay and silage conservation.

In recent years Kate completed her Diploma of Agriculture qualification online, along with a training and assessors’ course at TAFE and became qualified in food safety and lead auditing.

Along with working as a verified dairy food safety auditor with Dairy Food Safe Victoria auditing farms for their milk licences, Kate is keen to help young people to navigate their way into the industry, including their own staff.

“We support people to take time off for training because I know how important that was when I was a novice,” Kate said. “There are not a lot of younger people in agriculture and it’s way harder for them to get into it than it used to be, but we need them. Farms are much bigger so the industry needs more employees, from managers to farm hands, and those people need a chance to skill up. They need on-farm training as well as formal training so they know what industry best practice is.

“It is difficult to get in, but it’s possible if you’re patient. Find someone that you admire and ask them questions and use the industry opportunities that we have. If there’s a part of the farming that you don’t enjoy, find a bit that you do enjoy.

“If you’re going to do it, do your best.”

They also host on-farm tour groups, including visitors from Zimbabwe organised by Genetics Australia. Kate will be part of an online seminar for Zimbabwean women in ag in March.

Recently turned 40, Kate says she and Jason continue to work well as a team, but she hopes to phase out of the hands-on heavy-lifting part of farming.

“I want to do the things I enjoy, like supporting staff, teaching skills, explaining the importance of food safety legislation, connecting people to industry resources and just talking to and supporting dairy farmers and their goals.”

The GA 2026 Today, Tomorrow and Beyond conference hosted by Genetics Australia on March 17-18 will be at GMHBA Stadium 370 Moorabool Street South Geelong. People can visit www.genaust.com.au for ticketing information and the full program.

CSC & ABS offers Jersey cattle breeders a solid partnership that has helped access cutting-edge genetics with confidence.

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2026 INTERNATIONAL DAIRY WEEK Supreme Results

For full show results, visit: https://jersey.com.au/2026-international-dairy-week/

INTERBREED

Australia's Supreme Champion; Windy Vale ATW Frosty 2-ET , GR & CE Peatling, Tallygaroopna, VIC

Interbreed Senior Champion; Windy Vale ATW Frosty 2-ET, GR & CE Peatling, Tallygaroopna, VIC

Interbreed Reserve Senior Champion; Rivendell Victorious Passion, Ian Hindmarsh, Cowra, NSW

Interbreed Intermediate Champion; Brunchilli Joel Olivia, Aaron and Emma Salway, Cobargo, NSW

Interbreed Reserve Intermediate Champion; Melaleuca Arrow Lautella, Avalon Holsteins & Clydevale Holsteins, Gunbower, VIC

Interbreed Junior Champion; Boronia Ridge Victorious Shot-IMP-ET, R & S Goode & D Patten and M Totman, Poowong North, VIC

Interbreed Reserve Junior Champion; Grandale OD Lambda Panda, Grandale, Oakdale Dairies & Chelsea Atkins, Hallora, VIC

HOLSTEIN SHOW

Junior Champion; Grandale OD Lambda Panda, Grandale, Oakdale Dairies & Chelsea Atkins

Reserve Junior Champion; Gorbro Acetylene Admire, Gorbro Holsteins

HM Junior Champion; Cherrylock Haniko Chassity-ET B & J Gavenlock

Intermediate Champion; Melaleuca Arrow Lautella, Avalon & Clydevale

Reserve Intermediate Champion; Westmuir Dazzle Cherry, B & P Salmon

HM Intermediate Champion; Rowlands Park Crushabull Showbelle

R & T Wishart

Senior Champion; Windy Vale ATW Frosty 2-ET, GR & CE Pealing

Reserve Senior Champion; Gorgala Awesome Tiff, R. Nelson and Gorgala Holsteins

HM Senior Champion; Rowlands Park Jagger Cinnamon 2550, R & T Wishart

GRAND CHAMPION; Windy Vale ATW Frosty 2-ET, GR & CE Pealing (right)

RED HOLSTEIN SHOW

Junior Champion; Cherrylock Hastoric Apple Tart-Red, B & J Gavenlock

Reserve Junior Champion; Gorbro Acetylene Admire, Gorbro Holsteins

HM Junior Champion; Lindon Latenite Bonnie Red, R & A Wilson

Intermediate Champion; Impression Analyst Tulip – Red, M & L Flemming, K Heath, & P Worner

Reserve Intermediate Champion; Budgeree A Jodie-ET-Red, Grandale, Avonlea Holsteins & Cr Cowan,

HM Intermediate Champion; Struan Latenite Hayley-Red, Struan Holsteins

Senior Champion; Wileys Ridge Unstopabull Barbara – Red, R. Allen, D & J Crapp, Parrabel Genetics, & Walmar

Reserve Senior Champion; Rusty Red Diamond Becky-ET-Red , Z Anderson

HM Senior Champion; Westmuir Jordy Apple-ET-Red, K. Munden & Oversea

GRAND CHAMPION; Wileys Ridge Unstopabull Barbara – Red, R. Allen, D & J Crapp, Parrabel Genetics & Justin Walsh (right)

JERSEY SHOW

Junior Champion; Boronia Ridge Victorious Shot-IMP-ET, R & S Goode, D Patten & M Totman

Reserve Junior Champion; Underground Tequila Milkshake ET, A & A Cullen & A Hanks

HM Junior Champion; Fireworks Choc Chip Zara, K Coburn & J Eagles

Intermediate Champion; Brunchilli Joel Olivia, A & E Salway

Reserve Intermediate Champion; Brookbora Breadwinner Sleeping Beauty, S,D & K Bacon & Hastings

HM Intermediate Champion; Torlea Rivendell Chocochip Teagan, M & L Flemming & Brookbora

Senior Champion; Rivendell Victorious Passion, Ian Hindmarsh

Reserve Senior Champion; Ashtaney Fire Sienna, Ashtaney Jerseys

HM Senior Champion; Loxleigh Matt Lorna 7559, G & N Akers

GRAND CHAMPION; Brunchilli Joel Olivia, A & E Salway (right)

IDW Colour Champions

BROWN SWISS SHOW

Junior Champion; Dusty Road Darius Nickers 15558, Leah Dickson

Reserve Junior Champion; Wootanga Park Aldo Lola 7659, McGrath Family

HM Junior Champion; Benleigh Bender Donna, John Tarpey

Intermediate Champion; Tandara Aldo Heidi 320, Ben Govett

Reserve Intermediate Champion; Chapple Valley Janik Meryl, B Govett & Jonathon Jennings

HM Intermediate Champion; Lara DairyStar Mermaid, A & F Ferguson

Senior Champion; Tandara Dairystar Lola 99, Shirleen Evans

Reserve Senior Champion; Tandara Vivid Lunda 260 , B Govett, Parrabel, Oakleigh Downs, & A Fraser

HM Senior Champion; Tandara Daredevil Sarajevo 155, Tandara & D Bacon

GRAND CHAMPION; Tandara Dairystar Lola 99, Shirleen Evans (right)

ILLAWARRA SHOW

Junior Champion; Llandovery Hazza’s Blossom, Hayes Family

Reserve Junior Champion; Eacham Park Envy79 , Bryan Noakes

HM Junior Champion; Pearl Haven Hazza Ella, Ingrid Diment

Intermediate Champion; Cherrylock Theo Angeline, B & J Gavenlock

Reserve Intermediate Champion; Glenbrook Blossom 25, Ian Mueller

HM Intermediate Champion; Holburn Park Peachy 4, L Andrew

Senior Champion; Llandovery Trelevens Joan, Hayes Family

Reserve Senior Champion; Glenbrook Nancy 65 , Ian Mueller

HM Senior Champion; Illinga Topsys Empire, Coburn Family

GRAND CHAMPION; Llandovery Trelevens Joan, Hayes Family (right)

AYRSHIRE SHOW

Junior Champion; Munden farms Moloss Orange, Karl Munden

Reserve Junior Champion; Killarney Grove Autograph F Ginny, B & J Gavenlock

Intermediate Champion; Lara Unnca Loreal 4, Andrew and Fleur Ferguson Reserve Intermediate Champion; Ghinni Creek Paint By Numbers, Eagles Family & K Coburn

HM Intermediate Champion; Parkville Kingsire Ruby, Munden Farms & Stuart Beverly

Senior Champion; Parkville Bluey Bangle, Karl Munden

Reserve Senior Champion; Munden Farms Hawiians High, Karl Munden

HM Senior Champion; Paschendaele Klassic Blossom, Karl Munden

GRAND CHAMPION; Parkville Bluey Bangle, Karl Munden (right)

GUERNSEY SHOW

Junior Champion; Rockmar Daicos Jackie, M & R Shea

Reserve Junior Champion; Ashen Lee Carver Ashwood, Amy Cleggett

HM Junior Champion; Exclusive Treasure’s Rainbow, Sally Livesay

Intermediate Champion; Rockmar Tango Delightful, T & S Shea

Reserve Intermediate Champion; Rockmar Penney Koala, Sean Tomkins

HM Intermediate Champion; Ocean Breeze JC Gemma, Corey Couch & Darby Norris

Senior Champion; Crookslea Ruby 2, Neville & Simon Wilkie

Reserve Senior Champion; Kalaso Drone Koala, Joyce Family

HM Senior Champion; Brookleigh Butterworld, LF & JM Cleggett

GRAND CHAMPION; Crookslea Ruby 2, Neville & Simon Wilkie (right)

MI a MI LEMONPEEL Ideal 7580 P VG87

1ST SENIOR 2 & BEST UDDER IDW 2026

YOUNGEST IN CLASS & PULLED FOR INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

1st Senior 2 & Best Udder Jersey, Intermediate Jersey Champion, Interbreed Intermediate Champion & All Breeds Best Udder at Noorat 2025

4 generations 6,000 litres

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Next Dam. W. Tbone Melaine 2 ET EX90 STP 59m 8328 lts & 698 kg/ms PI 110. 5 lact. Av. PI. 111 2 Ex daughters

Next Dam. W. Barbs Melaine ET EX92 115m 8243 lts 698 kg/ms PI 110. 9 lact. Av PI 107

Has 12 Ex & 7 VG dtrs

Next Dam. Denfield Melaine M28 Ex (Skyline)

10 lact. Av PI 110. Has 6 Ex & 5 VG dtrs

We again thank Mitchell & Lyndsey of Impression Jerseys & Holsteins, and the crew for preparing our cows.

Sired by Wallacedale Lemonpeel P Dam. Miami Casino Ideal 5823 EX90. 4 lact. Av. PI 112

51m 6752 lt & 598 kg/ms PI 122 65m 6643 lt & 643 kg/ms PI 112

Dec. g BPI 300, O/Type 111, Mam 111

Daughters

Miami Hoss Ideal 7312 VG88 @ 3yo (NZGGLENHOS)

48m 5497 lts 4.3 235 P 5.8 321 F 291 days PI 121

Dec. g BPI 331, HWI 209, Fert. 103

Miami Starlord Ideal 7856

Our #9 BPI, 404, O/Type 112, Mam 112, Fert 106

Next Dam. M. Brax Ideal 4934 Ex 91

3 lact. Av. PI. 103. Snr. 2 PI 121

Celebrating

NORTHERN VICTORIA SUB BRANCH

~ INTERNATIONAL DAIRY WEEK 2026 ~

2026 HOLSTEIN AUSTRALIA YOUTH CHALLENGE

Congratulations to the Northern Victoria - Milk Department Youth Challenge team who won the Matthew Templeton Perpetual Trophy!

While the Shannon’s Pastoral team did a great job placing in fourth. Best Individual Award - Parader - Rahni Lawless Best Individual Award - Judging - Mikaela Daniel Encouragement Award - Judging - Henry Scott

A special thank you to our wonderful team sponsors: J & M Shannon Pastoral, Milk Department, Lely and Semex

A huge thank you to our team leaders - Sienna Ross, Tammy Stone & Mikaela Daniel

ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDED Renee Anderson - Showmanship Judge - Youth Challenge Erin Ferguson - Clipping Judge - Youth Challenge Rahni Lawless - 2nd - VAS State Parading Final Henry Scott - 1st - Primary Division - Showmanship Max Fisher - 2nd- Junior Division - Showmanship Hightop Holsteins - Premier Exhibitor - Red & White Show Hightop Holsteins - Premier Breeder - Red & White Show Cherrylock - Junior

NORTHERN VICTORIA EXHIBITORS INCLUDED Adadale, Ashen Plains, BK Farming, Beach Front/Dylander Park, Busybrook, Calivil Park, Cherrylock, Eastview, Ferguson Farms, Grand Dream & Sundar Genetics, Hightop, Mangarra Lodge, Moondi, Moonshay Park, Newhope, Paringa, Peppermint Vale, Quality Ridge, RJS, Selm Hague, Southern Star, Strathdami, Sun Vale, Tomargo, Underground, Whyndell & Winwood

Jersey Australia

CLASSIFICATION TOUR RESULTS FROM 15/11/2025 – 15TH/02/2026

M F D R

AP & AM KOCH

Ashtaney Fire Sienna Ex-94 4 95 94 94 91

Ashtaney Topsy Mistymia Ex-94 4 95 93 94 91

Homelands Val Bones Molette Ex-93 4 94 92 94 92

Ashtaney Tequila Jellybean Ex-92 6 91 92 94 88

Ashtaney Celebrity Scarlet Ex-92 6 91 93 94 91

Ashtaney Pilgrim Adison Ex-92 5 92 92 93 93

Ashtaney Tino Jellybaby Ex-92 4 92 93 93 90

Ashtaney Fire Aisha Ex-92 4 90 92 94 93

Ashtaney Bontino Ailette Ex-92 4 91 92 94 90

Ashtaney Pilgrim Ariana Ex-92 4 92 93 93 93

Cairnbrae Victorious Daisy 11 Ex-91 5 92 92 92 87

Ashtaney Pilgrim Jojo Ex-91 4 89 91 92 90

Ashtaney Topsy Silverdawn Ex-91 4 92 90 92 90

Cairnbrae Casino Daisy 14 Ex-91 4 90 93 93 90

Ashtaney Melvara Phantasy Ex-90 3 88 90 92 90

Ashtaney Fire Audrey Ex-90 3 89 89 92 89

Miami Jordan Empress 7363 Ex-90 3 88 90 91 90

Ashtaney Orlando Sunny Ex-90 2 90 89 90 88

Ashtaney Viral Sadie @2Yo 88 1 88 87 88 88

Ashtaney Roulette Silvergem @2Yo 87 1 86 85 88 86

Ashtaney Viral Frankie @2Yo 86 1 86 82 87 85

Ashtaney Askn Fernless @2Yo 86 1 85 84 88 85

Ashtaney Kamakazi Via @2Yo 86 1 83 85 88 86

B & J GAVENLOCK

Brylan Eltons Milkshake 8152 Ex-93 6 88 93 96 93

Cherrylock Winning At The Casino Merle Ex-92 3 91 89 93 88

BELINDA EGAN

Ripponlea Craze Bubbles 3129 Ex-93 4 94 89 94 91

Ripponlea Crazy Bubbles 3119 Ex-92 5 92 93 93 89

Ripponlea Constanine Princess 3263 Ex-90 3 91 87 90 88

Ripponlea Bashful Petunia 3320 Ex-90 2 91 89 89 89

Cherrylock Roulette Violet @2Yo 86 1 86 87 85 84

Brookbora Izuku Bella @2Yo 86 1 84 85 88 85

BEN GOVETT

Tandara Askn Belle Ex-92 3 91 90 92 92

Cherrylock Webcam Venice Ex-90 3 89 88 92 89

Tandara Craze Charo Ex-90 2 91 87 90 88

BRENTON FLEMMING

Philmar Publican Julie Ex-91 4 90 90 92 88

BROOKBORA PTY LTD

Brookbora Craze Destiny Ex-93 4 92 89 95 92

Brookbora Standard Lady 352 Ex-91 3 92 86 92 91

Brookbora Standard Lady 336 Ex-91 3 90 88 92 90

Brookbora Eileen 138 Ex-90 3 91 86 89 90

Colnarco Opal 16Th Ex-90 2 90 85 91 89

BUSHLEA FARMS PTY LTD

Bushlea Craze S Beauty Ex-91 6 92 91 90 86

Bushlea Cash Peach Ex-91 6 93 93 91 85

Bushlea Vic Lyne Ex-91 5 94 86 91 87

Bushlea Farms 5489 Ex-91 4 86 93 95 92

Bushlea Gv Fernleaf 5632 Ex-91 3 90 89 92 91

Bushlea Craze Qb Glory5570 Ex-90 3 88 92 91 89

COREY COUCH

Ocean Acres Action Flame Ex-94 6 95 91 96 88

Rockvale Jill 5368 Ex-93 7 94 93 94 90

Lerida Park Valentino Prim 146 Ex-93 4 92 92 94 90

Ocean Acres Bontino Rosey Ex-91 5 90 93 93 89

Bushlea Ant Feather Ex-91 4 92 91 91 88

Lightning Ridge Mb Colton Dixie Ex-90 3 86 90 93 88

Riviera Dexto Johanna 2908 Ex-90 3 88 90 91 89

Rivernooke Bojo Treasure Ex-90 3 89 86 92 88

Ocean Acres Casino Jazzy Ex-90 2 89 87 91 88

Ocean Acres Roulette Navidad @2Yo 86 1 86 85 85 86

DM & LM FRY

Katandra Park Joel Vanessa Ex-93 5 94 94 94 86

Katandra Park Casino Vanessa 3 Ex-93 5 92 95 93 93

Katandra Park Casino Darcy Ex-92 4 91 92 95 89

Cairnbrae Jets Dream Ex-92 3 91 90 93 91

Cairnbrae Casino Daisy 21 Ex-91 3 90 91 93 91

Cedar Vale Viral Mini Me 2 Ex-90

Cedar Vale Casino Dainty @2yo

Katandra Park Chrome Vanessa 4 Ex-91

Cairnbrae Elles Dream Ex-91

Cairnbrae Casino Daisy 18 Ex-90

Katandra

Katandra Park Chrome Damaris

Katandra Park Casino Vanessa 4

Katandra Park Broadway Vanessa @2Yo

Katandra Park Victorious Vanessa @2Yo

Katandra Park Victorious Darcy

Katandra Park Roulette Vanessa @2Yo

Katandra Park Broadway Damaris @2Yo

Katandra Park Roulette Daisy @2Yo

Katandra Park Kamakazi Damaris

G & A CHURCH

Bubblefrost Tybalt Petunia

Kaddy Vana

G & A HEAZLEWOOD Merseybank

Stonyrun

Grandridge Bazyli Knightley

Owendale Woodside Dixie @2Yo

Owendale Jb Mate @2Yo 86

GC & RG SPRUNT

Kaarmona Caspian Impish Ex-94

Kaarmona Vanahlem

Cairnbrae Casino Daisy 11

Kaarmona Vanahlem Benita

Kaarmona Tybalt Sleeping

Cairnbrae

Kaarmona

Kaarmona Disco Lovelies

Kaarmona Matt Babe 339 Ex-91

Kaarmona

Kaarmona

Kaarmona

Kaarmona

Kaarmona

Kaarmona

Kaarmona

NIKI & JACKIE DAVIES

Zenith Park Tab Mockingbird Ex-90 3 88 91 91 89

Woolvie Apollo 2781 Ex-91 4 91 91 92 89

Woolvie Metalica 2792 Ex-91 4 89 91 93 91

Woolvie Oliver P 2788 Ex-90 4 89 92 92 87

Woolvie Lemonhead 2732 Ex-90 4 90 89 92 86

OLIVIA LAMBKIN

Jayden Craze Carla @2Yo 85 1 82 84 88 85

P ANDERSON & K SHIELDS

Carla Rose 2623 Ex-93 5 93 90 94 91

PHILMAR DAIRY COMPANY

Miami Publican Cowslip 5970 Ex-92 5 92 92 95 87

Miami Marvellous Marie 5764 Ex-92 4 94 93 92

Miami Candyman Girlie 7319 Ex-91 3 91 88 92 88

Miami Roulette Genie 7553 @2Yo 86 1 84 85 88 85

Winvarl Valaro Dolly Ex-91 3 91 90 91 89

R & J EASTERBROOK

Coorievale Circus Daisy Ex-90 3 92 87 91 88

Whyndell Kr Express Ex-90 2 90 89 91 88

Whyndell Jordan Illusion Ex-90 2 90 85 91 88

R & R WALMSLEY

Brookbora Eileen 127 Ex-94 5 95 91 94 92

Penn Acres Tequila Swirl Ex-91 5 91 89 93 90

Lightning Ridge Mb Premier Spritz Ex-91 5 91 92 92 89

Robsvue Casino Maddie Ex-91 4 89 95 93 91

Homelands Tequila Melys Ex-91 4 91 90 93 89

Robsvue Joys Chocolate Chip Ex-91 3 91 91 91 90

Homelands Fizz Silvermine Ex-90 3 89 90 91 87

Robsvue Chocolate Chip Victory @2Yo 86 1 83 86 88 86

Robsvue Roulette Venissa @2Yo 86 1 84 86 87 86

R.J & S.A CONNELL

Valleyrose Jpod Eileen 3 Ex-93 4 93 93 94 92

Valleyrose Action Lynn Ex-92 7 91 93 93 89

Valleyrose Chrome Rosebee Ex-92 4 94 93 92 90

Valleyrose Jpod Passion 2 Ex-92 4 93 90 92 90

Valleyrose Jpod Elenor Ex-92 4 92 92 92 92

Valleyrose Barnabas Polly Ex-91 5 91 91 91 91

Valleyrose Jpod Yolandi Ex-91 4 92 90 92 90

Valleyrose Chrome Carly Ex-91 4 90 93 90 91

Jayden Elmo Diamond Ex-91 4 89 93 92 89

Valleyrose Mayhem Althea Ex-90 2 89 88 91 89

Valleyrose Mayhem Eileen Ex-90 2 91 88 89 91

RI SALTER & D GRIFFITHS

Warrain Vanahlem Goldgirl 6 Ex-92 8 88 90 95 94

Brookbora Designs Susie 246 Ex-92 6 91 91 94 90

Cairnbrae Metalica Estelle 2 Ex-92 6 90 95 92 92

Sunshine Farm Kim 7 Ex-92 4 93 93 90 91

Miami Crystal Linda 5418 Ex-91 7 92 92 91 92

Glenmaple George Leonie Ex-91 4 89 92 94 90

Glenmaple Liba Megan Ex-90 3 91 87 90 89

Cairnbrae Candyman Estelle 2 Ex-90 3 89 91 89 91

Cairnbrae Quins Estelle 4 Ex-90 3 89 90 91 87

Barringa Roman Curiosity Ex-90 3 91 88 90 86

Barringa Victorious Daisy @2Yo 86 1 85 85 88 85

Barringa Apple Estelle @2Yo 86 1 87 83 87 85

S MENZIES

Rivendell Victorious Tamika Ex-92 5 91 93 94 93

Rivendell Victorious Viva Ex-90 2 90 89 90 87

SG REID

Jackiah Topsy Adeline 3157 Ex-93 4 93 93 94 90

Coorievale Metalica Starbright Ex-92 6 93 95 92 89

Warrain Invincible Daydream Ex-92 4 93 93 90 93

Jackiah Ensign Primrose 3082 Ex-91 5 90 92 94 88

Warrain Dave Empress 3 Ex-91 4 90 91 93 89

Jackiah Roulette Primrose 3431 @2Yo 86 1 83 85 88 86

Jackiah Izuku Delta 3473 @2Yo 86 1 84 83 88 87

Shenstone Olivia 65 @2Yo 86 1 86 82 88 87

SHENSTONE JERSEYS PTY LTD ATF THE E & H FAMILY TRUST

Shenstone Ingrid 80 Ex-90 2 90 86 91 91

Shenstone Brunette 69 @2Yo 86 1 84 82 88 86

Tarcoola Jordon Eileen Ex-91 3 90 90 93 91

Jayden Craze Lovelies Ex-90 2 89 88 91 89

SJ & LJ COOMBES

Tarcoola Jordon Eileen Ex-91 3 90

Jayden Craze Lovelies Ex-90

Tarcoola Casino Eileen 5 Ex-90

Tarcoola Valentino Petunia @2Yo 86

Tarcoola Tio Fernleaf @2Yo 86 1

T HICKS & D SAGRERA

Klein Meer 3110 Ex-92

Klein Meer 3124 Ex-92

Klein Meer 2965 Ex-91

Klein Meer 3137 Ex-91

Klein Meer 3263 Ex-91

Klein Meer 3238 Ex-91

Klein Meer 3578 Ex-90

Klein Meer Sasso 3658 @2Yo 86

Klein Meer Sasso 3679 @2Yo 86

TA SAUNDERS & AG DAY

Araluen Park Tbone Sarina 4

Araluen Park Tux Naomi Ex-93

Araluen Park Valentino Sandra

Araluen Park Jeronimo Carmel

Araluen Park Sandblast Buttermaid

Stonyrun Aus Tbone Kava 5 Ex-92

Stonyrun Aus Valentino Sherry

Stonyrun Aus Valentino Sherry

Park

Araluen Park Jeronimo Sleeping Beauty Ex-92

Please note not all completed class data may have been available when running this report Columns: L – Lactation, M – Mammary, F – Feet & Legs, D – Dairy Strength, R- Rump

REGISTRATION ASSIST PROGRAM

Conditions do apply. To find out more contact Glen on 0418 466 371 or email the office: rego@jersey.com.au L M F D R

Tarcoola Casino Eileen 5 Ex-90 2 89 88 91 91

Tarcoola Valentino Petunia @2Yo 86 1 84 85 88 86

Tarcoola Tio Fernleaf @2Yo 86 1 85 85 87 86

A reminder to members that they can take advantage of the Jersey Australia Registration Assist Program. This program enables members to get their animals registered through no additional member input other than ensuring your cows are recorded on your farm management software and regularly updated to your herd test centres.

Holstein Australia

CLASSIFICATION TOUR RESULTS FROM

25/11/2025 TO 19/02/2026

HUNTER VALLEY NSW

B FRASER AND T CLOUT

VG85 Wyoming Salon Dream 1L 2.9Y MANNING NSW

CAMERON YARNOLD

EX-90-1E Arrallik Avalanche Meg-RED 3 Lact S.COAST & T'LANDS NSW

CRAWFORD FAMILY

EX-90-1E Junnash Altitude O Kalibra-RED 4 Lact.

STH.WEST RIVERINA NSW

KIT DAVIDSON

EX-90-1E Kit Appreciation Bobby 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Kit Secretariat Fairylass 4 Lact.

VG85 Kit Dreambig Alison 1L 2.5Y

VG85 Kit Summerfest Lana 1L 2.0Y

G G & J D MCPHEE

EX-92-4E Murribrook Isaac Victory 11 Lact. FLEURIEU & CENTRAL SA

TEGAN AFFORD

VG85 Milky Way Latenite Aura-PO 1L 3.2Y ALTMANN FARMS

EX-93-3E Blackwood Park Crush Telstar 7738 7 Lact.

EX-90-2E Blackwood Park Luxus Shamrock 7773 7 Lact.

EX-90-2E Blackwood Park Moat Kyla 7949 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Blackwood Park Doorman Kara 8041 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Blackwood Park Scotch Telstar 8091 5 Lact.

BILLABONG HOLSTEINS PTY LTD

EX-91-1E Billabong Favre Alexandra 7 Lact.

EX-90-2E Billabong Matt Pepper 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Billabong Radio Klara 3 Lact.

VG86 Billabong Davinci Katrina 1L2.10Y

VG85 Billabong Cadillac Karley 1L 3.4Y

VG85 Billabong Diamondb Razzle 1L 2.9Y

VG85 Billabong Hano Tully 1L 2.8Y

BRAEFORD PROP

EX-93-3E Braeford Hammer Emma 7 Lact.

VG85 Braeford Fitter Emma 1L 2.9Y BRETT M FIEBIG

EX-92-5E Warrabell Lumi Lucky 9 Lact.

EX-92-4E Warrabell Jenkins Lassie 9 Lact.

EX-90-2E Warrabell Bentley Minka 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Warrabell Bentley Leesa 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Warrabell High Octane Flora 5 Lact.

VG86 Warrabell Crushabull Luckyluck-ET 1L 3.3Y GLENMAX HOLSTEINS

EX-92-3E Glenmax Linderman Cari 6 Lact.

EX-91-2E Glenmax Aladdin Marcia-RED 6 Lact.

EX-91-2E Glenmax Crush Sapphire-TWIN 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenmax Rubels Marcia-RED 3 Lact.

GLENUNGA PROPRIETORS

EX-90-3E Glenunga Crush Eb 5 Lact.

EX-90-3E Glenunga Falcon Dingly 7 Lact.

EX-90-2E Avonlea Undenied Buttercup-ET 4 Lact.

EX-90-2E Glenunga Medallion Butterfig 5 Lact.

EX-90-2E Glenunga Silver Polly 7 Lact.

EX-90-2E Glenunga Solomon Graceful 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenunga Aftershock Maytha 4 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenunga Blake Buttersalt 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenunga Byway Maylene 3 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenunga Dorcy Harmony 8 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenunga Elijah Sunrise 8 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenunga Gavin Mocha 9 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenunga Hero Sanddune 3 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glenunga Play Buttertap

EX-90-1E Glenunga Solomon Giselle

VG87 Glenunga Capital Paula-TWIN

VG86 Glenunga Crushabull Butterfloss

VG86 Glenunga Davinci Salt

VG85 Glenunga Arrow Jackio

VG85 Glenunga Crushabull Dingette

VG85 Glenunga Dexter Buttermine-TWIN

VG85 Glenunga Henley Mayah

VG85 Glenunga Milano Butterash

VG85 Glenunga Radio

VG85 Glenunga Rubels Hazey

L B & M A GOLDER

EX-90-3E

SHERRIE & JAMES HURRELL

VG85 Merrijae Emmett Molly

P T & K M KERBER

EX-91-5E Andante Attorney Ros-PO

BRIDGET LIEBELT

EX-90-1E Torlea G Kingdoc Flora

VG85 Torlea G Jagger Flora

BRIDGET LIEBELT & G W LIEBELT

EX-91-2E Grantley Solomon Flora-ET

ROBERT M LOWKE

VG85 Glen Wade Woodman Rhiannon

C G & F D MASON

EX-92-2E Jervois Chels Courtney

EX-92-2E Jervois Merrick Rebecca

EX-91-2E Jervois History Quartz

EX-90-3E Jervois 5g Gillian

EX-90-1E Jervois Lottaclass Sue

EX-90-1E Jervois Samite Afford

VG85 Jervois Byway Gretchen

VG85 Jervois Byway Gretchen 4th

VG85 Jervois Dylan Sue

VG85 Jervois Rassie Courtney

H A NEWMAN & CO

EX-90-1E Misty Brae Apollo Jasze 2-RED

EX-90-1E Misty Brae Brazzle Granduer

MISTY BRAE HOLSTEINS PTY LTD

EX-91-1E Misty Brae Maintime Lizzie

EX-90-2E Misty Brae Crush Zena

EX-90-2E Misty Brae Mister Jackie

EX-90-2E Misty Brae Seaver Amy

EX-90-2E Misty Brae Seaver Jasze

EX-90-1E Misty Brae Aftershock Karmel

EX-90-1E Misty Brae Landslide Vapour

LAWWAL HOLSTEINS

VG85 Lawwal Cb Shakira Shakira-IMP-ET

ANDREW PACITTI

EX-90-4E Empire London Carnival

EX-90-4E Empire Lpr Pearl

EX-90-1E Empire Flame

EX-90-1E Empire Kimball Lucky

EX-90-1E Murribrook Unix Banjo

S & I PACITTI

EX-90-1E

EX-90-1E Misty Brae Contrast Hazel

EX-90-7E

D S PEGLAR

EX-90-2E Sleepy Hollow Solomon Magic

EX-90-1E Sleepy Hollow Sudan Anthea-CNF-DPF-BLF

EX-91-3E Jervois Reginald Gillian

SOUTH EASTERN SA

DATUMVALE HOLDINGS PTY LTD

EX-91-1E Datumvale Absolute Christina 9 Lact.

EX-91-1E Datumvale Byway Vonnie 5 Lact.

EX-90-2E Westmuir Chief Tiffany-ET 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Datumvale Adonis Vonnie 8 Lact.

EX-90-1E Datumvale Dealmaker Candice 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Westmuir Kingdoc Bright-ET-CNF-DPF-BLF 4 Lact.

VG85 Datumvale Lambda Ding 1L 2.5Y

VG85 Datumvale Unstopabull Favour 1L 2.8Y

J M & V LILLICO

VG85 Hindlee Leigh Dream 23283 1L 2.2Y

VG85 Hindlee Polaris 23248 1L 2.2Y

VG85 Hindlee Polaris Lea 23124 1L 2.3Y

VG85 Hindlee Polaris Rubu 1L 2.3Y

VG85 Hindlee River Dallas 23286 1L 2.2Y

VG85 Hindlee Rocknroll Antzy 23273 1L 2.2Y

RADFORD BROS

EX-90-1E Hawova Awesome Bianca 4 Lact.

EX-90-1E Hawova Devour Rae 3 Lact.

EX-90-1E Hawova Securered Finesse-RED 6 Lact. EAST GIPPSLAND VIC

M W ORCHARD & M A BOARDMAN

EX-90-1E Orchard Vale Baxter Chriss-ET 5 Lact.

LYNDSEY & MITCHELL FLEMMING

EX-90-4E Cypress Grove S45 California Redrose-RED 7 Lact. GALLRAE HOLSTEINS

EX-91-6E Gallrae Taber Eileen 996 11 Lact.

EX-91-1E Gallrae 779 Dutch Clucky 1367 6 Lact.

N D & M N GRUMLEY

VG85 Summerlea Marcello Casey 1L2.10Y

W E & M J & T W HENRY

EX-91-6E Wilara Delsanto Paulin 8 Lact.

EX-91-2E Wilara Pk Alltime Mindy-IMP-ET 5 Lact.

EX-90-2E Gorbro Lambdoor Tiffany-ET 5 Lact.

EX-90-2E Wilara Jeronimo Jorda-CNF-DPF-XIF-BLF-PO 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Wilara Draco Pam-MFF-CNF-DPF-XIF-BLF 8 Lact.

R JOHNSTON

EX-93-5E Glomar Shamrock Annecy 4832 9 Lact.

EX-92-2E Glomar Silverline Lucky 6817 4 Lact.

EX-90-2E Glomar Supersire Lady 5435-ET 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glomar Contender Lady 6120 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glomar Jedi Lady 5954-ET 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Glomar Quantom Lucky 6281-ET 4 Lact.

VG87 Glomar Lambda Sarah 7648-ET 1L 2.10Y

VG86 Glomar Hano Sarah 7521-ET 1 L 2.4Y

VG86 Glomar Jagger Lucky 7487-ET 1L 2.4Y

VG85 Glomar Hano Sarah 7480-ET 1L 2.4Y

VG85 Glomar Harmony Jessica 7690 1L 2.2Y

VG85 Glomar Lambda 7183-ET 1L 3.8Y

VG85 Glomar Tlglenn Lucky 7477-ET-RED 1L 2.4Y

VG85 Glomar Warrior Lady 7469-ET-RED 1L 2.9Y

VG85 Glomar Warrior Lady 7470-ET-RED 1L 2.9Y

NORTH-EASTERN VIC

ROSS A COOK

EX-90-2E Country Road Buddhas Janel 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Country Road Royalm Sonia 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Country Road Snowstorm Astina-ET 8 Lact.

VG85 Country Road Varleys Janel 1L 3.4Y

NORTH-WESTERN VIC

BELRUE FARMS

EX-91-2E Belrue Okaliber Eve 6 Lact.

EX-91-2E Lightning Ridge Wsmr Solomon Lulu-IMP-ET 6 Lact.

EX-90-2E Belrue Crashtime Juna 4 Lact.

EX-90-1E Belrue Undenied Judy 5 Lact.

VG85 Belrue Chief Zila 1L 2.9Y

VG85 Belrue Haniko Imelia 1L 2.4Y

CLYDEBANK HOLSTEINS

EX-91-3E Clydebank Dempsey Leonie-ET 7 Lact.

EX-91-3E Willette Dreams Alison 10-ET 6 Lact.

EX-91-2E Clydebank Stanleycup Lalass 7 Lact.

EX-90-4E Clydebank Tonka Connie 7 Lact.

EX-90-2E Clydebank Applecrisp Carolla 4 Lact.

EX-90-1E Clydebank Approve Gailor 3 Lact.

EX-90-1E

EX-90-1E Clydebank Ledame

EX-90-1E Clydebank Legend Marla

EX-90-1E Clydebank Master Leonie

EX-90-1E Clydebank Mvp Whisper

EX-90-1E Clydebank Scarlet Lass

DEE FAMILY TRUST

EX-90-4E Beltana Mainstreet Rose-BR

EX-90-2E Clydevale Drifter Patchouli-ET

EX-90-2E Clydevale Onpoint Lilac

EX-90-2E Clydevale Sandor Ippico-CNF-DPF-BLF

EX-90-2E Clydevale Solomon Pleasure

EX-90-2E Clydevale Sundance Gusto

EX-90-1E Clydevale Calumet Finite

EX-90-1E Clydevale Wrigley Flood-CNF-DPF-BLF

VG86 Clydevale Blackrum Frost-PO

VG85 Clydevale Lambda Velour-ET

VG85 Clydevale Ledger Paint

VG85 Clydevale Ledger Sunlit-PO

VG85 Clydevale Mirand Lucy-ET-PO

VG85 Clydevale Radio Indonesia

ALEXZ CRAWFORD

EX-90-1E Gorbro Unix Salti

GLYNYARI HOLSTEINS

EX-91-1E Glynyari Airchip Whynot

EX-90-4E Glynyari Sheris Whynot

EX-90-3E Brurob Hoginjack Judith

EX-90-2E Glynyari Byway Topsy-ET

EX-90-1E Glynyari Royalbeem Maggie

VG86 Glynyari Backflip M Hailey

VG85 Glynyari Calflip Bubbles

VG85 Glynyari Homebent Bubbles

C B & K E GORDON

EX-91-4E Gorgala Crush Rose-CNF-DPF-BLF

EX-91-1E Gorgala Arrow Cretonne

EX-91-1E Gorgala Chief Hazel

EX-90-2E Gorgala Fevtonne Unbelievable

EX-90-1E Gorgala 1stclas Crettone-CNF-DPF-BLF

EX-90-1E Gorgala Chief Myra

EX-90-1E Gorgala Crush Shimmer

EX-90-1E Gorgala Docuno O Shimmer

EX-90-1E Gorgala Fev Crush Wanda

EX-90-1E Gorgala Lambda Butterlass

EX-90-1E Gorgala Lambda Jean

EX-90-1E Gorgala Lambda Pamela

EX-90-1E Gorgala Sidekick Elfie

EX-90-1E Gorgala Sidekick Josie

VG87 Gorgala Stchief Midgee

VG86 Gorgala Crush Midgee

VG86 Gorgala Djhano Pixie

VG86 Gorgala Stchief Pamela

VG85 Gorgala Chief L Anne

VG85 Gorgala Chief L Unbelievable

VG85 Gorgala Davinci Pixie

VG85 Gorgala Hano Roxmary 10083-ET

VG85 Gorgala Hano Roxmary 10094-ET

VG85 Gorgala Lambda B Charcoal-ET

R K & J R GORDON

Lact.

S J & M E PORTWINE

EX-90-2E Warrawae Park Skycrest Carly 9 Lact.

T & M SOMERVILLE

EX-90-3E True Blue Attit Scarlet-ET-RED 7 Lact.

EX-90-2E True Blue Awesome Jodelle-ET-RED 7 Lact.

W L & J A STEWART

EX-91-1E Allanjay Jetfinn Fennijer 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Allanjay Booth Baileys 2390-TWIN 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Allanjay Booth Chartreuse 4 Lact.

EX-90-1E Allanjay Menchov Bianca 9 Lact.

EX-90-1E Allanjay Wrangler Olympia 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Holloddon - R Mvp Roxy 2660 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Holloddon Bradnick Riki 2838-TWIN 3 Lact.

VG85 Allanjay A2p2 Nightmare--PO 1L 3.1Y BRADLEY & LEESA WINDRIDGE

EX-94-3E Windy Ridge Awesome Raspberries-ET-RED 6 Lact.

EX-92-5E Windy Ridge Damion Larsie 8 Lact.

EX-91-4E Windy Ridge Solomon Kate 8 Lact.

EX-90-2E Windy Ridge Licorice Octane 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Windy Ridge Acme Vesta 8 Lact.

EX-90-1E Windy Ridge Byway Kendra 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Windy Ridge Byway Vesta 4 Lact.

EX-90-1E Windy Ridge Goldy Charlotte 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Windy Ridge Rambo Sally 5 Lact.

VG86 Windy Ridge Lambda Loana-IMP-ET 1L 2.9Y

VG85 Clydevale Arrow Vader 1L 2.7Y

VG85 Windy Ridge Jagger Emirate 1L 2.8Y

R L & T L WISHART

EX-91-2E Rowlands Park Solomon Mabel 5 Lact.

EX-90-2E Rowlands Park Chief Cinnamon-ET 4 Lact.

EX-90-2E Rowlands Park Kingpin Arlinda 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Rowlands Park Byway Sweetie 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Rowlands Park Racer Arlinda 5 Lact.

VG85 Rowlands Park Alps Ding 1L 2.4Y

VG85 Rowlands Park Darknight Marion 1L 2.4Y

NORTHERN VIC

BECLAH PARK HOLSTEINS

VG85 Beclah Park Picasso Sandmaid-PO 1L 3.8Y

D E CHESWORTH & D D CHESWORTH

EX-91-3E Tomargo Recluse Chiefs Joan 5 Lact.

EX-91-1E Elm Banks Haniko Misty 3 Lact.

VG86 Arrallik Ss Unix Meg 1L 2.7Y

VG85 Elm Banks Master Roxette-ET 1L 1.10Y

FRED & SONYIA DE CICCO & SONS

EX-91-2E Benevento Park Golddust Tammy 4th 6 Lact.

EX-90-2E Benevento Park Dempsey Tammy 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Benevento Park Chief Tammy 3rd 3 Lact.

EX-90-1E Benevento Park Doorman Tammy 5th 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Medbrae Altitude Salle-ET-RED 3 Lact.

VG85 Benevento Park Davinci Viviana 5th 1L 2.4Y

VG85 Benevento Park Lambda Tammy 11th 1L 2.9Y

L & M A & P & A DE CICCO

EX-92-1E Medbrae Iota Lyn 8 Lact.

EX-91-1E Medbrae Impression Marlene 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Medbrae Dempsey Tammie 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Medbrae Dreamer Marl 6 Lact.

VG85 Medbrae Davinci Tanya 1L 3.5Y

VG85 Medbrae Dj Hano Gala 1L 3.8Y

FERGUSON FARMS

VG85 Brurob Aidavinci Daisy 1L 2.5Y

VG85 Brurob Stgwichmann Petite 1L 2.9Y

VG85 Brurob Unix Jeanette 1L 2.10Y

MR BRUCE FULLER

VG86 Newhope Dropbox Summer-CNF-DPF-BLF 1L 2.5Y

VG86 Newhope Dylan Butter-CNF-DPF-BLF 1L 2.6Y

VG85 Newhope Dropbox Silk-CNF-DPF-BLF 1L 2.4Y

B & J GAVENLOCK

VG87 Cherrylock Chassitys Chief-ET 1L 2.8Y

GRAEME HARGREAVES & G B & M M ANDERSON

EX-90-1E Cherrylock Bh Apple Cider-RED 5 Lact.

M L HARVEY

EX-92-3E Cherribah Loaded Baby 8 Lact.

EX-90-1E Cherribah Onslo Olive 3 Lact.

EX-90-1E Cherribah Reginald Maureen 6 Lact.

EX-90-1E Gapsted Bear Mistress 2 3 Lact.

JIBANTRA PARK HOLSTEINS

EX-90-1E Gorgala Radio Ruby

VG85 Ashen Plains Profitabull Ashley 2-IMP-ET

LLANDOVERY HOLSTEINS

VG86 Mayfair Jagger Shimmer

VG85 Llandovery Altitude

G R & C E PEATLING

EX-93-4E Windy Vale Atw Frosty 2-ET

SCOTT & PHILIPPA ROBINSON

EX-91-2E Eastview Crushabull Bonnie

SCOTT & PHILIPPA ROBINSON, CHRIS & MARY GLEESON & A & S BARRON

VG86 Elm Banks Run To Paradise-ET

JOSHUA ROMANO

EX-91-4E Ambrewlea Artie Halana

EX-90-2E Andes Toystory Crescent

D & N SMITH

EX-90-2E Hightop Cmb Rolita

SUNDAR HOLSTEINS

VG86 Redmaw Latenite Janea 3056-RED

WALLAROI HOLSTEINS

EX-90-1E Eagle Ridge Pharo C A Pollyanna

Lact.

Lact. WALLAROI HOLSTEINS & MATTHEW KENNY

EX-92-2E Hawova Braxton Corsaro

EX-91-1E Rowlands Park Undenied Patrice-ET

SOUTH GIPPSLAND

VIC

W R & B G ANDERSON

EX-91-3E Bundalong Superstar Miri 3613-IMP-ET

EX-90-3E Bundalong Bighit Ding 3761

EX-90-2E Gorbro Lambada Tiffany-ET

E, A, R & T ATTENBOROUGH

EX-91-2E Attaview Lambda Amy

EX-90-2E Attaview Lambda Amy 5

EX-90-2E Attaview Medaillion May

D & C & R BERRYMAN

EX-90-1E Netherwood Doorman Protee

EX-90-1E Netherwood Equation Candy

EX-90-1E Netherwood Geography Daff

EX-90-1E Netherwood Lauth Mandy

VG85 Netherwood Day Star

VG85 Netherwood Randy Cate

L G & L A & T C CALDER

EX-93-4E Elmar Solomon Jessica 7-ET

EX-90-2E Calderlea Reginald A Faith

EX-90-2E Calderlea Tyson D Tassalie

EX-90-1E Calderlea Archrival Listerine-IMP-ET

EX-90-1E Calderlea Brady Hilary-IMP-ET

EX-90-1E Calderlea Chill Kialla-CNF-DPF-BLF

EX-90-1E Calderlea Impressions Ballerina

EX-90-1E Calderlea Mafie Poet

EX-90-1E Calderlea Swany Tulip-CNF-DPF-BLF

EX-90-1E Calderlea Uno Nellie

EX-90-1E Jenamy Doorman Samara 1602-IMP-ET

VG85 Calderlea Cadillac Lucille

VG85 Calderlea Chief Apple Pie-ET

VG85 Calderlea Chief Fatima

VG85 Calderlea Chief Tyson Faith

VG85 Calderlea Kingdoc Cocnut

VG85 Calderlea Kingdoc Deejay

VG85 Calderlea Lambda Jane-ET

M A & A M CLARK

EX-91-1E Nerrena Park Rabo Tanzi

T J & J E CLARK EX-90-2E Harklaje Cavalry

WEST GIPPSLAND VIC

M.J, T.L, J.W & J.S ROBERTSON

EX-90-2E Myrtleholme Unstopabull Monique-RED 4 Lact.

TROY SMETHURST

EX-93-3E Lockstock Redrock Mollie-ET 6 Lact.

EX-92-2E Blackn White Solomon Candice-ET 7 Lact.

EX-90-2E Blackn White Solomon Candice 3rd-ET 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Eclipse Mogul Princess-ET 7 Lact.

EX-90-1E Lightning Ridge Cmd Colt45 Samba-IMP-ET 8 Lact.

WINSDALE

EX-91-3E Strongbark Arc Candy 6 Lact.

EX-91-2E Winsdale Astrix Sue 8 Lact. WESTERN DISTRICT VIC

ADAM COURTNEY

VG85 Jaguar Hardy Suzanne 1L 2.3Y

ANNA DICKSON

VG85 Spring Banks Alcove Cale 14201-TWIN 1L 2.4Y

B J & J L DICKSON

VG85 Emu Banks Alcove Chevelle 14310 1L 2.4Y

G M & P E FLEMMING

EX-90-1E Philmar Goldwyn Madora 3953 8 Lact.

EX-90-1E Philmar Rambo Aim 6364 5 Lact.

PETER H FULLERTON

EX-91-3E Eclipspeirce Silver 4157-IMP-ET-CNF-DPF-BLF 6 Lact.

EX-91-3E Murribrook Doorman Lexi-ET 5 Lact.

EX-90-1E Lightning Ridge Doorman Armana-IMP-ET 5 Lact.

VG85 Daybreaker B52 Petrice 726 1L 3.2Y

VG85 Daybreaker Earlybird Daisy 890-ET 1L 2.6Y

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EX-93-4E Elm Banks Jacoby Gilly 6 Lact.

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EX-93-3E Elm Banks Bradnick Lassie 6 Lact.

EX-92-6E Elm Banks Acme Lucille 9 Lact.

EX-92-6E Elm Banks Bradnick Donna 8 Lact.

EX-92-5E Elm Banks Dempsey Tassalie 9 Lact.

EX-92-3E Eagle Ridge Elijah Paula 6 Lact.

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SALE Tid Bits

IDW Sale Peaks at $27,000. The sale peaked at $27,000 for the Brown Swiss heifer Kit Dreamer Rhapsody (Imp.ET.UK), purchased by Austral Eden, NSW. Second top was $23,000 for Impression Jealous Ofmy Latenite 269-Red (Imp.USA.ET) to Staley Farms, Vic, while the Ayrshire Junior Champion Munden Farms Moloss Orange sold for $13,000 to Arila Ayrshires. A highlight among the Holsteins was Gorbro Alligator Jessica, which sold for $10,000 from Winwood Farms to Hunterfield Farms, NSW. A milestone was reached with the first Aussie Red offered at IDW, Cluain 6239 Matilda, selling for $12,000 to P Cocksedge, Vic. Also making $12,000 was the pick of three Blondin Goldwyn Subliminal daughters purchased by Daybreaker Holsteins, Vic. Top Jersey was Impression FCG Whistling Dawn at $9,000, the only Illawarra made $7,500, and the top Guernsey reached $7,000. Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services and the team at ST Australia reported five sale lots were class winners at IDW. Buyers attended from across Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. 19 Holsteins averaged $8,921, 2 Brown Swiss averaged $15,500, 3 Ayrshires averaged $8,000, 1 Illawarra sold at $7,500, 2 Guernseys averaged $5,750, 1 Aussie Red sold at $12,000, 10 Jerseys averaged $6,350 A total clearance of 38 lots averaged $8,395.

Carla Rose Jerseys and Grand Ridge Ayrshires Top $9,500. A strong crowd attended the Complete Dispersal of the Lace and Ralston milking herd at Koonwarra. Jersey prices peaked at $9,500 for the 3 year old Carla Rose Sturgis Divine, gBPI +316, purchased by Kaarmona Jerseys. The same buyer also secured Philmar Woodside Melys 7530 at $7,000. Second top Jersey was Impression SG Victorious Google at $7,200 to G and T Gardiner, with other highlights including Brunchilli Valentino Nusha EX 90 at $6,500 and Carla Rose Bedford Shamrock at $6,000. Ayrshires attracted solid interest, topping at $6,750 for Grand Ridge Amarula Viv to Behmer Pastoral Co, followed by Grand Ridge Roanoak Zirock 2 at $5,500 to Benzon Farms. 26 Ayrshire cows averaged $3,160, 8 Guernseys and crossbreds averaged $2,312, 193 cows grossed $550, 800, averaging $2,855. Buyers attended from across Victoria, South Australia, & NSW.

Kenarie Jerseys End of an Era Dispersal Tops $20,000. A massive on site and online crowd gathered at the Murwillumbah Racecourse, NSW, for the End of an Era Milking Herd Dispersal of Pat and Trish McDonald’s famed Kenarie Jersey herd, attracting buyers from across Australia and New Zealand. Sale top of $20,000 came late in the sale for Kenarie Icey Stacey, a first lactation heifer from an EX 92 dam, purchased by MLF Farms, Mitchell and Lyndsey Flemming of Newry, Victoria. Second top was the 5 year old Kenarie Handsome Grey, EX 91, at $13,000 to Cedarvale Jerseys, NSW, while Kenarie Viral Clusterette sold for $11,000 to Jamber Jerseys, NSW. Jamber Jerseys also secured several top lots including Kenarie Alarm Jarrah and Kenarie Superfluous, both at $10,000. Other highlights included Kenarie Glorious Vinnie, EX 91, at $8,500, Kenarie Handsome Flash at $8,000 and multiple strong sales between $7,000 and $7,500. Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services reported 109 Jersey cows averaged $4,307, with 110 Jerseys grossing $474,000 for an average of $4,310. Strong interest was seen online, with more than 340 bidders participating via StockLive.

Dust to Dynasty Sale Tops at $9,000. Western District breeders Nico Nieuwenhuizen and Maddi Clifford hosted the Dust to Dynasty Sale at Jancourt East in Western Victoria. Sale top of $9,000 was paid for the red yearling heifer Saw Dust Doral Tequila 2722 (Imp.ET), purchased by B Castles of Allansford. Second high of $8,000 went to Lot 1, Saw Dust Lamda Aiko 2338, a VG 87 second lactation cow, purchased by N Templeton of Dixie, with her full ET sister Saw Dust Lamda Aiko 2337 selling for $7,000 to S and R Richardson of Simpson. Third top at $7,750 was Saw Dust Hano Frosty 2503, purchased by Hallyburton Farms of Jancourt. Gorbro Holsteins paid $7,500 for Saw Dust Harris Crystal 2504, while Instyle Holsteins secured Saw Dust Tatoo Paradise at $7,000. Other noted sales included Wigley 2818 Rompen Apple-Red at $5,750, with Southbank Lambda Juicy, Saw Dust Doral Mistress 2577 and Saw Dust Harris Elta each making $5,000. Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services reported a strong clearance, with 43 cows averaging $4,183, four autumn calving heifers averaging $3,525, four yearlings averaging $4,250 and 14 heifer calves averaging $2,425. In total, 65 Holsteins averaged $3,802, with buyers attending from across Victoria and New South Wales.

Riverside Park Holsteins in Strong Demand. Strong on farm and online interest was seen at Muswellbrook, NSW, for the first stage complete dispersal of the Riverside Park Holstein herd, along with select Illawarra and Jersey cows from Paul Schubert. Sale top was $14,000 for Dellyn Jacot Apple (Imp.ET), purchased by Latham and Hurrell of Comboyne, NSW. Her two year old daughter Riverside Park Woodman Apple sold for $12,000 to Fraser and Clout of Denman, NSW, who also secured Rusty Red Altitude Janey-Red at $11,000. Second top of $12,500 went to Mitchmantle Unstop Indiana 647-Red to S and L Coombes of Tamworth, who also paid $12,000 for Riverside Lotto Missy-Red. Weventure Farming of Victoria paid $10,000 for Johnston Park Moovin WB Chalou. Other highlights included Sunrise Foster Sweet, the top Illawarra at $12,000, and strong competition for Red Holsteins, with 54 head averaging $6,600. Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services reported 118 cows grossed $689,500, averaging $5,845, with buyers from NSW, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland.

Daybreaker Holsteins High Achievers Sale Tops $15,000. A full sale shed and strong online bidding greeted the Daybreaker Holsteins High Achievers Sale, held on farm at Nirranda South, Western Victoria, for Peter Fullerton and family, with buyers from Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania. Sale top of $15,000 was paid by Gorbro Holsteins of Cohuna for the rising five year old Daybreaker Sidekick Linto, VG 89, milking in the high 50s and from the EX Murribrook Goldwyn Linto. Gorbro also secured Daybreaker Jagger Leigh 610, VG 85 on first lactation, for $10,000. Also selling for $10,000 was the six month old Daybreaker Sidekick Subliminal (Imp.ET), a daughter of Blondin Goldwyn Subliminal, EX 97, purchased by Rokalove Holsteins. Woodlawn Holsteins of NSW paid $9,000 for Daybreaker Zasberilla Cardigan 647, VG 85, while the only bull offered, Daybreaker Final Decision (Imp.ET), sold for $8,750. A number of strong lots sold between $7,000 and $7,250, including Daybreaker Maroon Tiffany 93, Daybreaker Lambda Peggy, multiple Dropbox and MVP daughters, and the yearling Daybreaker Earlybird Paris 1331 (Imp.ET). Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services reported the cattle were presented in outstanding order, with exceptionally high fat and protein levels. In total, 130 Holsteins grossed $571,350, averaging $4,395, with buyers active from across multiple states.

RUMINANT CONCENTRATES

BROUGHT TO YOU BY

Vale Albert McIlroy

Albert McIlroy along with his family conducted the famous Edi Jersey Stud on the banks of the King River at Edi Upper, South of Wangaratta.

Edi was established in 1936 by the McIlroy Family on the high production Banyule and Orphanage bloodlines, immediately Edi was recognized as a ‘High Production’ Jersey herd.

In the late 1960’s a young Albert working alongside his father Don took an interest in taking the herd to a new level introducing the famous Bemersyde and Talislea bloodlines with full brother and sisters Talilslea Golden Imp becoming a famous sire within the breed and Talislea Eileens Princess 8, EX winning Reserve Champion Cow at Melbourne Royal 1971 on the Studs 2nd appearance at the Royal. During the 1970’s Albert and Don took Edi to become Australia’s highest Production Jersey herd.

Edi was the leading Jersey Herd for production in Australia from 1970 to 1980. Indeed for the years of 1971-72 and 1972-73 Edi was the highest production Jersey Herd in Australasia! In 197374 Edi was the highest production All Breeds in Australia

Albert exhibited a select team at the strongly contested Shepparton National Dairy Show for many years having outstanding success winning many Championships including Champion Cow with Edi Princes Brigal in 1986. In 1984 Edi won the Premier Exhibitor Award both in the Jerseys and the Inter Breed Sections.

Take a look here at some of the major awards –

- Edi Silver Twylish, Junior Champion Bull 1974

Bringal sold at an Edi sale for $13,500 to a UK Syndicate. Along with those home bed sires Albert made sure of searching the World for the best, these included securing the semen rights of the outstanding Jersey Island sire of the 70’s Lynns Dairylike Ruler then the New Zealand sires Lilac Grove Rings Pal and Ferdon Tandras Enterprize were imported along with semen rights in proven sire Ferdon Choice Harvest.

I came across the great Canadian bull Shamrock Grove Gemini and said to Albert ‘you better take him on’ this he did with tremendous success at Edi with tons of wonderful young cows selling at the Edi Dispersal sale.

Edi held annual sales throughout the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s with great success. A real feature was the incredible number of past buyers returning every year. Edi Jerseys sold won Champions all over Australia for their new owners.

Indeed one of Alberts great thrills was receiving the phone call from an excited Brad Gavenlock after judging at International Dairy Week in 2005 when Edi Merle 137, EX won Grand Champion. Albert toured the World in search of great Jerseys and judged leading Jersey Shows throughout Australia, New Zealand and the home of the Breed Jersey Island.

Although Albert dispersed the herd in 1997 and the final heifer sale was in 1999, we continue to see Jerseys winning at the biggest Jersey events in the Nation and performing so well in herds today. At Sydney Royal 2024 the Supreme All Breeds Junior Champion, Impression Victor Olive was bred down from the Edi Olive family.

- Edi Canary 68, Reserve Champion Heifer (in milk) All Breeds 1975

- Edi Jovial Prince, Reserve Junior Champion Bull 1976

- Edi Lorna, 1st 3 yo in milk 1979

- Edi Lornas Prince, Reserve Junior Champion Bull 1980

- Edi Merle 105, Reserve Champion Heifer 1983 & 1st 3 yo Jersey & All Breeds 1984

- Talislea Great Reward, Reserve Champion Bull 1983

- Edi Princes Bringal, 1st 4 yo in milk & All Breeds 1984, Reserve Champion Cow 1985 & Champion Cow 1986

- Edi Pals Grace, Reserve Champion Heifer (in milk) All Breeds 1986, 1st 4 yo in milk 1988 & 1st 5 yo in milk 1989

- Edi Incomparable Lord, Junior Champion Bull 1985

- Edi Merle 111, Reserve Champion Jersey Heifer (in milk) & Champion All Breeds 1987, 1st 3 yo in milk 1988 & 1st 4 yo in milk & Reserve Champion Cow 1989

- Edi Pals Mistletoe, Champion Heifer (in milk) 1989 (right)

- Edi Merle 117, 1st 4 yo in milk & All Breeds Reserve Champion Cow 1992, she also won Aged Cow Sydney Royal 1986

- Edi Pals Bringal 3, 1st 5 yo in milk & Reserve Champion Jersey Cow 1992

Herd Sires were very important in all breeding programs and Edi had many great ones. I was always most interested in Alberts breeding theories. He was strong on line breeding and firm of the belief that the dam of the sire needed to be an exceptional cow. It was his belief to introduce a great cow to the herd and breed a son of her by their own top sire. Look here at the succession of great sires used at Edi from the introduced cows.

Talislea Golden Imp was an outstanding success then Albert purchased Parrabel Jovial Princess, EX from the Cochranes, she was left there to show at Sydney Royal where she won Reserve Champion cow in 1973 then came to Edi where she won Champion Cow of the Victorian Autumn Fair in 1975 under judge Fred Ha son of Lilac Grove, NZ. She was bred to Golden Imp and son Edi Jovial Prince was then used with great success.

Then Talislea Lorna 18, EX a mighty brood cow was bred to Jovial Prince and bred Edi Lorna’s Prince, among his many EX daughters was Edi Princes Bringal, EX 93, Champion Cow Shepparton National Dairy Show.

It has been my honour and privilege to know Albert McIlroy for several decades, to Auction many of his sales was a thrill. I well recall walking around the herd in the early 1990’s when all the Rings Pal cows were on 2nd and 3rd calf, I got up in the rostrum to start the sale and said “Well I’ve just walked through the greatest Jersey herd in the Country” it really was the work of a true Master Breeder and Cow Man.

Albert Mcilroy was a great friend and mentor.

God bless and may you rest in peace.

Brian Leslie OAM

Not content with an already outstanding career on the land, Albert McIlroy turned his vision to the future of cattle breeding in the late 1980s. Together with his wife Marie, he founded AgriGene; a company that has grown to become Australia’s largest privately owned bovine artificial breeding enterprise, proudly servicing both the dairy and beef industries to this day.

Built on strong values, practical knowledge, and an unwavering commitment to genetic progress, AgriGene became a driving force in Australian bull breeding. Over the years, the company championed domestic sires of exceptional calibre, bringing to market Jersey bulls such as SANDBLAST and SPIRITUAL, and in Holsteins, LIONHEART and SOUBEAU; each achieving the milestone of more than 1,000 daughters in herd test programs across Australia.

Albert and his team also looked beyond Australia’s shores, sourcing elite genetics from around the globe to ensure local farmers had access to world-class bloodlines. Influential sires such as FATAL and TBONE were introduced to Australian dairy herds through Agri-Gene’s foresight and determination to continually raise the standard of productivity, quality and performance.

Albert’s legacy lives on not only in the strength of AgriGene, but in the herds and breeding programs that continue to benefit from his dedication to genetic excellence.

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Vale MARY KITCHEN

Should anyone visit Carenda at milking time you would have been sure to have met Mary Kitchen bottle feeding the new born calves in the calf shed or spraying cows teat as they back off the rotary dairy platform.

Mary's life had been always been on the land growing up with her parents Ted and Grace Hurst. Born 13th February 1929 in Perth, she was an only child, and spent a lot of time with her cousins and neighbours growing up at Gwindinup on the Preston River.

Mary's parents had 40 acres of orchard, growing pears, apples and an assortment of stone fruit. Mary from a very young age helped pick, sort and pack fruit for market. The family also had a small AIS dairy herd. All stock work was done on horseback with her father. Mary learnt to ride horseback at a young age and loved her horses particularly Freddy and Judy the dog.

At Bunbury High School Mary was the fastest runner in her year and an accomplished hockey player. Country week hockey in Perth was always an enjoyable time.

Mary married John Kitchen (known as Jack) in 1951 and had 5 children. Mary and Jack live in the old small house in Gwindinup. As the Dairy was out on The Plains 7 kms away, Mary was up early to cook breakfast and make lunch for the day. A fire had to be lit to cook on and to provide hot water. She baked a cake every day for everyone's morning tea.

Mary was a very good dressmaker and made clothes for all the family. In the 1980's she attended stretch stitch sewing classes. We were all clothed in Mary's made clothes. Her windcheaters were worn by every member of the family. As the grand children increasing in numbers, it was never a problem to have a jumper made in the favourite football colours.

In 1967 Mary and Jack built a new home and moved to the Carenda property. At the same time a new herringbone dairy was built. Mary was often milking and helped out in almost all facets of the farm and often did the milking while Jack attended his numerous meetings for both Rotary and the Capel Shire.

When Malcolm was about 14 he wanted a motor bike. To raise the money he grew chickens to sell. Mary helped Malcolm with 100’s of chooks to raise and dress them. Nanna Kitch would sell them to her friends in Bunbury.

Ray had a special "Mary made" white coat that he wore in the show ring. Ray showed his calves at many shows and was always dressed smart.

Carolyn had a liking for horses and enjoyed pony club. Mary’s horse prowess assisted Carolyn greatly.

John too liked horses and enjoyed playing Polo Cross. He had Mary's support and expertise.

Gwenda relied on Mary's help particularly showing cattle. Mary ensured that we had all the necessary things for both us personally and for the cattle.

Many friends come to stay and enjoy Mary's cooking and hospitality. It was never a problem for Mary to cook for 20 people. She made jams and chutneys preserves for all the families to enjoy. Her scones were so good that she won First prize at Brunswick show on numerous occasions.

As if there was never enough to do on the farm, Mary, helped out on many community activities. She has been involved in Mothers Union, P & C, Anglican Vestary, Rail museum, Liberal Party Woman’s committee, Archive committee for Capel Shire, hosted the monthly herd tester from Department of Agriculture, Boyanup Op shop, Boyanup Sale yard kiosk. She hosted trainee vets on their 2 weeks farm experience for 30 years, hosted many Friesian/Holstein judges, classifiers and fellow breeders. On one occasion the Governor of WA came for an evening meal at Carenda. Mary was honoured with many awards including Life Membership of Holstein Australia WA.

In 1998, the Boyanup Community Centre was named the “Jack and Mary Kitchen Centre” for their contribution to the community.

Mary has contributed much to all those who have encountered her generosity and capable manner in the home, on the farm and in the community.

Mary Kitchen passed peacefully 17th December 2025 after a short illness. She is the proud grandmother of 13 and Great grandmother of 20.

On 30th December, a farewell service was held in St George’s church, Boyanup and was attended by over 300 people.