NEWS

2023 Annual January Weekend (20th-22nd)

Our annual January weekend was held in the upper southeast this year. This is a great social weekend where Murray Grey lovers are able to relax and catch up on the year that has been and what’s to come in the future. The weekend kicked off on Friday evening at Good Country Hemp, Bordertown. We were given a tour by Linda Anderson and learnt a lot more about the Hemp industry and processing. It was interesting to see the future of this growing industry. We then headed back to the Anthony and Denise’s house (Beeamma) for a catch up and pizza night.

Saturday was started with an informative session on cattle selection criteria. This was a great opportunity for all breeders to get involved in the “heifer drafting” process. It doesn’t matter how many times we hear about selections there is always more to learn. It led to great conversation on selection processes and gave us all something to take home and think about. The rest of the day was used for relaxing around the Bordertown Recreation Park and held our AGM to plan for the year ahead. This year we plan to release our own SA Murray Grey Beef brand. This product is going to be sourced locally from our SA Murray Grey breeders and then further fed and processed in SA. We finished the day off with a good meal from the Woolshed Inn Pub in Bordertown.

To finish our weekend off we started our day at the ‘Mullbarton Organic’ compost facility. This was a very informative visit. We were all able to look back at our farming systems and see a use for their compost product. It was great to see where Phil had started his business to where it is now, and the dedication he has to getting the right compost for the client. This is very much an evolving industry and is interesting to hear about soil improvements in marginal areas. Our next stop was Padthaway Estate for a tour. The amount of work that has been put into this property is incredible. The grounds, the old sheds, cottages, and the main homestead have been renovated to pristine condition. We finished our weekend and said our goodbyes over lunch at the Farmers Leap Winery in Padthaway.

SA Murray Grey Breed Promotion Group 2023 at 'Good Country Hemp'

 

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2022 Royal Adelaide Show Results

 Breeder Judging

Class	Exhibit	Exhibitor
Junior Champion Female	Bottlesford Cristy T22	Jiranda Murray Greys
Reserve Champion Female	Bottlesford Sarah T21	Bottlesford Murray Greys
Senior Champion Female	Ballyvaughan Faith P11	Ballyvaughan Murray Greys
Reserve Champion Female	Ballyvaughan Faith Q11	Sunshine Murray Greys
Grand Champion Female	Ballyvaughan Faith P11	Ballyvaughan Murray Greys
Pair of Females		Ballyvaughan Murray Greys
Junior Champion Bull	Bottlesford Triumph T25	Bottlesford Murray Greys
Reserve Champion Bull	Garanggi Tennesee Whiskey	Phillips Cattle Company
Senior Champion Bull	Carrsview Turbo T9	Carrsview Murray Greys
Reserve Champion Bull
Grand Champion Bull	Bottlesford Triumph T25	Bottlesford Murray Greys
Supreme Murray Grey Exhibit	Ballyvaughan Faith P11	Ballyvaughan Murray Greys
Pair of Bulls		ARKI Murray Greys
Sires Progeny Group	Bottlesford Pewter	Bottlesford Murray Greys
Breeders Group	Ballyvaughan	Ballyvaughan Murray Greys
Oakley Murray Grey Encouragement Award	The Elms
Most Successful Exhibitor	Bottlesford Murray Greys

 

Interbreed

 

 

Steer Judging 

Class	Exhibit	Exhibitor
5th Best Light Domestic Eating Quality	ARKI Timon	Urrbrae Agricultural High School
Best Export Eating Quality 4th Best Export Eating Quality	Ashvell Tex T11   Ashvell Tomahawk T3	Ashvell Murray Greys   Ashvell Murray Greys
Champion Eating Quality Carcass	Ashvell Tex T11	Ashvell Murray Greys
Champion Purebred Light Domestic Steer on Hook	Arki Timon	Urrbrae Agricultural High School (ARKI Murray Greys)
Best Prepared and Presented Murray Grey School Steer		Oakbank Area School
Highest scoring Murray Grey Carcase	Arki Timon	Urrbrae Agricultural High School (ARKI Murray Greys)
Second Highest Scoring Murray Grey Carcase   Third Highest Scoring Murray Grey Carcass	Ashvell Tarzan T231     Sir Mater Ashvell	Ashvell Murray Greys    Central Yorke School (Ashvell Murray Greys)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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