My 2011 Study Tour

MY 2011 STUDY TOUR:
I am a young stud Angus breeder from "Hollywood Angus Stud", Peak Hill, NSW. I was awarded the Matthew George Young Stockman Award for 2010 at the Royal Melbourne Show. In April, I will be heading to Mexico and Canada for a four month study tour to get an overview of the beef cattle industries in these countries. I will be visiting a range of enterprises, including major shows, stud and commercial operations, and feedlots. I wish to thank the Ballarat Foundation for the opportunity to live my dream, and hope to share my experiences via this blog.

"LIVE YOUR DREAM"

"LIVE YOUR DREAM": THE MATTHEW GEORGE YOUNG STOCKMAN AWARD
The Matthew George Young Stockman Award was established as a sub-fund of the Ballarat Foundation in honour of Matthew George of Stockyard Hill, who was tragically taken in a car accident in 2007 at 21 years of age. Matthew had an absolute love of animals together with a thirst for knowledge and a passion for breeding. This annual award provides a young breeder aged 18 to 25 years with the opportunity to live Matthew's dream, and travel overseas to become an ambassador for the beef industry and study other beef cattle breeding programs and developments.
APPLY NOW FOR THE MATTHEW GEORGE AWARD 2011: Applications are now open for this year's Matthew George Young Stockman Award. This is an amazing award for anyone who wants to learn more about the beef industry. If you're aged 18-25, make sure you apply - the opportunities it opens up are just incredible! For application details, go to www.ballaratfoundation.org.au click on 'sub funds' & then 'matthew george award'. Applications close 30 June.

Saturday 21 May 2011

In Canada - Remington Ranch

I arrived in Calgary, Alberta on 12 March & was met by Leigh and Gary Rairdon who drove me to their ranch, Remington Ranch, in southern Alberta. The Remington family has been in the cattle business for nearly 50 years. Their operation consists of two ranches, the one I'm at in southern Alberta in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains where grasslands make for magnificent cattle country, & the second is in southern Saskatchewan, with rolling hills and productive grain lands.  They run 900 purebred Angus cows, a small herd of Red Angus cows, and 300 red & black Simmental cows. They select an elite group of cows to produce red and black SimAngus cows and bulls, a cross trademarked as “Yieldmaster”. In addition, they run 1200 head of commercial Angus cows which are bred to Remington bulls. They produce all their own silage, hay and grain.
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