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.

Friday 22 July 2011

Visit to Ole Farms, Athabasca

About Ole Farms: Ole Farms is located at Athabasca, Alberta (about 2 hours north of Edmonton). They run 650 Registered Black and Red Angus breeding females along with 1350 commercial females. Ole Farms produces cereal, forage and pasture crops, and has a 1200 head feedlot. This year they are celebrating the 100th year of Ole Farm’s establishment.
It was great to be able to visit Ole Farms and I appreciate Kelly and Anna Olson taking the time to show me their ranch and talk about their operations. In the morning I got to help them check cows & calves, tag calves & put mineral out. After lunch, they toured me around the ranch and showed me their herd and commercial sires, embryo calves and commercial cows.
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