| 11 RURAL PEOPLE » Broadwood Charolais Three Broadwood Charolais herd sires getting ready for mating season in November 2022. Students from the Broadwood Area School primary industries class have been getting a sneak preview of Broadwood Stud’s Charolais bulls that will be put up for sale on May 30. Stud owner Gay and Wayne Semenoff’s daughter Catherine is a teacher at Broadwood Area School and the bulls are being run at her and husband Craig’s Awaroa Road property, with students coming for an experience of farm life including picking which bull they think will get top dollar at the Semenoff’s sale. Around 26 bulls will be offered this year with 25 polled with the sale held at 1.30pm at the 834 Awaroa Road farm. Gay says all the bulls are quiet with good temperament; electric fence trained and have been handled by multiple people. They also meet the couple’s criteria of good balance, structure, fast growth, good feet, mothering ability and acceptable estimated breeding values as well as able to stand the conditions of the Northland climate and land type throughout their lifetime, says Gay who is also a cattle judge meaning buyers can have real con dence in her assessment. The Semenoffs source genetics from around New Zealand to develop their stud and the bulls being put up for sale have been mainly sired from Coleman Farms and RJC genetics. Both the Semenoffs come from farming backgrounds but it was not until the 1980’s that they entered farming purchasing their 135-hectare farm at Broadwood near Kaitaia. Although Wayne grew up in the area on a dairy farm he spent most of his career working for the Bay of Islands Cooperative Dairy Students get sneak preview of sale Karen Phelps Company managing their trading and merchandise department. Gay was a teacher. In 2004 they purchased a second farm located 10 kilometres away. The reason was largely to help Catherine and Craig to purchase 70ha of the block, which was on its own title, while the Semenoffs purchased the remaining 203ha of the property. It also allowed daughter Anita and her husband Doug Booth, who have their own farm, which adjoins the 203ha block, to eventually take it over. The Booths and their three children currently live in a house on the new farm while continuing to work their own farm. • to page 12 Granddaughter Evana leading pet calf Tip. Rising 2yr Certified Charolais bulls available Enquiries and Inspection Welcomed Please contact: Wayne and Gay Semenoff, Broadwood, Northland ph: 09 4095522 email: semenoff@outlook.co.nz On FarmSale - Tuesday, 30May 1:00pm
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