52 | Leading the way on Murray Greys Torrisdale Wainscot U12, winner of Senior heifer calf class, Southland A&P Association. Barry Macdonald. Russell Fredric MEAT & WOOL » Torrisdale - Murray Greys Torrisdale Stud owner Barry Macdonald operates the largest Murray Grey stud in New Zealand. He is also the current president of the New Zealand Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society and has the most performance-recorded herd of the breed in the country. “There’s probably only a couple of studs in Australia that will do as much or more performance recording, so we have got that key data behind us,” Barry says. This year he has had a bull, Torrisdale Quercus Q40, accepted into the LIC dairy beef semen catalogue for semen use within the dairy beef industry. LIC have selected the bull based on its performance within the dairy beef progeny trial. One of the stud’s heifers, Torrisdale Wainscot U12, was the winner of the senior heifer calf class in the Southland A&P Association on-farm beef show in March this year. Murray Greys are renowned as easy care versatile cattle producing choice quality beef for a variety of markets and discerning consumers. “The raw data performance of my cattle has been improving year-on-year. From a carcass perspective, they are probably in the top echelon of cattle, especially Murray Greys, in New Zealand.” Torrisdale genetics are used across a wide variety of breeding programmes: Murray Grey studs, Murray Grey commercial and cross-bred herds and in the dairy industry. Buyers come from “right across the spectrum”, and from throughout NZ. This means a variety of bulls and females are available, all meeting the commercial requirements of clients while maintaining the breeds’ attributes. Farmers interested in gaining from Torrisdale’s 50 plus years of breeding Murray Greys will have the opportunity through an on-farm/online hybrid bull sale of 40 to 45 yearling Murray Greys at Torrisdale’s property at Winton, Central Southland on October 9. Complete Silage, Baling, Cultivation, Effluent, Spraying & Excavator Contracting Service Phone: 03 225 8488 Rabco Ag Ltd E-mail: admin@rabco.nz Web: www.rabbitt.co.nz Hardegger Ag Ltd is a committed agricultural contracting business. We are based in the Isla Bank area with a focus on providing a quality service for our customers. The services we provide range from cultivation, baleage and the use of a 3km umbilical systemwith air compressor, stirrer and a positive attitude to spread your e luent. i i i l l i i . i l i i i li i . i i l i i , l ili l i i , i i i i l . Contact Josh 027 236 2552 HardeggerAG PROUD TO PARTNERWITH TORRISDALE - MURRAY GREYS
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