The Queensland Angus State Committee is again holding the Queensland Angus Heifer Show in Bell, QLD, April 25 - 26. The program will again include a mix of educational and competitive events and activities.
The Heifer Show is once again supported by many Queensland studs, many of whom provide cattle especially for the event, who saw the lack of such opporunties for young people in the Queensland beef industry. After the success of the 2008 Heifer Show, the organisers of this year event hope it will build on it's success.
Entry forms can be downloaded here....
NB: Angus Youth membership is not a requirement to attend.
For more Information, please contact Donald Patch on 07 4663 4700 or 0438 634 700 or Nicole Hayward on 07 4695 8158.
STRONG ANGUS PRESENCE IN QUEENSLAND (2008)
By Kate Tickle & Jim Klarner
Over sixty competitors and seventy heifers converged on the Bell Showgrounds over the ANZAC long weekend, in the eastern Darling Downs of Queensland. After a 15 year absent the Queensland Angus Heifer Show made a strong comeback. With the competitors aging from 5 to 25, and the majority being from Queensland , the event drew competitors from NSW and even overseas.
Andrei Beskow , Brazil was introduced to Australian cattle showing, as part of his excha
nge scholarship offered by Angus Youth, while traveling around Australia visiting various Angus studs.
Over the two days participants enjoyed a combination of education and competition, with all experience levels catered too.
For many the heifer show was their first experience with showing cattle, and not just the competitors but most of Queensland Angus studs who have not shown before or regularly in past years, made heifers available especially for this event. This strong support from local breeders enabled the competitors an experience of looking after and preparing their own allocated heifer.
Educational session presented by prominent beef industry members covered areas including breaking in cattle, parading, cattle assessment and the finer points of selection. Participants then tired out this newly acquired knowledge in junior judging, parading and heifer classes.
Committee member, Rana Haager, Valorbrook Angus was pleased with the outcome of the show.
“We saw the need in Queensland to provide opportunities for young people in the beef industry as they have been lacking in past years”
With the success of this years show, hopefully it will be bigger and better, with more studs, schools and sponsors becoming involved.
