By Emily Smith – Rural Weekly, 18th October 2016 EATING food in the same place it was produced is the very literal “paddock-to-plate” experience soon to be on offer from a Eungella grazing family. Mandy and Kel Tennent, owners of Eungella’s Cloudbreak Lowlines, are now putting the finishing touches on the idea, as the push...
The New South Wales Lowline Promotion Group in conjunction with Barrenjoey Lowline Stud attended the Murrumbateman Field Days held over the weekend of 15 and 16 October 2016. This was the Promotion Groups first field day exposure for 2016 and promises to be the start of a number to come in 2017. This Field Day...
It was with great pleasure at the AGM that ALCA Council announced the Life Membership awarded to Jeanette & Peter Stebbbins. Foundation members & principals of Ardrossan Lowline Stud in Princetown, Victoria, Peter & Jeanette purchased their first Lowlines in 1992 & have been promoting the Lowline breed throughout Australia & overseas ever since. Their...
Front row (left to right): Julie Knight (Vic), Lucy Kuipers (NSW), Philip Worthington (NZ) Back row (left to right): Klaus Emmerich (SA), Christian Grieves (NSW), Gordon Guthrie (NZ), Colin Schiller (QLD) and Carole Johns (Executive Officer). Absent: Michele Molloy (QLD) and Ku Lacey (QLD) The weekend of 1st October 2016 saw a well supported ALCA...
Article by Catherine Miller, Stock Journal 28 September 2016 A burgeoning Australian Lowline beef brand is proof from little things, big things can grow. In November 2014, South East breeders Denise and Peter Moloney, Burrungule, joined forces with Sue Foureur, Glencoe, after being frustrated by poor prices for their Lowline and Lowline-cross cattle. VALUE ADDING: Sue Foureur,...
Henry, Emma & Matt Dickinson at Ballarat Grammar (Courtesy of Dannika Bonser, Weekly Times) By Sarah Hudson, The Weekly Times 21 September 2016 THIS year’s Royal Melbourne Show will be a particularly proud one for Matt Dickinson. The Ballarat Grammar agriculture and horticulture teacher will work alongside seven of his students in the show ring,...
Proud exhibitors & SRPG members celebrating at the 20th Anniversary showing of Lowlines at the 2016 Royal Melbourne Show This year marked the 20th Anniversary of the first showing of Australian Lowline cattle at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1996. The stands were packed with ALCA members, past & present, other cattle exhibitors, as well as...
Riley Clancy (left), from Pittsworth State High School, who was awarded the trip to New Zealand & Sarah Wirth, from Dalby State High School, who won the Junior Judging competition. Article by Amy Lyne (Rural Weekly – 2 September 2016) The best junior judges were on show as Toowoomba’s Queensland Beef Expo got underway this...
The Australian Lowline Youth Committee welcomes all young and current Cattlemen and women to the 2017 Inaugural Australian Lowline Muster and Show. We have been working hard to make sure you all thoroughly enjoy this event, make new friends, and gain knowledge and experience of the Beef Cattle Industry. AUSTRALIAN LOWLINE MUSTER & SHOW FACT...
The Royal Adelaide Show has the atmosphere of a big friendly country show & it is always a pleasure to participate. Exhibitors travel from most states with their best cattle to compete. This year Lowlines were shown by Glenlonny Lowlines (Glencoe, SA), Serena Downs Lowlines (Windsor Downs, New South Wales) & Wanamara Lowlines (Major Plains,...