Stud cattle entries for Beef Australia 2021 are now open! This event only happens once every three years and is the largest cattle exposition in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2018 there were 48 Australian Lowlines exhibited – it may be fewer this year but still a major event and everything cattle will be on...
Recently Riley Jensen and Tom Smith attended a Brangus Cattle camp in Biloela, Queensland with 73 participants aged from 6 to 21 years. They camped together at the showgrounds, were allocated cattle and learned about preparation and showing of cattle, judging and even practiced AI on Breeding Betsy, an artificial cow! In addition, Tom’s mum,...
The New Zealand Canterbury Show’s 2020 beef cattle event drew good support from breeders with a shortened format and 60 cattle on site at the Christchurch Showgrounds. COVID changed things this year. Breed competitions were tightened up to cover one day rather than two, and youth events were able to be completed in a half...
Riley Jensen and Timitch Hill Mac All applications for the Beef 2021 Youth Scholarship were of a very high standard. After much deliberation, the ALCA Council has announced ALCA junior member, Riley Jensen, as the winner. Riley is very passionate about the breed and judging – we are certain to hear his name in the...
The Royal Canberra Show was held on the weekend of 28th – 30th March, just prior to the onset of Government Covid-19 restrictions so this may be the only cattle show for the year. The show was well attended by Lowline breeders from Victoria and New South Wales, with Victoria winning the State Challenge which...
Happy New Year to all. A reminder to all our ALCA Members – All calves born during the year 2020 should be given the Identification Letter of R & the numbers should continue in sequence from your last calf born in 2019. eg. If the last 2019 calf was Q016 => first calf in 2020...
Saturday 28th September 2019 (AFL Grand Final Day) saw the judging of the Australian Lowlines at the Royal Melbourne Show. This year the judge was young Limousin breeder from Finley NSW, Tom Isedale, who was judging at the prestigious Royal Melbourne Show for the first time. The high quality of the Lowline exhibits did not...
With over 50 entries this year’s EKKA, Australian Lowlines showed they are a breed to be reckoned with. Well done to all exhibitors for putting on such a great exhibition of beautifully prepared cattle. Highly-respected judge, Lucy Newham from Cowra, NSW, is the principle of Pandora Murray Grey stud who paraded cattle for Allambie Lowline...
by Victoria Nugent (Queensland Country Life – 30 March 2019) The Supreme Exhibit for Toowoomba Royal Show beef cattle feature breed, Australian Lowline, has been taken out by a 16-month-old heifer from Pittsworth. Wendy & Felicity Caesar with their winning heifer, Ebony New Attitude Ebony New Attitude, owned by Travis and Wendy Caesar, was award...
2019 CATTLE -BEEF RESULTS CLASS: 101 – AUSTRALIAN LOWLINE – Female, over 12 & not over 16mths 1 388 JEDAME LOWLINE STUD BULLENGAROOK VIC 3437 CANN VALLEY NEW MOON 2 387 CHRISTINE & MICHAEL NOEL WINDSOR DOWNS NSW 2756 SERENA DOWNS PIPPA II CLASS: 102 – AUSTRALIAN LOWLINE – Female, over 16 & not over...