Once again ALCA had a Trade site at Rockhampton Beef with just under one thousand visitors recorded, including local radio and ABC Tropical North radio doing live crosses and enquiries from France ( 1000 head dairy), South Africa, Philippines, China and Malaysia. In addition we had visitors from all over Australia including several from as...
The Australian Lowline Cattle Association has a site at Rockhampton Beef 2018 and Australian Lowline cattle will be on display from 6th to 12th May. Judging of Lowlines will be on Thursday 10th May. Come along and say ‘Hi!’ at site C252
Once again, another Easter is over & Lowline exhibitors are celebrating their successes. A line-up of quality cattle impressed young judge, Mr Tim Eyes, making his final choices quite difficult at times. The broad ribbons wins were shared around the studs proving the overall consistency of the breed. Congratulations to all exhibitors on a great...
Hard on the heels of her Lowline scholarship from New Zealand’s Canterbury Show to attend the 2017 Royal Brisbane Show at the EKKA, Georgia Rhodes has just completed another cattle scholarship trip to Australia. Georgia, 18, attended the Royal Canberra Show as a representative for the Canterbury A&P Association. She competed in the open age...
The Land 24 Feb 2018 by Vernon Graham Supreme Lowline Exhibit – Rotherwood Masterpiece It was a family affair in the Australian Lowline judging ring at the Canberra show with a leading Victorian breeder and her nephew going head to head for the Supreme award. In the end Vicki Gilbert, Cann River, won the day...
The Southern Queensland Promotion Group has been able to source Government funding through the ‘Working Together Network’ to run a Beef Marketing and Co-Operative Management Workshop. This workshop will be held on the 7th April in Toowoomba, Queensland. This is a great opportunity to work together and improve your cattle enterprise. All members of ALCA...
Happy New Year to all. The Year Letter for all your calves born in 2018 is the letter ‘P’ – all calves to be recorded or registered should have the letter ‘P’ before their identification number. Closing dates for your major Shows – 2018 Royal Canberra Show 23rd – 25th February at Exhibition Park in...
ALCA Office – We are closed from the afternoon of Friday 22nd December 2017 & will be back on Monday 8th January 2018. Geneseek Laboratory – (formerly University of Queensland UQ) The Animal Genetics Laboratory will be closed over the Christmas break from Friday 22nd December 2017 to Monday 8th January, 2018. If you...
The South Island of New Zealand once again saw the parading of some great Lowline cattle at their recent show. Congratulations to all exhibitors & paraders. Woolstone Park Genoa – Supreme Champion Lowline The Judge was Wayne McLaren, Christchurch, New Zealand Associate Judge was Dean Fogarty, Australia Australian students, Dean Fogarty from Downlands College in...
The provenance of the beef – We have always known that CLB meat can be genetically traced and the parentage of the beef verified because all Certified Lowline Beef produced is at least 50% registered Australian Lowline. As all registered Lowlines have DNA and parent verification on record and have so for many generations,...