Page 12 - Queensland Country Life Spring Property Guide

12 SPECIAL PUBLICATION Thursday September 30, 2021 .
SPRING PROPERTY GUIDE 2021
Forage crop

focus for

quality beef

MORE than half a century in Hurfords to capitalise on then owned the Kingaroy
the beef industry for Geoff markets, consistently turning butchery for almost 12 years.
and Sharmaine Hurford will off heavy cattle to processors With breeding and fatten-
end with the auction of Ken- and feedlots. ing blocks around Kingaroy,
mure at Tara, near Dalby. Development of Kenmure the Hurfords were doing
With 922 hectares of pre- has been focussed on con- Paddock to Plate long before
dominantly quality briga- trolling vegetation regrowth it became the trendy catch-
low/belah soils, Kenmure and the establishment of phrase of today.
was purchased in 2006 by the pasture to utilise in for- Passionate about provid-
Hurfords to provide back- age gaps. ing customers with quality
grounding and finishing op- The extended dry of 2019 beef that they were proud of,
portunities to their St George gave the opportunity to de- Kenmure has continued that
breeder block Belgaum. silt the six dams to reinforce focus for the past 15 years.
Kenmure is located 5km water security. Geoff and Sharmaine may
west of Tara and 90km from Before 2006, portions of be stepping back a little, but
Dalby to give Kenmure ready Kenmure were share-farmed the passion for quality beef
access to saleyard, feedlot for grain production and continues with the next two
and meatworks. could easily do so again generations of Hurfords at
Theaddedbonusoffishing depending on buyer prefer- Belgaum at St George.
holes in the Undulla Creek ence. Kenmure will auctioned
and day trips to access Toow- Kenmure's auction on October 21.
oomba's services added to will provide well-earned For more information or
the appeal for the Hurfords. retirement to Geoff to arrange an inspection
Growing both summer and Sharmaine. contact Nutrien Harcourts
and winter forage crops at After completing his Dalby and Brock Simpkins
Kenmure as the seasons butchery trade at an early and Ross Murray on (07) TREND SETTING: With breeding and fattening blocks around Kingaroy, the Hurfords
permitted, has allowed the age, Geoff and Sharmaine 4669 0000. were doing Paddock to Plate long before it became the trendy catchphrase of today.