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Redwood Range Speckle Park

LARE Valley stud Redwood
Range Speckle Park is making its
Cdebut on day one of the event,
displaying bulls and females at the
Auburn property.
The stud, owned by Mick and
Krystal Lines, began after the couple
experimented using Speckle Park
over their Angus commercial herd
in 2018.
“We were so impressed with the
calves that we decided to invest in
the breed by starting our own stud,
and in 2019 we purchased several
Wattle Grove donors to form the
foundation of Redwood Range,”
Mr Lines said.
“Now we have 30 stud animals
of varying ages, and 40 rst-cross
Speckle Park/Angus or pure Angus
cows that are predominantly used
as recipients, and backed up to
homebred stud bulls. Mick and Krystal Lines with their children - Lola, 8, Charlie, 10, Daniel, 6, and Elsie, 4.
“As a young stud our bull
selections to date have largely been sale, and the stud has also sold dressing percentages, maternal
around keeping a watchful eye on the yearling heifers following success at resilience, and of course their
large and well-established breeding the SA Junior Heifer Show. tender, avoursome meat,”

programs and using bulls from these On display at their open day will Mr Lines said.
programs that are consistently be stud cows and heifers, stud bull “It is our mission to promote
producing calves that are sound and heifer calves, and commercial the strengths of the breed by
structured and well-tempered, true rst-cross heifers. showcasing what our herd has

to type, and performing well in the “Speckle Park cattle are widely to offer in stud and commercial
paddock.” gaining popularity throughout capacities, and we see the Beef Week
All stud bulls have previously been Australia due to a combination as a good way to promote both our
sold as yearlings through private of their feed ef ciency and high breed and our stud.”

Bayview Shorthorns and Angus

HE Thompson family’s There’s also been
purchase of the Stoney demand for females
TPoint complex early which have been sold to
this year means they have studs and commercial
the perfect venue for a operations throughout
Beef Week open day. Australia, and semen
The Bayview Shorthorn which has gone to the
stud was established in EU, US, Canada and
1960 by Kevin and Pam New Zealand.
Thompson with bloodlines On display at the
from Karoonda Park, Stoney Point complex at
Bundaleer and Milly Milly Naracoorte, where the
studs, and the Angus stud’s inaugural sale will
stud formed this year be held in March, will be
with foundation females sale bulls and PTIC 2020-
purchased from Stoney Luke, Kevin, Pam, Chris and Anissa Thompson at the Naracoorte sale. drop heifers during Beef
Point’s stage one dispersal. Week.
Second-generation is on early to mid-maturing any empties culled after “As a one-off event
breeder Chris Thompson cattle that have the ability preg testing.” for our inaugural sale
now runs about 150 to survive during harder Bulls have been we will be offering our
females, but plans to conditions and thrive sold privately as well management group
increase numbers with the when conditions suit,” as through multi- R-drop heifers as a buyers
additional stud. Mr Thompson said. vendor sales, including choice option which we
“As we are based on “Fertility is also a focus Naracoorte Shorthorn think will provide a great
the Yorke Peninsula our at Bayview with calving sale, Dubbo National Show opportunity to purchase
seasonal feed conditions percentages close to 100 and Sale and the Belmore some of our best genetics,”
can be limited so our focus per cent most years and Invitational Sale. he said.
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