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Stock Journal Beef Week | 2023
Get a look at some new genetics

By MEL WILLIAMS They will be taking nine
sale bulls to Beef Week.
OUR new studs have Mrs Slape said they
joined this year’s chose the Speckle Park
FBeef Week to reap breed because of their
the rewards of the great good “do-ability”, fertility,
exposure the event early cycling, easy
receives. breeding, calving ease and
Clare Valley Speckle maternal instincts.
Park, Binnowie Angus, She said Speckle
Jillangolo Simmentals and Parks had superior feed The Watson family’s Binnowie One of the bulls to be shown
Jaemac Limousin will be efficiency, growth rates Angus stud will join Beef Week on during Beef Week by Riverton-
displaying their bulls for and meat eating quality. the back of going down the stud based Clare Valley Speckle
the first time during the “Originating in Canada,
event. they do well across a range route in the past two years. Park stud.
For Riverton-based of weather and seasonal
Clare Valley Speckle Park conditions,” she said.
stud, this year is also their “Speckle Parks also do
inaugural bull sale and well crossed with other
they will be showcasing breeds and are increasing
their sale sires during in popularity around
Beef Week. Australia.”
“Beef Week is a chance Binnowie Angus will join
for us to get our name out Beef Week on the back of
there and also to promote going down the stud route
the Speckle Park breed,” in the past two years.
stud principals Karen and Principals Will and A Jillangolo heifer from the One of the 10 Jaemac Limousin
Bruce Slape said. Jane Watson have had Adelaide Show in 2022. bulls going to Beef Week.
The Slapes are relative a major focus on using
newcomers to the beef top genetics in their breed in Australia in the “We look forward to
sector, having run a dairy commercial Angus herd past two decades. showcasing these bulls
herd for almost 50 years for the past 10 years and “There are also plenty to both new, existing
before starting a full decided to start their stud of sires available to and prospective clients,”
Speckle Park herd and a when their major genetic choose from for the stud Mr Llewellyn said.
paddock-to-plate brand source - Stoney Point and there is great back- Jaemac Limousin
in the Clare Valley three Angus - dispersed. up support from Angus principal John McEvoy
years ago. They bought 70 Australia,” he said. said he would be taking
While the Slapes said breeders from the Jillangolo Simmental 10 bulls to display at Beef
the decision to get out of dispersal sale and these stud joins Beef Week Week.
dairying was a difficult form the basis of their with its first offering of He has been breeding
one, it was the correct one stud herd, which uses Simmental bulls in 2023. Limousins since 2017 and
from a lifestyle point of sires from across Australia Stud principal Mark selling bulls privately and
view. and the US through Llewellyn said they through AuctionsPlus for
They bought their artificial insemination. had decided to breed
first two Speckle Park Mr Watson said the aim Simmentals as they felt five years.
females from Ewyn Beef, was to have 250 breeders these complemented Red He said he was going
Balhannah, and their first in the next few years and Angus cattle very well. to beef week to give the
locals an opportunity
two bulls from Summerlea this expansion would be “They add a bit of early
Speckle Park, Bagot Well. possible with the return of growth and a bit of extra to see his genetics and
“We’ve bought pure their daughter Bridget to muscle,” he said. understand his breeding
Speckles from breeders, the farm. “We were given the philosophy.
flushed them, then He said 12 bulls would opportunity to buy from Mr McEvoy is
undertook a program be shown at Beef Week and the heart of the Woonallee passionate about the
where we can build these would make up the breeding program to base benefits of hybrid vigour
a Speckle Park beef stud’s first sale catalogue. our female line on - and using Limousin sires and
herd quickly by putting “Our bulls are ideally the heart of the Jillangolo using bulls a year earlier
embryos into the beef suited to heifer mating program. than usual.
cattle we already had because we have selected “Moderate, industry “If you buy and use
as recipient mums,” for low birthweights,” relevant, well structured 16-month-old bulls you get
Mrs Slape said. he said. easy doing cattle are the a longer serviceable bull
The Slapes run 120 “We want sires that offer breeding objectives at and access to genetics
commercial Angus, Murray calving ease, fast growth, Jillangolo and we found earlier,” he said.
Grey and first-cross docility and excellent that these females from “And if you cross
Speckle Park breeders. structure.” Woonallee hit that brief.” Limouins with British
They also have 24 pure Mr Watson said the At Beef Week, Jillangolo Breeds there is research
Speckle Park cows, calves family was passionate will have a small draft to show you get
and bulls, with more on about Angus and of bulls for sale sired by significantly higher meat
the way to expand the appreciated the big effort Boundary Astute and yields and superior meat
stud. put into promoting the Woonallee P614. quality.”
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