STOCK AND LAND BEEF FIELD WEEK                                  Saturday, January 28^th, 2017

STUD 260    http://www.salcopartners.com.au/

Welcome to Salco Salers stud. We will have 120 purebred Salers breeders, split into spring and autumn calvers on display. All animals are recorded on breedplan. Our 40 autumn calvers start calving in early-February and our 80 spring calvers and replacement heifers have 5 month calves at foot and will be pregnancy tested in the next 2 weeks.

Moving round from the stockyards to our shed and then back to the house, we will have 184 cattle on display. These are:

1. In the small paddock on the left as you enter the property, before the stockyards:  Five 18 month old Salers Bulls. More details on these animals are listed below.
2. In the stockyards:  Eleven August-September 2015 drop Salers replacement heifers that have been with the bull to calve August 2017.
3. In the stockyards:  Nine yearling bulls. Six of these are AI to NewZealand sires. More details on these animals are listed below.
4. In the lane past the stockyard:  11 spring calving cows with 4-6 month old purebred salers bull calves at foot.
5. In the lane between the paddocks:  26 spring calving cows with 4-6 month old purebred salers heifer calves at foot.
6. In front of the shed:  13 yearling replacement heifers
7. In the horse paddock next to the house:  Autumn calvers: 23 cows due to calve over the next 6 weeks.
8. In the paddock on the right as you enter the property:  A further 16 spring calving cows with 4-6 month old purebred salers steer calves at foot.
9. In a nearby paddock: Autumn calvers: 17 cows due to calve over the next 6 weeks.