Chap’s Chatter

The late winter and spring of 2018 at Shannon Vale had produced conditions not conducive to us committing to a major A.I. Programme. While our cows were in reasonable condition at calving, pasture conditions were judged as not being substantial enough to bring lactating cows into Oestrous early enough to A.I. As a result we

Sal & I are extremely impressed with the CP Moe’s performance. The progeny we have seen in other herds are very much of the “type” we prefer to breed – adequate frame, mid maturity pattern, lesser yet sufficient bone, the bone is flat and the bottom jaw prominent. Moe progeny show ideal Bone to Muscle

Over the course of Nephew Sam’s wedding 24/04/2021, I was approached by a guest enquiring  “Are our Cows too big?” We did have a reasonably long and “in depth” conversation, for a wedding at least, re this Topic.Might I say Sal and I have been wrestling with this same Issue for the past three /four

When Sal and I catalogued Annie Q182 we did consider her to be an attraction given the Super performance of her dam Annie G037 and  the yet to fully unfold performance prowess of her sire Medaglia M028. We didn’t dream for one minute she would be the Sale topper at a very healthy $15,000. What

When Sal and I first reminded each other last October that January 2021 would Mark 40 years since we commenced the Dulverton Angus Programme and that it would be nice to do something to Celebrate the occasion, we didn’t in our wildest dreams think we would put on a Female Production Sale and that it

The Commercial Heifers have drafted up very nicely into three Pens of Five (5). They will calve from the beginning of August to the end of the second week in September. The heifers are in calf to-: Dulverton QAFILA Q011 a son of the proven Calving Ease Champion in D. Montjeu M013, Q011 is +5.3