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Selecting heifer bulls is never an easy task – don’t worry I’m forever mindful of my old mentor, Dr Rex Butterfield’s now famous quotation “Dead calves have distressingly poor growth rates!” As well as being able to produce live calves, the ‘heifer bull’ must be able to also ensure that the progeny has sufficient growth

Dulverton Mossman M114 has been a favourite since weaning this time last year. We did include him amongst our group of select weaners who we grow on to be sure they reach 500kg by the sale day. M114 continued to impress us, so much so that we withdrew him from sale so we could use

Half sib matings have been promoted for many a year as a means of reducing dystokia amongst maiden heifers, we practice this procedure in the Dulverton herd as a matter of course. Not only do we like to use half sibs but we also believe there are added benefits from using bulls born early in

We initially selected Latitude L6 to use over our ‘L’ heifers because he was out of a first calf heifer (J167) and was born very early in the drop. He was born unassisted. It’s worth noting that should we have to pull a calf out of a heifer (or cow for that matter) both individuals

The Inaugural Dulverton Female Production Sale to be held at Shannon Vale Station, Glen Innes on Saturday 28th April 2018 commencing at 11am, 60 females will be yarded from 9am. To enable a thorough inspection, we will stage an Inspection Day on Thursday 26th April 2018 commencing at 9.30am until midday. Chap’s Insight JOINING SIRE