Breed choice made for vigour

Alisha Fogden
August 9 2017 - 7:30am
BIG BULL: Fish Creek Farm's Sarah Keays with Teresa Paltridge assessing bull Big Marn, bought from M&G Speckle Park stud, NSW, in May.
BIG BULL: Fish Creek Farm's Sarah Keays with Teresa Paltridge assessing bull Big Marn, bought from M&G Speckle Park stud, NSW, in May.

AFTER selling the family’s Friesian stud in 2007, South East producer Rob Spehr was keen to find a breed of cattle to further boost hybrid vigour within his herd, while also increasing the meat’s marketing value.

Alisha Fogden

Alisha Fogden

senior journalist, cropping editor at Stock Journal

Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.

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