ONE good female can found a champion stud, according to experienced Queensland seedstock producer Matt Kirk, and with that in mind he placed a junior heifer at the top of a very competitive field in the Santa Gertrudis ring at the 2018 Royal Adelaide Show.
Nangaringa Naomi, from the Fogden family’s Loxton stud, was an exceptional individual - fleshy, feminine and with a body capacity that gave her a clear edge, Mr Kirk said.
It was young Thomas Fogden, a fourth generation SA Santa breeder, who picked her out as weaner, declaring she had a big future, and took her to the SA Heifer Show in July where she finished second in her class.
His father Peter, and grandparents Richard and Deidre, were on hand to see him lead Naomi to a Supreme Exhibit title at the Adelaide Show.
The Fogdens were among the first to breed Santas in SA and today sell around 20 bulls a year into SA and Central Australian commercial herds.
Richard Fogden said his parents Murray and Marie were running Herefords in the 1950s when they first came across the breed at Keith and decided it had potential.
Trailblazing a new breed is never a smooth path but it was the Santa’s ease of calving combined with early growth rates that had cemented its place in SA, he said.
Naomi first edged out the three-year-old senior champion female, Seymour Vale Monique, exhibited with her second calf Seymour Vale Quebec by brothers Kevin and Alan Lintern from AMP Farms Trust at Tungkillo.
AMP Farms, established in 2000, have a herd of 85 stud females and have been showing at the Adelaide Royal for more than ten years.
Kevin Lintern said her moderate frame, structural soundness and length of body - all of which was demonstrated nicely in her calf - made her an obvious choice for showing.
Alan Lintern said she was from a cow family that had been very strong for AMP. Her mother Seymour Vale Julie produced progeny that have consistently performed well at sales.
Heath Tiller’s HB Rural at Warnertown collected the gong for top bull via Goolagong N4, who was on his first outing.
Mr Kirk, who breeds Brahman and Simbrahs in the Central Burnett region, said he was the most complete bull in a competitive senior class.
“He fits all categories - both his raw data and what you can see with your eye,” he said.
“He can get about and the physical structure is there for the meat to be put on. He is a bull with tremendous beef characteristics.”
Results
Judge: Matt Kirk
Exhibitors: 5
Entries: 62
Supreme, grand champion and junior female: Nangaringa Naomi, R and D Fogden, Loxton.
Reserve junior champion female: Goolagong N243, HB Rural, Warnertown.
Senior champion female: Seymour Vale Monique,AMP Farms Trust,Tungkillo. Res: Burramurra 98, Riverina Wool, Moama.
Junior champion bull: Nangaringa Nelson N653, R and D Fogden. Res: Burramurra 301, Riverina Wool.
Senior champion bull: Goolagong N4, HB Rural.Res: Walmona Xachary, Walmona Pastoral, Truro.
Shan Goodwin
Shan Goodwin steers ACM’s national coverage of the beef industry. Shan has worked as a journalist for 30 years, the majority of that with agricultural publications. She spent many years as The Land’s North Coast reporter and has visited beef properties and stations throughout the country and overseas. She treats all breeds equally. Contact 0427686187. E: s.goodwin@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Shan Goodwin steers ACM’s national coverage of the beef industry. Shan has worked as a journalist for 30 years, the majority of that with agricultural publications. She spent many years as The Land’s North Coast reporter and has visited beef properties and stations throughout the country and overseas. She treats all breeds equally. Contact 0427686187. E: s.goodwin@austcommunitymedia.com.au
