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21.01.2022 Attention: Gippsland Members and friends of the ARDB. We will be holding a farm visit day at the farm of Will Colbert and Meaghan Douglas. Date: Thursday 14th January 2021. ... Time: 10am start. 773 Bloomfield Road, Nilma North. Will and Meaghan are currently share farming, milking 360 May-calving cows stocked at over 3 cows per hectare on a dryland milking platform. The herd is fed 2.4 tonnes of grain per cow and averages 593 kilograms of milk solids per year. Meaghan is also a research scientist at Agriculture Victoria's Ellinbank Research Centre and completed her PhD earlier this year. She is also part of the Smart Feeding project team in the Dairy Feedbase program, which aims to develop farm management systems for better allocation of on-farm feed resources. Meaghan will be happy to speak briefly about her work at Ellinbank before a farm walk and inspection of the herd. To register your intention to attend, please contact: [email protected] or Meaghan Douglas 0437 454 829 or Paul Cocksedge 0427 871 456

20.01.2022 Well done to Phil Stasiw from Mount Gambier on this cow placing 12th in the 3 to 6 year old cross bred class in the ARDB National Photo Competition. Sired by NYMOEN P, cow 705’s production last season on her first lactation was 628kgs of milk solids with 4.1% fat, 3.5% protein and a PI of 125 in 322 days. So far in the first 32 days of this, her second lactation is producing at 2.7 kgs of milk solids per day. Phil currently milks 325 cows with around 70 being Aussie Red or Aussie Red/Jersey cross. Cow 705 was bred by Phil from a Jersey/Red cross that he originally purchased as a Yearling from Jan Raleigh in Timboon with the Granddam being a daughter of G Edbo that Phil bred whilst sharefarming for Jan.

19.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Judge: Ron Graham Class 3: 2-year-old in Milk Red Cow. Kindly sponsored by Viking Genetics.... 37 exhibits entered. 1st 6723, sired by VR Borat (Brett and Bronwyn Davies) 2nd 943, sired by Tango P (Jody Boyd) 3rd 2390 Moyola Dianne 75, sired by VR Cigar (Warren Gallagher) 4th Redhollow Flamboyant Iveragh 8263, sired by VR Faber (James and Alison Finlayson) 5th Cluain 4623 Flora, sired by VR Balfa (Graeme and Michele Hamilton) 6th 8056, sired by VR Hjustica (Stephen Diprose) 7th 2374 Moyola Daphne 10, sired by V Foske (Warren Gallagher) 8th 8464, sired by V Foske (Chandler Family) 9th 3284 Hibson Foske 2, sired by V Foske (Andrew and Vanessa Hibberson) 10th Canary 5338, sired by Gopollen (Scott and Melissa Iddles) 11th 4354, sired by VR Tokyo (Chandler Family) 12th Megan 5375, sired by V Foske (Scott and Melissa Iddles) Comments from Ron: I really like the top placed Aussie Red 2-year-old who has such a strong top line, a magnificent rump structure, brilliant feet and legs, and with an outstanding body capacity for a 2-year-old. She is clean through the shoulder and oozes dairy strength. My 2nd placegetter has very good thurl placement, a deep body with open ribs, a strong head with such a wide muzzle for grazing. I really admire the parallel legs displayed by my 3rd placegetter, who also has great dairy strength throughout and a lovely wide udder. So many top young cows in this class, who look set to be in our Australian Red herds for many years to come. Congratulations to all the farmers who entered this strong class. Congratulations to Brett and Bronwyn Davies for winning Class 3.

17.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Judge: Ron Graham Class 2: 3- to 6-year-old in Milk Crossbred Cow. Kindly sponsored by Genetics Australia.... 34 exhibits entered. 1st 6462, sired by V Foske (Brett and Bronwyn Davies) 2nd 16064, sired by Buckarby (Stephen Diprose) 3rd 937, sired by ARB Scarebear (Jody Boyd) 4th 662, sired by Buckarby (Andrew and Helen Dunbar) 5th 436, sired by G Edbo (Andrew and Helen Dunbar) 6th 1668, sired by ARB Scarebear (Will Colbert and Meaghan Douglas) 7th 141, sired by ARB Spring (Beaulands Spring Fair) (Matt and Michelle Seabrook) 8th 1821, sired by VR Cigar (Will Colbert and Meaghan Douglas) 9th 7099, sired by VR Borat (Stephen Diprose) 10th 1889, sired by VR Cigar (Will Colbert and Meaghan Douglas) 11th 1412, sired by Beaulands Linkin (Kym and Ashley Harrison) 12th 705, sired by Nymoen P (Phil Stasiw) Comments from Ron: Our winning cow is outstanding; she has a good strong top line, a deep body, and plenty of capacity throughout, especially where the heart sits, giving her an incredible ‘engine room’. Our 2nd placegetter also has plenty of width, such a high rear udder, and her teat setting is right on plumb. Our 3rd placegetter also has an outstanding top line, she has beautiful width in her udder, plumb teat placement, a strong head and she oozes dairyness. Again, this class consists of another exceptional group of cows which show us all how using Australian Red bulls in a crossbreeding program is delivering tremendous results for so many farmers. Congratulations to Brett and Bronwyn Davies for winning Class 2. Results for Classes 3 and 4 will be released tomorrow.

16.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Judge: Ron Graham Top Placed Cow sired by a Bull from each of the Sponsoring Companies. The Australian Red Dairy Breed would like to sincerely thank ABS, AuzredXB, Genetics Australia and Viking Genetics for sponsoring this year’s Photo Competition. The following list of cows were the Top Placed Cows sired by a Bull from each of the Sponsoring Companies out of the 191 exhibits entered into the competition. ... Top Placed Cow sired by an ABS Bull 818, sired by Gopollen (Andrew and Helen Dunbar) Top Placed Cow sired by an AuzredXB Bull 8447, sired by AXB Topdeck (Chandler Family) Top Placed Cow sired by a Genetics Australia Bull 937, sired by ARB Scarebear (Jody Boyd) Top Placed Cow sired by a Viking Genetics Bull - 3058 Llandovery B-Jurist Lauurel 1557TH, sired by B-Jurist (Andrew and Vanessa Hibberson)

13.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Judge: Ron Graham Class 6: Matriarch in Milk Cow. Kindly sponsored by Genetics Australia.... 20 exhibits entered. 1st Cluain 3523 Bess, sired by Beaulands Eden (Graeme and Michele Hamilton) 2nd Waikato Primula 3821, sired by GG Dragomir (Mike Green) 3rd 9655, sired by Beaulands Eden (Jennifer and Chris Read) 4th Waikato Primula 3992, sired by VR Cigar (Mike Green) 5th Redhollow Harmony Bond 1126, sired by Redhollow Hypo St John (Ascona) (James and Alison Finlayson) 6th Paco David Brandy 139, sired by R David (Paul Cocksedge) 7th Cluain 3013 Pet, sired by GG Zober (Graeme and Michele Hamilton) 8th Waikato Princess 3865, sired by V Foske (Mike Green) 9th 256, sired by Peterslund (Andrew and Helen Dunbar) 10th Paco Lex Jackie 134, sired by ARB Lex (Paul Cocksedge) Comments from Ron: Class 6 was an amazing class of mature cows, with a large variety of ages. It was difficult to judge these cows not knowing the age of the cow, as I imagine many of these cows have had more lactations that what they look they have, and it will be interesting for all to know more about these cows when the results are released. Our 1st placegetter blew me away by her body capacity. She is the best bodied cow in the whole competition, with such a wide capacious udder that is obviously holding up extremely well with her high milk production. This milky cow’s udder still sits nicely above her hocks, and she has such a great fore udder attachment. She places over my 2nd placegetter who seems to demonstrate great longevity, this cow is so wedgy or shows great dairyness and has a great strong top line. I really like the constitution of this cow. Our 3rd placegetter is also powerful, with a strong top line and such a brilliant udder with superb teat placement for a mature cow. All the cows in this class have done our breed proud, and every farmer who entered a cow in this class should be commended on how well they look, and the exceptional job that these matriarch cows have done day in day out for many years in their herds. Congratulations to Graeme and Michele Hamilton for winning Class 6. Results for the Overall Champion and the Top Placed Cow sired by a bull from each of the sponsoring companies will be released tomorrow.

12.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Judge: Ron Graham Overall Champion Cow. Kindly sponsored by Viking Genetics.... Overall Champion 3058 Llandovery B-Jurist Lauurel 1557TH, sired by B-Jurist (Andrew and Vanessa Hibberson) Reserve Champion 6723, sired by VR Borat (Brett and Bronwyn Davies) Honourable Mention Cluain 3253 Bess, sired by Beaulands Eden (Graeme and Michele Hamilton) Congratulations to Andrew and Vanessa Hibberson for winning Overall Champion of the National Photo Competition.

09.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition The results are now in for the National Photo Competition. Over the next few days, we will release the top 10-12 places in each class, with photographs for the top 3 cows, and then announce the Overall Champion. Judge Ron Graham was extremely impressed with the overall quality of cows photographed in this competition. Ron says The Australian Red Breed has come a long way since its inception in the 1980’s. We now have... so many tremendous cows with great commercial type. Cows with excellent udders, very correct feet and legs, and capacious cows, which are essential for walking the long distances that many Australian herds have to track, to efficiently graze and produce quality milk. Ron Graham was not given any details of the owners or sires of the cows when he judged them. Board Members of the Australian Red Breed have collated his placings and endeavoured to accurately list your cows name, sire and photograph. If we have made a mistake, we do ask for your pardon, and would prefer if you could contact Breed Chairman Sam Graham via email on [email protected] with the correct information, and we will endeavour to rectify the mistake promptly.

07.01.2022 A great story on ARDB breed director Meaghan Douglas who, along with her partner Will Colbert, will be hosting a farm visit run by the ARDB early in the new year. Keep an eye out for more details for our up coming farm visits in Western Victoria and Gippsland.

05.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Thank you to everyone for making the 2020 Photo Competition such a great success. We have enjoyed seeing the wonderful responses and great joy that the results and cow photos have brought to the Facebook community over the past few days. The ARDB Board would like to thank Ron Graham for judging this year's competition. We have greatly appreciated the time and effort that Ron has put in to judging the photos and providing his comments for the top 3 cows in each class. Thank you Ron.

03.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Judge: Ron Graham Class 5: 5- & 6-year-old in Milk Red Cow. Kindly sponsored by ABS.... 22 exhibits entered. 1st 3058 Llandovery B-Jurist Lauurel 1557TH, sired by B-Jurist (Andrew and Vanessa Hibberson) 2nd Cluain 4075 Gee, sired by AR Oper (Graeme and Michele Hamilton) 3rd Paco Foske Evie 181, sired by V Foske (Paul Cocksedge) 4th Paco David Georgia 143, sired by R David (Paul Cocksedge) 5th 2202 Moyola Roanbow 35, sired by Tosikko (Warren Gallagher) 6th Glenview GG Hexer 1502, sired by GG Hexer (Glen, Anne and Kathryn Drury) 7th 9788, sired by V Foske (Tim Humphris and Marie Clark) 8th 912, sired by Tosikko (Jody Boyd) 9th Glenview AR Impalu 1555, sired by AR Impalu (Glen, Anne and Kathryn Drury) 10th Glenview AR Linz 1459, sired by AR Linz (Glen, Anne and Kathryn Drury) Comments from Ron: The more I looked at the photograph of the winner of Class 5 the more I liked her! She is such a powerful cow, her front legs are so wide, and she has so much body capacity. Her udder attachment fore and rear is exceptional. Her teat size and placement are both spot on. She stands on a beautiful set of legs, and is simply a tremendous cow. She places over the cow in 2nd because of that superior fore udder attachment, but this 2nd placegetter demonstrates such a powerful head and oozes dairy strength throughout. The 3rd placegetter is another cow with great constitution, she also has a good top line, strong feet and legs and has a very well attached udder. There were so many cows in this class that looked like they were such amazing productive cows that were built with resilience, to be able to withstand the rigours of our tough Australian environment, often in large herds where they have to graze day and night year round without special individualised treatment. Congratulations to Andrew and Vanessa Hibberson for winning Class 5.

02.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Judge: Ron Graham Class 1: 2-year-old in Milk Crossbred Cow. Kindly sponsored by ABS.... 16 exhibits entered. 1st 951, sired by V Foske (Jody Boyd) 2nd 6755, sired by VR Fonseca (Brett and Bronwyn Davies) 3rd 4358, sired by Beaulands Eden (Chandler Family) 4th 818, sired by Gopollen (Andrew and Helen Dunbar) 5th 873, sired by Gopollen (Andrew and Helen Dunbar) 6th 2380 Moyola Cora 3, sired by V Foske (Warren Gallagher) 7th 1993, sired by VR Bestman (Will Colbert and Meaghan Douglas) 8th 1953, sired by VR Donato (Will Colbert and Meaghan Douglas) 9th 5232, sired by ARB Scarebear (Scott and Melissa Iddles) 10th 880, sired by Gopollen (Andrew and Helen Dunbar) Comments from Ron: Our first placed cow is an extremely balanced cow and a very worthy winner of this class. She has a tidy udder and good capacity throughout. She has a little more strength in the head than the 2nd placed cow, who is another really nice crossbred cow that I really liked. She placed over the cow in 3rd place because of her superior foreudder attachment, but it was a very close placing. While I was judging this class, when I first looked at the cow in 3rd place, I was sure she was going to win. She has the best feet and legs in this class, with excellent heel depth. She is such a wide cow and has great dairy strength, but in the end she was pipped by the exceptional top 2 placegetters. Congratulations to all the owners of these cows, they are a real credit to your breeding programs. Congratulations to Jody Boyd for winning Class 1.

01.01.2022 Australian Red Dairy Breed 2020 National Photo Competition Judge: Ron Graham Class 4: 3- & 4-year-old in Milk Red Cow. Kindly sponsored by AuzredXB.... 62 exhibits entered. 1st Cluain 4238 Mandy, sired by AR Nougat (Graeme and Michele Hamilton) 2nd Redhollow Graphic Hudaida 7174, sired by VR Fonseca (James and Alison Finlayson) 3rd Paco Skjelvan Jackie 194, sired by Skjelvan (Paul Cocksedge) 4th 192, sired by ARB Stejac (Jennifer and Chris Read) 5th Cluain 4211 Empress, sired by V Foske (Graeme and Michele Hamilton) 6th 2345 Moyola Xena 42, sired by VR Uudin (Warren Gallagher) 7th Waikato Maxine 4330, sired by V Foske (Mike Green) 8th Cluain 4494 Princess, sired by AR Nougat (Graeme and Michele Hamilton) 9th 6463, sired by R Fastrup (Brett and Bronwyn Davies) 10th Paco Flame Jackie 228, sired by VR Flame (Paul Cocksedge) 11th Molly, sired by Orraryd (Kaycee Gardiner) 12th 4056, sired by S Valpas (James Greenacre) Comments from Ron: What a super young cow in 1st place! She has a strong top line, good loin, and excellent udder attachment with so much udder capacity. She places over the cow in 2nd because of her dairy strength. But taking nothing away from the cow in 2nd who also has such a well attached udder, an extremely long body and brilliant spring of rib giving her so much capacity. Our 3rd placegetter also has the great body capacity which I really admired in so many entries in the biggest class of the competition. Her dairy strength also really caught my attention and she is another great young cow. In fact, the amount of top quality cows in this class meant that so many good cows missed out on the top 12 places, but I want to reiterate how many fantastic cows were photographed which reinforced in my mind how far the breed has come in such a short time, to produce so many cows of such high quality. Congratulations to Graeme and Michele Hamilton for winning Class 4. Results for Classes 5 and 6 will be released tomorrow.