Update Wednesday 14th July 2010 2:00pm
Revised competition placings and Hook Results are now available.
You can now view the 2010 results on the
Hoof & Hook page.
Future Beef’s Allflex Ambassador Announced
Twenty-year-old Trudy Robertson of Feilding deservedly won the Premium title of the 2010 Future Beef programme at Beef Expo - the Allflex Beef Ambassadorship. Having participated in the Future Beef event since its inception in 2007, a relieved Trudy says of the win, “its been a long time coming but the competition has been so much fun”.
Trudy has been involved in showing cattle for over ten years, through her parents Ben Vista South Devon stud and her grandparents ‘Ballee’ Murray Grey stud. Totally committed to the beef industry, Trudy is set to commence a one-year certificate in agriculture at Telford in July. This she hopes to follow up with a diploma in Rural Business before embarking on her farming career
Mr Mark Stevens from PBB NZ, major sponsors of the event, commented on the value of the Future Beef event. “It really is quite exciting to see a passionate group of new generation beef farmers coming through”.
The Senior Allflex Beef Ambassador title is a culmination of the two-day beef industry event geared towards youth participants and attached to the annual Beef Expo Multi Breed Bull sale. It attracted over 80 participants this year.
Within the Future Beef programme, youth participants are involved in a steer ‘Hoof and Hook’ competition and beef industry practical and theory modules, including beef anatomy, animal identification, cattle judging, cattle handling and fencing.
An intermediate ambassadorship for participants 13 years to 17 years of age is also awarded – the 2010 title going to Rowan Sandford of Otane, Central Hawkes Bay .
The overall Future Beef winner, Trudy Robertson of Feilding, also won Champion Youth Handler for the 2010 Future Beef competition.
Placings in the Steer ‘Hoof ‘ competition was a clean sweep for Ranui Angus Stud. The Wanganui based stud of Lindsay and Maria Johnstone gaining both first and second placings.
Confirmed via carcase information, the ‘Hook’ competition was won by Grant and Sue Crawshaw of Nuhaka with an Angus steer. Second place went to a steer from Tahuna Farms owned by Timothy Plummer.
The premium title - Grand Champion steer both ‘Hoof and Hook’ winners for 2010, went to obvious leaders, Ranui Angus of Wanganui.
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