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COMMERCIAL REALITY

Tangiwai Station

SIZE: 2100 HA (1700 ha effective) purchased by Kevin and Colleen Genetic Progress. It is heartening to see that after the initial major
Knauf in 1994 investment in cows from all over the country and evaluating them
under the rugged conditions at Tangiwai Station, the progress is
TOPOGRAPHY: Tangiwai rises from 700 – 2300 ft a.s.l. It accelerating. Once again the in calf rate has improved steadily
comprises of 1050 ha of steep hill country, 440 ha medium hill and and we now have the calving interval down to 46 days for cows and
120 ha of flats predominately at the Iwitea Block on coast. 36 days for heifers. Kerrah’s herd and sale team’s average EBVs
rank well above breed average for all traits except birth weight. It is
STOCK TO WINTERED great to see Simmental excelling in the Beef and Lamb Progeny Test.
SHEEP – 5000 ewes 150% lambing 2019, 1700 hoggets RWR and Structural soundness and docility has been, and will continue to be,
1000 winter trade lambs.
a focus of the Kerrah herd.
CATTLE - 550 Sep/Oct calving cows 97% calving 2019, 100 Jan/ PERFORMANCE RECORDS
Feb calving cows and all progeny through 1 winter.
At Tangiwai, along with the usual structural assessments etc, there is
a great belief that to make genetic progress, performance recording
NB ALL REPLACEMENT HEIFERS MATED AS YEARLINGS is paramount. A large amount of time is invested in this to maximize
the accuracy of raw data input. If you put rubbish in you get rubbish
Tangiwai’s vision is to produce moderate birth weight, easy calving out. Put good, accurate data in and achieve the greatest genetic
cattle with explosive growth in an early maturing, polled animal that gain – a maxim the stud believes in. Combine this with the large
thrives on hill country. We are committed to producing functional, size of management groups and you have meaningful data to work
docile cattle using a balance of proven science, (EBVs, Muscle with. On average, the generated breeding values from Kerrah have
scanning and DNA verification enhanced EBVs in the future) a 10% higher accuracy than other Simmental 20 month sale bulls.
accurate recording and stockmanship, bred in a challenging Wairoa
hill country environment, to deliver profit-a-bull genetics that will last This year we have included the Docility EBV as well as the docility
for our clients. score. I think the score gives a quick categorised overview taking
into account the EBV and the bulls actual temperament.
This year has seen another outstanding line of 135 VIC R2 heifers
retained whose EBVS are comparable to their brothers in the sale. A bull with 1 or 1.5 is seen as a docility improver, of which there are
These heifers had the opportunity of the bull for only 35 days. plenty this year, a 2 satisfactory and 2.5 on the lower end of what we
Last year’s calving of the heifers was the smoothest we have ever offer.
had with bulls like Crumpy and Efficient giving us calving ease not A big thankyou to all our staff, Shayne Walker, Tiffany Trott, Turei
seen in the breed before, backed up by the results from the Beef White and my family – wife Sam, Children- Josh and Nickayla,
and Lamb Dairy Beef Progeny test showing they have birthweight Lauren, Tessa and Ben and my mum Colleen for their continued
and gestation to match the best of any breed. Add to them Kerrah support. Thanks again to Alastair Milne for his continued support
Gambler and Grumpy and 190267,190384 and 190498 a great and input. We are sorry Alastair cannot be with us this year but wish
line of homozygous polled bull battery to use over heifers. him all the best with his new knees!
The cows saw a great line up of homozygous bulls, headed by Also thanks to Ross and Phil who also do their best to ensure your
Kerrah Go To, an outstanding young sire with performance, bulls’ transport to their new home is as cost effective and smooth as
phenotype, libido and outstanding docility with his 18 heifer possible, wherever in the country you may be.
calves and 7 bulls from his yearling mating real standouts in the
weaners, with Kerrah Epic, Fortress, Foreman, Goldcoast, Genesis, The Kerrah team wish you well with your new purchases. Please
Grunta, and ylgs 190301 and 190290 making up the a team all remember that we welcome your feedback, both positive and
homozygous polled. Kerrah Fine Tuned was the only frontline hetero negative. It is very important to us to know how the bulls are
polled bull used. Glenside Frontier, Lonepine G71 and Kerrah performing to help reflne the future breeding program.
Galaxy backing up AI and recipients.
Those clients keeping the daughters from Kerrah bulls should
have confidence that they will perform with the best under most
conditions. Science has shown that you can expect an 8.5% gain
from heterosis in a two way cross and 23% gain in a three way cross
for calf weaned per cow mated. Combine this with Simmentals’
ability to add milk and growth, and you have a very profitable
combination.

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