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What do you get different when

you buy a Storth Oaks Bull

✓ Storth Oaks is a genuine hill country property run in a very com- ✓ AngusPure index has a weighting for marbling while also selecting
mercial manner where the cow herd is tested on the hills and has to animals suitable to go into a self replacing herd. Marbling attributes
perform. cost nothing to put into you genetic selections so why not have it?
All research from the USA and the rest of the world suggests that
✓ This winter we will calve 310 registered performance recorded
females - good base for selection. Marbling is the single most important indicator to ensuring beef is
consistently tender, juicy and has good flavour.
✓ Since its foundation in 1991, Storth Oaks has always mated heifers
✓ Great emphasis is put on temperament or disposition. Calves are
to calve at 2 years old. All calves are weighed and recorded at birth.
yard weaned and introduced to a high fibre straw/silage mix to make
✓ All animals are DNA sire verified to guarantee the bull is by the sire sure the rumen is fully developed to maximise efficiency.
nominated.
✓ All bulls are fertility and semen tested independently prior to sale
✓ AI is used extensively with all females being AI'd and some for two
cycles. This enables us to source the very best genetics to improve ✓ All bulls are independently Beef Class structurally assessed.
the herd and the herds of our customers. ✓ Storth Oaks delivers bulls free to the North Island.
✓ Fertility is of paramount importance which means selecting bulls ✓ BVD negative and have been BVD vaccinated.
from calving ease sires with strong fertility attributes.
✓ Bulls come with a 3 year structure and fertility guarantee for bulls
✓ The Storth Oaks aim is to improve the profitability of our commer- going into commercial herds (not caused by injury, disease, or poor
cial customers. If the economics of prime beef production are not management.) see sale information for more details.
lifted by genetic improvement we will lose more land to alternative
more profitable land uses. ✓ All bulls are clear of all known genetic defects.
✓ Storth Oaks has a 5 Star rating for Completeness of Recording -
✓ In the 2021 sale catalogue we have a stunning line up of Angus-
Pure index sires you wont find anywhere else in New Zealand. meaning that we provide as much information as possible to Breed-
plan and rate at the very top level.

Ticking all the boxes