JAKE BERGHOFER & EMMA PATTERSON

KINGAROY / QLD / ROUND 2

Jake Berghofer and Emma Patterson of Bonnydale QLD Black Simmentals operate their stud from Kingaroy in SE QLD.  With just over 200 stud females they are preparing for their inaugural bull sale in September 2020.  Alongside the stud, Jake and Emma run around 800 head of commercial cattle across 4 properties with extra trade cattle when the season allows.

Their main goals are for high fertility, especially in their high-value embryo transfer programs and maximising growth in their stud bulls, replacement heifers and trade cattle.  Since Emma is an accountant, these goals must be achieved with a commercial focus ensuring maximum profitability!

MENTOR DETAILS

MENTOR NAME: SIMON RICHARDSON

TIMING DATES 1

SELECTED ANIMAL GROUP: TRADE HEIFERS

Number of head:  146

Initial treatment: 16 June 2020

Objective: Immunity and Fertility. There will be 4 treatment groups that will be compared: Decto/Decto+MM & CydectinLA/CydectinLA + MM. Data will be collected again at the end of August 2020.

TIMING DATES 2

SELECTED ANIMAL GROUP: AUTUMN JOIN COWS 

Number of head:  121 

Initial treatment: 8 April 2020

First Data Collection: 6 July 2020

Objective: Fertility

TIMING DATES 3

SELECTED ANIMAL GROUP: BULLS 

Number of head:  18

Initial treatment: 22 March 2020

First Data Collection: 29 May 2020

Additional Data Collection: 12 June 2020 

Objective: Fertility

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