Hereford studs take centre stage

The East Gippsland studs open for Beef Week were all Hereford studs and include the Sykes family at Karoonda stud, Gelantipy; the Hodge family, Valley Vista stud, Buchan; Newcomen Hereford stud and Bluey Commins’ Nunniong stud; The McAinch family’s Mundook stud at Sarsfield, right through to the Sykes family Mawarra Genetics at Longford and the Manson family’s Wanrua stud at Newry. PICTURED: Mundook stud principals Jill and Gary McAinch with their son-in-law Peter and some of their rising two-year-old heifers that are nearly ready to calve.