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Stud History
Wynwood Droughtmaster Stud was founded with the purchase of seven polled Droughtmaster stud heifers from Harry Collins, “Kelso” Droughtmasters, Marlborough at 225 guineas each. These,along with about 20 commercial Droughtmaster heifers from “Mendip Hills” and upgraded progeny from Lee Shorthorns were mated to Vet School Corporal (P) (for 350 guineas) from their show team, and the stud registered with the Droughtmaster Stud Breeders’ Society in 1965.
Over the years we have used many different bloodlines - with varying success. One
significant success was that of Tom Booth’s “Glenray” Droughtmaster Stud through
the purchase of a number of sires and later females from his production sales in
the 1970’s and 80’s. Tom maintained a closed herd of 600 - 700 purebred registered
Droughtmaster breeders in the Daintree Valley and was a self educated beef geneticist.
Liveweight Selling and Weight and Grade
Another significant milestone for us was the Dalby Saleyards selling by weight in the early 1990’s which led to our purchase of transportable electronic scales and more enthusiastic performance recording. The use of the feedlot and weight and grade selling made us look closer at our management.
With the purchase of our first PC in the mid 90’s; the gathering of more and better information was a natural progression.This led to joining “within herd” Breedplan where we were able to submit previously collected quality data going back to the early 1990’s.We later became one of the foundation members of Droughtmaster Group Breedplan in the latter part of that decade in the first Group analysis.
We do not consider Droughtmaster Group Breedplan to be infallible, but with modern computers and used as an aid to management, it is certainly a very useful additional tool to have at your disposal.
Summary to the Present
We consider that the Droughtmaster is uniquely placed to serve the beef industry
as it has in the past and, as a breed - Droughtmasters have a very bright future.
