News

July 2010 Up-date
We had a 60% calving rate wth our A.I. program which is a little lower than our long term average. While the numbers were down the quality is excellent. None better than Banskia Ridge Flint F8. He's by Willalooka Uplift out of our best cow Lucy X22.

We are planning to use three bulls and no A.I. this year. We aim to bring forward and tighten our calving pattern which after several year's of continuous A.I. has become rather stetched out . The bulls we plan to use are Dapper D9, Caeser C10 and Diplomat D37 (for heifers)

Caeser now has many 2010 drop calves on the ground and they are a fantastic group --- averaging a little heavier than we expected at around 40kg. With the exception of one breech delivery all calves to date (30) have been born unassisted.



Autumn 2010
We've had good opening rains in April and the first calves from our A.I. program started hitting the gound this week.

We would like to reduce our female herd by a further 5 cows and have several qulaity cows for sale. We also still have a few 2009 drop bulls for sale,

We have donated three school steers for the steer competition at the Royal Adelaide show in September. One to Westminster, one to Fleurieu and one to Gawler High.
SA Beef Field Days 2010
We are participating in the SA Beef Field Days for 2010 on Sunday February 7, 2010. We will be serving light refreshments all day, including eggs and bacon for breakfast. BBQ sausages and a variety of drinks. All our herd will be on display so please plan to include our stud in your plans


After 11 years of operation, Banksia Ridge is breeding outstanding bulls and cows which will add value to any commercial herd. The emphasis is on breeding quiet, easy calving animals whilst retaining very high growth rates. Almost all of our females have Breedplan data within the top 10% for the Breed (based on $Index values) and this includes the females for sale. We have several animals for sale (male and female) within the top 2 % of the breed. Some of the sale females are in calf to Banksia Ridge Caeser C10 who rates amongst the 10 best pure bred bulls in the breed.


Overall Banksia Ridge is offering over 35 animals for sale on the day, including nine rising 2 year old bulls, 13 mated heifers, 10 cows, many with calves at foot and some un-mated heifers.
We have one exceptional black bull (BNK D9 - 100% Murray Grey) for sale. He is the fastest growing animal we have bred to date, is structurally excellent and also has an exceptional temperament




2009 News Highlights

One of the highlights of our year has been the export of a 250 straw semen package to South Africa. The bulls selected were Banksia Ridge Zorro Z7, Banksia Ridge Yttrium Y17 and Banksia Ridge Yogi Bear Y15. The South African breeders are looking to the Banksia Ridge bulls to help lift the quality of their Murray Grey herd.. Mike Boerema from Embryo Transfer Services in Willunga did the original semen collection and helped organise its safe transport to South Africa. The South African export deal follows a larger shipment in previous years to the USA where the progeny form these bulls is in demand.


Another highlight this year was the outstanding performance of three Banksia Ridge Bismuth B27 calves in the Royal Adelaide 2009 steer competition. Their carcase scores ranged from 84.82 to 89.895, the latter figure being less than one point lower than the score of the Grand Champion carcase. One of these steers was placed first in his class “on hoof” and was a member of the Murray Grey O’Connor team which placed third overall . The excellent performance of the Banksia Ridge steers was a great follow-up to winning the Champion Light Weight Carcase in the same event in 2008. There are animals for sale at the field day which share the same bloodlines as these award winning steers.

Banksia Ridge Caeser C10 semen available
We have collected semen form Banksia Ridge Caeser and it is now available for $55 per straw.

Caeser has the best figures of any animals we have bred. He is in the first three bulls on all three of the the Junior Sires $Index lists and top of the list for the Heavy Grass fed Index. These EBV figures place him amongst the top 5 bulls in the breed.

He has a wonderful temperament and his actual growth rates support his outstanding breed plan data.



Yogi Bear's Progeny Impress Judge
A Yogi Bear Y15 calf has done it again. Banksia Ridge Bindy B42 was awarded Junior Champion Murray Grey Female at the 2007 Royal Adelaide show. The judge, Roger Mc Intosh of Myanga Murray Grey stud, NSW, described her as "the complete package" . Bindy's mum, Willalooka Agnes W214 is no slouch either. Her first calf was Banksia Ridge Yousef Y85, who himself has proved to be one of our better sires. Yousef Y85 is the sire of other good show performers (see elsewhere on the site) Banksia Rdige Bismuth B27 and Banksia Ridge Bright Eyes B24

Fairview Ridge Miss Rosie (the first calf of Banksia Ridge Yogi Bear Y15) was the supreme exhibit at the 2007 Strathalbyn show, beating a Ferndale Park bull for the ultimate prize. Congratulations to Jeff and Julie Perry on the outstanding presentation of Miss Rosie and their excellent win.

Jake Phillips, assiting Vaughan Campagnolo at the 2007 Port Elliot Show had a great day winning the Junior judges and handlers competition. Well done Jake !