The Annual General Meeting of the Society was held in Feilding on Tuesday 12th May
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STAN HILL TROPHY WIN FOR MURRAY GREYS

Murray Grey breeders did themselves proud in this years’ Sydney Royal Easter Show steer and carcase competition, where purebred Murray Greys not only won the Stan Hill Trophy, but also Champion Trade Carcase, Champion School Carcase, Reserve Champion Middleweight Carcase, Reserve Champion Lightweight Steer on the Hoof, Reserve Champion Middleweight Steer on the Hoof, three first places in live judging, four first places in carcase judging, three first places in the virtual taste test competition and two Silver Medals and fourteen Bronze Medals in the Sydney Fine Foods Competition.

:-as reported in the Australian Murray Grey Society eNewsletter April 2012

I have several copies of back numbers of the Progress magazine available, especially for newer members or collectors!
For the price of postage ($2.50 for 3 copies) there are good quantities available of 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010 and limited copies of the most recent edition 2011.

Available on a first come first served basis and limited to 3 per person, there are also 2 copies of 2006, 16 x 2005 1x 1999, 1x1997, 1 x 1980, 

If anyone has a spare copy of 1994, or 1978/1979 vol 1 numbers 1 and 2, I would be grateful for a reciprocal arrangement! Please contact Sue Clarke ph. 06 36 86132 or email yorkvale@xtra.co.nz if interested.

updated 11/4/12 some of the previously older available issues have been spoken for, list is now updated as at today. Another member is looking for spare copies of 1987,1989,1990,1992 and 1995. If you can help please contact me as above.
 

New Zealand Murray Grey studs with web pages can now be accessed directly via the Industry links page available under the "About the breed" heading on the Home page side bar at left. If you have a web page which you would like adding please contact the MG Society or PBB graphics department.
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The UK Murray Grey Society Administrator, Rose Kent and husband Dave, of Darose MG stud, South Wales, visited NZ during February- March 2012, primarily to visit their two sons in Queenstown.
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The Feilding I.A&P Association holds its "Best of Beef" show classes during the 3 days of the CD Field days at the Manfield site. The Southern North Island Murray Grey Breeders club take a stand in Beef street each year to promote the breed.

This year, despite gale force winds on the first day and difficulties holding the tent down on tar seal, and hot sunny conditions on the 2nd and 3rd, the stand survived.

A competition to find the lucky spot on the cow gained good interest from the public walking into the Field Days site, and helped toward the cost of the site. Some good contacts have resulted. Cattle from Yorkvale stud were on display in the pen each day, and also took part in the Show competitions.
 

The entries in the Cute calf competition are now available in the Photo Galleries page

The winner is the entry of Glynn and Carolyn Andrew, Shiloh Murray Greys, Ohau, Levin

Shiloh Ash 2574110024 

born 10 September 2011

 

 

Check out the Download forms section. You can now down load Membership application form, Transfer of ownership forms, Certificate of Service for calf registration from a leased bull and AI service forms to accompany calf registration for calves got by artificial insemination.

The CD is available from Australia at a A$50 per set including postage to NZ. If anyone desires a copy of the CD(s) please let the NZ MG Society know, so that we can arrange the order.

Two Webinar series are currently available through the Australian Murray Grey Society, in conjunction with ABRI and SBTS (Southern Beef Technology Services.)

Entitled" Know your genes" and "From Go to Whoa" they are a series of On-line Seminars discussing everything you need to know about EBV's, Breedplan and DNA!

You can access them through here  and download which ever session you prefer. Alternatively if you have a Dial up connection or slow Broadband you may prefer to obtain them on CD. There are six sessions to each title each ranging in length from 43minutes to 1 hour 14 minutes, plus a seperate one on using the Enhanced Murray Grey Mating Predictor, lasting 37 minutes.

The ranking either higher or lower than the breed average can be seen in the bar graph available under EBV graph heading on each animals pedigree page, or by linking a group of animals by clicking "Link to to Breed Object for these animals" at the bottom of the list.
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If you have stock for sale or wanted you can advertise on line through the Cattle for Sale and Wanted section of this website, photos can be added. Cost $25 +gst for up to 3 months listing. Contact Lindy at PBB office to place an advert or enquire.
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