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Over 29 years of breeding & showing Simmentals I have worked
hard to be true to Barana’s motto of “Breeding Cattle for the
Commercially Minded”. Accordingly, I endeavour to purchase what
I consider to be the best bulls available both in Australia &
overseas to suit my breeding programme & to continue the type I
have produced in the past. The inclusion of outcross
bloodlines retains the hybrid vigour in our breeding herd.
Since introducing the polled gene I have found these cattle
perform equally with our horned cattle of the past. I aim to
breed a line of straight coloured cattle either red or blonde as
we have found they are more sought after than the broken
coloured. I prefer loose skinned, fine haired characteristics
as these produce a softer, fleshier result.

Barana Galaxy & Calf
I place great importance on breeding for ease of calving, milk
production & fertility and our females must be able to rear a
calf under natural conditions. My aim is to breed bulls that
produce quick growing steers with good carcase characteristics
and the ability to finish.

Zimbo
In 2000 we purchased Karewa Jester, a polled son of
German sire Eizenherz from the Karewa dispersal sale in
New Zealand. This bull bred well in Barana’s polling
programme. German genetics have been utilised with
Zimbo who gave us some very good progeny of which one
bull, Barana Zulu produced some outstanding calves.
Another of our sires who is breeding very well is Gowrie
Yankee with the majority of this year’s sale offering
sired by him.
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Karewa Jester
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Vintage Maverick
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Barana Yeardleigh
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Barana Zulu - 12 Months
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Barana Zulu - 24 Months
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Gowrie Yankee
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Polled sires which have produced a consistent line of
cattle within our herd have been Karewa Jester, Vintage
Maverick, Barana Yeardleigh, Barana Yardley, Barana Zulu
& Gowrie Yankee. In 2007 we purchased Bullock Hills
Buster [P] and Corinda Downs Buckshot [AI] [ET] [P].
Bullock Hills Buster is by a South African bred bull
Shawacres Nacobi [ET] and Corinda Downs Buckshot is by
another South African bred bull Shawacres Jahari 50L.
Both these sires have produced promising calves for
Barana. In February 2009 we purchased our new stud sire, the top priced
bull Bandeeka Poll Cossack [P] at Tony & Loreen
Kitchen’s Bandeeka Stud sale in WA.

Bullocks Hills Buster
Corinda Downs Buckshot
2008 saw Barana venture into the black Simmental market. We
purchased a dozen black Simmental females & imported black
embryos from Canada. These embryos were implanted into
recipients resulting in 17 purebred black Simmental calves on
the ground. Barana’s black Simmentals will complement our
existing herd and the breeding programme will aim to produce
black cattle with similar characteristics to our traditional
Simmentals.

Bandeeka Poll Classic
Some of the females we have bred & shown with success over the
years are Barana Galaxy [Supreme Exhibit at Sydney Royal Show at
12 years of age!], Barana Roberta & Barana Venus. |