GWALIA - SUSAN CHISHOLM
NEW SOUTH WALES - ADELONG
Susie Chisholm kicks butt with her Team Te Mania steers at NSW Beef Spectacular
Team Te Mania foundation member Susie Chisholm, Gwalia, Adelong, NSW, has turned the 2010 Beef Spectacular upside down with the stunning performance of her pen of pure Te Mania Angus blood steers.
Finishing second in the carcase competition at the Dubbo competition, Susie's pen of five was the only group to qualify for the prestigious Riverine Premium Beef brand.
Cargill's Riverine Premium Beef is produced exclusively from high quality Bos taurus cattle and finished in the lush, temperature climate of southern Australia, grainfed for up to 150 days.
Riverine Premium Beef cattle are graded by Meat Standards Australia (MSA), fulfilling all the requirements to ensure a superior eating experience. MSA's beef grading system provides a guaranteed grade via measuring processing factors including age, breed, nutrition, handling transport and carcase parameters such as marbling, meat colour, fat distribution and Ph.
With a mean processing age of 30 months and a minimum marbling score of 2+, Riverine Premium Beef is remarkably similar to USDA Choice grade - and above.
An elated Susie Chisholm says the win is a major industry confirmation for the success of the Team Te Mania program.
"It shows it is working so well, and that Team Te Mania producers have a premium product which is being sought after by the market," Susie says.
"The steers were all by progeny test bulls and out of first-calf heifers - an astonishing result," she says.
"And they were also all out of my second draft. The first had finished too early to qualify for the competition but if they had been entered I think they may have done even better."
Susie's steers all marbled at 2 or better, one topped 3.
Four of them were by VTM A471 Te Mania Alair, whose Longfed CAAB $Index figure of $120 puts him in the top five pc of the breed. The fifth steer was by VTM Z58 Te Mania New Design, who is in the top 5 pc for IMF with a figure of +2.1 and the same category for Longfed CAAB $Index with a figure of $108.
The Gwalia herd at Adelong, has established a longstanding reputation for remarkable feedlot performance and high quality females. It comprises 600 breeders, which are all Group Breedplan recorded on the Angus Commercial Register (ACR).
The Group Breedplan results are paying dividends, with the average of 2009 born Gwalia calves, compared with the Breed average being placed -
The steer portion from Gwalia sells direct to Rangers Valley feedlot, while the females are sold through the Team Te Mania On Line sales, or through the saleyards at Wodonga, Gundagai and Adelong which they have often topped.
Gwalia steers have sold to the CAAB program, where they have taken out four CAAB awards for outstanding performance.
Elite Te Mania Angus genetics are used in the Gwalia herd as part of the Team Te Mania progeny test program with an artificial insemination program over 200 Gwalia females each year.
The use of elite genetics as part of Team Te Mania since 1995 has resulted in dramatic gains in both the Breedplan performance and visual structure of the Gwalia herd.
Team Te Mania membership gives Susie a leading edge in cattle marketing because buyers are confident they are getting real genetic gain in cattle they purchase.
Breedplan recorded, Angus Commercial Register
Johne’s status MAP MN2
EU accredited
CattleCare accredited
Calving period - Aug-Sep
Gwalia cows offered in Team Te Mania Auctions Plus sale on March 18, 2010
2 yo Heifers, PTIC to calve July
  
Y & Z drop cows, PTIC to calve July
  
X & X Cows, PTIC to calve July
  
Susie Chisholm et al......... and the weaners (not part of Auctions Plus sale)
 
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