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Record stud participation at Keith Merino Field Day | PHOTOS
First-time Keith entrants, Gerald and Jodie Mullighan, Andrews (pictured with Elders Clare agent Darren Pretlove) were keen to promote their Wyara stud. The Mullighans have been breeding Merinos for many years but decided to register their stud three years ago. They have 25 rams for private selection.Wyara stud display.Glenlea Park stud principal Joe Murdoch (pictured with Spence Dix & Co YP based agent Andrew Parsons) at the stud's on-prioperty display. Joe is excited about holding the first Glenlea Park sale since purchasing the stud late last year and moving it to their new property. The stud will have 128 rams on offer at the August 8 auction and four rams reserved for the Adelaide ram sale.Glenlea Park on-property display.Nutrien stud stock's Richard Miller and Mark Scown (right) discuss Gunallo's sale team with stud principal Brad Schroeder, Panitya, Vic. Gunallo will offer 120 rams at its on-property auction on August 28 and also has six to eight rams destined for the Classings Classic sale and two rams for the Adelaide sale.Gunallo stud display.Kamora Park stud's Wade, Colin and Katelyn Boughen with a selection of rams which will be on offer at their annual on-property ram sale on August 1 at Sandalwood. The catalogue of 184 rams will include about a dozen sons of Wiringa Park 450 which is breeding well for the Boughens.Kamora Park stud display.Chad Burbidge and son Callum, 12, Ettrick, made a return to showcase their Benefield stud rams at Keith for the second time, Benefield will offer 60 rams at its annual ram sale on August 21 at the Murray Bridge Showgrounds and has two rams reserved for the Classings Classic sale on September 1.Benefield stud display.Three generations of the Pocock family, Robert, Thomas, 8 and Bruce, Lampata stud Lameroo, chat to SE Merino Field Day secretary Wendy Gogel. Lampata will offer 70 rams at its annual auction on August 18.Lampata stud display.Callowie stud's Angus and Richard Halliday, Bordertown, show Nutrien wool area manager Steve Averay some of their rams. This year they have decided to offer their rams via private selection rather than an auction. They will be available from the on-property inspection day on August 14.Selection of Callowie stud rams.Glenville stud's Daryl and Klay Smith chat to Nutrien SA livestock sales manager Gordon Wood about the rams for their annual on-property sale at Cowell on August 15. They will offer 140 paddock raised rams with early growth and elite wools and a good balance of ASBVs.Glenville stud display.Allen Kelly, Glen Holme stud, Manoora, inspects the O;Brien stud rams with stud principals Jodie Reseigh-O'Brien and Darren O'Brien. O'Brien stud will offer 150 rams at its ram sale at the Wudinna Showgrounds onO'Brien stud display.Leahcim stud's Alistair Michael shows AWN Bordertown manager Nick Lawrence and AWN wool buyer Caitlin Flanagan their display of rams. Leahcim hopes to catalogue about 300 rams for its on-property ram sale at Snowtown on September 9.Leahcim stud display which included some of their woollen yarn and products.Gerald Woidt, Geranium looks over the Nyowee rams with Jake Michael, Balaklava. Nyowee will offer four rams at the Adelaide Merino ram sale and has about 150 rams for its annual on-property sale on September 10.Chris Prime, Nantoura stud, Wharminda, shows some of his rams to Craig Altus, Lameroo. There will be 80 rams catalogued for the stud's ram sale on August 26 as well as a couple of rams reserved for the Classings Classic sale at Murray Bridge on September 1.Brimanna stud's Beau Maddern and Jayden Harris, Mitchell, had a big day showing breeders a selection of their rams. Brimanna will hold its annual on-property sale onBrimanna stud display.Rices Creek stud's Mark Vandeleur, Piper Nicholls and James Vandeleur (right) show Quality Wool rep Liam Holland some of the 90 rams for their South East ram sale on August 7 at Tintinara. The stud which is celebrating 100 years of breeding Merinos will also offer about 200 rams at its Mid North sale at Saddleworth on August 25. Included in the offering will the first sons of Moorundie 001 purchased with Collinsville stud for $50,000.Kiandra stud principal Ryan Kluska with Platinum Livestock agent Nick van den Berg discuss this year's sale rams which will be offered on-property at Senior on August 20. The 80 rams in the catalogue are all over 150 on the Sustainable Merino Index . Platinum Livestock are the new selling agent for Kiandra's sale.Calcookara stud's Brenton Smith (middle) shows Will Lynch, Boorana stud, Woorndoo, Vic and stud classer Dale Bruns, Dunkeld, Vic, 16 of the 85 rams for their on-property sale on August 21 at Cowell. The stud has been making the trek to Keith for the Eyre Peninsula for the past six years.Calcookara stud display.The Mt Monster stud team Piper Baldwin, Kylie and Chad Makin, Dekoda Standfield and Kym Makin were first time entrants at the SE Merino Field Day. They were displaying some of the 30 paddock run rams they have for private selection. For the past 11 years the Makin family have been testing and measuring their flock and have bought many quality rams from Moorundie stud. Despite the difficult season, Chad says they decided with the depth of quality of the rams that they would offer them.The Mt Monster stud display.Nick Wood, Woodoona stud, Borrika, shows Georgia and Campbell Ballard, Coomandook some of his upcoming sale rams. Woodona stud will offer 60 rams at its on-property sale on August 14, including the first sons of Kamora Park 97, an impressive sire bought at the Adelaide Merino ram sale in 2023.Woodoona stud display.Ramsgate stud's Heidi and Craig Keller, Tintinara with Elders Keith branch manager and auctioneer Steve Doecke. Ramsgate will have 100 rams on offer in its August 12 on-property ram sale as well as three rams for the Classings Classic sale on September 1. The Kellers are very happy with the combination of wool as well as fat and eye muscle ASBVs in the sale rams.Ramsgate stud display.Kelvale stud's Peta and Stephen Kellock shows AWN sheep and wool specialist Jared Phillips, Clare, one of their sale rams. The stud which ceased mulesing its entire flock about 18 years ago has gained both RWS and ZQ Merino accreditation for ethical wool production. Kelvale will offer 130 rams at its Keith on-property sale on August 21Bernadette and Geoff Davidson, Moorundie, Keith with helper Riley Jones (middle). Moorundie had a steady flow of visitors and sold about 25 rams for the day via private selection.Australian Wool Innovation industry relations officer Shannon Donoghue chats to Paul Boughen, Sandalwood Poll stud, Sandalwood. The stud will hold one of the first on-property Merino ram sales for the season with 175 rams on offer tomorrow, July 25. Sandalwood also had its new $40,000 stud sire bought from Moorundie stud on display.Sandalwood Poll display.Michael Bagshaw, Bagshaw Agri Advisory, Mount Barker with clients the SWM team of Brooke Francis, Kael Harkness, Jaden Ward, Rachel Harkness and daughter Matilda Harkness. SWM will offer about 120 rams in its main auction and another 30 rams in its mini-auction at Tintinara on August 29.Kamora Park 240152which sold for $20,000 to Millbrae stud, Kimba. Pictured with the ram are Nutrien Kimba's Georgia Sergejevs, Paul and Josh Cousins, Millbrae stud's Edie and Clint Rayner and Kamora Park's Katelyn Boughen.Mikaela Peech, Coopers Allflex northwest territory sales manager and Stacey Lehmann, Coopers Allflex South East sales manager had a stand at the field day.Gum Hill's James Lines said the stud would have rams available through private selection beginning in August and running through to October, mostly at Mount Bryan. A selection week will be held in the South East from August 18 to 22.The Whitehill display.The Whitehill stud will hold their 6th on-property sale at Emu Downs on Friday, August 29 with 100 paddock run Poll Merino rams. Pictured are Chris and Herb Ruediger, and Dale and Bec Button, with Lillyana, 2, and Sophie, 8 months.The Gogel family - Laryn, Wendy, Carly, Georgina and Sam.An aerial picture of the SE Merino Field Day site. Picture by Peter Brookman.An aerial picture of the SE Merino Field Day site. Picture by Peter Brookman.Baderloo rams.The Henderson family - Naomi, Alison, Jane, Joy and David - are holding their Baderloo Poll Merino sale on-property at Caltowie on August 27 with 120 rams on offer.Warren Beattie, Mallee Hill, Ceduna, is holding his 20th annual on-property sale on Friday August 8 with 70 Poll Merinos for selection.Mallee Hill rams lined up.Collinsville's Tony Brooks holding one of the stud's rams. Collinsville will offer 600 rams on-property at Hallett on Tuesday, September 16.Collinsville rams on display.Carolyn and Grant Johnson, Carcuma North, Netherton, with Neil and Grace Kroehn, Springton. Carcuma North will offer 50 Poll Merinos, 30 White Suffolks and 10 Poll Dorsets on-property on August 6.A Carcuma North ram.Garry Murdoch, North Cowie, Warooka, will have 80 Yorke Peninsula-bred Poll Merinos and Merinos in his main auction, and a further 60 in a mini auction, on-farm on Wednesday, July 30.A North Cowie poll and horned ram on display.David Ridgway, Ridgway Advance, will have 350 Poll Merinos for offer on-farm at Bordertown on Wednesday, August 13, as well as 20 sires in the Classings Classic at Murray Bridge.Ridgway Advance rams lined up.Elle Watson, Cookes Plains, holding Mabel Lehmann, 5 months, with Flairdale's Matt Lehmann, and James Pitchford, Keith. Flairdale will have 70 Poll Merino rams at their on-property sale at Cookes Plains on August 18.James Sullivan and his son Henry, Greenfields Karalee, will hold a joint sale with Greenfields at Booborowie on Monday, September 8, with 60 Poll Merinos on offer, from 120 overall in the sale.Greenfields Karalee rams.Sharlu Park's Andrew Saegenschnitter and Nelson Lewis. The stud will hold its on-property sale at Truro on August 27 with 50 rams on offer.Sharlu Park rams being inspected.Mulloorie's Brett and Paul Meyer with Jason Wandel, Wirrega, who has been a client for 15 years. The stud will hold its 36th annual on-property sale at Brinkworth on Monday September 15 with 90 Poll Merinos and Merinos.Mullooorie rams.Ian Koch, Bunyara, Moculta, will sell 60 Poll Merino rams on-farm on September 11.Bunyara rams lined up.Carriecowie's Bronte and Lee Blyth, Brentwood, will sell 70 Poll Merinos on farm on August 12.Carriecowie rams.Coleburra's Chase Ferguson, holding Frankie, 2, and next to Bella. The stud will sell 60 Poll Merino rams on-farm at Tintinara on August 22.Zander Poll Merino's Hayden Zander, Wynarka, has 31 rams available for private selection from August 11.Chainpump's Roger Hunt is selling 80 Poll Merino rams on-farm at Willalooka on August 15.Chainpump rams on show.Matt and Ric Ridgway, of the Ridgway stud at Lameroo, will have 100 Poll Merino rams for sale on-farm on Monday, August 11, as well as offering nine at the Classings Classic at Murray Bridge.David Rowett, Mernowie, Marrabel, chats with David Miles, Naracoorte. Mernowie is selling 100 Poll Merino rams on Wednesday, September 17 on-farm.Radnor's Brett, Ben and Stephen Koehler are offering 60 Poll Merino rams on Friday, August 8 on-farm at Langhorne Creek.Tom Davidson, Moorundie Park, Gulnare, will hold his on-property sale on Friday, September 12 with 100 Poll Merino rams on offer.Moorundie Park rams on display.Erica Venning, Crafers, caught up with Lucernbrae's Keith and Judy Paech and their workman Tom Megson. Lucernbrae is selling 43 Poll Merino rams on-farm at Callington on Thursday, August 7.Mark Richardson, Culburra, caught up with Pepper Well's Hansi Graetz, along with Angas Richardson, Culburra. Pepper Well is selling 40 Poll Merino rams on-farm at Keyneton on August 27.Hilton Heath's Matt Fiebig chatted with Gordon Stopp, Keith, alongside his father Trevor Fiebig. Hilton Heath is selling 40 Poll Merino and Merino rams at their Sanderston property on August 20.Hilton Heath rams.
2025 South East Merino Field Day
Photos by Catherine Miller and Paula Thompson
The South East Merino Field Day has grown into easily the state's biggest with a record 49 studs participating in the 61st annual event.
Three Keith studs - Moorundie, Gum Hill and Glenlea Park, under the new ownership of Joe and Lucy Murdoch - opened the gates to their properties, while another 46 studs put on displays at the Keith Showgrounds.
Of these the Makin family, Mt Monster stud, Keith and Gerald and Jodie Mullighan, Wyara stud, Andrews, were first-time exhibitors.
It was a great chance for prospective buyers to see a selection of the rams on offer ahead of the state's on-property Merino sales which commence later this week.
There was plenty of optimism with lamb prices at record highs and the wool market in front of the same time last year - although the sell off of ewes due to the drought was also on everyone's mind.
A highlight of the day was the sale of a Kamora Park stud reserve, KP240152, for $20,000 to the Rayner family, Millbrae stud, Kimba.
The 20.7 micron ram had a fleece weight of 8.9kg at six months growth. He was a son of Wiringa Park 450. which also sired a $40,000 ram which Kamora Park sold at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show at Bendigo, Vic, last weekend.
