Yalgoo Poll Herefords

Yalgoo Guarantees

• Commercially disciplined herd management based on economic rationale
• Fully described animals. Data gathered with acumen and integrity
• Breed leading performance
• Market acceptance of phenotype
• Industry Best Practice for Product QA and Service
• Implementation of innovative technologies and techniques deemed of value to clients
• Committed to providing topical, economically valuable information to clients regarding beef profitability

History

The first Nivisons migrated from the Nith Valley, Dumfriesshire, Scotland to Sydney, Australia in 1839. They leased land near Murrurundi (Hunter Valley, New South Wales) for 2/3 years before moving to the Walcha district. Towser Nivison took up his portion of Ohio (YALGOO) in 1919. Since then Jock Nivison AM and Grant have managed Yalgoo. Grant’s son Jock is the current custodian.

The Property

Yalgoo consists of 3,300 hectares of loamy pipe clay soils with some areas of basalt. The property has a long fertiliser history with improved pastures first introduced in the 1950s.

Climate

The New England growing season is characterised by summer dominant rainfall, with a 750 ml average at Yalgoo. Because of a relatively high altitude (1,133 meters), summer temperatures rarely exceed 35ºC and winter temperatures are often sub-zero.

There is high-pasture growth in spring and summer and little growth during winter with the majority of pastures experiencing an extended period of dormancy with severe frosts that can go from March to October. Dry periods are generally in March/April and August/September.