We arrived in Auckland yesterday and travelled 4 hours north to the Northlands region. The country we travelled through was very coastal that was undulating to moderately steep, with the majority of cattle spotted to be dairy. Beautiful views of the coast were spotted along the way.
Our destination was Matauri Angus, the home of the very widely used Matauri Reality 839. The stud was established in 1945 and is owned and managed by Colin Maxwell. Situated just a short drive from its namesake Matauri Bay, the stud is ran on two blocks compromising of the home farm of 400ac, which is essentially the bull block, and is gentle undulating with improved pastures boasting a 85" rainfall (We thought our 20-22" rainfall was reasonable!) and another 1000ac of steep hill country 40km away where the cows are kept.
The herd consists of 400 cows and sold 89 Bulls at its 2017 sale.
Visiting Matauri was well worth the drive north, we were able to see two of the bulls that make up the studs AI team along with weaner bulls & heifers, 2yr old females on the point of calving and a pair of up and coming 2yr old bulls that had been used in stud.
We found that we had a simular breeding objecting with Phenotype and structure being ranked higher than EBV's, with a balance of all three with minimal compromise being the key. We really enjoyed our time at Matauri, conversation was free flowing and although the weather limited us to the cattle we could view what we saw impressed us.
www.matauriangus.com
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| Matauri Cikey G244 - a 839 son |
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| 2yr Old Matauri Resolution F030 son - Kept for herd use |
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| Weaner Bull |
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| Matauri Bay - 5 minutes drive from property |
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| Colin Maxwell & Myself |
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