Day 6!

We headed out to Kakahu Angus today located south of Geraldine, the property is 1200ha ranging from river flats to steeper hills. The stud was established in 1954, and now runs 550 breeding females. The stud has an emphasis on animals with high carcase EBVs and indexes that will suit the high-end markets. The stud has two sales a year selling 120 rising 2 year old’s in June, and another 30 yearlings in October.

We were shown around by Gerald, who gave us a fantastic tour of the farm and the cattle. We were able to view yearling bulls, yearling heifers and freshly calved females. Gerald provided very thought-provoking conversation which we really enjoyed listening to his point of view and the reasoning on how he has come to develop his breeding objectives.

The Kakahu program has a very clear direction, we viewed some fantastic cattle and really enjoyed our time. We would like to thank Gerald for his time and would recommend to add Kakahu to your list if you are planning a tour of NZ cattle.

We were talking so much I forgot to take more pictures!