VISITORS are welcome year-round at Innesdale Angus stud, at Winnindoo in central Gippsland.

WEST Gippsland farmers Greg and Fiona O’Brien leased a Belgian Blue bull two decades ago, and after being so impressed by its progeny, haven’t looked back.

SCIENCE underpins the breeding philosophy of Bill and Annie Lack, Willack Poll Hereford Stud, located between Heyfield and Cowwarr in Gippsland.

CULLA-based stud Kurra-Wirra Red Angus and Senepols sell the majority of its bulls to northern buyers, who appreciate the breeds’ fertility and heat tolerance.

ORIGINALLY only anticipating to get into cattle as a hobby for retirement, Brian and Roslyn Galligan soon found themselves registering their own Limousin stud.

IT’S BEEN one of the best seasons Yarram Park Hereford stud manager Jeremy Upton has seen in his 28 years of farming in the western district, and the herd is looking as good as ever because of it.

THE GRANT family took over the Lindsay Murray Grey stud nine years ago, after having already bred their own Murray Grey cattle since 1996.

THE FRANC family has been in the Angus stud game for almost five decades, and next year will conduct their first on-property bull sale since the 1970s.

PUREBRED female Salers are in such high demand, that Salco Salers stud can’t breed enough of them.

ALLAN Crozier admitted he hadn’t heard of Charolais cattle before getting involved in the breed, but is now coming close to five decades running his own Charolais stud, Morgiana House.