I am pleased to advise that The Land will be conducting a livestream of all cattle events via the following link
https://www.theland.com.au/sydney-royal/ from April 2.
If you do miss the live action, you can go back and replay the event also.
Shorthorns judging is scheduled to take place on –
Saturday 4 April commencing at 2.00pm
Judge: Mr Peter Cook, stud principal at Barana Simmentals & Angus located in Coolah, NSW. A brief profile about Peter is as follows:
Our family farm, Barana, is located north of Coolah on the north west slopes of New South Wales where I have operated our 2300 acre [940 hectare] cropping & beef cattle enterprise since 1980. The stud, Barana Simmentals, was established in 1980 & is well known & respected in the stud beef cattle industry in Australia. I began showing at major Royal Shows in 1986 and ceased in 2001 after 15 years exhibiting & achieving success at all major shows.
In August, 2001, we held our Inaugural On-Property Simmental Bull Sale which was a success & continues to go from strength to strength.
The Barana sale is the premier Simmental sale in eastern Australia with the largest offering of purebred Simmental bulls by a single vendor. We have continuing sales nationwide of 50-60 bulls annually with many repeat buyers. I have worked hard for over 44 years breeding Simmentals to secure Barana’s reputation with both commercial & stud cattle producers throughout Australia.
In 2015, we expanded into Angus and are now well established within the breed seeing success in expos and selling bulls as part of our annual on farm bull sale.
In the past, I have judged at Beef Australia 2018, Perth Royal, 1987, 2007 & 2019. Sydney Royal, 1996, 2003 & 2011, Melbourne Royal 2018, the 2001 Beef Expo in New Zealand, Canberra Royal 2005 & 2021, Charolais National Showcase 2017, the National Beef Show held in Bendigo in 2008, Qld RNA Ekka in Brisbane in 2012 as well as Feature Shows in NSW, Queensland & Victoria, the Red Angus National Show & Sale in Dubbo, major shows in Toowoomba, Bathurst, Dubbo & Tamworth and numerous smaller country shows.