February 23, 2016
The annual Australian Brahmousin Society cattle handling and judging school at Nanango attracted 130 entries at the weekend.
Society secretary Amanda Graham, from Memerambi, said the youngest student at the three-day school was a three-year-old in the “Nipper” category while the oldest was in his late 50s.
However, the vast number of entries were high school students, and they came from all over south-east Queensland to take part.
One entrant even came from the United Kingdom!
Amanda said the students were learning about cattle preparation, selection for shows, judging and practical tasks such as artificial insemination.
And not all the cattle were Brahmousin.
“We are quite a small society really so we are happy to have the support of other breed associations,” Amanda said.
She said the different breeds also helped the students to gain more experience.
Many come back year after year to hone their skills.
“Some of these kids have been coming for the past 15 years,” Amanda said.
This the second year that the Brahmousin school has been held at Nanango Showgrounds; before that it was held at Wondai.
The school was sponsored by ruralwebsites.com.au, Telstra, the South Burnett Regional Council, Teys Australia, Ashmore Palms Holiday Village, Riverina Stockfeeds, ACGB Electrical and the MLA.
