Why Speckle Park?
Why Speckle Park?
Podcast Description
The Speckle Park beef cattle breed is rising through the ranks in the Australian cattle industry but many still don’t know why. Claim a front row seat and join two of the breed’s largest stud and commercial Speckle Park breeders, Amy and Justin Dickens, JAD Speckle Park, as they share the stories of those who have elevated Speckle Park to success, and what the future looks like for the breed and its stakeholders.
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The podcast focuses on the rise of the Speckle Park beef breed, exploring themes such as beef quality, supply chain dynamics, and industry insights. Episodes feature discussions on specific topics like data-driven production, culinary experiences with Speckle Park beef, and concerns about the future of the Australian beef industry.
The Speckle Park beef cattle breed is rising through the ranks in the Australian cattle industry but many still don’t know why. Claim a front row seat and join two of the breed’s largest stud and commercial Speckle Park breeders, Amy and Justin Dickens, JAD Speckle Park, as they share the stories of those who have elevated Speckle Park to success, and what the future looks like for the breed and its stakeholders.
Tim Weller is the Marketing Manager of genetics company, World Wide Sires, where he has worked for the past 12 years now. He and his wife, Lindy, also run their Wellerlou Speckle Park stud on their property at Coolamon in the Riverina region of south-west NSW. Tim has built his career around relationships and people – not just sales and numbers. Instead, it’s about moving forward together with customers in a win-win relationship. Tim was among a group of 10 individuals who started World Wide Sires in Australia in 2013, where he has been the Marketing Manager ever since.
In this podcast episode, Tim speaks about the positive role genomics has played in the dairy industry while also cautioning the need for raw data to be submitted to Breedplan to validate genomically-enhanced EBVs. Bringing in carcase data to Breedplan from large groups of commercial Speckle Park animals is one method Tim is lobbying to enhance EBV accuracies and validation.
Tim speaks about the power – and need – for strict culling in a stud program, and the need to bring in outside females from other studs, from time to time, to benchmark their own animals and not get “owners’ disease” – where stud owners think their animals are the “best” in the breed.
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