Wirrabilla Fleckvieh & Angus focuses on producing top performing cattle for a commercial operation. We emphasise breeding bulls that will give the purchaser an ideal vealer calf that has the ability to perform above average both off grass and in the feedlot. We target high [...]
Duncan Makeig purchased the property ‘The Meadows’ at Taralga from Jeff Knox in 2002 and subsequently renamed the property ‘Wirrabilla’. When the property was sold, Jeff Knox, through Knox Farms, dispersed his Fleckvieh stud herd and part of this was acquired by Duncan Makeig. Jeff [...]
Wirrabilla Peta B018 is a grand matron in our herd. Rarely does a cow come along that has it all - structure, growth, milk and temperament. From South African bloodlines she invariably throws brilliant calves - thick and deep. She has the added bonus of [...]
The cycles of joining, calving and weaning at Wirrabilla go on regardless of the weather and we are currently coming to the end of our Autumn 2016 calving. We have 16 mostly polled Bar 5 SA Burner 825R x Wirrabilla Peta E025 calves on the [...]
The rain in January 2016 augured well for autumn at Wirrabilla. Despite the presence of an El Nino weather pattern, we had been feeling confident about the season ahead of us. What a difference a couple of months can make – we are now feeding [...]
Rainfall to date has been 40+ mm. Pastures have responded quickly to the rain at our southern tablelands property with clover shooting to the two leaf stage. Cattle are grazing fresh green feed along with variable cover of old dry feed making a good combination. [...]
