South Australian Limousin Breeders Committee Activities

Committee's Recent Activities

Grand Champion steer on hoof - RAHS 2007. A second Limousin steer won Grand Champion steer on hook.

The committee and other members have been active over the past year putting in many voluntary hours promoting Limousin and its benefits to South Australian beef producers. A summary of their activities is below.

Note that images advertisements, cards and signs (click for larger versions) have been edited for fast downloading on the web and are of lower quality than the print copies.

South East Field Days, Lucindale, March 2010

Activities involved with preparation of the SA Limousin stand at the South East Field Days (Lucindale) 19^th/20^th March 2010 included:

Design and production of a SA Limousin business card
Design of advertisement for field day booklet,
Design and printing of bull and

cow/calf display signs for pens.

Each sign is approximately 1.4m wide by 0.34 m high, and will be available for future SA Limousin promotion events.
Selection and purchase of a portable gazebo for use at the SE Field Days and subsequent SA Limousin Breeders' events.
Preparation of display stand, including acquisition of promotional material from ALBS headquarters, and design and printing of other material.
Supply and preparation of exhibition pens for two young Limousin bulls - provided by Warrawindi Limousins.

General advertising, 2009 & 2010

Prepared advertisements for publication in the Stock Journal AgTraderClassifieds section in April and May 2009, and July 2009 and February 2010.

SA Beef Field Days, 2010

Designed, wrote and had published a number of media releases and advertisements in the period leading up to the 2010 SA Beef Field Days.

The Flinders News, 20^th January 2010	media release and advertisement .
Southern Newspapers (Border Chronicle - Bordertown, Naracoorte Herald, Coastal Leader - Kingston, Border Watch - Mount Gambier), January 2010	media release and advertisement .
SA Beef Field Days booklet, 2010	full page media release/advertisement.

Royal Adelaide Show, September 2009

Designed and constructed two breed dividers (partitions), bedding containment boards, curtain supports and enough curtaining for all Limousin exhibits at the Royal Adelaide Show. These will be available for all ALBS members wishing to show.

Members' Field Day, August 2009

Hosted a field day at the Gommers' Mandayen Stud, Murray Bridge, with presentations and a demonstration given by the ALBS General Manager, Alex McDonald, on docility and the F94L gene.

SA Beef Field Days, February 2009

Designed, wrote and had published a number of media releases and advertisements in the period leading up to the 2009 SA Beef Field Days. Key one is shown below:

SA Beef Field Days booklet, 2009

Advertisement and full page media release.

Open Field Day, November 2008

Organised and hosted a well attended Limousin promotion and commercial cross-breeding field day at the Burden's Graffoe Stud, Tintinara, with talks on commercial beef production using Limousins, the discovery and science behind the F94L gene, production benefits of Limousin, and requirements and benefits of targeting the European market.