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TAPIRI ANGUS - FOREWORD

Welcome to our 60th year of breeding and our 3rd annual on the Masterton Martinborough weaner fair, for the 8th consecutive year
farm bull sale. using Tapiri genetics.
We are proud to celebrate our 60th year of breeding Angus cattle, with Tapiri Angus was founded in 1961 by Ross McLachlan, and his father
a very strong line up of bulls for this year’s sale. Stuart. The breeding philosophy remains the same today as it was then-
to produce sound, quiet cattle with constitution, longevity, and fertility
This season has been one of the better ones for us, with a warmer/ - the backbone of our herd. We have increased our AI programme in
drier winter followed by a good spring, which gave us a good bank of recent years to secure New Zealand’s top genetics for our herd. We
feed heading into summer. To us, it has been a recharging year after are very pleased with the bulls for sale this year- they are structurally
a challenging 2020, allowing for a re-build in ewe and cow liveweights sound, solid and quiet, with balanced EBVs.
and taking pressure off management. We are now all looking for some
useful autumn rain. Sires this year include Braveheart of Stern, Kaharau George 589,
Matauri Reality 839, and Tapiri Outlier 890.
It is pleasing to hear from our local clients that weaner calves are up in
weight this year, met with improved prices. It looks like global demand We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 9th June 2021, and
for high quality meat is returning so New Zealand farmers should be celebrating 60 years of breeding.
cautiously optimistic about the stronger prices in the year ahead. We
would like to congratulate clients on their recent success at the weaner Rob and Lucy Thorneycroft
fairs, notably Wharekauhau Station, who again achieved top price at

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