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Top bull breeders met this month to celebrate their contribution to New Zealand’s dairy industry.

Waikato sharemiker Barry Old doesn’t consider himself a bull breeder. So, when his champion bull Mint Edition was inducted into LIC’s hall of fame this month, the Tatuanui 50/50 sharemilker felt it was surreal.

Southland farmers Yvonne and Steven Dennis are LIC Sire Proving Scheme farmers of the year.

HEREFORD BREEDERS are enjoying a strong sale season and have reclaimed some market share against other beef breeds says PGG Wrightson national genetics manager Bruce Orr.

SOME OF THE country's top bulls were reunited with their breeders last week, at a special event to celebrate their contribution to New Zealand's dairy herd in 2013.

New Zealand's top ram breeders have been celebrated at the second annual Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Sheep Industry Awards.

If taking dust baths and rolling around in the mud are your favourite pastime, you're bound to get pretty dirty. But for New Zealand's top ranked bull, LIC's Howies Checkpoint, it is also a great reason to be treated to the full spa experience.

Farmer royalty will gather this month to acknowledge the best breeding brains, and bulls, in the country.

WHILE FARMING fashions change and breeding values replace the eye-ometer for many farmers, the Canterbury A&P Show remains an important shop window for breeders.