In April 2016 we purchased our first Blonde d'Aquitaine bull from Esther Ruffo at Boulevard Blondes. At the time we were running approximately 100 head of Brahman X and Charolais X breeders on our property near Kilkivan, swapping between Brahman and Charolais bulls every few years. We wanted to change the direction of our business and produce calves that were more appealing to the market and different to what others were breeding and selling at the time.
Our first season of Blonde X calves were born in 2017 and they were little rippers, we noticed straight away the difference between them and the Charolais X calves that were born at the same time. Since adding Blonde d’Aquitaine to our herd we have noticed our calves are lovely big framed calves with great length, they are born smaller, are growing quickly and have a very calm temperament. These qualities ticked all of our boxes and are what we were looking for when searching for a bull. We are incredibly happy with the improvement we have been seeing within our herd and can not wait to continue to grow our business with Blonde d’Aquitaine cattle.

--- Glen Wason