This section is designed to showcase the positive attributes of members of our herd. I’ll show you the data, you can make informed decisions
Welcome to our herd- meet the key animals
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Lowland Park Tassie T327- 3 Years old, 634kg
Super heavily beefed bull on a moderate Frame
KeyStatistics
2-year-old Hip Height – 116 cm
2-year-old Weight- 542 kg
3-year-old Hip Height- 119 cm
Gestation- 280 Days
IMF: 4.2%
Fertility Rating- Very high, and so are his AI straws
Lowland Park Tassie MTWT327 is one of the quietest bulls ever bred at the stud. From
yearling through to maturity, he has consistently displayed a calm, docile temperament.
With structurally sound feet inherited from his sire, Wanamara Sirius from Victoria Australia, he is paddock docile, inquisitive, and was quiet from birth.
In 2024, 2,500 straws were collected for LIC for dairy beef production (not Bobby calves).
Feedback has been extremely positive, with increased demand forecast for the 2025 dairy calving spring season.
Male pedigree progeny are consistently docile and inquisitive, while female progeny express accelerated growth, topping their peers in height, size, and walk beautifully. They are inquisitive and stylish from birth.
Tassie is a heavily muscled, medium-frame Lowline bull who excelled compared to his 4 paternal peers for growth.
Rancho Radiata Missy
Born 10 October 2016 at Warkworth, Missy is a matriarch in our herd, proven by time.
Missy breeds extremely well with Ardrossan Coala and produced Lowland Park Ultimate, a mating we will repeat time and time again.
Our longest cow by miles, structurally sound and great looking, Missy will remain in our herd for a long time yet.
STATISTICS
Missy fluctuates between 500 and 558kg depending on the time of the year and her height is 119 cm at the hips
Over 6 calves she has had since we have owned her over 6 years, her average gestation is 271 days
Missy is a large frame, short gestation Lowline cow whose calves are consistently 29 to 31 kg birthweight
Missy is a very very special and valuable Lowline cow
Lowland Park Ultimate U344- 25 months old, 606kg
Large Frame fast-growing bull loaded with Beef!
Key Statistics
2-year-old Hip Height- 119 cm
2-year-old Weight- 584 kg
Gestation- 271 days
IMF: 2.5%
Fertility Rating- Very high
Born at 31 kg and 271days gestation, this large frame Stud Lowline bull grew at 1.07 kg per day from birth to weaning at 276 kg at just under 9 months old. He didn’t muck around after weaning either and continued to be the fastest growing bull we have ever bred up to 2 years old where he was a whisper under 600kg, despite a gruelling and enduring Waikato drought.
Ultimate has straws collected to trial on a dairy farm where is dairy-beef progeny will be reared for beef till slaughter.
He is heading to Canterbury in November 2025 to Stud.
We plan to breed many full siblings from his mother, Rancho Radiata Missy and Ardrossan Coala from Victoria Australia for obvious reasons……..
Ploughbright Fennessy QLRF046
Fennessy, bred by Sally Yearbury, Cambridge, New Zealand in 2010, is the Foundation Bull of our herd. Most of our animals feature him once, twice or three times in their pedigree
Mature Statistics
Height- 122 cm
Maximum Weight- 732 kg
Ploughbright Fennessy was a planned mating and has been the most influential Lowine sire in New Zealand until recently. His strength is upsizing both male and female progeny, resulting in the solid foundation for beef production Lowlines at Lowland Park.
Ploughbright Fennessy was a notable Australian Lowline bull, recognized for his ability to upsizecalves—both bulls and heifers—beyond the mature size of their mothers.
Key Characteristics
* Progeny: Daughters volume, capacity, depth and length, producing cows with consistency and presence. Fennessy Cows all look the same
* Type: Long-faced cattle, with sound and attractive bulls that carried breed character
Strengths:
* Passed on extra size to calves
* Produced daughters with surprisingly good feet, despite his own poor feet
* Sons were generally good-looking and structurally sound
Considerations
– Certain lines carried a degree of infertility:
– Heifers were slower to cycle for their first heat with many not having first heat until 16 months or later. Double bred progeny were quite infertile mostly, with few exceptions
– Bulls showed sterility when line-bred
– Bulls have scissor-claw to varying degrees on front hooves resulting in shortened working lives through lameness. Back feet good
Fennessy’s most valuable trait was upsizing his progeny to viable beef cattle. Line breeding him comes with costs in fertility. He was an extremely valuable addition to the New Zealand Lowline gene pool.