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This week we're back chatting about Angus cattle with another great livestock producer with a passion for genetics.Born and raised on the family farm, Lucinda always knew she was going to be involved in the agricultural industry.  After growing up on a merino sheep property,  she gained a first class honours degree in Agricultural Science, followed by a formative time in the goat industry.  Since the mid-1980s, she has been farming with husband Bryan, at one point with multiple livestock breeding enterprises, now specialising in breeding Angus cattle.We start off by talking about Landcare, something close to Lucinda's heart."When Landcare started in the late 80s, that was a lot of fun, just thinking and learning about how to do things differently and working more in tune with the environment.  That has had a number of iterations and now it's very focused on climate change and how we work with what is a changing environment to run our businesses with a degree of resilience and profitability. It's all about leaving a better environmental legacy in the farming business."Mark and Lucinda then dive into the main focus of the podcast, breeding good Angus cattle, something Lucinda has a lot of experience with the Rennylea Angus herd. Rennylea Angus is based in the Murray Valley in Southern NSW.  The Angus cattle were introduced in 1952 alongside merino sheep.  Today there are 2,300 recorded cows in the herd, and a total of 4,500 cattle on various properties."We are very much a tier 1 performance herd."  We came through the 80s when we were just measuring weights.  BREEDPLAN started in 1985 and we were a foundation herd at that time.  Then we went on and became involved in the Beef CRC project."Lucinda gives Mark a run down of where the Rennylea Angus herd is heading towards."We aim for a well-under breed average for birth weight, a calf that grows quickly to 400 days.  We're interested in elite carcass performance - cows that have positive genetic fat, but not too much.""We're very interested in the maturity pattern, how you select for performance but don't end up with a really big maternal flock in terms of the individual animal."Diving into the maternal efficiency trait, Mark asks about bending the curve of maternal efficiency, so that mature cow weight doesn't increase with 400 day weight - a topic they are both passionate about. We round the podcast off with talk of the future.  From securing succession at home, the future of branding beef to consumers in Australia, to innovation in seed stock.  As Lucinda says, "The future isn't what it used to be and we know it will change.  It's up to us how we play in that changing space." Rennylea:https://www.rennylea.com.au/You can find out more about Landcare Australia here: https://landcareaustralia.org.au/Head Shepherd is brought to you by neXtgen Agri International Limited, we help livestock farmers get the most out of the genetics they farm with. Get in touch with us if you would like to hear more about how we can help you do what you do best - info@nextgenagri.com.Thanks to our sponsors at MSD Animal Health and Allflex, and Heiniger Australia and New Zealand.These companies are leaders in their respective fields and it is a privilege to have them supporting the Head Shepherd Podcast. Please consider them when making product choices, as they are instrumental in enabling us to bring you this podcast each week.Check out Heiniger's product range HERECheck out the MSD range HERECheck out Allflex products HERE

This week we're back chatting about Angus cattle with another great livestock producer with a passion for genetics. Born and raised on the family farm, Lucinda always knew she was going to be involved in the agricultural industry.  After growing up on a merino sheep property,  she gained a first class honours degree in Agricultural Science, followed by a formative time in the goat industry.  Since the mid-1980s, she has been farming with husband Bryan, at one point with multiple livestock breeding enterprises, now specialising in breeding Angus cattle. We start off by talking about Landcare, something close to Lucinda's heart. "When Landcare started in the late 80s, that was a lot of fun, just thinking and learning about how to do things differently and working more in tune with the environment.  That has had a number of iterations and now it's very focused on climate change and how we work with what is a changing environment to run our businesses with a degree of resilience and profitability. It's all about leaving a better environmental legacy in the farming business." Mark and Lucinda then dive into the main focus of the podcast, breeding good Angus cattle, something Lucinda has a lot of experience with the Rennylea Angus herd. Rennylea Angus is based in the Murray Valley in Southern NSW.  The Angus cattle were introduced in 1952 alongside merino sheep.  Today there are 2,300 recorded cows in the herd, and a total of 4,500 cattle on various properties. "We are very much a tier 1 performance herd."  We came through the 80s when we were just measuring weights.  BREEDPLAN started in 1985 and we were a foundation herd at that time.  Then we went on and became involved in the Beef CRC project." Lucinda gives Mark a run down of where the Rennylea Angus herd is heading towards. "We aim for a well-under breed average for birth weight, a calf that grows quickly to 400 days.  We're interested in elite carcass performance - cows that have positive genetic fat, but not too much." "We're very interested in the maturity pattern, how you select for performance but don't end up with a really big maternal flock in terms of the individual animal." Diving into the maternal efficiency trait, Mark asks about bending the curve of maternal efficiency, so that mature cow weight doesn't increase with 400 day weight - a topic they are both passionate about. We round the podcast off with talk of the future.  From securing succession at home, the future of branding beef to consumers in Australia, to innovation in seed stock.  As Lucinda says, "The future isn't what it used to be and we know it will change.  It's up to us how we play in that changing space." Rennylea: <a href="https://www.rennylea.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rennylea.com.au/</a> You can find out more about Landcare Australia here: <a href="https://landcareaustralia.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://landcareaustralia.org.au/</a> Head Shepherd is brought to you by <a href="https://www.nextgenagri.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">neXtgen Agri International Limited</a>, we help livestock farmers get the most out of the genetics they farm with. Get in touch with us if you would like to hear more about how we can help you do what you do best - info@nextgenagri.com. Thanks to our sponsors at MSD Animal Health and Allflex, and Heiniger Australia and New Zealand. These companies are leaders in their respective fields and it is a privilege to have them supporting the Head Shepherd Podcast. Please consider them when making product choices, as they are instrumental in enabling us to bring you this podcast each week. Check out Heiniger's product range <a href="http://www.heiniger.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> Check out the MSD range <a href="https://www.msd-animal-health.co.nz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> Check out Allflex products <a href="https://www.allflex.co.nz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>

Innovation in Angus with Lucinda Corrigan

Join us this week as we chat with Rennylea Angus Director, Lucinda Corrigan. Lucinda Corrigan joined Rennylea Angus in 1986. Rennylea Angus is a performance recorded Angus stud of 3.500 head. The ‘head office’ is situated in the South West Slopes of New South Wales between Albury and Holbrook NSW. Her childhood was spent on a large merino sheep property, she has first class honours degree in Agricultural Science, and worked in agribusiness for a number of years. Lucinda has skills and experience in governance, business management, marketing, research, climate change and innovation through the value chain. At Rennylea she guides finance, marketing, strategy, research and succession. As well as her day job Lucinda is also a Director of Data Gene, Director of Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit at UNE and most recently has been appointed to Genetic Australia’s Board. You can learn more about Rennylea Angus here and connect with Lucinda on LinkedIn here.  The discussions on this podcast are for general information and education use only. These discussions should not be taken as constituting professional advice from the either AgTalk, Marcus Oldham College or our guests.  Marcus Oldham College, AgTalk or our podcasts guests are not liable for any loss caused, whether due to negligence or otherwise arising from the use of, or reliance on, the information provided directly or indirectly, by listening to this podcast.

Join us this week as we chat with <a href="https://www.rennylea.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rennylea Angus</a> Director, Lucinda Corrigan. Lucinda Corrigan joined Rennylea Angus in 1986. Rennylea Angus is a performance recorded Angus stud of 3.500 head. The ‘head office’ is situated in the South West Slopes of New South Wales between Albury and Holbrook NSW. Her childhood was spent on a large merino sheep property, she has first class honours degree in Agricultural Science, and worked in agribusiness for a number of years. Lucinda has skills and experience in governance, business management, marketing, research, climate change and innovation through the value chain. At Rennylea she guides finance, marketing, strategy, research and succession. As well as her day job Lucinda is also a Director of Data Gene, Director of Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit at UNE and most recently has been appointed to Genetic Australia’s Board. You can learn more about Rennylea Angus <a href="https://www.rennylea.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here </a>and connect with Lucinda on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucinda-corrigan-41097616/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  The discussions on this podcast are for general information and education use only. These discussions should not be taken as constituting professional advice from the either AgTalk, Marcus Oldham College or our guests.  Marcus Oldham College, AgTalk or our podcasts guests are not liable for any loss caused, whether due to negligence or otherwise arising from the use of, or reliance on, the information provided directly or indirectly, by listening to this podcast.

AgTalk S3E5 - Triple Bottom Line with Lucinda Corrigan 

Some 230 people were at Beechworth's George Kerford Hotel for the "Managing Climate Risk in Agriculture"  conference staged by the Farmers for Climate Acton (FCA) late in October. An impressive array of speakers covered most every aspect of farming in a changing climate from physical risks through to the emotional and mental health of farmers.Most of the presentations would have been sufficient has they been the entire substance of the conference to leave the audience in deep thought, but it was that of MinterEllison corporate lawyer and climate change expert specializing in climate risk, Sarah Barker, who set many to thinking and appeared to empower people.

Some 230 people were at Beechworth's George Kerford Hotel for the "Managing Climate Risk in Agriculture"  conference staged by the <a href="https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Farmers for Climate Acton</a> (FCA) late in October. An impressive array of speakers covered most every aspect of farming in a changing climate from physical risks through to the emotional and mental health of farmers. Most of the presentations would have been sufficient has they been the entire substance of the conference to leave the audience in deep thought, but it was that of MinterEllison corporate lawyer and climate change expert specializing in climate risk, Sarah Barker, who set many to thinking and appeared to empower people.

Lucinda Corrigan closes the Farmers for Climate Action Beechworth conference