Te Whanga prides itself on good breeding practices. Some of the things we do to make our stud bulls successful include:

• Our stock are fastidiously weighed , tagged and recorded, at birth, 200, 400, and 600 days. This allows us to have true figures and not averages.
• Our cows are expected to produce a calf every year, this includes 9, 10 and 11 year old dams; otherwise they are culled.
• We breed for conformity, performance, and, mild temperament, and any that don’t meet our standards are culled.
• We expect our bull to perform for at least four years. This is a requirement of bulls that remain on our station.
• We use yearling bull over our 15 month heifers with an expectation to have a calf every year.
• All calves are calved naturally, in a true commercial hill country environment.
• Our bulls are accustomed to working in a large commercial farm environment. This includes integration with the 10,000 ewes.
• The staff at Te Whanga will ask you what your breeding objectives are and will match you with a suitable bull to meet your needs.
• All statistics aimed at the 90th percentile
• Over 75 years of genetics knowledge and focused breeding can’t be wrong