FOR Southern Queensland bullock fattener, Henry Wagner, and his property manager, Jim Manns, CRT FarmFest last year made relatively light work of the reseach, product and price comparing and idea gathering required as the foundation for building a new cattleyard complex.
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Mr Wagner runs 250 Angus and Droughtmaster cattle on native pastures at "Wellcamp", Toowoomba.
The construction of an airport, a family business interest, on the original grazing country in recent years has meant he has bought additional beef fattening land nearby.
This time last year, he was in the planning stages of new stockyards and spent hours at FarmFest talking with experts in the supply of cattle handling equipment.
With the 350-head yards now built and in operation, Mr Wagner said FarmFest was the ideal "one-stop-shop" for such a project.
After one of the driest summers he'd seen, the 230 millimetres in 10 days that "Wellcamp" received in April, followed up by 25mm in May, had set up the start of winter nicely, he said.
Shan Goodwin
Journalist for The Land on the North Coast.
Journalist for The Land on the North Coast.
