2025 has been a good year for our recording. BLK 140257, a Duncraggan Smashing Stuff 103 daughter who runs in our Primeston herd, was named an SA Stud Book National Elite Platinum Beef Cow for 2025, the top tier of the cow awards. She was a Silver Elite cow in 2024...
A quick round-up of the recognition our cattle and recording have earned over the last two years. 2023 Elite Regional Awards: Silver for The Blackstone Beef Project. 2024 SA Stud Book Elite Cows: Silver for BLK 140257, a Smashing Stuff 103 daughter in our Primeston...
Two more national Beef Shorthorn awards came our way at the ARC National Beef Performers Virtual Awards, broadcast by Plaas Media on 28 November. Special Performance Test Class: Duncraggan Diplomat 611 Diplomat (BLK 22 0611), our red Phase C Silver Merit bull, was the...
The ARC National Beef Performers Awards went online this year, presented by Plaas Media on 26 November, and we came away with two national Beef Shorthorn awards. Best Elite Cow: Duncraggan Duchess 063 One cow is chosen per breed, and ours is Duchess 063 (BLK 09 0063),...
We said in August that Duncraggan Xcellent 353 had been nominated as a finalist for the 2018 ARC National Special Performance Test Class. The results are in, and he was the Beef Shorthorn bull in the class. The class takes the best Phase C Gold and Silver Merit bulls...
