Boxleigh Park

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Property Name: Gunnegalderie

Location: Wellington NSW, Australia.

History & People

The Taylor family have been graziers in the Wellington district in central NSW for 5 generations. There is a long-standing intergenerational policy to progress the ecological state of all land in their care. This continues to be a family enterprise managed by Bruce, his two sons Geoff and Hugh, and their families.

To achieve this vision, the Taylor family are passionate about implementing the following day-to-day management strategies:

• Low-stress stock handling
• Complete cessation of mulesing
• Rotational grazing systems
• Diversity of perennial grasses
• Minimal chemical usage.
• Simplicity, profitability and scale
• Sustainable production with improvement in soil quality

Sustainable Production:

To guarantee sustainability for future Taylor generations, we routinely carry out:

• Worm egg monitoring
• Reduced herbicide use though sustainable rotational grazing systems
• Encouraging palatable perennials, ground cover and soil moisture
• Reduced pesticide use though easy care plain bodied sheep
• Ability to sell stock early to return buyers

Benefits of SRS®

Boxleigh Park has recorded the following outcomes:

• 12,000 ewes averaged 121% lambing in 2010
• Shearers tally around 50 ewes shorn per run
• Longer staples enable sheep to be shorn more often improving animal performance and wool test results e.g. tensile strength & yield
• Ceased mulesing making rotational grazed ewes and lambs more productive after marking
• Breeding predictability and consistency
• Reduced flystrike

Contacts:
Name: Bruce, Geoff & Hugh Taylor
Address: ‘Gunnegalderie’ Wellington NSW 2820
Ph: 02 6845 3635
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