About Lord Pastoral

Sutherland comprises 7727 ha of forest country - i.e. sandy bauhinia / flooded gidyea country which has been pulled and sown to buffel. 12 years ago we put in a grazing system called “cell grazing “on this part of Sutherland. Cell grazing is an intensive system of rotational grazing utilizing the tools of “stock density, feed utilization and rest “to enhance natural eco systems”. We have a mob of up to 1200 hd in a paddock of roughly 200 ha. These cattle are moved every 3 to 4 days, depending on feed availability etc.

Another 16000 ha of open Mitchell grass downs country is divided up into 250 ha paddocks and we use rotational grazing on these paddocks.

All water in the above areas is delivered through troughs and supplements are delivered into the troughs via water medication units.

The last 6000 ha are also open Mitchell grass downs country, divided into 3 paddocks and watered by a flowing bore.

The herd is a Brahman cross herd. We focus on speed of production, adaptability and temperament.

We run a 2000 hd breeder herd on East Creek which is 120 km north of Sutherland.

East Creek is a 43000ha property, commonly described as ‘gulf breeder country’ which is sandy tea tree / clay pan spinifix country.

New Water is also gulf breeder country and runs about 1200 hd.

Woodstock Station  141750 ha joins New Waters western and northern boundaries and runs about 8000hd.

All 3 are managed from  Sutherland at this point . Once a manger is appointed for Woodstaock those properties will be run from Woodstock, with the occasional help of the Sutherland staff.

All weaners  from both properties come back to Sutherland  are fed in the yards for 3 to 4 days during which time they are broken in to dogs and taught to come off pressure and generally quietened. The steer portion of the weaners is kept here for up to 3 months then sent to Camroo at Tambo or on agistment.. We are basically nomadic with our steer herd, going wherever the grass is. As well as breeding our steers we also buy up to 1000 steers every year. These are also run on agistment wherever it can be found.

First and second calf heifers are kept here. Once they are proven breeders, i.e. must have reared a live calf by their 3^rd birthday, they are sent north.

Pregnancy testing is a regularly used management tool.  All weaner steers are compudosed before going away on agistment, bulls are given singvac and a dose of vibrio, and all breeders are singvaced annually.

Since the formation of Lord and Penna we have sold all of our sheep. The only sheep remaining at Sutherland are 300 head which are used for eating and training our kelpies.  

Depending on the wet season we produce between 10-20’000 round bales of naturally grown flinders grass hay.  We have our own hay making equipment  and a backpacker employed to stack the hay and load it onto trucks.