Juan Andres Nin, from Uruguay, looks over Colin and Lynne
Gibson's Hereford cattle at their Seadowns stud, near
Oamaru, during the national herd tour. Photo by Sally Rae.
South American Hereford enthusiast Juan Andres Nin was
thrilled to discover the national Hereford herd tour coincided
with his working holiday in New Zealand.
An agronomy student from Uruguay, he arrived in the country
on March 8 and was on the tour around Otago and Southland a
week later.
He came from a 400ha property which farmed Hereford cattle,
sheep and crop.
Herefords were the most popular cattle breed in Uruguay.
During a lunch-time stop at Colin and Lynne Gibson's Seadowns
stud, near Oamaru, he said it was his first visit to New
Zealand and the "beautiful" countryside was quite different
from what he was used to.
The hills were a novelty as Uruguay was quite flat.
Uruguay looked to New Zealand for technological advances and
admired the country's farming systems.
While in New Zealand, he was looking for a job, preferably on
a farm, he said.
The tour attracted about 120 registrations and Mr Gibson, who
has had his Hereford stud for about 15 years, said it was
good to see such a large crowd.
It began with visits last Tuesday to Andy Denham (Stoneburn),
Mr and Mrs Gibson (Seadowns) and Geof and Joyce Brown
(Locharburn), followed by Alistair Campbell (Earnscleugh
Station), Gray and Robyn Pannett (Limehills), Robert and
Mary-Anne Kane (Westholm), Alan McCall (Kotare) and Steph Dew
(Latimoor) and Laurie and Sharon Paterson (Waikaka).
On Wednesday, the tour visited Bruce and Carolynn Robertson
(Duncraigen), Gordon Shearing (Pourakino Downs) and Colin and
Fay King (Waiau) and concluded on Friday with visits to Chris
and Jayne Douglas (Monymusk), Peter and Sue Lawson (Eldin),
Helen Miller (Pyramid) and Geoff Speden (Speden).
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