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With tough times ahead for the agriculture industry as it braces for a dry season, the 106th Gatton Show was a shining beacon in the darkness, with Queensland’s leading farmers flocking to the Lockyer Valley to showcase their award-winning livestock and produce.
Tallegalla stud breeders Shane and Sarah Hauschildt added another feather to their Akubra, winning big at the Gatton Show at the weekend.
The owners of View Field Droughtmasters on the outskirts of the Lockyer Valley have been breeding cattle for about seven years.
“We regularly show our cattle at the Gatton Show. It’s the last show on the circuit for us, so it’s really the climax of the show season,” Mr Hauschildt said.
“We enjoy the Gatton Show very, very much.”
Last year, the couple took out two titles, the Droughtmaster bull and female.
“This year so far we won the Junior Droughtmaster bull, and a few other ribbons.”
Mr Hauschildt said they were passionate about their cattle and always enjoyed bringing the farm to the general public.
However, although he said they loved farm life, difficult times were ahead.
“The weather is a little bit of a downer unfortunately, we’re heading into a dry season and the cattle have crashed and the feed price is very high,” he said.
“For producers, it’s very difficult at the moment, but hopefully things will improve, but you have to take the good with the bad.”
He said they were looking forward to selling their prizewinning bulls at the national Droughtmaster bull sales in September at Rockhampton.
The actioned-packed weekend of country hospitality, entertainment, and competitions kicked off at the Lockyer Valley on Friday, July 20.
Gatton Show Society president Katherine Raymont first attended the event with her mother as a young girl, where she watched the talented baker enter into cooking competitions.
Mrs Raymont is an award-winning fruit cake baker herself, however this show weekend she said she was most excited about the horse trots returning after a 21-year hiatus.
She said the show weekend was a great opportunity to celebrate talented and hardworking farmers, as well as individual community members.
“The pavilion displays are incredible, especially the vegetable display, you’ve never seen anything like it,” she said.
“We are the salad bowl of Australia, so it’s an impressive sight.”
Mrs Raymont said the event packed program catered to all ages, from families to friends looking to socialise.
About 5000 were expected to attend the event which ran from 8am Friday to late on Saturday, July 22.
PHOTOS: Below are photographs taken on Friday, July 21:
PHOTOS: Below are photographs taken on Saturday, July 22:
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