NZ Murray Grey

Obituary; Neill Burke 1949-2020

The NZ Murray Grey breeders have lost a passionate and enthusiastic breeder with the passing of Neill Burke on 27th December 2020. The Chequers bloodlines are distributed throughout New Zealand and Neills visits to many Australian studs have made the Chequers name known on the other side of the Tasman as well. Neill was always … Read more

Murray Grey 50 years in New Zealand Event

The NZ Murray Grey Society are celebrating 50 years in NZ and to mark this achievement are planning several events from Wednesday June 24th until Friday 26th June in Canterbury, with Christchurch being the main base for activities. See the pdf below for more details.

Entering your herd transactions on line

The facility to enter you calving results and weights is available on line, saving paperwork! The instructions on how to do Online entry is under Technical Notes on the left hand menu. You must first obtain your password from the Murray Grey office to log in and then you will be able to access the … Read more

Dairy Index is available Check out the facility on the EBV enquiry which ranks each animal for use in the dairy breeding industry.

New Zealand Murray Grey Selection Indexes There is currently one selection index calculated for New Zealand Murray Grey animals. This is the Dairy Index. The Dairy Index estimates the genetic differences between animals in net profitability per cow joined for an example commercial dairy herd targeting the production of dairy beef progeny from dairy cows … Read more