Future Beef NZ Allflex
Beef Ambassadors
2018
Charolais Female Production sale earlier in the year “This
year I brought my first Charolais cow in-calf to the bull
Silverstream Geddes, which I am really excited about.”
Lucy describes the Future Beef ‘Hoof & Hook’ event as
“an awesome event that really helps improve your stock
skills, leadership skills by helping the younger
competitors and is an exciting, full-on weekend where I
have meet many new people who share the same
interest in beef cattle as me”.
Being awarded the Allflex Senior Beef Ambassador title
has been a goal of Lucy’s since she first started and she is
thrilled to have achieved it this year “it is incredible to
SENIOR AMBASSADOR
LUCY COL LIN
While her family may have been breeding Charolais
cattle for almost 15 years, 2018 Allflex Senior Beef
Ambassador, Lucy Collin, began her show ring career
with a different four legged species. A successful pony
rider throughout her childhood, Lucy’s interest for stud
beef cattle truly took off when she entered the Future
Beef NZ ‘Hoof & Hook’ competition for the first time in
2015.
“An awesome event that really
helps improve your stock
skills, leadership skills by
helping the younger
competitors …”
have finally reached this goal. It just goes to show hard
work pays off. This is going to be an exciting year as the
2018 Senior Ambassador.”
Lucy’s success in the equestrian show ring quickly
transferred to the beef cattle show ring with Lucy
notching up some big wins in just four years of
competing. These include 2016 RAS Young Beef Handler
of the Year, Champion Junior Judge at Canberra Royal
2017, Runner-up Champion Handler at ‘Hoof & Hook’
twice along with Champion Handler at this year’s ‘Hoof
& Hook’ event along with several others.
“This year I brought my first
Charolais cow…
...which I am really excited
about.”
Currently studying a Bachelor of Arts (Security Studies)
majoring in Biosecurity at Massey University, Palmerston
North, Lucy is looking to work for MPI once graduated as
well as building up the numbers of her cow herd after
choosing her foundation cow at the Silverstream
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