Gumnut Downs Angus

01/06/2026

After the big storm that rolled through over the last couple of days, it was great to get back out in the paddock and capture a few photos of the newborn calves that have arrived over the past three weeks.

These calves are sired by the following bulls:

• Dunoon Sunstone
• Ellingson Prolific
• Millah Murrah Rembrandt
• Coleman Easy Decision

All calves are the result of our second-round embryo transfer program and are out of our own donor females.

We look forward to watching these youngsters grow and progress through our program in the months and years ahead.

29/05/2026

This bull calf was born on the 26th of January 2023, sired by Coleman Easy Decision, a heifer’s first calf, he is out of a Sitz Resilient daughter.

Last year we used Coleman Easy Decision throughout our heifer program and have been pleased with the results. This calving season has seen some quality heifers and bull calves sired by Easy Decision. We are excited about the consistency and quality this sire continues to deliver as the calves grow out.

29/05/2026

Cidrs are in for our next embryo transfer run. The cows are doing exceptionally well with all of the green grass around at the moment, so this year we have decided to feed ad-lib straw to help bind them up and maintain a better rising plane of nutrition.

So far, it seems to be working very well, we are hopeful this approach will help us achieve improved conception rates for this program.

26/05/2026

Tomorrow sees us bringing this group of recipient cows in to commence their program. They have been on a steady rising plane of nutrition, and we are looking forward to implanting some very exciting embryos sourced from outstanding programs both nationally and internationally.

Some of the embryos being implanted into these recipient cows will be out of Undine V009, a heifer in which we purchased a half share at the World Angus Forum, as well as embryos from the top-tier, and unfortunately now deceased, donor cow Donna 4356. This intake will also include embryos from two of our own donor cows — J178, who produced our top-selling bull last year, and the up-and-coming Arkle Royal Lass R31, who has been flushing exceptionally well and producing very clean, impressive calves in this year’s calving season.

We have also introduced one of R31’s daughters into the donor pen. She is sired by Alpine 38 Special, and some of her embryos will also be transplanted into this group of recipient cows.

16/05/2026

𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚.
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎, 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚎𝚢𝚎, 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝟷𝟶𝟶% 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢, 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚍. 𝙻𝚘𝚠-𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚍, 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎.
𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢, 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢.
𝙰 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎.

15/05/2026

The second round of our ET calving has begun. A bull calf sired by Dunoon Sunstone S378 out of one of our donor cows, Coonamble J178.

14/05/2026

You only get one opportunity to develop a calf properly. Quality nutrition and mineral supplementation during those early stages can make a significant difference to growth rates, frame development, immune response, and long-term productivity.

Topstock loose lick is available ad lib here at Gumnut Downs for stock of all ages, helping maintain consistency in nutrition and supporting cattle to perform right through every season.

10/05/2026

We have just placed the CIDRs in these heifers and are now walking them back to their paddock. This year’s autumn AI program is underway!

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

Good cows consistently produce quality calves.

Take a look at these two calves.

X10 is a Coleman Easy Decision daughter out of our well-regarded donor cow Arkle Royal Lass R31, who as a donor cow is just starting to hit her straps.

Then there is this exciting bull calf X24, out of another of our donor cows, Coonamble J178, who recently produced the sale topper at our bull sale. She is starting to really put some high-quality heifers onto the ground. X24 is sired by a son of Baldridge Goalkeeper, Coonamble T628, who is doing a very good job in our program.

The strength of cow families continues to play a major role in the direction of our breeding program at Gumnut Downs Angus.