01/10/2026
We are welcoming a new sire line to our herd and Australia. In 2025 we travelled to the US and decided to have collected and exported semen from TDA Essington C24, a herd sire at Thistle Hill Farm, Virginia. The semen arrived in Australia in May of 2026 having been appropriately collected and certified at North American Breeders, Berry, Virginia. Church Humphreys ably and professionally assisted with coordinating the US side of the process, and Debbie Mills at Holbrook Breeders Australia coordinated the shipment to Australia. We understand that Carolyn Matthews, Curt Humphreys and Church Humphreys at Thistle Hill Farm now join Jeremy A Engh from Lakota Ranch as being the only two US herds to have exported Devon semen to Australia. Photo credit to Church Humphreys