Morrison Farming

08/09/2026

Pretty birds, but a huge problem on our farms. There are thousands of them!

Horizons Regional Council is reviewing which animals should enter its pest plan.

07/09/2026

William and Erica Morrison run 1500ha near Marton, where 65 years of Hereford breeding underpin a diverse sheep and beef operation.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4yJczUn

06/09/2026

Oh to have a flock full of these!

Lambing is in full swing. Most of our 4,000 Wiltshire and Ezicare ewes lamb un-shepherded in the hills at the Mangara Station and Franks Road properties. However, the triplet and quad scanned ewes are all moved to Fern Flats. Here, we are better equiped to feed and manage them. But they still have to contend with everything else that goes on.

While moving stock this morning, I drove past this unit. Less than 6 hours born and you could have thrown a blanket over all four! A sheep farmers dream!!

03/09/2026

The spring grass is super green and cattle growth rates are starting to pump at over 2Kgs/day. Yearling bulls are looking good with under a month now to bull sale day, Tuesday September 22.

Bull sale catalogue: https://i4.abri.au/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=3538292F&2=37365E2F&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&8=4853&9=51515B5A&11=515D5D5D

PGG Wrightson Genetics NZ Herefords

01/09/2026

It is exciting to offer the first sons of Ardo Trust 3207 at September 22nd’s Morrison Farming Ezicalve Bull Sale.

3207 was the top bull of his year group, at Morrison Farming. His dam is our top cow; she has 7 calves including 2 stud bull sons, a Benchmark Dam daughter and a maternal stud bull grandson. Trust 3207 is now one of our top senior stud sires.

3207 was mated to forty top draft yearling heifers, resulting in 39 calves, including:
- Lot 1,
- lot 5 (one of our star lots, the top heifer’s calf and a bull that we will keep an ownership share in) and
- lot 6 (NZ’s top Beef Heifer Mating Index bull born in 2025).

Ardo Trust 3207 is world-class. His sons are testament and are definitely worth a look!

See you bull sale day: https://i4.abri.au/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=3538292F&2=37365E2F&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&8=4853&9=51515B5A&11=515D5D5D

28/08/2026

2026’s first calf has arrived. A first-calving heifer, at , delivers a bull at 27Kgs. September has started early. We are into it!

25/08/2026

I was lucky to get up the road to Mangara Station last week, to move the mob of in-lamb Wiltshire and Ezicare ewe hoggets. We pregnancy scanned 114% for our ewe hoggets mated. The “studs” scanned 125%. There are 989 in this mob. They are due to start lambing, the last week in September. It was a great day to muster sheep!