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2025 Field Days

Mareeba Field Days 

Wednesday 28 May 2025 - Friday 30 May 2025

614 Mareeba Dimbulah Rd, Mareeba QLD 4880

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Farm Fest

Tuesday 3 June 2025 - Thursday 5 June 2025

11465 Warrego Highway, Kingsthorpe, QLD.

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Richmond Field Day and Races 

Friday 13 June & Saturday 14 June 2025.

Racecourse Road, Richmond, QLD

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AG GROW

Wednesday 25 June 2025 - Friday 27 June 2025

Capricorn Highway, Emerald, QLD.

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AGQUIP

Tuesday 19 August - Thursday 21 August 2025

134 Black Jack Road, Gunnedah, NSW.

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Henty Machinery Field Days

Tuesday 23 September - Thursday 25 September 2025

563 Borenore Rd, Borenore NSW.

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Origin Story of the Morrissey Hydraulic Crush

My name is Greg Rolfe, and I run Rolfe Designs with my wife Neiliya, not far from Armidale, NSW. Let's take a step back in time to my childhood. I grew up on a farm called "Wheelholme," between Springsure and Tambo, where we raised cross-breed cattle. Life on the farm involved a lot of tough, slow, and sometimes dangerous work like branding calves and dealing with uncooperative bulls with only basic wooden equipment...

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Old school craftmanship: Morrissey & Co finds 1920s wooden calf cradle still in use.

The Morrissey family has been hand-forging cattle handling equipment and brands on the Darling Downs since the 1800s.


Their calf-cradles and irons can be found on stations all over Australia, and even on iconic ranches in America.


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Deciphering the cryptic code of cattle brands.

Beyond simple marks of identification and deterrents to cattle theft, brands have evolved into a language of their own.

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