PHOTO: GEORGE CLARKPaul and Fiona Scott established their Matatoki Hereford stud at the gateway to the Coromandel Peninsula in 2006. In 2008, the family of five decided to move closer to Mrs Scott’s hometown in South Canterbury and moved with 20 stud cows to Maungati, 32km inland from Timaru. ‘‘We sell our bulls online using Bidr, a PGW initiative set up as a virtual saleyard for trading livestock. It was an online sale last year and an online sale this year, people come in prior for a look in one way or another then bid online and partake in the auction just like something on Trade Me. In 2017, the Scott family had a highlight, winning the supreme champion Hereford at the New Zealand Beef Expo with their entry Matatoki Oklahoma 1529, which sold to the Capethorne Hereford stud in North Canterbury.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 02, 2020 05:03 UTC