Notas del episodio
Welcome to episode one of the Polldale podcast, where Katja Williams introduces her husband, Ned Williams of Polldale Shorthorns near Dubbo. Together, they are a fourth-generation Shorthorn breeder continuing a multi-generation family legacy of the Williams family. Ned recounts how his grandfather moved the family property, expanded holdings from an original soldier settler block, and improved hard country through pasture development, increasing carrying capacity.
He outlines the stud’s origins from a commercial base, the development and tracking of key female lines, and how family partnerships built infrastructure and income through cropping and other work. Ned shares core breeding lessons: cull for fertility, select for constitution and structural integrity, manage nutrition through production stages, and cull heavily for temperament for safety and repeat customers. He discusses changing Shorthorn trends, avoiding single-trait chasing, and defining longevity through feet, udder, and fertility, with a commercial focus.
Learn more and save the date for the on-property bull sale here: https://polldalestudshorthorns.com/
02:23 Williams Family Origins
03:30 Soldier Settler Block
04:20 Building the Property
06:36 Shorthorn Female Lines
09:13 Kim and Da Partnership
10:26 Kim and Liz Grow Poldale
14:29 Core Breeding Lessons
18:20 Temperament Matters
21:49 Breeding Goals Evolve
26:08 Longevity in Cows