THE complementarity of Angus and Santa cattle works well for Maranoa (Queensland) beef producers James and Natalie Stinson and their family.
The Stinsons own and operate Moonya and adjoining property Tannaby, near Mt Abundance, 60km south west of Roma, running a breeding and backgrounding operation that turns off Angus x Santa and Santa x Angus feeder cattle.
Their genetics decisions stem from a drive to produce a true-to-type animal with consistency that lends itself to marketing lines of cattle into the feeder market.
“The (crossbreds) are a totally marketable…