International Travel Reports

Australia

October 2011

Wade Shafer

The purpose of my travel to Australia (AU) was to continue our ongoing effort to educate AU beef producers about the value of US Simmental in crossbreeding programs and to enhance our growing network with the AU Simmental Association, its members and the AU beef cattle industry in general. We (ASA staff) have traveled several times to AU and have hosted several Australians since initiating this effort with the first trip by our Executive Vice President, Dr. Jerry Lipsey, which occur red in 2002. Below is a brief overview and daily summary of my trip followed by my conclusions and recommendations.