Why Speckle Park?

Greg Ebbeck is a third-generation cattleman from the NSW Southern Highlands, with over 50 years experience breeding seedstock cattle on his Six Star Speckle Park property at Bundanoon. The former renowned Hereford stud breeder first came across the Speckle Park breed in Canada back in the early 2000s. He imported the first Speckle Park embryos and semen to Australia, was involved in establishing t...

Scott Purcell and his fiancée, Tia, operate their paddock-to-plate business, Bonkonia Beef, based at Merton in north-east Victoria, and sell their beef in the local region and into Melbourne. The first generation farmers also market their beef at farmers’ markets, so receive regular feedback about their products. They have been selling Speckle Park beef for since November 2023, and have run their...

Robert Constable has been an award-winning butcher based in the NSW Hunter Valley for 34 years, and still operates his popular Robert’s Meats butcher shop at Singleton. Robert has held leadership positions with the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) for more than 20 years, and is the current Deputy Chair of the Board, and Chairman of the Retail Council. He is a Technical Advisor to the Board...

Tim Weller is the Marketing Manager of genetics company, World Wide Sires, where he has worked for the past 12 years now. He and his wife, Lindy, also run their Wellerlou Speckle Park stud on their property at Coolamon in the Riverina region of south-west NSW. Tim has built his career around relationships and people – not just sales and numbers. Instead, it’s about moving forward together with cus...

Jake Furst is the talented Executive Chef of fine dining restaurant, Cinder, which is nestled within the bluestone walls of the 150-year-old Terminus Hotel in Fitzroy North, Melbourne. Jake won the prestigious AHA Victorian Chef of the Year Award in 2023, and you may have seen him interviewed for ABC Landline in March, in Tim Lee’s report about Speckle Park beef. A key to Jake’s career success has...

Andrew Hosken operates his agribusiness sales and consultancy, Hosken Stock & Land from Tamworth in northern NSW. He has had an extensive career as a livestock agent spanning 40 years, across eastern Australia. This included over 25 years at Elders, where he finished as the zone livestock manager covering northern NSW, Queensland, and the top end of the Northern Territory. One of Andrew’s majo...

Mark McKenzie is a pioneer of the Speckle Park breed in New Zealand, teaming up with a colleague to import the breed into the land of the long white cloud, back in 2008. Adding Speckle Park to the long-running and well-respected Maungahina Stud prefix no doubt raised a few eyebrows among staunch Hereford breeders, with Maungahina having over a century of renown in the whiteface breed. But alas, Ma...

Dwight Wyatt operates Wyatt Artificial Breeding Services and Meadow View Farms Speckle Park, together with his wife, Noela. They are based at Goolmangar, near Lismore in North East NSW. Dwight shares the same origin as the Speckle Park breed – he too originates from Canada, but has called Australia home since 1988. Dwight was just 13 or 14 years old when he did his week-long training in cattle art...

Geoff Jones and his wife, Toni-Ann, own three butcher shops at Grafton, in North East NSW, and nearby Wooli. They also market their meat products at the Yamba Farmers’ Markets. They have been selling Speckle Park beef for eight years, so are well-placed to share about its market acceptance, and just how much butchers enjoy working with Speckle Park.   Geoff’s family was among the first to introduc...

Dennis Power is General Manager of one of the largest Speckle Park stud and commercial herds in the world, Minnamurra Speckle Park. Based at Coolah in Central West NSW, Minnamurra Speckle Park has played a pivotal role in demonstrating the commercial relevance of the Speckle Park breed, winning various feedback trials and carcase competitions. Not once, or twice, but many times – dating back as fa...

Gerald Wyatt has had an extensive career, from farming in Tasmania to assessing cattle across the eastern seaboard through his business, Classic Livestock Management Services. Now in his late 70s, Gerald has spent decades analysing traits in livestock that can indicate important fertility, temperament, health and eating quality characteristics. From ear wax to scaliness of tail hair, jawbone and r...

Simon Eriksen has been in the meat marketing and distribution business for nearly 25 years, having founded Neat Meat in 2001. Today, when he’s out to dinner with friends and associates, the conversation generally heads straight to Speckle Beef, a Speckle Park beef brand founded by the New Zealand company and now served at more than 100 restaurants, premium butchers, and in the midst of heading abr...

Back in around 2016, Nicky Reeves hadn’t even seen or heard about Speckle Park cattle when she first tasted Speckle Park beef. Further research quickly evolved into a newfound passion for the breed. What better way to market their Speckle Park cattle and beef than to establish the Maffco Brewery and Distillery, incorporating Speckle Park beef into the restaurant menu. But let’s not forget their Be...

Paul Guy began his journey in the Speckle Park breed through his stud, Te Mooi Speckle Park, based at Londrigan in Victoria. Currently, his focus is far further down the supply chain, working with leading restaurant chefs in Melbourne to get his Speckle Park Certified beef brand up and running. He is a data man at heart, and his solid understanding around the role of data in producing a quality pr...

Renowned beef consultant, Dick Whale, has run his business, Independent Breeding & Marketing Services (IBMS), for more than 20 years, and prior to that managed Trangie Research Station, a feedlot, worked at Elders in marketing, and spent time studying meat science in the United States. Dick shares his wealth of experience in this episode. He sheds light on his concerns about the current state...

Justin Dickens was raised at Wanaaring in Far West NSW and then Coolah in Central West NSW, before embarking on a career in livestock production and farm management. As the "J" in JAD, Justin shares his story and his answer to the all-important question, Why Speckle Park?   If you enjoy this episode, please share it among your network, and leave a review. Thanks for listening!