Victorian Buffalo Industry Council (VicBIC)

Buffalo Dairy Farmers

There is a great demand for Buffalo milk in Australia. There is a demand for milking buffalo in Australia and overseas. A group of Victorian Buffalo Breeders is pooling their resources to upgrade their stock to quality milking stock. Our aim is to do this by purchasing Riverine Bulls with at least 50% Italian Blood Lines, artificial insemination from pure Italian Riverine as well as investigating the feasibility of importing semen and embryos from Bulgarian Murrah Buffalo. Reports suggest that the Murrah Buffalo are the premium milking buffalo, producing up to 30 litres of milk a day. Robyn Richmond is coordinating our Group’s activities into the Dairy Buffalo Industry. If you are interested in joining the Dairy Buffalo Group. Please contact Robyn on below telephone number or email address.

SHANNKIRST RIVERINE BUFFALO STUD

Gunbower Island, KOONDROOK
03 5453 3305
shannkirst@bigpond.com

Robyn & Chris Richmond first purchased Swamp Buffalo in 1992 & developed a herd for the gourmet meat trade.

In 2002 we acquired a pure bred Riverine Bull, “SHANNKIRST REBEL”, sired by “Hillary” with West Indian bloodlines.

He has proven a great success giving a 30% extra growth rate & “finish off” time 6-12 months less with the hybrid vigor of his progeny.

2006 saw the purchase of several heifers from “Son of Diego” blood lines to diversify our genetics. 2007 will see the acquisition of a yearling bull & two heifers with Imported Italian bloodlines from “Bestiale”.

This will further enhance our genetic pool to produce calves of pure bred Riverine for dairying. Our aim is to assist with the development of the Buffalo Dairy Industry in Victoria with both information, husbandry & stock availability.

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