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Ray and Meryl Oversby
Youngs Siding
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ray and Meryl Oversby Ray with cows
Charolais cross calves

 

Ray and Meryl began farming beef cattle biodynamically in 1992 at Baldivis and Serpentine before moving to their current larger property at Youngs Siding, between Albany and Denmark on the South Coast, in 1998.  Although they have been using the Demeter biodynamic method for many years, it was only in recent years that they made the decision to go through the certification process, becoming fully Demeter certified in 2008.  They have noticed significant improvements in the health of their paddocks in the years since moving onto the property, with barren, salt-scolded areas returning to kikuyu and strawberry clover pastures.

 

They run between 100 and 130 breeding cows, mainly Angus, Angus x Friesian and Angus x Charolais breeds with Murray Grey and Charolais bulls over them, keeping some replacement heifers and steers to grow on.

 

Ray and Meryl both grew up on farms - Ray at Jerramungup on a grain and sheep farm and Meryl on a beef cattle farm at East Rockingham.  Over the years their lives have led them in other directions and into other occupations, however they find their return to working with animals and nature most satisfying. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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