New faces head to Seymour expo

From camel milk to a new equestrian sport, the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo is always looking at innovative farming techniques and lifestyle activities to showcase.

This year, adding to the already exciting line-up and familiar faces are some new exhibitors, including Bruce and Carol McKenzie who will share their knowledge of raising goats after four years operating their Culcairn stud, Cleveland Boer Goats.

“We provide stud services for full-blooded Boer goats,” Bruce said.

“As well as that, we provide bucks for the commercial sector to run with Rangeland goats to produce more meat on their stock.”

Their presentations will cover caring for goats, nutrition, and health management.

Megan Williams from the Camel Milk Co will share her journey of establishing their central Victorian camel dairy.

She will cover off how they got into the industry, the challenges of starting a micro factory and processing milk, tips on marketing and the launch of an exciting skincare range.

Also making an expo debut is a new sport, Ozsort.

Ozsort is a two-rider, cattle-sorting sport, that sees cattle moved, in order, into a separated pen.

The sport’s creator, Andrew Nash, said the sport was family friendly, great to watch and he encouraged anyone interested in learning more to join the open section at the expo.

McPherson Media Group event manager Jamie Gilbert said there would be plenty of other demonstrations and workshops on a huge range of topics at various sites around the grounds.

More information and times, visit seymourexpo.com.au, or grab a copy of the event guide in Country News from March 21 in your favourite local paper.

The Seymour Alternative Farming Expo runs from Friday, March 31 to Sunday, April 2 from 9am to 4pm each day at Kings Park Reserve, Tallarook St, Seymour.