Roma cattle producer sells breeder herd as they battle dry season

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated June 13 2017 - 11:29am, first published June 12 2017 - 10:30am
The Packer family have had their cattle on the road since May and will sell off their breeder herd due to drought.
The Packer family have had their cattle on the road since May and will sell off their breeder herd due to drought.

MAKING the decision to have a female herd dispersal of 25 years worth of breeding is not one taken lightly but for Roma cattle producer Mark Packer it is one that has had to be made.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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