Ramu Beef was honoured as the Overall Winner of cattle exhibition at the 2015 Morobe Show.
The company produced the champion fat animal, champion bull and supreme champion animal which made them take the overall honour.
The award for Best Led Animal in the Grand Parade went to Michael Nunteng, a Morobean smallholder cattle producer while Alan Atango from Markham walked off with the award for the Champion Female prize.
The cattle section of the show involved exhibitions by local cattle producers, not only the large agri-businesses, but also the smallholders. Cattle presented were assessed by a judging panel comprising experts in the industry.
The overall judgements were unleashed in the main arena.
Ramu Beef, a subsidiary of the Ramu Agri Industries, took the overall prize for the 5th time in a row.
Morobe’s Markham valley hosts one of PNG’s biggest herds all year round for both domestic and foreign beef markets. Ramu alone maintains up to 20 000 head of cattle in a year.
A North Queensland breeder, Peter Trout, recently said the demand for beef in PNG stood to rise in the near future due to the rising population and boom in the mining and hydro-carbon industries.
“More young cattle breeders should participate in the beef industry to supply the emerging market,” Mr Trout said.