Become a Member
The Shorthorn breed is a vibrant and dynamic community to be part of. Membership is available to everyone, even if you don’t own any cattle.
It is a great, cost effective way, to keep up to date with all things Shorthorn in Australia and entitles you to many benefits.
See below the membership options available and the resulting benefits and entitlements.
Full Membership
Full membership in Shorthorn Beef entitles members to register their own stud as well as their own cattle. Full members who have also joined Shorthorn IGS are entitled to have their animals included in the Shorthorn IGS Multibreed analysis.
Full membership is a voting membership and entitles the member to nominate for the Shorthorn Beef Board as well as vote for other nominees.
Further full members are also entitled to receive all publications from Shorthorn Beef including the Shorthorn Beef Magazine, Newsletter and E-News updates.
As a full members access is granted to the Members Only section of the website where members may download their forms, update details and register calves online.
Full membership costs $250 per year.
Commercial Membership
Associate membership entitles you to become a member of Shorthorn Beef, if you do not have a need to keep whole male calves.
Commercial members who record or register with Shorthorn Beef have access to the world largest multibreed evaluation – IGS as well as the full suite of genomic tools.
Associate members are entitled to receive all publications from Shorthorn Beef including the Shorthorn Beef Magazine and regular E-News updates.
Please not an Associate membership is a non voting membership.
Associate membership costs $60 per year.
Click here to download your Application for Associate Membership
Youth Membership
Youth membership is designed for Youth members up to the age of 25 years. Youth members are entitled to register their own stud and animals. Youth members who have also joined Shorthorn IGS are entitled to have their animals included in the Shorthorn IGS Multibreed analysis.
Schools are also entitled to register animals without having to pay any inventory fees.
Youth members are also entitled to become part of the Shorthorn Youth Club if they so choose. The Youth Club conducts an annual Handlers Camp each year and enjoys an excellent reputation for assisting Youth members in become tomorrows leaders. This camp the – Shorthorn Youth Heifer Expo is hosted each year in October during the long weekend.
Further Youth members are entitled to receive all publications from Shorthorn Beef including the Shorthorn Beef Magazine and regular E-News updates.
Youth membership is a non voting membership.
Youth membership costs $33 per year.
Click here to apply online for Youth Membership
Click here to download your Application for Youth Membership
International Associate Membership
International Associate membership is a great way for people to stay in touch with the Shorthorn Breed in Australia.
International Associate members are entitled to receive all publications from Shorthorn Beef including the Shorthorn Beef Magazine and regular E-News updates.
An International Associate membership is a non voting membership.
International Associate membership costs $50(AUD) per year.
Corporate Membership
Corporate membership is a great way to make sure your business is kept up to date with events in the Shorthorn breed.
Corporate members are entitled to receive all publications from Shorthorn Beef including the Shorthorn Beef Magazine and regular E-News updates.
It is also a great way to assist you to get your message out to all Shorthorn breeders and enthusiasts.
Corporate membership for a 1 Year subscription costs $220 per year.
Corporate membership for a 2 Years membership costs $385 both years.
Corporate Membership of Shorthorn Beef is a non voting membership and accords the following benefits:
- Receive a discount rate of 25% for advertising in the Shorthorn Beef magazine, published annually.
- Receive a discount rate of 25% for advertising in the Shorthorn Beef Newsletters published quarterly.
- Receive a discount rate of 25% for advertising in the Shorthorn Beef E-News published fortnightly.
Mail-out service to Shorthorn
- Beef members at cost.
- Free direct email service to Shorthorn Beef members.
JBS (Associate) Membership
Below is the link to find more information about becoming a Shorthorn Beef JBS supplier.
www.thousandguineasbeef.com.au
JBS membership costs $220 per year.
ONLINE FORM: 2023 JBS Supplier Online Registration Form JBS Supplier Online Registration Form
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Thousand Guineas Registration form
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