Teagan Kubeil is no stranger to 'firsts'.
As chief cattle steward for Euroa's Autumn Beef Cattle Show, she thinks a shortened name for the town's prize cattle event might be a good start one year; but not this year.
"I don't know, but yeah, the 'Euroa ABC Show' might work," Teagan said.
At the top of her list for this year's event on the weekend of 1-2 March, however, are things more pressing than a name change, and the 20-year-old manager appears to be well on top of things.
In her second year running the event, she is confident she can get entry numbers back up after a drop in cattle last year.
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“The numbers last year were definitely down on the previous years,” she said.
“That's to be expected when there’s a change of management, and obviously people are trying to get a gauge of how it was going to go.
“This year we're expecting, and I'd be happy with, about 100 to 120 head."
To draw the crowds and entries, Teagan is promising some new changes.
"There are lots of big things coming this year, and I was able to get some help from obviously the ag' show society and some other people."
The Autumn Beef Cattle Show comes under the umbrella of the Euroa Agricultural Society as a complementary event to the society's successful October agriculture show every year.
Teagan has arranged for guest speakers, trade stalls, a coffee van, music from Jimmy Davidson, gourmet food from Balmattum butchers, and raffles.
“We've also got some vintage and new tractors as well."
She said she hoped the weekend would be an opportunity for producers to have a distraction away from the farm.
“It is obviously a tough year for farmers this year, there's not much rain about, so it would be a good event for them to get out and mingle and have a chat.
“A lot of the exhibitors will do that too, they're not there just to show their cattle."
There will be activities for children, including face painting and an opportunity to enjoy their first contact with animals by visiting the display pens, something Teagen stresses is not just for the kids.
"It's for the adult novices too, for people that might not be familiar with the agriculture industry; it's a good time to come and learn and not just show your kids animals for the first time."
However, Teagan's eyes are well-focused on the future as she sees the event to evolve each year to become a new 'first'.
"Often you'll find competitors are paying more to show cattle than they actually win in prize money, so hopefully it will become a bit of a cattle sale over time," she said.
Teagen likens the aspiration to the annual Nutrien Classic Campdraft & Sale which is now in its 18th year, having first been an equine competition for riders to 'cut out' a steer from a herd on horseback.
"That just started out as a little thing like we've got here and then turned into a massive horse sale.
"I think that's where we're trying to go, to something bigger."
This young lady has vision.
The 2025 Euroa Autumn Beef Cattle Show will be held at the Euroa Showgrounds on Saturday, 1 and Sunday, 2 March.
Entry is free.
