About Us

Tronar Red Angus is a traditional family-operated farm. Ross and Tracy Collard have bred Red Angus cattle since 1976. The stud was originally registered as Warringah and then re-enrolled under the Tronar banner in 1982.

“Tracy and Ross have the best cattle.”

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Currently there are over 200 stud cows registered with the Red Angus Society of Australia. For about 50 years selection of our cattle has been based on the key traits of temperament, muscular frame, intramuscular fat, milk production, calving ease and mothering ability. We also select our cows so that they have the ability to maintain their condition on our light, sandy Western Australian soil. This means our red angus are hardy and can withstand many different environments. This has led to Tronar bulls being successfully used in breeding programs all over Australia. In the West we have progeny spread from the Gascoyne to the Pilbara, Eastern Wheatbelt, Southwest and South Coast regions. Tronar bloodlines have been introduced to breeding enterprises in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

We now consider our herd to be one of the best in Australia and this has been confirmed by the number of breeders returning to buy our cattle. Their herds show it: in the Red Angus Society's figures for calves born from 2021 to 2023, Tronar Pacific Tide was the most used natural-mating Red Angus sire in Australia, and five of the top 15 natural sires were Tronar bulls. A Chinese artificial insemination company has imported to China a number of our bulls. These selections, made over several years, were based upon the bulls having superior breed plan figures plus a visual appraisal by their purchasing team. Tronar Red Angus genetics are now global.

Tronar is a founding member of the Western Australian state promotional body for the Red Angus Society of Australia. The WA group continues to meet and works to promote the breed. Ross was the first Western Australian member to be appointed as the Federal President and also spent time as the Federal Treasurer. He served on the Society's Council for more than twenty years, and when he retired from Council in 2021 the Society made him a Life Member.