Our Team

Philip Webb – Principal

Philip’s family began farming back in the 1960s in the Yea region of Victoria.

He founded Webb Black Simmentals in 2006 at Glenburn to provide commercial bulls to the beef industry and a selection of elite females.

The stud was founded with a purchase of frozen embryos from the Butcher family’s Gateway herd in the US.

Philip has pursued a successful real estate career while growing the Webb Black stud herd to more than 500 pure and grade Black Simmentals.

Duncan Newcomen – General Manager

For 32 years Duncan managed the successful Ashwood Park Charolais stud and commercial beef enterprise located in Flowerdale. Once the herd was sold, Duncan began working at Webb Pastoral.

He is a cattle committee member of the Royal Agricultural Society in Victoria and has won 13 grand champion carcass competitions and interbreed championships at the Royal Adelaide and Melbourne shows.

He has also topped the Yea weaner sales for nine years in a row with cattle he has prepared.

Ricky Ferris – Farm and Stud Manager

Ricky’s interest in farming begun on his grandfather’s small commercial farm. He has worked as the assistant manager at Ashwood Park Charolais for 2 years before the stud was dispersed. After the dispersal, Ricky moved to South Gippsland to manage a substantial commercial beef herd plus feedlot. He begun working at Webb Pastoral at the end of 2017.

Jason Bullen – On Farm Maintenance

Jason has worked for Webb Pastoral for the past 5 years mainly completing on farm maintenance.