Next week they head to the South Island with the conference being held in Queenstown followed by visits to nine studs and several prominent properties in Southland, Otago and Canterbury.
Technical papers will be presented at Queenstown on genetics, breeding, grazing management, scanning and carbon emissions, social media and the future of beef.
New Zealand Hereford Association manager Posy Moody says breeders have come from countries including Uruguay, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
The tours have enabled visitors to mix with local breeders, look at stock and discuss breeding and management.
Moody says an early topic of interest among the international guests is how breeders are targeting bulls with attributes such as ease of calving for the dairy industry.
