3 Jul 2023
In maternal flocks around Australia breeders are quietly experimenting with a variety of prolific genes while criticising us for using the Booroola gene. To this point in time they have been unsuccessful because in some cases the gene they have been trialling has had...
24 Jan 2022
If you are currently breeding composite sheep and are considering using shedding rams to move towards a shedding flock you might like to consider using Prolific White rams. It has taken somewhere between 8 and 10 years to develop but I now have a clean shedding flock...
4 Oct 2021
Source: Australian Sheep Breeders Compendium 2021 Scanning rates have been lifted by 60pc in one cross. BY STEPHEN BURNSBusiness Profile Sheep breeder and geneticist Colin Earl, based at Struan in the south-east of South Australia believes there is enormous potential...
4 Aug 2021
A range of different shedding breeds are coming on to the market making all sorts of claims. The fact is that all of the breeds of sheep currently available in Australia have moderate to low genetic reproduction rates. They can at significant cost be managed to attain...
