Breeding Results

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Breeding Results

Our Advantages, Our path to profit

• Micron- we have lost 2.4 micron in 10 years of breeding
• Clean Fleece Weight - has improved through selection of increased density and length
• Fertility - in the previous 3 years we have marked 130%, 120% and 115% of lambs to ewes joined in the stud flock.
• Fibre length - all ewes are shorn every 8 months. The SRS® line of weaners wool averaged 86 mm, 91 mm and 84 mm for 9 months growth since 2006.
• Skins - Hard wrinkle has been eliminated from all ewes. The sheep are easy care and good doers. No lambs were mulesed in 2006.
• Carcass traits - Through Sheep Genetics Australia the stud is selecting for early maturity good muscling and fertility. Sire 129 is in the top 1% for eye muscle depth at 2.2.
• ASBV's - Animals in the 2008 drop were in the top 5% for Yearling weight staple length and eye muscle. All 2009 drop lambs can be viewed on the sheep genetics website for measured ASBV’s.

Testimonials

"From a shearers perspective Glenwood's Sheep are far superior to shear than traditional sheep.
This is due to less wrinkled skin which results in less skin cuts and less struggling of the sheep and the shearer.
The shearer's comb travels through the fibre a lot easier because they are not intertwined. This means the shearer can shear more sheep through less effort, and there is more wool in the fleece lines instead of under the table as locks."

Comments by Warren Long
Shearer/contractor
Wellington NSW
02 6887 1239

Norm and Pip Smith’s Glenwood Merinos at Wellington, NSW, epitomize the SRS® sheep type. The wools are sensational. The sheep are plain-bodied and naturally resistant to fly strike. Mulesing has not been necessary for a long time. Fertility is exceptional with lamb marking percentages above 120%. Body growth rate and muscling in the young sheep are genetically high and rising quickly. The stud is driven on the genetic performance of the dams and sires with extensive breeding performance recording providing the essential information to make good breeding decisions.

I recommend highly your purchasing Merino and Poll Merino rams from Glenwood. The sheep are reared in a natural and healthy environment and have the capacity to convert Merino sheep into a highly profitable and easily managed animal.”

Dr. Jim Watts, SRS® Company 02 48622050

“I have had the pleasure of working with Norm and Pip Smith for some 12 years now as their Farm Management Consultant. During this time I have seen “Glenwood” continue to advance in terms of the land management, livestock performance, financial results and all in the context of balancing a busy family life. Norm and Pip bring a strong evidence based and Holistic approach to their management and have documented significant improvements to the health of their land, the performance of the Glenwood sheep, their personal satisfaction and their profit. Norm and Pip are rightly regarded as amongst the leading operators in the Central West of NSW”.

Mr. Mark Gardner, Vanguard Business Services 02 68851925

 

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