With strong interstate interest in our hoggets we have been busy providing photographs and information about them. The display team at Crystal Brook Show included both Sires that we have used and the very best of our 2014 drop rams which have been reserved for our use and sales. Two fleeces were also taken to […]
There has been a review of the formulation of the National Dohne index with a strengthening of the weightings for growth rate and muscle. None-the-less the 50% percentile has barely changed and now sits at 128.2. Glen Holme sheep have shown that they still rank well under the new formula, and we have observed that
The style of Dohne that you purchase and or breed can be your choice. There is a lot of variation within traits in the Dohne population, and by using visual selection in combination with ASBV’s, you have the ability to select animals to suit your breeding objectives. Shearing of all our 2014 drop ewes and
Attendance at the Outback Field Day in Pooncarie, NSW, in early May means we have been able to meet with some of our pastoral clients in the area, and show others our sheep. Crop seeding has begun.
Stud lambing is now complete with the mothering up process finalised. This has allowed us to do the individual tagging and make good observations about family traits in both sire and dam lines. Three rains have brought a start to the growing season and we can steadily wind back the use of supplementary feeding after
We have attended Field Days at Lucindale in the South East of South Australia and Karoonda in the Murray Mallee region, talking with current and prospective clients, showing them what we have to offer and also the results we have achieved in the last 12 months with wool sales, surplus sheep sales, and prime lamb
This month we shore our mature ewes in full fleece, and have saved the display fleeces for our series of Field Days and Spring show, including the Royal Adelaide Show in September.
Lambs are on their way! We have used a majority of young sires bred at Glen Holme for the March/April lambing. These have been the best progeny from our purchases of fresh sires and our AI and ET programmes in recent times. We have found that our best young sheep came from Glen Holme born
This year is showing the depth and quality of the Glen Holme breeding programme. Estimated Breeding Values (EBV’s) and the Dohne Index can never tell the whole story of our animals, so we invite visits and inspections from people so they can see for themselves the top individuals and even-ness of whole mobs of our
We have seen the success of our 3 Embryo Transfer programs in November of 2011, 2012 and 2013 and we know the quality of the livestock produced. We are now in a position, from both the quantity and quality aspects, to enter into negotiations from both domestic and overseas, for Export Quality frozen embryos to
