AUSTRALIA’S Merino seedstock suppliers are increasingly using genetic analysis to breeding sheep with fewer breech wrinkles, balanced with early growth and fleece weight…Read More
UPTAKE of Merino flock genetic profiling is expected to be boosted by a free DNA sampling offer for all New South Wales ewe flock competition entrants in 2024 and free profiles for winning flocks…Read More
Sheep Central, January 19, 2024NEW South Wales Merino breeder Mark Mortimer has been awarded the prestigious Helen Newton Turner Medal for his major contributions to Australia’s livestock genetics research and development…Read More
Sheep Central, July 31, 2023A TRIO of South Australian university students have big plans for their livestock Trait Select app – the winner of the University of Adelaide’s latest eChallenge…Read More
Sheep Central, December 9, 2022A NEW award to encourage emerging talent has been added to the prestigious Helen Newton Turner awards this year…Read More
Sheep Central, July 21, 2021HANNATON Merinos stud master Jonno Hicks has seen the value of genetic selection in his stud and commercial flocks after one of the driest seasonal starts on record around Kaniva in Victoria’s west Wimmera region…Read More
Sheep Central, July 7, 2021BEEF and dairy genetics cooperative Genetics Australia aims to expand its sheep services after its $5.8 million purchase of the Total Livestock Genetics at Camperdown in south-west Victoria…Read More
Terry Sim, December 2, 2020MEAT & Livestock Australia will hold a webinar to explain the new-look Sheep Genetics search site and take user feedback next week…Read More
Sheep Central, August 21, 2020SHEEP Genetics has resisted calls to take down its new database search website after negative feedback about its index-focused design and functionality…Read More
Terry Sim, August 19, 2020AUSTRALIA’S most worm-resistant Merino flock is to be offered for sale by tender by Western Australia’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development…Read More
Sheep Central, February 10, 2020A VICTORIAN Merino flock aiming to be carbon neutral by 2025 but with a strong focus on sheep welfare is a finalist in the Premier’s 2019 Sustainability Awards…Read More
Terry Sim, October 9, 2019SHEEP carcase and eating quality trait breeding value accuracies are expected to be the biggest benefactors of a new multi-trait DNA test now available to Australian sheep producers…Read More
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