MLA board stands behind Norton despite AWI mulesing comment criticism

NEW South Wales sheep classer Bill Mildren once told Victorian Merino breeder Jock MacRae that the top sheep will find themselves. After winning the Supreme Merino Exhibit sash with his two year-old ram Harvey at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show at the weekend, Jock firmly believes the ram found him.

NEW Zealand’s largest sheepmeat processor, Silver Fern Farms, has released a report covering its recent research into lamb eating quality. The findings provided guidance as to what makes a significant contribution to the eating quality of NZ lamb, but equally what factors do not.