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2011 spring sale
Reflects industry
Barwon Stud held its 11th on-property spring ram sale on Friday 14th October. For the first time the spring sale was conducted in the morning to avoid the heat of the day experienced in recent years since the sale has been moved from September to October. Of course, this October was cool but Barwon will standardise the sale start time for both spring and autumn to 11:00 am start. This will give clients time to travel on hte morning of the sale. The 2011 spring sale was strong and the Yates family would like to thank all the buyers for making this sale such a success.
2011 Shows
Cowra
This year Mark judged at the NSW Dorset Championships at Cowra in June instead of showing rams. Mark is really enjoyed the experience and appreciated the opportunity to judge at such an important industry event.
Successful autumn sale
Friday 4th February 2011
Barwon Stud held a very successful 6th annual autumn ram sale on Friday 4th February. The successful sale saw full clearance of 176 rams offered with a good average price of $949. The Poll Dorsets averaged $917, while the White Suffolk rams sold very well to average $1073. Many new clients went away happy with their purchases after a smoked lamb (prepared by Culcairn Butchery) and lamb jam roll.
Student visit
University of Sydney
On Friday 21 May, Barwon hosted a group of fourth year university students and their lecturers from the University of Sydney for the second year in a row. The visit is the last stop on their annual tour of south-west NSW for their animal production studies.
The students gained a comprehensive insight into the role of Dorset, Poll Dorset and White Suffolk studs in prime lamb production and marketing in Australia. They asked questions on the role of Poll Dorset and White Suffolk terminal sires in the prime lamb industry, including performance characteristics, management practices and marketing. We had an open discussion on LambPlan and Rob Inglis gave them some pointers on nutrition for prime lambs. The students also inspected a number of stud rams.
We hope the students gained as much from their visit as we did having them at Barwon.