Spring Sale
Next Sale Friday 8th October 2010
Barwon Stud will hold its annual spring on-property ram sale on Friday 8th October, at 1:30 pm following a light luncheon.
2010 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.
Australasian Sheep and Wool Show Bendigo
Barwon took a team of White Suffolk rams to the 2010 Bendigo show in July. Each of the seven rams won a ribbon with the three singles getting two second place and a third place in very large classes.
Successful Autumn Sale
Friday 5th February 2010
Barwon Stud held a very successful 5th annual autumn ram sale on Friday 5th February. The successful sale saw 131 of the 132 Poll Dorset rams offered solid at an average price of $750. The White Suffolk rams, particularly the very well presented 2008 drop rams, sold very well to average $825 with 85% clearance. Many new clients went away happy with their purchases after a smoked lamb (prepared by Culcairn Butchery) and lamb jam roll.
2010 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.