Newsletter December 2020
2020
threw up many obstacles for
the sheep industry in Australia but it also forced us to embrace digital marketing, auction, sales and general communication. This has made the industry far more resilient and profitable with many innovations becoming standard practice. SheepMaster aims to build on this new platform and to provide better marketing and sales tools for our breeders.
A Tribute to our NSSBs
Highlights from the first National Sale David Harrison from Cobar NSW lead the NSSB team with this big boy
Our position in the the shedding sheep industry has strengthened considerably and we look forward to the challenges of maintaining the momentum into 2021.
National SheepMaster Stud Breeders
(NSSBs) Lot 43
The NSSB group underpins the structure and concept of our breed. Our first National Sale was a huge success and was the first opportunity to demonstrate the NSSB marketing concept. Exchange of information, genetics and trust underpins the National SheepMaster Stud Breeders’ m a i n g o a l : To b r e e d t h e m o s t sustainable, profitable meat sheep with the lowest input costs.
Pen One for the NSSB team - Greentag 009
purchased for $2000 by CJ Kay & Sons from Murdinga, SA.
David will have an excellent selection of rams available early in the new year.
Ph: 0428855335 Jan-a-ree SheepMaster Stud, Email: janaree1@skymesh.com.au -1-
Judy and Gary Doyle of Montarna
Velia and Mike O’Hare of Wild Oat SheepMaster Stud, Beckom NSW produced Lot 45, Greentag 031, below.
Station near Mildura presented 14 month old Greentag 031 in Lot 44
He was purchased by Mike O’Hare from Beckom NSW for $2800.
The Doyle’s will also have rams available into 2021
Ph Gary: 0408221059
Email: doylefarms@bigpond.com
LA & JM Toohey from Book Book, NSW purchased Green tag 031 for $2300
Ph Mike: 0429782189
Email: oharemp@bigpond.com
Left: Part of the NSSB crew.
From the left, Neil Garnett, Brian Prater, Gary Doyle, Mike O’Hare and David Harrison at Beckom, NSW in March.
Philippa Hamersley-Everett purchased Hercules, the first Gold Standard Sire to be offered for sale by SheepMaster, for a record $25,500.00. Pip recently relocated her stud business to Tenterfield, NSW, close to the Queensland border. Renamed Angevin SheepMaster Stud, she is offering semen from Hercules at $40 per dose. Phone Pip: +61 467 558 438 Email: pdelacqs@gmail.com
Rams are available by contacting our National Breeders directly, details above, or phone Neil Garnett on 0418855406 or Brian Prater 0418 414 847 at the SheepMaster Parent Stud for information
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