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Wednesday, 20 February 2019 11:59

Beltex sheep under the spotlight

The second annual Beltex sale will be held at Mt Somers on March 1.

All eyes will be on the second annual sale of Beltex purebred and crossbred rams at Rangiatea, Mt Somers on March 1.

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Thursday, 23 November 2017 08:55

Show launch for latest sheep breed

Purebred Beltex lambs (with their Perendale surrogate mothers) show off their heavy rear ends in the yards at Blair Gallagher’s Mount Somers farm. The ram lambs’ tails have been left undocked, standard English practice for the breed. Inset: Mount Somers farmer Blair Gallagher has formed a partnership to bring Beltex sheep to NZ.

New Zealand has a new sheep breed, shown last week at the Canterbury A&P Show.

Published in Agribusiness
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