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The Land | Prime lamb operations chase Karrawarra Highlander genetics.
Article on theland.com.au following the success of our spring ram sale.
September 24, 2020
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Karrawarra Pastoral has a commercial flock of over 8100 Highlander maternal self replacing ewes. Our commitment to refining and developing our Highlander and FocusPrime genetics is in direct answer to the needs of our own commercial flock, breeding for traits that truly maximise efficiency and profitability that we can pass onto you.
Highlander® provides maternal traits to drive productivity and profitability that result in an efficient self replacing ewe.
FocusPrime ® is a terminal composite designed to provide high performing finished lambs which are trait leaders in meat quality.
The results we’ve seen since introducing Highlander and FocusPrime genetics into our commercial flock.
“Our focus on the three pillars of;
moderate adult body weight, fertility and survivability with more than 90% of foetuses making it through to weaning.”
Leo Herbert – Karrawarra Pastoral
Article on theland.com.au following the success of our spring ram sale.
“It is hard not to do the figures, 10% /year over 8000 ewes is another 800 lambs and at 200 bucks, there’s another $160 000 in your pocket. It’s pretty simple if you get the right genetics. That was the main driving focus.”
“Our ewe weights and feed bills are coming down, and our scanning percentages and survival is going up.”
“One of the things I like about Highlanders is they put a lot of emphasis on mothering ability and they cull for it.”
“The Highlanders are excellent mothers from day-dot. The weaning percentage is what’s really amazing. We lose very few lambs with very little input,”
A feed efficient sheep, bred to consistently deliver more kilograms of lamb weaned per hectare.
Terminal genetics focused on maximising growth, survival, yield and providing a better and more consistent eating experience for all.
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