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New England Merino Field Days |
9th
January 2010, stud open 9am to 4 pm |
Armidale Unhoused Ram |
Monday 1st February, 2010
Inspection 11.00am,
New England Girls School, Equestrian Centre, Uralla Road |
Miramoona Annual |
Private Treaty Ram Sales
At Miramoona, by appointment following Unhoused Ram sale |
Sheep Sale |
Miramoona 43rd Annual Reduction Sale in conjuction with Miramoona, Mirani, Marmindi, Yalgoo Ohio North and Deeargee Reduction Sale
Thursday 4th March, 2010, 2.00pm |
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Wellington Ram Sale |
At the
October, 2010
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During 2007 we were invited to have number of our sires be a part of various sites around Australia. Miramoona 600 who has been in the SheepGenomics Project at Faulkner Field Station will now be the merino link sire for that project to the Sheep CRC Information Nucleus Flock at Armidale. Miramoona 156 was also used this year in the Nucleus Flock.
A number ewe hoggets were selected for the Bare Breech Strike Genetics Project. Miramoona 25 (who has a bare breech) was also used this year in the project at both Armidale and Mt Barker, Western Australia. The selective breeding program is to evaluate the impact of not mulesing. Differences in the incidence of breech strike, wool production and cost of production are being evaluated in resistance and control lines in each site.
NEW ENGLAND MERINO FIELD DAYS
Miramoona is a founding member of the New England Merino Field Days which began in 1978 and is held every even year in January. This is a fantastic opportunity to see what progress that has been made over the last 12 months. The next Field Days will be in January 2010.
The 2010 Field Days are on January 9th and 10th and Miramoona will be open on Saturday, 9th January. We will be open from 9.00am to 4.00pm . Buses are operating from the Walcha Showground at 8.00am , or if you wish travel by car. In all there will be 25 studs on display.
New England Merino Web Site: http://www.newenglandmerino.com.au
Miramoona is also involved in other Open Days and Workshops
Annual Sheep Sale
Miramoona has been involved for 43 years in an Annual Reduction Sale with Mirani, Yalgoo and Ohio North and is held on the first Thursday of March each year. The sale starts at the Yalgoo yards at 2.00p
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Miramoona will be offering approximately the following numbers:
450 Oct. 2006 Ewes ( Sept. shorn)
450 Oct. 2006 Wethers ( Sept. shorn)
350 Oct. 2005 Wethers (Sept. shorn)
400 Oct. 2002 Ewes ( Sept. shorn, NSM)
Contact Tom Henry, Elders Walcha
Ph: 02 6777 2011 or 0409 659 877
The Australian Wool Fashion Awards (TAWFA)
Kim Barnet is a director on the board of TAWFA. The awards encourage designers of all ages from all over Australia and overseas to use and experiment with wool. The awards are a great inspiration for seeing how versatile wool is as fibre.
The Australian Wool Fashion Awards Web Site: http://www.tawfa.com.au
SHEEP GENETICS AND ASBV’s
Miramoona is a member of Sheep Genetics, Merinoselect
The stud was involved with MLA’s Merino Validation Project since its inception in 2002 that has now been merged into Sheep Genetics(SG),MERINOSELECT, that hosts the world’s largest merino database.
The information is expressed as ASBV’s(Australian Sheep Breeding Values). ASBV’s are designed to give producers reliable genetic evaluation across flocks and independent of the environment and location effects. Merinoselect can help you identify sheep in terms of their genectic potential and the value they can bring to your business
As a member of Sheep Genetics, Miramoona can deliver independent and across flock data because of our extensive pedigree records.
Key proven, Miramoona sires have been selected for the SheepGenomics Project, (the biggest sheep gene-mapping project in the world) Sheep CRC Information Nucleus Flock and the Bare Breech Strike Resistance Project.
