2013 News Archive
Spring Ram News 2013 – hot off the press!
Elite Highlander Rams perform in Australia + Video
Elite Highlander® rams out of embryos from the top performing sheep in the Focus Genetics nucleus, culminating 20 years of breed improvement. On Farm trials in commercial flocks in Australia have proven substantial benefits using the Highlander® versus traditional rams. … Continue reading
Genetic influence to boost farms profitability – at Murnong Farming Inverleigh
Stock & Land Newspaper November 28th 2013 Written by Jamie-Lee Oldfield Click here to view the article: Page 1 S&L Nov 28 Page 2 S&L Nov 28
SPRING PRIVATE TREATY & SELECTION DAY HIGHLIGHTS 2013
Our Spring selling season kicked off last Tuesday with our livestock event at Yea. Pre-registration worked well and enabled rams and bulls to be selected prior to sale start time, and matched appropriately to each producer. 50 Elite NZ bred … Continue reading
Paringa Win Landcare Award for Sustainable Farm Practices
Announced at Government House Melbourne, Tom and Olivia Lawson won the DEPI Regional Innovation in Sustainable Farm Practices (Goulburn Broken) Award on 28th August. We are thrilled and honoured to be selected for this award, out of such a diverse group … Continue reading
Strong Aussie Demand for NZ Sheep Genetics
May 21 2013 Media Release One of New Zealand’s larger air shipments of sheep has dotted down in Australia to meet its growing demand for Kiwi sheep genetics. The world’s largest red meats genetics company, Focus Genetics sent 100 Primera and … Continue reading
Paringa Wins Sustainable Farming Award 14th June 2013
The Community Natural Resource Management Sustainable Farming Award was recently awarded to Tom and Olivia Lawson of Paringa Livestock at Yea from the Goulburn Catchment Management Authority. The award recognises a primary producer or enterprise involved in primary production who … Continue reading
Campbelltown Sheep Show Tassie
We were impressed with the professional and successful sheep and cattle farmers we met while in Tassie last week. After shipping over Highlander and Primera rams from NZ, they were showcased at the Sheep Show, a first for the Paringa/Focus … Continue reading
SPRING PRIVATE TREATY & SELECTION DAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2013
Our Spring selling season kicked off last Tuesday with our livestock event at Yea. Pre-registration worked well and enabled rams and bulls to be selected prior to sale start time, and matched appropriately to each producer. 50 Elite NZ bred … Continue reading
New Ram Video
Check out recent video footage of our trip to visit Focus Genetics New Zealand. http://youtu.be/OK4S2buTBqk Recent footage from Josh Walter of Murnong Farms, talking about the benefits he has experienced using Highlander and Primera genetics on his property at … Continue reading
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