A large selection of impressive rams by Janmac\u2019s homegrown sires will feature in the stud\u2019s annual spring sale this year, highlighting the depth of the stud\u2019s genetics.<\/p>\n
And having recently returned from Sheepvention, one of the largest sheep expos in the country, Janmac Poll Dorset and White Suffolk Stud co-principal Grant Hausler said weight and quality wise their sheep were \u201cright on track\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe sell many of our best rams elsewhere for other studs to utilise, but the last few years we\u2019ve been retaining semen in our top end rams as well\u2026that way we still get to see what our rams can do,\u201d Grant said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt gives us the confidence to know what we breed works, because a lot of the time they leave the farm and you don\u2019t know – particularly with flock rams you don\u2019t get a lot of specific feedback – so it is nice to see the results and it validates what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Janmac annual on-property auction to be held at Goroke will once again offer 220 Poll Dorset and White Suffolk stud and flock rams.<\/p>\n
Grant said despite some producer\u2019s concerns over current prices in the livestock industry, they\u2019ve decided to offer the same number of rams as usual, and he\u2019s confident the quality – and the demand – will be there.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost people are going to continue doing what they\u2019ve always done\u2026and for us it’s business as usual – keep breeding our type, we know they work and the people that buy them know they work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While Janmac aren\u2019t going to change what they do, and many of their clients won\u2019t either, Grant said the current market was a good reminder that early growth and turning off lambs as suckers was still where the money was.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is going to be a bigger (price) gap between the more traditional style lamb with shape and weight and the store job,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we can get them off mum off grass your costs are less too, you\u2019ve got no shearing or extra drenching.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is also opportunity for terminal sires, such as Janmac Poll Dorset and White Suffolk rams, to be used in maternal flocks, now that many producers had built their flock numbers up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had a few conversations around what people are going to do with these maternal type ewes that have bred up in big numbers, and there is a place for a terminal ram in that system,\u201d Grant said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of flocks have built up a good ewe base, so now is the time to get a terminal ram in to get some more kilos in the paddock, a Poll Dorset or White Suffolk will do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also opportunity to join and lamb down older Merino ewes to a terminal ram, Grant added, rather than selling ewes off at current lower prices.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rams you buy today you should have for three to four years, so what you do now is still coming through your flock for some time – when the rebound comes you will have those lambs in the paddock, this could be your opportunity to step into better rams.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year Janmac had a total clearance of Poll Dorset stud rams to a top of $7000, averaging $3281, while all 133 Poll Dorset flock rams topped at $3000 and averaged $1977.<\/p>\n
A further 30 White Suffolk rams averaged $1726 after topping at $2800.<\/p>\n
Grant said with close to 1000 stud lambs on the ground this year, he is clearly optimistic of a swing towards terminal sires out of the maternal phase.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe our sheep are a good fit for the commercial producer and we are confident clearance will be quite good at the sale, so we will put up a large line and give people a choice of rams,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The 19th Janmac annual production sale will kick off at 1pm Victorian time on Wednesday 4 October 2023, with inspections from 11am. \u00a0Note this year\u2019s on-property auction will not be interfaced with AuctionsPlus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A large selection of impressive rams by Janmac\u2019s homegrown sires will feature in the stud\u2019s annual spring sale this year, highlighting the depth of the stud\u2019s genetics.<\/p>\n
And having recently returned from Sheepvention, one of the largest sheep expos in the country, Janmac Poll Dorset and White Suffolk Stud co-principal Grant Hausler said weight and quality wise their sheep were \u201cright on track\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n