Sheep

  • Local wool producers on show

    Fairview Polwarths’ Greg Potter is looking forward to this weekend’s Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo, recognised as “the largest event of its type in the world”.

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  • Shearing time at Fairview Polwarths

    Fairview Polwarths’ Greg Potter has been in the thick of shearing season, with 1800 lambs and ewes meeting the clippers over five days.

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  • HELPING HANDS: Family shares the farming experience

    Running a small sheep operation at Marengo has been a family bonding exercise more than anything for the Van Santen family.

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  • Cotter clan’s rise to champion status

    Pia Cotter, pictured with son Flynn, 2, has been raising suffolk sheep since her teen years. Now Cotter Suffolks have won a major award at Sheepvention.

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  • District dog trainer thrives on her work

    “It’s just a bit of freedom I never knew I’d have the option to feel in my life.”

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  • A shearer’s life clicks with Ged

    Colac young gun sheep shearer Ged Leersen says his recent work trip to New Zealand was a great insight into the professionalism and competitive nature of the country’s wool industry.

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  • National flock is bouncing back

    Australia’s sheep flock will hit 78.75 million this year, the highest since 2007.

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  • Interstate competition at ram sale

    Gemini Prime Lamb’s high-quality white suffolks have presented well and drawn in interstate competition at the stud’s annual summer sale.

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