SA Stud Buys Share in Top Performing WA Ram July 3, 2013 South Australian White Suffolk stud Bundara Downs has purchased a half share in a 2012 drop ram with outstanding figures bred by the Katanning, WA, based Ashbourne stud. Ashbourne 120020 is in the top 1% of terminal sires for weaning weight (11.6), post …
Genomic Testing Lamb Quality Meat Elite Australia members recently met in Bendigo to discuss innovations in the sheep industry. Genomic testing for meat eating qualities was a key topic on the agenda. Meat Elite members had previously attended the Sheep Genetics Australia Leading Breeder Conference. The conference canvassed developments in the use of genomics as …
Prime lamb producers from South Australia and Victoria paid and average of $830 for 239 White Suffolk and Poll Dorset rams at the 16th annual Bundara Downs sale at Western Flat near Bordertown, SA.
WHITE Suffolk stud breeders capitalised on the first opportunity to secure ewes from Bundara Downs stud at Western Flat, South Australia, in their 19-year stud history.
Steve, Ros and Greg Funke sold 86 of their high performance 2007 to 2011-drop ewes for a $528 average at their inaugural mated stud ewe sale last Friday.
White Suffolk Ewes Sell to $1000 March 28 2012 Mated White Suffolk stud ewes sold to $1000 and 86 averaged $528 at the Bundara Downs inaugural stud ewe sale at Western Flat, SA, on March 23. The Funke family’s 19 year old White Suffolk stud conducts an annual spring ram sale and this was the …
BUNDARA Downs stud’s marathon sale did not skip a beat with a total clearance of the largest offering of White Suffolk flock rams in the South East for the season.
RECORDS tumbled at Bundara Downs’ White Suffolk and Poll Dorset stud’s annual on-property ram sale at Western Flat on Friday last week, with an on-property stud record of $8000 and a new $2000 flock ram high.
Bundara White Suffolk Ram Makes $14,000 Stock Journal News September 9, 2010 ALISHA FOGDEN 06 Sep, 2010 05:35PM A WHITE Suffolk ram sired by the 2009 senior champion from Bundara Downs, Western Flat, sold for $14,000 at the Royal’s Elite Stud Ram sale yesterday (Sunday). The April 2009-drop ram had exceptional LAMBPLAN figures with a …
BORDERTOWN’s Bundara Downs White Suffolk and Poll Dorset stud became the pacesetter for the 2009 terminal sire selling season with an outstanding sale last Friday. Stud principals Steve, Ros and Greg Funke cleared 158 of their 160 White Suffolk rams at their 13th annual sale for a $959 average, and achieved a total clearance of their 50 Poll Dorset sires for a $874 average.
Croweater Studs Swoop at Vic Sheepvention Stock Journal News August 2009 CATHERINE MILLER 09 Aug, 2009 04:00 AM SOUTH Australian sheep studs stormed Sheepvention at the Hamilton Showgrounds in Victoria earlier this week, bringing home a swag of ribbons and impressing many prospective Victorian clients. The figures stacked up for Bundara Downs White Suffolk stud, …