Advantages
The Konsortium partnership holds far-reaching advantages for its breeders:
- A larger genetic and selection pool.
- More top quality rams are selected for the stud.
- More ewes are mated to the best rams.
- Rams are used at a younger age (AI at 12 months).
- A ram is seldom used for more than two matings, based on the principle that progeny should be better than the sire.
- Genetic progress is speeded up.