Huge flocks of ram lambs enteredCreated on: 29 January 2008 Groups of about 800 ram lambs each, will in future be performance tested on Biesjesfontein to select the best 200 rams for the Konsortium production sales. The rest will be sold for flock rams after the sales.
Konsortium’s aim of supplying their clients with more rams, at affordable prices, was always restricted by the fact that only 320 ram lambs could be entered at Wolwekuil. Their dream to test more rams under the same conditions, so that the best could be offered for sale at the auction and the remainder, all with comparable figures, could be sold as flock rams from one central point - is now to become reality.
Biesjesfontein, farm of Andrew Conroy, is to become the home of the Konsortium rams. The first group of about 800 weaner ram lambs will be entered there for performance testing on 1 March 2008 and the Autumn lambs will follow in September.
Where the 200 best Konsortium rams were previously selected from a group of 320, they will now be from a group of 800. Roughly another 300 will be sold for flock rams on Biesjesfontein after the sales.
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