Fast facts
Konsortium-Merino started off in 2001, with 78 rams on one sale.Today they annually sell the most rams on official Merino auctions in South Africa - as much as 311 rams per sale and 670 rams per year.
Already 124 farmers, with more than 193 000 ewes, have joined the Konsortium family.
Konsortium-Merino is the first Merino stud in South Africa to appoint its own client advisors, in doing so, to add value to their clients’ businesses
The team believe in the upliftment and development of their staff. They have 30 workers enrolled in adult education multimedia programmes.
They have already bettered the record turnover, for a Merino ram sale, six times in a row.
The largest Merino progeny test in South Africa was undertaken - more than 3 100 Merino ewes mated to 15 Konsortium rams.
- Konsortium-Merino uses Mother Nature as chief classer and breeds a sheep which is adapted accordingly.
Konsortium’s breeding partnership takes the guesswork out of Merino breeding by doing specific, individual matings of more than 6 000 stud ewes annually. This guarantees a large selection of top rams available for the market.
- Under normal veld conditions, slaughter-lambs are weaned at 30 - 40 kg. In good years they can weigh up to 50kg.
- The average fibre diameter of the five Konsortium breeders' woolclips range between 18.5 and 19.5 micron.
- Hoggets shear 16.1 – 17.2 micron wool.
- Visits to hundreds of satisfied buyers have confirmed the positive impact Konsortium-rams have on other flocks.
