Auction x 2 in 2022
2022 Stud & Selected Ram & Ewe Sale AuctionsPlus Only Friday 23 Sept. 2022 @ 1.00pm Inspection Henty Machinery Field Days 20-22 September...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 25, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Drop Sire Averages - ASBV Data
Sire Summary 2022 Kentish Downs Sires average 163 Terminal Carcase Production TCP ranking them in the top 1% in the Poll Dorset Lambplan...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 20, 2022
- 1 min
Post Weaning Weight - Profit Driving Trait
A high post weaning weight allows lambs to get to their target weights faster and assists in maximising red meat production per hectare....
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 20, 2022
- 1 min
Are you going to the Henty Field Days?
Henty, NSW Australia September 20-22 Kentish Downs Poll Dorset Ram Display Site 673 We welcome you to visit our site to discuss the...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 19, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Drop Sires - TCP rankings
When comparing Terminal Carcase Production in the entire Lambplan database for the Poll Dorset breed of over 875,000 indivduals 2022...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 15, 2022
- 1 min
The wild, wild west!
The Peter Westblade Scholarship helps young people through mentoring, creating opportunities and building networks and contacts which...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
Genomics - Investing in the future
For the past three years Kentish Downs has made a significant investment in DNA testing all sheep to accelerate genetic gain and...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 5, 2022
- 1 min
Performance Data & Breeding Objectives
Kentish Downs implements the latest technologies by using artificial insemination and the application of Matesel allows single mating of...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
Where will our numbers be in 2023?
It is fair to say that we have been very aggressive in increasing both numbers of sheep and quality in the stud over the past three years....
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Karen Wilson
- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
Serena you are a queen!
KD210089 SERENA pictured with her twin ewe (220747) and ram (220222) born on 30 July 2022. Serena is sired by Pepperton 180339, born a...
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Karen Wilson
- Jul 21, 2022
- 1 min
Bulging leg and shoulder muscle
Lean meat yield (LMY) is the weight of lean meat tissue (excluding bone and fat) in a carcase, divided by the total weight of the...
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Karen Wilson
- Jul 6, 2022
- 1 min
Kentish Downs on the grow
In December 2019, Kentish Downs Poll Dorset Stud was purchased by Craig and Karen Wilson. The stud runs on "Yarragundry West" a property...
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Karen Wilson
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
New and repeat buyers secure rams
Principals, Craig and Karen Wilson sold 175 Poll Dorset rams for an average of $3050 which was a significant increase from their...
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Karen Wilson
- Sep 6, 2021
- 1 min
2021 Ram Sale
We welcome new and existing clients to our Annual Ram Sale. All the rams that are presented are in their natural paddock condition and...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 12, 2021
- 1 min
Ram Data at a Glance
Tabled below is the average of the KD 2020 drop rams on offer at our ram sale. To view the individual data for each of the 50 rams on...
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Karen Wilson
- Aug 7, 2021
- 1 min
Using the TCP Index
To assist in comparing rams, Sheep Genetics recommends using a percentile band table as a reference. The figures below show TCP index...
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Karen Wilson
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
How TCP can make you more money
Indexes help producers select animals for use within a breeding program when there are a range of traits of economic or functional...
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Karen Wilson
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
Why we use Genomics
For the past two generations at Kentish Downs, we have seen just what genomics testing can do for the progression of our flock's...
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Karen Wilson
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
High Growth at KD
Over the past 12 months, Kentish Downs Poll Dorset Stud has seen a rapid increase in demand for LambPlan and genomic tested Poll Dorset...
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