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Mayland Farm

Tefrom Lamb

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It is with a wry smile that the doughty owner of Twin Farm in the Southland of New Zealand, Russell Welsh describes his new “composite breed of lamb as, “Tefrom, the sheep that doesn’t stick to the pan.”

Tefrom’s are very much a New Zealand invention, combining the best genetic expressions of the big framed Romney Marsh breed (50%), the inherent fertility and milking ability of the East Friesian (25%) and the compact body and lean meat characteristics of the Texel (25%).

In 2005 Maylands Farm imported 150 highly selected Tefrom embryos and transplanted them into some Maylands Farm ewes. The 120 lambs that were born are the start of the Maylands Farm Tefrom stud and are quickly and completely changing the genetic composition of the flock at Maylands Farm.

As the breed proves its capacity to foster high fertility rates and provide lambs that grow quickly with the right meat characteristics Maylands farm will sell Tefrom rams to other Australian prime lamb producers.

To learn more about this high performance prime lamb breed, Twin Farm have produced a newsletter that can be accessed through

http://twin-farm.com/news/summer_news.pdf.

Enquiries about Maylands Farm Tefroms can be made to Phil Bellaney on (08)85985252 or by email to maylandsfarm@internode.on.net.