HAVING cleaned up the March shorn section at Hay Sheep Show recently, a 22.3 micron strong wool ram from the Kopp family’s Towalba stud, Peak Hill, took out the coveted Elders Midstate Premier Hogget Ram award at the 54th annual Rabobank National Merino Show and Sale at Dubbo showground on Tuesday.
Sired by the 2009 Dubbo strong wool and reserve grand champion ram Towalba 7.23, the hogget champion had stood up against 11 entries in the Dubbo competition.
This ram was champion strong wool and champion March shorn ram of the Hay fixture.
Judge Wally Merriman, of Merryville stud, Boorowa, and chairman of Australian Wool Innovation, said the 127 kilogram ram had great weight and body structure.
“He has a big broad back and is growing long staple soft strong wool,” Mr Merriman said.
Warick Kopp, who held the ram at judging, said the dam was a special stud ewe from a cross of Oakbank and Towalba bloodlines.
Full report in The Land this week.
Mark Griggs
Journalist for The Land at Dubbo.
Journalist for The Land at Dubbo.
