Staple length in focus with a shift to six-month shearing at Bimbadeen

Ruth Schwager
August 14 2020 - 2:00pm
LIFTING WOOL CUT: The Kensits have been Boxleigh Park clients for about 10 years and select rams based on ASBVs for eye muscle, fat, staple length and clean fleece weight.
LIFTING WOOL CUT: The Kensits have been Boxleigh Park clients for about 10 years and select rams based on ASBVs for eye muscle, fat, staple length and clean fleece weight.

THE Kensit family has increased wool cut and staple length, while improving lamb survival, by selecting rams based on a balance of wool and carcase traits.

Ruth Schwager

Ruth Schwager

Journalist

Ruth Schwager is a journalist with the national agricultural features team.

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