Industry Leading Genetics
At Bogo Merinos we place great importance in benchmarking our genetics to provide existing and prospective clients with creditable objective information to make decisions regarding the genetic direction of their flocks.
We encourage our clients to participate in Wether Trial Comparisons and we participate in Central Test Sire Evaluation and Merino Select. All these comparisons provide objective data on the genetic difference between individual animals or bloodlines, the effects of feeding and other environmental aspects are removed.
Wether Trial Comparisons
The Bogo bloodline is one the top performing high accuracy bloodlines in Wether and Ewe Trial Comparisons Australia wide.
We do not enter our own sheep in wether trials because we believe the performance of client flocks gives a better indication of bloodline performance, and is a more accurate indicator of the results prospective clients can expect to see in their flocks.
Download the Bloodline Comparison (127kb) for a quick look at where the Bogo Merinos bloodline sits in the industry.
Go to www.merinobloodlines.com.au for more information on wether trials and ewe comparisons and to download the latest results (2010 Analysis) to see how your bloodline compares.
CWL Wether Trial – Paling Yards Taralga NSW
With 30 teams of 30 wethers each this is the largest Wether Trial in Australia and is unique in that there are no “stud flocks” involved; all participants are commercial operations (client flocks).
Bogo Merinos client Bertangles P/L won this trial ofter the final shearing and carcass assessment held in early March. To view the results download the Paling Yards Media Release 2010
Bookham Agricultural Bureau Wether Trial
This is another major trial with 41 teams of 10 wethers each. Bogo Merinos is represented by six long term clients with teams in this trial. The final shearing has just been completed. To view a summary of the results download this file Bookham Summary (112Kb). The full results with individual team data and an analysis of nett returns per ha can be downloaded here Bookham Full Results (280Kb).
Central Test Sire Evaluation (CTSE)
Semen sire Bogo B 0-18 is a link sire at the current SWS CTSE site at Harden. In the previous evaluation B 0-18 was a trait leader for FDCV, CFW, SL and classers tops and culls. Bogo 0-18 is also the only sire in the top two in all the Merino Select Indexes reported. The full report for this evaluation can be downloaded here SWS CTSE 2nd Eval – Site Report 2005 drop.pdf (268 kb)
