Productivity of Booroola-Merino cross ewes grazing improved tussock grassland

A.R. Bray and A.J. Allison

Winchmore Irrigation Research Station, Ashburton and Invermay Agricultural Research Centre, Mosgiel

Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1982, 42: 51-54

When ranked for lamb and wool productivity at 2 and 3 years of age both the Booroola crosses were superior to the Merino. Satisfactory lamb weights and ewe fleece weights were obtained at lambing percentages above those normally obtained on this class of land.

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