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- Over their lifetime high index Texel rams add £690 to their commercial progeny.
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Ewan MacTaggart shines under the Spotlight
Solway and Tyne Club member Ewan MacTaggart, Castle Douglas, has been named as the winner of the 2024 Texel Sheep Society Spotlight Award. Announcing Ewan as the winner Society chief executive John Yates said he shone out from a high calibre of finalists due to his in-depth knowledge of the breed and the Society and […]
Read moreTexel genetics raising money for RHET
A charity auction to raise funds for the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) which works with volunteers to provide free educational activities and experimental learning opportunities, aiming to bring farming and the working countryside to life for young people. Now in its 25th year, RHET works with partners to provide and deliver world-leading learning opportunities for […]
Read moreBill Quick - Loosebeare
The Society is saddened to share that Bill Quick of the Loosebeare flock passed away peacefully in January. A lifelong farmer and stockman of repute, Bill founded the Loosebeare flock of Texels in 1979 and over his involvement with the breed produced numerous show and sale toppers, including the first and only six figure shearling […]
Read moreCharben ewe lamb Dazzles at Leek
Ben Vernon’s Charben flock took the top call of 1850gns at the Derbyshire Dazzlers sale, Leek. Topping the bids was the champion from the pre-sale show a ewe lamb by Rhaeadr Entrepreneur and out of a dam by Fordafourie Amalert. This one, VBC2305197, was snapped up by he judge Luke Lodge, Heyworth Lodge. Next in […]
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- 85% of Texel lambs grade ‘in spec’.
- Over their lifetime high index Texel rams add £690 to their commercial progeny.
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Formed in 1974 the British Texel Sheep Society now maintains the largest registry of pedigree Texel sheep anywhere in the world. Today more than 2000 members birth notify 55,000 lambs with 20,000 females and 1500 males going onto full pedigree registration annually. The Society and its 19 regional clubs market some 12,000 breeding rams through 35 sales throughout the UK.
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