The Lett Family, Conrayn Stud receiving their trophies at the Sydney Royal Easter Show
Stanley Vale Merino Stud - News & Views
LAMBPLAN Development Officer
We are seeking a Development Officer to join our Sheep Genetics team in Armidale. This role is responsible for client interactions, service delivery and extension activities that increase the adoption and awareness of Sheep Genetics’ LAMBPLAN services, Australia’s system for describing the genetic potential of terminal and maternal meat sheep, to the ram breeding sector of the Australian sheep industry.
Applications close: 7th August 2018
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Weaning at Stanley Vale, Jan 2018. Before 50mls of rain fell
With Christmas around the corner we have compiled a handy Xmas gift guide for those hard to buy for friends and family. The Fashionista What could possibly appeal to the fashionista more than the opportunity to oversee the design of their own outfit from farm to fabric to fashion? To bring this dream to life a Stanley Vale ram is the perfect Xma...
Nothing, not even Thursday being his 93rd birthday, was going to stop Kevin Bower from being in the shed while the weaners were being shorn this week. Tim, Kevin's son, has been known to say:
"Dad's never retired, just slowed down a little"
From a young age Kevin worked along side his father, Fred, brothers Frank & Jack and ...
The main shearing at Stanley Vale is always a busy couple of weeks. It's also a very rewarding time as well. Watching the wool come of the sheep and the shed beginning to fill with pressed wool bales represents the fruits of a year's worth of planning, management and caring for our sheep. Shearing is also a great opportunity to look at how the gene...
The videos from the 2017 Leading Breeder conference held in Melbourne at the start of March are available now.
You can access the presentations via the playlist below. For further information on the Agenda and a copy of the proceedings please click on the following link.
http://www.sheepgenetics.org.au/Updates/Leading-Breeder/Leading-Breeder-2017
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Although Stanley Vale didn't exhibit sheep or wool at the 2017 Sydney Royal Easter Show we put some wool forward for the auction & headed down to Sydney for a couple of days R&R. Having the wool sale at the showgrounds instead of out at Yenora is a new Easter show tradition and makes for a great atmposhere. The fine hoggets line we put up t...
With Valentine's Day around the corner we thought we'd catch-up with one of the eligible bachelors currently calling Stanley Vale home. With Tim & Dom both happily married we headed out to the ram paddock to try our luck there. Ned: Woof! Hi there Stan think you could tell us a little bit about yourself? Stan: Well I'm a well-grown Merino ram ...
After 1.5mm and a fog overnight the sun shone through before the start of Stanley Vale's Annual On-Property Sale. The top priced ram, a March shorn 4 tooth, sold for $2600 to new client, Ian Green, Greenwood, Yass. The second priced ram, Lot 2, reached $2400 selling to long time clients Don and Robyn Edwards at Muswell Hill, Kentucky. Harglen Past...
