Ceres FarmMid-North Coopworth Company
Member N.Z. Ovine Sire Referencing Group
Facial Eczema Tolerance Testing Since 1984
Coopworth Ram Breeding Since 1975
Ceres FarmMember N.Z. Ovine Sire Referencing Group
Facial Eczema Tolerance Testing Since 1984
Coopworth Ram Breeding Since 1975
The main purpose of the ram breeding undertaken at Ceres Farm (home of the Mid-North Coopworth Company or MNCC) is to optimise the profitability/survivability of sheep in the warmer regions of New Zealand, where the toxic fungus that causes Facial Eczema (FE) often severely suppresses productivity. After years of ram breeding in the Waikato and years of FE tolerance breeding, high fertility, together with good growth and fleece weights, have been achieved. MNCC rams are consistently ranked among the top Coopworth sires in New Zealand.
This website provides information about the Coopworth breeding program carried out on Ceres Farm, as well as general information regarding sheep farming in New Zealand. If you are interested in purchasing MNCC rams, or have any questions/comments, don't hesitate to .
Note: Some of the content on this website is in .pdf format which requires an external application to view. Adobe Reader is fine (freely available from the official Adobe website), however the current version has now bloated to north of a 25 MB download (ver. 9.1, >3.5 hrs at typical rural modem speeds). If you don't have broadband internet, then I recommend as an alternative the 3.4 MB Foxit Reader (ver. 2.3, ~25 mins download) available for free from the Foxit website. |