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Welsh commercial farmer wins Beltex Stockjudging Competition18th November 2011 Powys-based commercial producer, Richard Jones has won the Beltex Sheep Society stockjudging prize draw after entering the competition at the Royal Welsh Show in July.
The stockjudging competition ran throughout the summer and Richard was selected as the winner at the Society’s AGM last week. He wins the top prize of a weekend away up to the value of £500. Richard
farms at Gelli, Llanbrynmair, Powys where he uses Beltex rams across his
200 Texel cross and Welsh Mountain ewes. “I was absolutely delighted
to win and it came as a real surprise,” he said. “One of the most important traits that it brings to the lambs is a low birth weight and smaller head, meaning that we have very easy lambings with minimal intervention. This makes for a more vigorous lamb that is quick to get up and suckle and to start growing. They then grow on to have superb conformation - something that is reflected in the market prices. This season we achieved the top average of £62 in Welshpool for 16 week old Beltex cross lambs straight off their dams and weighing 28kg. While the lambs were a low weight they have a good killing out percentage and are also very uniform, which always appeals to buyers.” Runner-up Sam Jones Humphreys, Abergele, Conwy, won free membership to the Beltex Sheep Society. |
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