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Seasonal Work

Summer

Hay making
Weaning lambs
Harvest

Autumnn

Calf weaning
Crutching
Pre sow cultivation of the land
Rams go out to the ewes

Winter

Stock feeding
Fencing
Scanning sheep for expected lambing

Spring

Shearing
Sowing crops/pastures
Lamb & calf marking

Aim to breed heavy cutting medium wools with good length and definition.

Animals must have good carcase, growth and vigour. Must be able to handle environment and mob competition as the stud is run as commercially as practical. Classer (A Paterson) is vital to the stud reaching its goal of wool in bales.

Grays Hills Partnership runs 5500 commercial ewes under dryland conditions. 1200 are mated to terminal sires (Suffolk and Border Leicester). 3000 replacement hoggets and 4500 MA wethers are run on areas less suitable for lambing. Lucerne hay and grain are fed to compensate for long cold winters (often below –10°C)

STUD DETAILS

Stud Principals: Sherie & Mark Urquhart
Gray’s Hills Station, New Zealand

Established: 1962 from Flock 116 (est 1938)
Stud Classer: A D Paterson
Ewe Numbers: 550 MA ewes, 100 2ths
Sale Method: Private. End Feb/Mar

PROPERTY DETAILS

Area: 22,000 hectares
Rainfall: 400mm<
Stock Numbers: 6,200 ewes, 4,500 MA wethers, 1,000 wether hoggets, 2,000 ewe hoggets, 300 Angus cows, 50 replacement heifers

OVERVIEW

Runs 5500 commercial ewes under dryland conditions. 1200 are mated to terminal sires (Suffolk & Border Leicester). 3000 replacement hoggets and 4500 MA wethers are run on areas less suitable for lambing. Lucerne hay and grain are fed for long cold winters.

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