We had a good ram selling season in 2018 and picked up some new clients from our annual ram sale. After discussions with us on our future and what they can expect from using Lampata rams, we are pleased these people came our way. The following abbreviated sale report was compiled by Mark Scown from […]
The saying goes, “You’ve got to be tough to survive in the Mallee.” Whether that is strictly true in every sense of the word or not, it certainly takes mental toughness to be able to handle the seasonal fluctuations and challenges this marginal farming country throws up from year to year; none more so than
Onward and upward at Lampata Last year’s celebratory 30th annual Lampata ram sale proved to be a special day for the Pocock family with a record high and average, but the sale progressed even further. Bruce, Gaye, Robert and Courtney penned a terrific line-up of 60 paddock reared rams with five decades of measured performance
They put ‘Jingle in the Till’ The McLellan family farm at Rand in NSW, undertake cropping and sheep enterprises on their 2030 hectare Ferndale property, yet for the last 25 years they have travelled west to the Pocock family to purchase their breeding rams. At the last Lampata ram sale, after they purchased six top rams, Barry
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Rodney and Sara Morgan have been running a self-replacing Lampata blood Merino Flock from many years in conjunction with a sheep trading enterprise. As near neighbours they have witnessed the performance of the Lampata flock first hand so it was not a difficult decision to use their genetics. “With our sheep trading enterprise we get to see the stark
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The Hunt family are successful farmers running Nalang Farm, a 1200 hectare property in a 400 to 450mm climate 10km south of Bordertown in the upper south east of South Australia. On soils that range from heavy black cracking clay to red/brown loams, they operate a 70/30 cropping/sheep enterprise mix, growing a wide range of crops from canola,
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For Eyre Peninsula croppers, Ray, Aileen Elleway and their son David, sheep play a very important part in their overall property plan and income surety. “Cropping and sheep are very compatible and with sheep we have always got something we can sell at any time for cash flow if needed, but we mostly use the sheep
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Lampata Impresses Despite Seasonal Hurdles Despite serious seasonal challenges, Bruce, Gaye, Robert and Courtney Pocock presented another top quality draft of their unique dual purpose and performance tested Poll Merino rams for buyer competition on Tuesday August 27that Lameroo. For their efforts, they were rewarded with their second best average price from 33 annual sales,
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