Update: Monday 21st June 2021 Great news to report regarding the dispersal of the Gorse flock - Whittington Oxford Downs have bought the flock and have posted these words on their Facebook page: "We are very excited and honoured to have been able to purchase 26 ewes/ewe lambs and the stock ram Greenlands Roland from John Brigg's (831) Gorse Flock. We think John's stock are fantastic and we will be keeping them registered as a separate, (to our current flock on paper) closed f

Oxford Down sired lambs can compete against other breeds very favourably as proven recently across the UK: James Porter (Sundown flock) sold his first draw of Oxford and Oxford cross lambs at Norwich market averaging 43kg and £140 for the pen. Andrew Rutherford (Langrigg flock) sold his first draw of pure Oxford lambs at Longtown mart to £144 for 8 lambs, averaging approximately 50kg. His second draw of pure Oxford lambs sold at £149, and the third draw were close to the top

Members from near and far have rallied to ensure there are enough entries for our own classes to be held at the Great Yorkshire Show Thursday 15th July DRIFFIELD SHOW - 21st JULY Driffield show is the next on the calendar with Oxford Down classes . Entry forms and schedules now available: https://www.driffieldshowground.co.uk/driffieldshow... (ENTRIES CLOSE: 21st JUNE, 2021)

Our young people often make brilliant gate openers and bottle feeders… but we must not underestimate the contribution they make to the Association and the Oxford breed. With daily life and time consumed by tending to animals and chores, we often overlook our ‘Young Oxfords’ - not any longer! Thanks to Bob Richardson, who has invested a lot of time thinking about our “Young Oxfords’ Club”, we will be introducing an exciting new award. The ’Horsley Shield’ will be awarded to th

What is RamCompare? RamCompare is a large commercial progeny test, taking performance recorded rams from terminal sire breeds and testing their genetics under commercial conditions. The project has so far recorded 19,000 lambs from 211 sires on farms from across the country. Each lamb is electronically recorded through the year to track its performance and linked back to its parentage using AI and single sire mating. RamCompare lambs not only collect the same data as pedigree

Why are we breeding sheep? Breeding sheep is about turning your time, effort, breeding expertise and information into premium prices for your sheep. Your customers are looking for sheep that will add value to their progeny with superior genetics. To do this it is important that you understand the objectives of your customers and use it to inform your breeding program. One objective is producing pedigree sheep that meet the breed standards and can be sold to other pedigree bre