NOT many sheep breeders can say they played a part in breaking a world record.

But Quamby Plains stud principal Richard Archer, who runs 60 Corriedale stud ewes and 2500 flock ewes at Hagley in Tasmania, did just that.

Six years ago he sold a ram to Uruguayan breeders the Sanz family, who had travelled from South America to look at Corriedale genetics.

The keen breeders spotted a ram they liked on Mr Archer's farm and so the story began.

"They shipped him back to South America, and he is now one of the top Uruguayan Corriedale sires," he said.

And earlier this year at the World Corriedale Conference in Brazil, the story stepped up a notch.

"One of my ram's sons sold at the sale for $42,500," he said. "That's a world Corriedale record."

Mr Archer says the record will put Australian Corriedale genetics in the spotlight.

"It's rare that something like this happens," he said.

"But Australian genetics are as good as anywhere in the world."

Read this article:
Tassie Corriedale genetics break a record

Comments are closed.