We’ve bought from Alistair before, with good results. That’s why we come back.

We’ve been coming down here for seven years now, and the sheep are holding up in our country, and we’re seeing the benefits of it. The ram we bought today, just overall was the complete ram here that we think is going to improve our operation the most. He’s got plenty of frame about him and very good-wooled ram. We are always trying to improve by growing the frame of our sheep but also keep the wool on them and improve the wool quality. The sheep down here seem to be doing that.

We love our wool and want to produce the best we can, with style and brightness and a high comfort factor, but the fact we can also target the prime lamb market with our wethers is a result of choosing specific genetics from One Oak Poll.

With One Oak Poll their client’s sheep do the talking … clearly the wool is excellent to win these competitions or be placed, but you also don’t win ewe competitions with a sheep with poor growth rate so they have the meat side covered too.

I think we are seeing the results of the work done in the One Oak Poll flock, and how that is flowing through to our sheep which are always getting better.

We’re really aiming for that beautiful perfect clip of wool, but their body and composition is also important to us, so we want versatile sheep.