The Power of Resilience
LOCATION: 37 km south of Waipukurau in Central Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Rotohiwi/Te Uri area.
TOPOGRAPHY: Medium to steep hill country, 250-700 m asl. 1100ml average rainfall on argillite soils prone to strong westerly winds.
AREA FARMED: 1670ha (1450ha eff)
STOCK: Winter approximately 13,000 sheep, 450 cattle
The breeding philosophy…
At Te Whangai is very clear, we believe that for commercial farmers to run an ever increasingly more efficient and profitable business they must focus on continuously getting more for less, i.e. more production from less input.
Our selection program works on that principle.
To make genetic progress, selection must take place in an environment that puts pressure on the traits you want to improve.
It is clear that a different type of sheep has developed with a selection for growth traits while the feed is always at a premium than those developed where feed is plentiful.
