Sheep
Highlander®
Highlander®
A free-moving, highly-fertile and moderate, mature-sized maternal composite that continues to perform in challenging environments.
With traits focused on efficiency, Highlanders make for a resilient, profitable maternal composite with high fertility, survivability and manageability.
Features
- Facial eczema tolerance- 10+ years of testing and selection. Ram hoggets are tested annually
- High milking ability
- Ewe efficiency; ewe live weight 60-65kgs at mating as a 2th and ewes consistently wean on average 83% of their bodyweight
- Incorporating fine wool genetics into the breeding programme to create more value
- Incorporating WormFEC, dag scoring and breech bareness for low input Incorporating methane for low environmental impact