British Sheep Breeders, Societies and Associations

UK Sheep Breeders Societies and Associations

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The Southdown Sheep Society

The Southdown bred pure will produce a fast growing prime lamb in record time. Crossed on any breed of ewe the resulting lamb will have a carcass of fine conformation and high grade if marketed correctly. Southdowns excel if mated to ewe lambs of any breed in a slightly smaller active lamb demanding less from its dam.

Suffolk Sheep Society

The exceptional growth rate of the Suffolk contributes to their outstanding performance and popularity as the leading terminal sire in the British Isles.

Swaledale Sheep

All the information for anybody involved with or interested in Swaledale Sheep. Including breed detail, scrapie info, marketing info, sales, shows, history, photographs, private sales, contact detail and much more.

British Texel Sheep Society

In Great Britain, the Texels have shown that they are capable of withstanding the rigours of the Scottish winter without any hardship and their progeny have proved to be as adaptable in our climate and altitude as the Flocks in Holland and France.

Vendeen Sheep Society Ltd

The Vendeen breed has been known in the Vendee region of France for many hundreds of years and is said to owe some of its blood to sheep saved from the wrecks of Spanish galleons at the time of the Armada.

Wensleydale Longwool
Sheep Breeders' Association

Originated in North Yorkshire early in the 19th Century from a cross between a long since extinct local longwool breed from the region of the River Tees and an outstanding Dishley Leicester ram named "Bluecap". The breed was developed to produce hardy rams for crossing onto hill ewes, together with high quality and valuable lustre fleeces.

Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society

The Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society has since 1923 ensured the maintenance and development of the breed, promoting it at home and abroad and providing breeders, farmers and consumers with information and advice.

Zwartbles Sheep Association

The Zwartbles is certainly a breed for the future, and the Zwartbles Sheep Association (ZSA) was established in 1995 to celebrate and promote the breed in the UK. Since the beginning of the last century, dairy farmers in the Friesland region of Holland have kept Zwartbles Sheep, a strikingly handsome black sheep with a distinctive white blaze.

Key Sheep Focus at Next Monitor Farm Meeting
2012-May-15
The May meeting of the Northumberland Monitor Farm will focus on sheep with Senior Sheep Consultant for the Scottish Agricultural College, John Vipond as keynote speaker.

Planning for The Future Called For by Scotsheep 2012 Sponsor2012-May-08
Market prices for breeding stock and lambs are high and look like they will remain so for the foreseeable future according to Sandy Hay, Head of Agriculture for Bank of Scotland and the event sponsor.

EBLEX Aims to Help Pedigree Sheep Breeders Maximise Potential 2012-Mar-20
Effective marketing has come under the spotlight in a new EBLEX publication aimed at helping pedigree sheep breeders reap greater rewards from their livestock.

Global Beef and Sheep Prices to Remain Firm in 2012 2012-Feb-15
Global prices for both beef and sheep are likely to remain firm in 2012, helped by demand from the emerging economies.

Still Time to Book for NSA Scotsheep 2012-Jan-31
Trade stand entries for NSA Scotsheep 2012 are flooding in and potential exhibitors have only a few more days left to secure a presence at Scotland’s biennial national sheep event.

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