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.

Suffolk Sheep Sire Reference Scheme

Formed in 1989, members use common (Reference) sires on 30 ewes within each flock by AI to provide links between members.

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.

Six-Shear Stalwart Supreme at Skipton Swaledale Rams Show 14/10/08
A prolific six-shear aged ram jointly used as the main stock tup by two upland farmers and near neighbours and relatives from Three Peaks country was supreme champion at the annual evening show and sale of 65 Swaledale rams at Skipton Auction Mart.

Pearsons in Pole Position at Skipton Swaledales Show 08/10/08
Swaledale females – almost 4,000 shearlings and correct ewes- converged on Skipton Auction Mart for the annual prize show and sale.

Moorland Mules Land Spoils at Skipton NEMSA Show 25/09/08
Moorland-reared Mule gimmer lambs dominated the championship classes at the second annual North of England Mule Sheep Association (NEMSA) show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart.

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