Publication No. 102 2014-2016 Ram Profiles Paratu foreground, Tarata background ROBIN HILSON 3600 State Highway 2 RD1 Waipukurau, Hawke s Bay, 4281 Ph: (06) 855-8335 Mob: 027 444-1806 robin@onestopramshop.co.nz COLIN BURLACE Blairgrowie Road. RD Ormondville Dannevirke, 4977 Ph: (06) 374-1843 Mob: 027 273-8394 DAYANNE ALMEIDA Mob: 027 855-8858 dayanne@zootechista.com.br CHRIS SOUTHGATE 20 Gordon Street P.O. Box 147 Dannevirke 4942 Ph: (06) 374-9862 DAVID MEADE Tadmor RD2, Wakefield Nelson 7096 Ph: (03) 522-4139 Mob: 021 168 6903 1 Mob: 027 484-6576 cw.southgate@xtra.co.nz david.meade@vodafone.net.nz PHILIP MUNRO RD7, Fairlie South Canterbury Ph: 03 685-5772 Mob: 027 228-9627 munropa@farmside.co.nz 1/4 Finn 1/4 Texel 1/2 Perendale rams for Argyle Station, Southland JEFF MOSS 3726 Old Coach Road RD1 Clinton Otago 9583 Ph: (03) 415-7707 sue.jeff.moss@xtra.co.nz DAVE RIDDELL 331 Tanner Rd RD2, Winton 9782 Ph: 03 236 4191 Mob: 027 446 1281 riddell@woosh.co.nz CDP 141676

FINN TEXEL Tough lambs, extremely hardy Well muscled Durable, fertile ewes Fecund hoggets Easy-care sheep Improving facial eczema tolerance All SIL Recorded; NZ Animal Breeding Trust (Bureau) ¼ FINN ¼ TEXEL ½ ROMNEY Finn prolificacy Texel muscling and hardiness Romney look Tough, long living sheep Suitable for most environments Longevity 2 ⅜ FINN ⅜ TEXEL ¼ ROMNEY Clear faced, bold Tough Visually attractive Sexy and prolific Very productive Scans 180%+, few triplets

¼ FINN ¼ TEXEL ½ PERENDALE Tough lambs, extremely hardy Well muscled Durable, fertile ewes Fecund hoggets Easy-care sheep Scans 180%+, few triplets All SIL Recorded; NZ Animal Breeding Trust (Bureau) TEXEL Hardy, tough and good natured Rams either terminal or breeder sires Extremely well-muscled White, bright, bulky 34 micron wool Minimal winter feed requirements High tolerance to parasites 3 FINN Rams and ewes sexually precocious A fecund breed, 50% more lambs Browsers rather than grazers Good tolerance to facial eczema Excellent survival, Longevity Productive, with repeatable performance

PERENDALE TEXEL Very hardy, very tough, good natured Best as maternal sires. Extremely well muscled White, bulky 34 micron wool Low maintainance sheep Outstanding lamb survival All SIL Recorded; NZ Animal Breeding Trust (Bureau) TMG OBJECTIVES PRIMARY To put more money in farmer s pockets. SECONDARY Establishing Texel meat as a specialist branded product distinct from commodity sheepmeat. Facilitating store stock sales of both breeding and finishing sheep within the North and South Island. TEXEL SUFFOLK Ideal sire for trouble-free hogget mating Prime at low live weights High liveweight to carcase weight yield Ideal meat for niche markets Growth rates up to 400gms/day Top genetics proved in progeny trails (CPT) All SIL Recorded; NZ Animal Breeding Trust (Bureau) DORPER Rapid early growth rates Non-seasonal mating Highly fecund, drought tolerant Unmatched lamb survival Muscled carcase, high yielding Best ram for hogget mating 4

Paulo Schwab, Dayanne and Robin. Texel talk. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Dorper lambs at dusk. OSRS TEAM. Colin Burlace (OSRS Mgr), Dayanne, Robin, Sue and Jeff Moss (OSRS South) at the Southern Fieldays, Waimumu. Pam Dunne, Pita Sharples, Robin Hilson, all from Takapau, Hawke s Bay. Pam is deputy head of the Beijing Mission, Pita is Minister of Maori, Robin, a farmer. Amazing Takapau. Beijing Embasssy Marae. Performance recording since 1950. OSRS flocks are seeking increased genetic gain in the traits of survival and growth rate. These traits have been the objectives for twelve years, since the fertility reached ideal levels. Experience gleaned from exporting and processing both sheepmeat and wool is incorporated into OSRS breeding programmes. Finns and Texels have been farmed for 27 years. OSRS, 5 66 day old OSRS hogget lambs. Superb, small carcases ranging from 10.1 to 13.7 kgs. TMG (Texel Marketing Group) and client s stock are ideally positioned to take up any emerging market opportunity. OSRS provides ideal genetics for pasture to plate technology. OSRS stabilised sheep breeds are found throughout all New Zealand environments. OSRS sires are leaders in CPT progeny trials

TEXEL PERENDALE SIL Recorded Top 5% Top Elite Commercial Texel 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 Finn Texel 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 Perendale Texel 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 ½ P ¼ F ¼ T 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 ROMNEY ½ R ¼ F ¼ T 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 ¼ R ³/8 F ³/8 T 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 TEXEL Texel Suffolk 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 DORPER Dorper 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 FINN Finn 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 FE., TOLERANT FINN-TEXEL 1200 1000 800-700 600-500 Freight to South Island $25/head. Top Finn, Texel and Finn-Texel semen $50/straw. Teasers, all Finn crosses, young and sexy $200. "What do you give your father for his seventieth birthday when he undoubtedly has everything he wants and has a reputation of running on the smell of an oily rag anyway? The artwork above is from the pen of Malcolm Evans, of "Edna" fame. The Hero in the middle will be recognised by hundreds of like-minded sheep people all over New Zealand- a pretty good likeness, you will agree. The opportunity to add the other side of Robin into this bit of history was too good to miss. You will have recognised the face but did you know about all the other things that spin his wheels? The One Stop Ram Shop sign had to go in there. And some sheep. Robin's phobias and dislikes are possibly a bit arse-about-face- he hates paradise ducks (note the smoking gun and the expired duck) and he has always loved spiders (there's one in the tree behind him). And not many grandfathers maintain a lifelong love of frogs either and one of life's joys for Robin is the pursuit of tadpoles and the rearing of copious quantities of fully fledged frogs from that old aquarium that sits outside the front door. The pigs are kune kunes and they have been ever-present in Old MacDonald's yard since Richard brought two back from Hanmer over twenty years ago. The current pair are not the originals, mind you. Rhododendrons and cacti are also important- witness the forest of rhodos that followed Robin from "Tarata" to "Paratu". A labour of love and hopefully not included in his will! And what caricature of RJD would be complete without Ram 4U? It was a second hand purchase in the first place and has been driven all over the country by the bloke who was so bad at teaching his own kids to drive that their mother had to take over the job after just one day. The fact that Ram 4U is automatic has no doubt helped immensely as Robin never really got the hang of clutches or the general order of gears. So it is indeed fitting that both the Old Man and his trusty Old Car have made this significant milestone and we are immensely proud of what he has packed into the forty-odd years we've known him. But what do you give him for his eightieth? A new car?" Richard, Jane and Alastair Takapau 6 Robin Hilson Hawkes Bay Caspian, Gorgan. West of Afghanistan. October 2014 Otago Sale Venue Farm Location Homestead

In 2013 and 2014 OSRS restructured its breeding flocks reducing some and expanding others. The change was first discussed with Hugh Blair in 2003; it took place a decade later. All of the breeds are still farmed in the North Island. South Island has five breeds so far. Selected lambs come back to Paratu to be performance recorded in a common environment. As the programme develops, results will be reported in newsletters. To date we are very pleased with what is happening with the flocks. There are 12 OSRS flocks being managed independently of OSRS. Two other farms are closely associated and rearing young sheep for OSRS. The most important outside farm is that of Jeff and Sue Moss. It has been a very enjoyable association with each learning from one-another. Jeff is an outstanding stockman as is shown in the picture of his hoggets in this newsletter 104. OSRS flocks and associated farmers throughout NZ Richard Hilson Hawke s Bay Ross Berry Wellington Robin Hilson Hawke s Bay Charles Nairn Hawke s Bay David Meade Nelson Murray Herbert Hawke s Bay Paul Crump Marlborough Texel lambs at Pauatahatanui Inlet. Ross Berry ¼ Finn, ¼ Texel, ½ Perendale lambs from Philip Munro in Hawkes Bay. Dave Riddell Southland Phil Munro South Canterbury Jeff Moss Otago Dorper lambs also with Ross on The Glen. PLEASE RETURN YOUR FREEPOST RAM ORDER Finn ewes at Takapau, Richard and Karen. 7

No language barrier when Nomad and Kiwi farmer speak about sheep. Mr Robin. I would like you to have my best sheep, he meant it too. September 2014, Iran Prof. Ciniro Costa (conference boss), Robin, Profs Mario and Cynthia (supporters) Botucatu Asty built this home for Dana and their sons in San Juanico. Mexico Ewes are unproductive. Infrastructure basic Potential to improve with altered management and performancerecorded genetics. Uruguay Prime movers. 3 rd from lhs,majid Tafreshi (ex Ambassador to NZ), Robin(OSRS),Dr Rokni (Deputy Minister of Ag for Iran), 2 nd from rhs, Amir Taheri. All others represent private enterprise farming entities. Iran Convention Centre at Botucatu University. Comfortable, ideal. International Conference. Brazil Roof concrete pour. Powerful fishermen work as a team to complete the task. Strong,friendly and covered in concrete. Mexicans and Kiwis get on well. This ewe was light, bony but healthy. Condition score 2. They looked perfect. Uruguay Tehran meeting. Cooperative, farmers, scientists, Agriculture Dept., and OSRS. Iran Hugh and Robin after another feast. Neither knew the wine was ordered, neither finished the bottle later. Brazil Snake. I m watching you Kiwi San Juanico, Mexico TV interview. Educational, for a nation-wide audience. Using performance-recorded genetics to increase ewe productivity. Uruguay Breakfast. Sheep cheeks, brains, tongue, trotters. Tasty. Cost US $7 per person. Firooz Kooh, Iran PLEASE RETURN YOUR FREEPOST RAM ORDER Colin and Lais placing electronic tags (EID) tags in hoggets at Tarata. Takapau 8 Triplets : So even! Riddell, Southland RAM4U. 657,668kms. Oct 2014