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We will be taking a tour of Stonehill Romneys, courtesy of Dineley Farming, where we will see the feeding and management tools they use to realise potential from their performance-recorded Romneys. Lookingat the importance of recording in helping this flock achieve its goals, and the significance of these when purchasing rams. The tour will cover herbal leys, fodder beet outwintering, EID recording and parasite resilience.

In 2025 the Charollais breed released genomic breeding values created in collaboration with AHDB/Signet Breeding Services and use the genotypes collected by the Charollais Society as part of the sire verification process.  A full set of genomic breeding values for Signet recorded animals can be found on the Signet website www.signetdata.com with many of the most important traits published in this catalogue.

Farming Connect Article - Finding the most profitable ram

The greatest challenge when ram buyers are selecting rams to breed female replacements is that many of the important traits can’t be assessed simply by looking at the ram. To identify those rams whose daughters will lamb easily and rear a heavy pair of twins each year, you need to record the performance of the flock and select breeding lines that excel for future breeding.

This is exactly the philosophy at High Country Romney, where over 12,000 sheep have been performance recorded with Signet and SIL on a commercial, grass based system to identify those sheep with the most profitable genetics.