A genomic research project led by the British Texel Sheep Society could be the first step towards carcass data from abattoirs being included in genetic evaluations, according to society chief ...

DATA collected from carcasses in abattoirs could soon be included in genetic evaluations via a new genomic research project led by the British Texel Sheep Society, according to chief executive, John ...

A sheep sold for a record 350,000 guineas — or around $490,000 in American dollars — at an auction in Scotland this week.The lamb, named Double Diamond, had generated buzz before the Scottish ...

TEXEL Sheep Society members are promised their 30th-anniversary celebrations will make the Royal Welsh Winter Fair on November 29 and 30 a show to remember.

The first batch of Texel sheep bred in Guyana are comparing favourably to their United Kingdom-bred counterparts. At eight weeks, the majority of the lambs now weigh between 19 to 25 kilos, as ...

More than 200 Texel Sheep Society members and friends came together in Chester last weekend (15th -17th November) at the Society’s 50th Anniversary Social weekend, the highlight of which was a ...

Texel sheep come from an island off the Netherlands and are rare in the United States, he says. They are thickly muscled ... (That translates to a 40-pound carcass.) ...

Mr Parker, who runs Summit Park Texel stud with wife Tania, said he was pushing to see more sold through the saleyards system and direct to abattoirs. “This is part of marketing the breed and ...

Mr Parker operates Summit Park, a Texel and White Suffolk Stud, northwest of Hamilton in Victoria’s Western District, with wife Tania Parker. Mr Parker’s father saw Texels, originally from the ...