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Choosing a bloodline source

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Primefact Number: 74    Edition: Second edition    Released/reviewed: 01 Sep 2007

Using the fives steps included in this Primefact, in conjunction with the latest Merino bloodline comparison results, will assist a commercial wool producer to efficiently identify a ram source that will maximise profitability.

The five steps are:

  1. Your flock breeding objective
  2. Benchmark performance
  3. Consider all traits
  4. Performance progress
  5. Constraints
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