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Merino Superior Sires 2020
Merino Superior Sires No.26 was released in October and is available, along with other Merino Sire Evaluation program information, at www.merinosuperiorsires.com.au
The 2020 Merino Superior Sires No 26 publication has been published by the Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Association (AMSEA) reporting the results of the 350+ sires entered in Merino Sire Evaluation between 2015 and 2019. Results include MERINOSELECT ASBVs for both wool and carcase traits, alongside widely used indexes. These results add to the within-site classing, visual and measured results reported by trial sites on the Merino Superior Sires website.
Merino Superior Sires reports Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs) for each sire for a range of measured traits including, clean fleece weight, fibre diameter, staple strength, body weight, eye muscle depth, fat depth, plus worm egg count. Breeding Values are also included for the visual trait of early breech wrinkle and th