South African Meat Merino
Ewes have a good maternal instinct and high milk production.
South african meat merino. The samm has been developed as a versatile hardy polled dual purpose breed. The deutsche fleisch merino is a common meat sheep in germany austria and poland. We have since purchased stud sires with avm lombard morriston and hartman bloodlines many are imported south african embryos.
Samms south african meat merinos originally known as the german meat merino and known as prime samms in australia is a dual purpose meat wool sheep 6040 meat to wool. We believe in the future of the sheep industry. The south african meat merino sheep is a breed of domestic sheep originating in south africa.
Its grazing habits limit. Rockdale 05 0182 rr samm in australia. Ewes have a good maternal instinct and high milk production.
Ewes will produce 77 lb to 99 lb of wool 20 to 24 microns or 60 to 70 spin count. South african meat merinos welcome to kitzan sheep. The south african meat merino or samm is a wool and meat sheep originating in south africa but now found throughout the world.
Off the land rather than depending on feed sources other. The samm has been developed as a versatile hardy polled dual purpose breed. The south african meat merino or samm is a wool and meat sheep originating in south africa but now found throughout the world.
The samm is derived from the german merinofleischschaf animals imported into south africa from europe in 1932 to improve the quality of wool and meat from sheep in south africa. Originally developed in germany and known as the german mutton merino. Mature ewes will grow up to about 210 lb and rams to over 220 lb.
Despite the name the breed is a dual purpose animal and raised for both meat and wool production. The breed is known for its fertility. In 1932 the south africans first imported the genetics and commenced applying selection pressure to improve wool quality and conformation.
The south african meat merino or samm is a wool and meat sheep originating in south africa but now found throughout the world. Royston samm samm south african meat merino we established our samm stud in 2004 from a purchase of embryos with simkin collett and badenhorst bloodlines. The breed is able to utilize low quality roughage.
Rockdale 05 0182 rr samm in australia. Merino south africa modern merino. It is also known as samm or south african mutton merino sheep.
Kitzan sheep jhk sheep prime samms suffolks. The benchmark breed an unique dual purpose breed producing unequaled top quality medium to ultra fine wool and marketable carcass from a wide spectrum of grazing climatic conditions. The south african meat merino or samm is a wool and meat sheep originating in south africa but now found throughout the world.
Today it is a common breed of sheep and found throughout the world. The samm has been developed as a versatile hardy polled dual purpose breed. Leader in wool and mutton production.