Snowline Maternal™
You deserve a better Wool income so lets get started
Further Micron Reduction
The tools we are using to achieve our client’s goals of high-value wool are:
- Microning 1500 ewe hoggets
- Microning 800 ram hoggets
- Remicroning all adult sires annually
With the above and 23-26 micron ram hoggets and sires, we are moving the micron reduction bell curve much faster, enabling us to achieve the finer edge for our clients.
All of the above is only achievable with a large ram-breeding flock. This lambing, we are selecting our rams and ewe hogget replacements from our elite 2400 ewes and 1800 ewe hoggets and screening from another 1000 commercial sheep. This is the key to your and our success.
Snowline Wool
This is the wool we actually now have in our Snowline™ ram breeding and commercial flocks
Est Value p/kg $12.00
Est Value p/kg $9.60
Est Value p/kg $6.14
Est Value p/kg $4.35
Snowline Wool returns
Snowline Wool can make your wool returns viable again. Download the PDF for an example of current returns.
2019 Prices
An example of the latest wool sales
Carla Information
Snowline Genetics is placing huge emphasis on Worm Tolerance so we can all successfully handle drench resistance on our farms in the future.
Below are the “Snowline Rams” AG Research 2023 Carla Results
Breakdown of Annual CARLA Responses
Breakdown of Annual CARLA Levels
From AG Research Paper. Young animals with high CARLA tend to be more productive, on average 1.5kg heavier than low CARLA animals.
Information
The Origins of Snowline
From 53 years of genetic gain and selection from a large genepool of sheep
1968-1978
An example of our heavy boned high fertility coopworths
1978 - 1996
An example of lifting fertility and growth rate how the wool becomes finer and the points start to open up
1998 - 2021
Todays compact high yielding sheep with mid micron wool
All 102 mating rams have been DNA tested for the cold tolerance survival gene.
75 tested A.A., the highest score possible and 27 tested AB, the second highest score possible.
The Origin of our Snowline Rams
Read about the origin of our Snowline Rams. Download the PDF.
Snowline Commercial
Download the Snowline commercial document. Improved Survival and fertility.
Bare Pattern and Tail
We have been selecting for bare pattern index for the last approximately 15 years. Read more.
Our Team
Glen McDonald
Manages part of Snowline Station & the Kinaston Run in Central Otago with his wife Alisa. Glen also manages the “Ranger” flock and a “Snowline” fine wool flock.
M: 027 244 5820
Jason McDonald
Manages “Cheddar Valley Station” in North Canterbury, with his wife Tracey. Jason manages the “Snowline” flock.
M: 027 285 8951
Archie McDonald
Archie is part of our dynamic long term succession plan!!