TRIGG Romney Sire Reference Group show how it's done.

A decade of intensive carcase analysis and progeny testing is paying off for the Manawatu based TRIGG Romney Group.

Once again TRIGG bred rams have performed with more than distinction in the latest nation wide who's who of sheep genetics, the Meat and Wool NZ, Central Progeny Test.

Central Progeny Test Results:
Romney Dual Purpose based on weaning and carcase weight breeding values.

Growth rate index  TRIGG   1st Ranking
Meat Value           TRIGG   1st Ranking
Weaning Weight    TRIGG   1st Ranking
Dual Purpose Meat and Growth   TRIGG  Top 3 Romney
EMA                    TRIGG    2nd
Facial Eczema       TRIGG    3rd
Worm FEC            TRIGG    2 in top 10
NLB                     TRIGG   5th Romney

TRIGG was one of the early breeding groups who adopted the NZ Meat and Wool SIL recording concept of linking multiple ram breeding flocks together for faster genetic improvements.

The TRIGG Group has always been focused on producing what the end users require and this was the catalyst behind the search of high yielding carcase traits that are now producing carcases that have meat yield of over 50%.

Being based in the Manawatu has been an added bonus as the group has worked closely with NZ's leading geneticist's and meat industry scientists who are based at Massey University.
Massey University has always been recognized as one of the worlds leading sheep research institutions and several outstanding emerging sheep industry scientists have spent their Massey University studying years assisting the TRIGG Romney group in their search for proven genetic progress.

The TRIGG Group are also involved with a Massey University designed worm program where the lambs after weaning have a drench holiday.  This is the high risk time of the year for worm infestation and for animal welfare purposes these lambs are monitored closely during this period.  The lambs effected with wormed show lower growth rates and are therefore culled, while the lambs that show resilience and still grow at a vigorous rate are retained in the system.

The TRIGG Romney group farm their flocks from the Taihape hill country to the Northern Wairapapa district of Pongaroa.  This wide geographical spread means the flocks encounter all climatic weather patterns each year, these linked sires progeny tough it out in commercial reality.