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If you can produce more meat per hectare, and whether it’s more lambs or heavier lambs, that will be a way of reducing your emissions per kilogram. I think this is where the Poll Dorset breed has an edge.

Andrew Gillett, Wunnamurra Poll Dorsets, Jerilderie, NSW

The Poll Dorset breed has an edge

Poll Dorsets are the breed of choice for a growing number of farmers across Australia, Here our members tell us why.

Online Registrations

Online registration and transfer of Poll Dorset sheep in the APDA Flock Register

Members are encouraged to use the online database to update their details and complete their membership renewals. Instructions to assist you in completing your renewal online are available here.

Contact the APDA Secretary for further assistance.

E: secretary@polldorset.org.au P: (03) 5443 9902

 

Registration Regulations

 

(a) All rams used in the owners Poll Dorset Flock or sold or leased or loaned to another breeder for use in his Poll Dorset flock must be individually registered.

(b) All stud rams and stud ewes exported from Australia must be individually registered. (Subject to Regulation (d))

(c) Individually registered rams will be allotted a registration number and will be entered in the next Flock Register.

(d) Ewes exported will be allotted an individual registration number. (Subject to Regulation 14(d)).

(e) Registration fees shall be a determined by the Board from time to time. Full particulars of fees appear on the back page of the Flock Register.

(f) Composite forms for the individual registration of sheep and for the transfer of sheep are available without cost from the Association Chief Executive.

(g) Rams sold as lambs at foot may be individually registered by the purchaser with a pedigree verification from and permission of the breeder. Registration cost to be paid by the purchaser with original stud prefix being used.

(h) As of the 1st of November 2020, a registered and transferrable ram must have a consecutive traceable pedigree of four generations, with all parentage registered with the APDA.

(i) Applications for ram registrations that do not meet Regulation (9.h), may be registered with Board approval. These registrations may be subject to a status of “in-flock use only” and/or “progeny non-transferable”.

Youth

Poll Dorset Youth is the junior development group of the Australian Poll Dorset Association. APDA Youth offers opportunities to anyone up to age 25 that interested in the prime lamb industry and Poll Dorsets in particular, to become involved in educational and mentoring programs.

For more information contact Charlotte Close: youth@polldorset.org.au

 

Scholarships and Awards

Poll Dorset Youth Ambassador Award

Winners:

2004: Kyle Sturgess – Albury Wagga Region, NSW

2006: Chris Badcock – Tasmanian Region, TAS

2008: Finlay MacDonald – Central Region, VIC

2010: Matthew Jones – Tamworth Region, NSW

2012: Tom Boyle – Albury Wagga Region, NSW

2014: Rosie Cleave – South Western Region, NSW

Marketing tools

The Poll Dorset Journal is a magazine publication mailed out to over 1,000 people in May, September and December and is used widely as a promotional tool for the Poll Dorset stud industry. Each issue is sent to all APDA members and interested industry representatives.

Factsheet

What is a Poll Dorest (print ready)

Factsheet

Ram selection guide (print ready)

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