Lammerlaw Romney Stud

History

Named after the Lammerlaw Range in Central Otago where the Laurensons have been farming for nearly 100 years, the stud was founded in 1982 by Eric with 24 Romney ewes purchased from H T Brensell of Fernvale and 19 ewes from Tresco. Over the years Eric has targeted wool specifications of handle, colour and weight as well as more open faces and nice tight backs while not losing carcass weight, and focusing on genetic traits like good feet, pasterns and overall structure. He has purchased rams from Gordon Levet of the Kikitangeo Stud in Wellsford north of Auckland, as well as rams from Mana, Gatton Park, Doughboy and Hermiston and also his own Lammerlaw Stud.

This year we have introduced Viascan to our program with Eric taking two hoggets up to be scanned. We are very happy with how they performed and will be using this as a selection criterion in the future.

In 2022 we mid-side sampled all our ewes and removed the ones with the highest coarse edge micron. We are focusing on CEM as wool in desired range has great handle and softness regardless of the micron. We will be using this information to better match rams with ewes to complement our breeding program.