Associated Links
Son Matt shot this great video of Marlow from the air with his drone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aU-HcdzZA
Sarah's Country is a new radio show by Sarah Perriam. Here she is interviewing me end January 2020 for the Open Farms initiative.
https://play.acast.com/s/Sarahs-Country/51a5fbb4-9924-472f-a468-dfbfca198e78
Sheep Improvement Limited's site contains genetic information and breeder comparative analysis to give commercial clients scientific unbiased information to make decisions. Look out for Marlow (712) which for a small stud has sheep represented throughout the front pages of these lists.
www.sil.co.nz/
The Coopworth Genetics site has useful information about the breed and selection lists showing the rankings of the top Coopworth sheep in NZ.
www.coopworthgenetics.co.nz/
Every couple of months Jesse Mulligan from RNZ rings me up for a chat about what is happening on the farm and to see the world through a farmer's eyes. I see it as a great opportunity to talk directly to Auckland to remind them that if they like eating, their food comes from farmers and growers. And we are doing a good job at making the world a better place!
https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018725579
Here's a Beef and Lamb NZ podcast with a summary of what I've learnt over a 40 year farming career.
https://beeflambnz.com/knowledge-hub/podcast/farming-more-just-money-steve-wyn-harris
Below is a nice little video that the NZ Farm Forestry did on our plantings as a promotion for the benefits of incorporating trees into a hill country farm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQN5Zt9ahE
Marlow Coopworths qualifies as a full member of FEGold due to the work we have done over a decade to breed resistance to Facial Eczema.
http://www.fegold.co.nz/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=11932860
Ovis (Sheep measles) management.
Here is a presentation John Wilkie, Chris Logan and myself gave to a Beef and Lamb Genetics NZ conference on our sire reference scheme, NZ Ovine Sire Reference which has been going for nearly 40 years and has been a terrific example of cooperation amongst a group of Coopworth breeders.