Kirikau Coopworths
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Breeding Facial Eczema tolerant Coopworth sheep since 1974. Local Business
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136 Kirikau Valley Road RD3
Taumarunui
3993
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The Poplars Farm
The Poplars Farm in the Kirikau Valley was purchased by Robert and Suzanne Carter in 1987. Farming has always been in their backgrounds. They worked tirelessly to raise the capital needed to buy a farm big enough to support them and their family. The farm needed fencing, fertiliser and pasture development. The Carters used their Coopworth ewes and a herd of Hereford/Angus cross cattle to break in areas of the farm.
Kirikau is where they chose to raise their family and officially begin their full time farming careers. They moved in with a flock of Coopworth sheep from their small blocks closer to Taumarunui. They chose Coopworth sheep because of the "Coopworth Breeding System" which uses science and good animal husbandry to breed great sheep for the environment where they live.
In 1992 the Taumarunui area was hit hard by Facial Eczema (FE). They lost 26% of their ewe hogget flock but noticed that the older Coopworth ewes were tolerant to FE (indicating natural selection). Robert and Suzanne began the quest to breed greater levels of FE tolerance into their flock. They became involved with the Northern North Island Sheep Council and met breeders who had been working on FE tolerance in sheep for many years.
Robert and Suzanne incorporated Coopworth and Romney genetics from the highly tolerant sheep flocks belonging to Edward Dinger and John Reeves. (Ceres Farm Coopworth and Waimai Romney)
