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New Zealand agricultural history. No 12. Importing exotic sheep breeds

 Selection of sheep in Scandinavia  Where the sheep came from By Dr Clive Dalton Selection of sheep in Scandinavia Dr Leyden Baker Dr Leyden Baker from MAF Ruakura Genetics was assigned responsibility to travel to Denmark and Finland to select the sheep for the 1984 importation, accompanied by MAF veterinarian Dr Stuart MacDiarmid.  Their first … Read more

New Zealand agricultural history. No 14. Importing exotic sheep

The Danish Texels  – what happened to them? By Dr Clive Dalton Texels were in great demand by other sheep countries around the world in the 1970s -1980s once the news got out about their meat qualities, and it seems that the Danish Texels had a top reputation.  Dr Leyden Baker (pictured right) who had the … Read more