New England 2020 Online Field Day

This online field day was held in 2020, during the MLP Project (2015–2025). Figures reflect the status at that time.

Welcome to the New England MLP 2020 online field day. The New England MLP site was hosted by CSIRO at Uralla, NSW and was a partnership between CSIRO, the New England Merino Sire Evaluation Association, Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and the Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Association (AMSEA).

Browse through the field day at your convenience. Provided are video inspections of the MLP ewes in their sire groups, wool / carcase and reproduction results presented for the sire groups, plus plenty of background information about the site, CSIRO’s related research and the MLP project.

*Note: the presented reports and videos are designed to be used in their entirety to fully understand their context. If you have any queries please send the MLP Team an email using the form below.

There were 1300+ MLP ewes from the 2017 and 2018 drops at the New England site. These ewes were the result of AI programs using 15 sire joinings in each year drop.

The MLP ewes were assessed across their lifetime for wool, carcase and reproduction. Both measured and classed results were collected and reported in sire groups.

The 2017 drop ewes presented had had their third wool assessment and were in the middle of their second reproduction cycle.

The 2018 drop had had their second wool assessment and were in their maiden reproduction cycle.