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One Oak Poll match last years top at $28K

The on-property sale at Jerilderie NSW has realised the highest ever average for the One Oak stud. Read the full sale report here. Jenny Kelly October 3, 2022 – 11:59AM The Weekly Times A ram with genuine sire appeal topped Friday’s One Oak Poll sale at $28,000, helping carry the Jerilderie-based Merino stud to […]

Meet our stud classer, Michael Elmes

The person responsible for the famed catch phrase of the Riverina Merino – Fibre, Frame, Fertility – is just as adamant of its relevance today as it was back when it was created. Michael Elmes from Narrandera, NSW, is a renowned sheep classer and works alongside Alistair and Natasha Wells in the One Oak Poll […]

Dual purpose characteristics of One Oak Poll bloodlines

It’s the ability to target the meat and wool markets that has kept Kikoira sheep producer Philip Hill loyal to One Oak Poll bloodlines for more than three decades. Philip and Vicki and their sons Ryan and Andrew run about 2000 Merino ewes on about 2440 hectares of mixed farming country with a 425-millimetre average […]

Lamb wool clips that tick all the boxes

Years of careful selection of One Oak Poll genetics have resulted in a lamb wool clip that has ticked all the boxes for the Hoskinson family. Mark and Helen Hoskinson run a flock of about 1000 Merino ewes in country at Kikoira, near West Wyalong, where their goal is to run a true flock of […]

Progeny of full ET brothers R-31 and R-45 make record prices at on-property auction.

One Oak Poll Merino sold to a record auction price Friday on-farm at Jerilderie, with their top ram selling to $28,000 and the second top price ram selling for $18,000. The full draft also came back at a new record average with 110 rams for $3885. Lot 4, a PP Poll ram, R19137, attracted a […]

Increased wool cuts lift flock productivity at Ivyholme

Ruth Schwager@RubyWrites2310 Sep 2021, 3:30 p.m. LIFTING WOOL CUT: Andrew Browning has been using One Oak Poll genetics for many years and has been working on wool cut for many years, with the adult ewes cutting 8.2kg. ANDREW and Catherine Browning are making the most of the country they have by lifting wool cuts and […]

Long wool ewes impress at Lake Cargelligo competition

Mark Griggs 1 Feb 2021, 4 p.m. The Land Newspaper NARRANDERA sheep classer Michael Elmes has retained his reputation and even added another accolade at the 2021 Lake Cargelligo Maiden Merino Ewe competition last Friday. The three placegetting flocks were each classed by him, and, the flock which was awarded the most profitable. Eleven-months wool certainly […]

One Oak Poll ram sold privately for $30,000 to Kamora-Netley Park Poll Merino Stud, SA.

One Oak Poll ram, 18010 sold privately for $30,000 on the day the studs 2020 on-property auction. The sire was purchased by Justin Boughen from Kamora-Netley Park, SA. Justin said he admired the big soft muzzle and the style of the long stapled fleece. “We came to buy a ram with white and pure wool”, […]

Lake Cargelligo maiden ewe flock winner from Rankins Springs

Mark Griggs 5 Feb 2020, 6 a.m. – The Land newspaper NO newcomers to Merino maiden ewe competitions, Justin and Natalie McCarten have made the 2020 Lake Cargelligo fixture their third win in 20 years. With their four daughters, the McCartens run a self-replacing Merino flock of One Oak blood growing 20 micron wool at […]

Yuruga Plains produces fine Merino yarns, direct from their farm to the customer

Rachel Canfield loves knitting and crocheting and wanted to spin the wool grown on her parent’s property, Yuruga Plains, into yarn for her own use. But once spun, the wool was too good to keep just for herself and so Rachel decided she was going to share this product with others. After seeking out the […]