00:00In the last 10 years there's been such a huge shift in the fact...
00:05...that we need our sheep now to be a dual-purpose sheep.
00:10Traditionally the Merinos were just for wool but now they look like they need to be a sheep.
00:15Sheep that would finish early as a lamb, at different times the market will take...
00:20...them instead of a crossbred lamb.
00:22But the other side to that we're now having so...
00:25...many measurements that a lot of buyers of rams rely on...
00:30...now just keep talking about the fact that this measurement means that another measurement...
00:35...something else.
00:36So those things I've probably come to learn.
00:40But I still rely on my feel and also on what I...
00:45...look at to be a suitable sheep for where we are.
00:48You get some good years and you really love doing them.
00:50...what you're doing.
00:51It's just a hard year, you've just got to pull through.
00:52Last year it's shaping up.
00:53It wasn't the best for a lot of people.
00:55A lot of people really struggled.
00:56Stock really struggled and a lot of stock here today.
01:00...that we've seen.
01:01They struggled a lot and people have looked after them.
01:04They look well for the season.
01:05And people have poured a lot of love and support and grain and feed into them.
01:10The ones that are fed them, it really shows how much better they are...
01:13...and what wool they cut and stuff like that.
01:15...and what wool they cut and stuff like that.
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