Local volunteer shearer Andrew Calton and volunteer roustabout Karen Ross at the shearing of the PA & H wethers in June.
The Parkes PA&H trial wethers continue to be in a fantastic condition and produced massive fleeces when they were shorn in June.
They are currently running on the Neoen Solar Farm at Parkes with assistance from Matt Synett from ENcome.
Shearing went off well and many thanks to the volunteers who helped make it happen including local volunteer shearers, Kathryn Egerton-Warburton from DPI, the team from AWN Langlands Hanlon and Ostini Wool, as well as all the farmers who came on the day to help roustabout and see their teams of sheep being shorn.
A special thank you to Ken Keith and Peter Guppy who take good care of the wethers year-round, and to the Australian Wool Testing Authority (AWTA), who assisted with their free fibre testing.
Congratulations to the top three placings being the Keith, Carty and Orange families. The trial runs for one more year and will have its final shearing in May/June next year. For any enquiries, contact Graeme Ostini on 0428 650 191.
By Liz Brown