Paki-iti Romtex – 35% Extra Growth – 63% Extra Meat
"The Romtex as a maternal option offers very good lamb production, with high yields and good lamb survival, utilising the Paki-iti Romney base."
The Paki-iti Romtex points of difference are:
- For over ten years, Paki iti has bred Romtex's on the hard hill country of Paki-iti. The Paki-iti Romtex flock is bred for Growth, Meat, Reproduction, Survival and Worm Resistance.
- There are 250-300 SIL recorded ewes used annually in the Romtex breeding program.
- Romtex sale rams and breeding program utilise 5k and 50k DNA testing – faster genetic gain, greater reliability
- The Romtex rams sold as 22th rams, and not ram hoggets. This offers greater reliability.
- Paki-iti's Romtex’s are bred from a stabilized flock. The bloodlines can be traced and analysed for performance, structure and constitution. Maternal attributes can be more easily selected for than in a 1st cross breeding system.
The main benefits a Paki-iti Romtex Ram offers you...
The main benefit of the Romtex breed is its growth and meat. The table below shows the benefits of the Paki-iti Romtex’s performance compared to the rest of New Zealand’s maternal ram hoggets. (Numbers are cents above the base)
SIL Young Ram Percentile Bands Table – August 2020
SIL Young Ram Percentile Bands Table – August 2020
Breeding options using Romtex
Mate Romtex rams over Romney ewes, retaining ¾ Romney/ ¼ Texel ewe replacements to either go back to a Romney ram or Romtex ram.
Mate Romtex rams over a ‘B’ selection of Romney ewes, with ¾ Romney/ ¼ Texel ewe replacements going into the terminal mob, to be mated to a Suftex or Suffolk. Resulting progeny will be 38% Texel if using a Suftex.
Mate Romtex rams over a ‘B’ selection of Romney ewes, with ¾ Romney/ ¼ Texel ewe replacements going into the terminal mob, to be mated to a Suftex or Suffolk. Resulting progeny will be 38% Texel if using a Suftex.
Photo: Hawkes Bay Today
Greenhill Station, Hawke's Bay - Tararua Sheep and Beef Farm Business of the Year 2018
Simon and Elle Joblin have been using Paki-iti Romtex’s over the past four years looking to put hardiness and 'do ability' into their existing flock. Their main driver is lamb production. They see the Romtex adding extra yield allowing them to kill lambs at lighter weights, but still targeting 18 -20kg. The lambs have been growing at 320 g/day while on mum and 170g/day after weaning on the hills. Scanning percentages are lifting to 174% this year, targeting 150% lambing.