Our Kiranda Prime Terminal breed is a continuation of composite breeding developed over the last 20 years from the best New Zealand and Australian Meat breeds.
Kiranda Prime sired lambs are born with ease offering high vigour and fast to market, early maturing lambs with ideal fat covers. They excel in eating quality – perfect for those considering supply to a niche consumer market.
Kiranda Prime Flock Goals
Ease of lambing
Suitable to mate to any ewe breed, including
mature merinos or Kiranda Maternal ewe lambs. Lambing complications are minimised with a narrow head, shoulders and shorter leg.
Hybrid vigour
A wide genetic base and mix of breeds
delivers hybrid vigour to boost lamb survival,
robustness and growth.
Rapid growth
Bred under natural commercial grass based systems and selected for fast growth and speed to market at an ideal retail specification.
Meat yield
Through progeny test selection, this breed delivers value and extra retail meat yield in the right places.
More middle, loin and rack $$$
Shorter leg, more meat less bone $$
Less shoulder $
Progeny tested
Source breeds have been tested for over 15 years for:
PH, colour and shelf life
IMF – Intramuscular fat (marbling)
Shear force (tenderness)
Consumer taste panelling
Eating quality
Selected from a large genetic base of traditional British breeds, and then consumer tested to excel in eating quality at ideal fat levels.
BREEDING
Kiranda continues to target our terminal breed to complement our breeding objective – maximising kgs of lamb weaned.
- Maintaining 100% hybrid vigour over our maternal breed
- Good survival, weaning more lamb per ewe
- Finishing under commercial conditions off grass or supplement
- High retail meat yield and eating quality
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HISTORY OF THE KIRANDA PRIME
A continuation of the Primera Terminal Composite, the breed was created by Rissington Breedline in New Zealand, to complement the Highlander Maternal breed.
The breeding program was set up to represent the best terminal meat genetics available in Australia and New Zealand from all mainstream breeds. To maintain 100% hybrid vigour, no common breeds were used in the cross.
Since it’s conception in 2000, the Primera meat breed development has had more investment for eating quality than any other breed worldwide.
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