TOP SIRE 2026–2027 INDUSTRY NEWS AMPT DELIVERS POWERFUL PERFORMANCE AND PROFITABILITY INSIGHTS The Australian Merino Production Trial (AMPT), Australia’s largest independent evaluation of commercial Merino genetics, continues to redefine how Merino genetics are evaluated, benchmarked and understood by commercial producers and Merino stud breeders alike. The 2025–2027 trial brought together 74 teams from every state in Australia, representing more than 450,000 breeding ewes and some of the country’s most progressive Merino enterprises. The importance of the trial is validated through the participation of four of the top ten wool growers by volume in Australia. The trial provides a unique opportunity to assess genetic performance under identical environmental and management conditions, delivering insights that are impossible to capture within individual flocks. AMPT convenor, Craig Wilson, Redgum River Pastoral Company, has spent more than two decades collecting benchmarking data in Merino sheep across several locations. The latest results have marked another significant milestone for the project with the completion of the first major meat and wool assessments. “The results continue to highlight the substantial variation between bloodlines and reinforce the importance of objective measurement when making breeding decisions,” Craig said. – 10 –
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