Bundara Downs Poll Dorsets

BUNDARA DOWNS
WHITE SUFFOLKS, SUFFOLKS, POLL DORSETS & ULTRAWHITES

Steve, Ros, Greg and Selena Funke welcome you to the Bundara Downs website, where we are proud to provide information for prime lamb producers to maximize efficiency and optimize profit.

Bundara Downs offers a full range of services to ram buyers including annual on-property sales in September, January, paddock sales of flock rams, semen sales from our elite sire battery and our biennial mated ewe sale.

We commenced stud breeding in 1993 and use tried and true visual assessment along with the latest technology in Lambplan and scanning. We also participate in the ground-breaking Superwhite and Meat Elite groups that further accelerate genetic improvement.

You’ll find us at Hamilton Sheepvention, Adelaide Royal and Bendigo Show & Sale, you are welcome to view our sheep there or on-property.

Poll Dorset Stud

The Bundara Downs Poll Dorset stud was founded in 2002 with the purchase of stock from renowned studs within Australia. The initial breeding program was based on artificial insemination allowing us to source these elite genetics from influential studs. The Poll Dorset stud was established to allow us to diversify and cater for different production systems utilised by clients in different regions. We evaluate our stock utilising visual assessments as well as Lambplan, weighing of lambs at birth and weaning, measuring muscle and fat depth at 9 months. This diversity has enabled us to breed to suit a wide range of markets within the prime lamb industry.

The Poll Dorset stud produces rams with exceptional muscle while maintaining sound structure and conformation. We target sires with clean points to reduce grass seed issues as well as a smooth modern shoulder to maintain the lambing ease. In 2006 Bundara Downs joined into the Meat Elite group to identify, develop and utilise superior genetics.