
13th – 19th November 2010
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Buoyant Demand for British Texels at EuroTier
In November the Society’s promotional activities shifted to mainland Europe
for the biennial exhibition in Hanover called EuroTier (short
for European Livestock). EuroTier is the world’s leading exhibition
for animal husbandry at the Exhibition grounds in Hanover, Germany
and attracts visitors from across the globe.
Over a period of
four days, from 13th – 19th November some 140,000 visitors visited
the ten gigantic halls (pictured) of which hall 27 was dedicated
to dairy, beef cattle and sheep.
The British
Livestock Genetics stand in hall 27 was organised by British
Livestock Genetics Consortium in conjunction with the Texel Society
and with support from Eblex. Two strong Texel Shearling rams,
excellent examples of the breed for the German market were the
main attraction and led to many enquiries, not only from Germany
but from other countries as far apart as Peru and Russia. Mike
Adams the promotion coordinator for BLG stated “ the demand for
Texel was strong, we could have sold a flock Texels off the stand
if we had brought them”. The two Texels at the exhibition had
been pre sold and were heading their way to Switzerland.
British Texels, in demand from across the EU and further afield
to include the recent developments and promotion in Brazil, South
America. New Zealand breeders enquiries are also increasing in
number, whilst the germplasm health certification still prevents
exports from the UK, the aims of providing better linkages between
the two Texel populations, using genomic technologies is progressing.
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