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British Texel Sheep Society Events 2024
Plan your summer now!
Shows, sales and more
TEXELS ON TARGET
- 85% of Texel lambs grade ‘in spec’.
- Over their lifetime high index Texel rams add £690 to their commercial progeny.
Don’t miss the Society’s
50th Anniversary events
50th Anniversary charity fund supporting yellow wellies
Don’t miss the Society’s
50th Anniversary events
50th Anniversary charity fund
supporting yellow wellies
Latest News
Texel Sheep Society news, shows, and sale information
Textravaganza National Show set to be summer focal point
A key part of this year’s Texel Sheep Society 50th anniversary celebrations will be the Textravaganza National Texel Show at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, on Saturday 6th July. Preceded by the Society’s Club Champions Day and the Summer Sizzler barbeque, this will be only the second staging of a Texel national show in the Society’s history, […]
Read moreTexel Society anniversary fund supports Farm Safety Foundation
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations the Texel Sheep Society will raise funds for the Farm Safety Foundation, better known as Yellow Wellies. Now in its 10th year, The Farm Safety Foundation encourages those in the farming community to think more carefully about both physical and mental health as well as how they undertake […]
Read moreOrder DNA Kits to access genotype information
Members wishing to genotype animals in preparation for this year’s sales or in readiness for the breeding season should order DNA sampling kits ASAP to ensure samples are submitted in time for results to be available. Society data and technical services manager Ed Smith says members should consider DNA testing to increase the amount of […]
Read moreTexel Society celebrates 50th anniversary
This year sees the British Texel Society celebrate its 50th anniversary, with the Society having first been incorporated in 1974. Society chief executive John Yates says 2024 is set to be a special year for Texel breeders with a wide range of celebratory activities planned for the year. “A series of events and other activities […]
Read moreTEXELS ON TARGET
- 85% of Texel lambs grade ‘in spec’.
- Over their lifetime high index Texel rams add £690 to their commercial progeny.
British Texel Sheep Society Events 2024
Plan your summer now!
Shows, sales and more
Join Us
Formed in 1974 the British Texel Sheep Society now maintains the largest registry of pedigree Texel sheep anywhere in the world. Today more than 2000 members birth notify 55,000 lambs with 20,000 females and 1500 males going onto full pedigree registration annually. The Society and its 19 regional clubs market some 12,000 breeding rams through 35 sales throughout the UK.
Join the Texel Sheep Society and become part of a family of more than 2000 like-minded breeders.
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