A Brief History

• The oldest Suffolk Stud in Australia, was established in 1923 No. 28 in volume 19 of the British Breed Flock Book
• 1n 1961 the stud was awarded Champion Ram with Burwood 1100 at Adelaide Royal.
• In 1980, after an abscence from the show-ring for 19 years, the Stud won Reserve Champion Ram and was most successful breeder at the Royal Adelaide Show.
• In 1990 Burwood "scooped the pools" at the Melbourne Royal where the Suffolk was Feature Breed. Judged under an international judge Burwood claimed Champion & Reserve Champion Rams and also most successful exhibitor.
• Burwood has sold Stud Rams to the Imperial Stock Farm in Japan and many ewes to China over the past years.
• Burwood "Hurricane" 1076/04, a son of Sonning 607, was sold at our Annual Ram Sale in 2005 for $6500 to Western Australia (photo below far right).
• Semen enquiries are welcome
• The Stud is currently running 100 ewes.

                                        Although over the years Burwood has been successful in the show ring the Stud maintains a commercial focus.                                                                     Terminal genetics have made significant gains over the past decade and it is

Burwood's aim to assist in improving client profitability by producing sires that are capable of increasing lamb production.

  To do this Burwood

• have increased the rate of genetic turnover by using advanced breeding technology (Embryo Transfer, Arteficial Insemination and JIVET)
• Have been a member of Lambplan for many years achieving a high (GOLD) accuracy in EBV's
• Source the best genetics available
• run numerous EBV workshops for our ram clients to gain an understanding of Lambplan and how it can be used to select the best genetics suited to their operation. These have been very successful with excellent attendance.

  In November 2006 we travelled to New Zealand and purchased semen from three studs...Coleford,Goldstream and Courtenay to introduce new bloodlines into the flock.

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6/4/1922 - 22/6/2007

Ian's father Geoff Pfeiffer received life membership of the Australian Suffolk Breeders Association in 1989, the fourth Life Membership to be awarded in Australia