In 2009 we purchased the Suffolk sire Telpara 65/08 who contains a combination of West End Panache (UK) and “The Brick” ( USA) genetics as well as having access to another Telparra  sire who UK genetics .  These are being used to mate a cross section of our ewes to breed a Black Composite Hybrid sire to have a mix of the Hampshire carcase and the clean points of the Suffolk.

In recent times a number of Suffolk ewes have been purchased from the Urbrrae School Stud and the Brechinridge Stud in S.A. Some of these ewes have been transferred into a newly formed small Suffolk Stud. This will give us a core base of Suffolks ewes to be used in our Black Composite programme.