New Zealand Genetics

These are based on UK bloodlines. Whilst the first UK Suffolks went to New Zealand in 1913, the majority of imports occurred in the 1940s-1050s with the sheep coming from the leading UK flocks, based in East Anglia.

WHY NEW ZEALAND?

N.Z. Suffolks originate from UK bloodlines that, in turn, had been developed over hundreds of years to thrive in UK conditions The hardiness of the Norfolk Horn allied to the meat producing qualities of the South Down have produced in the Suffolk renowned for its productivity and rapid meat production.