The Texel breed, he explained, is “the very top of the sheep breeding industry” in the UK, making up about 30 percent of all lambs born in the wool-producing country every year.

Ewe cost how much? The world’s most expensive sheep was sold last week during an auction in Scotland. The six-month-old ram, named Double Diamond, sold for 350,000 guineas — around $490,000 ...

The Texel ram lamb sold for the equivalent of about $490,000 at auction in Scotland this week, according to the Texel Sheep Society. ... Their plan is to make the money back through breeding.

Here are 10 facts about the breed: – The Texel sheep originates from the island of Texel, the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands, which lie north-west of Holland. – It has ...

Texel sheep Double Diamond sells for record $666,000. ... but Double Diamond’s position in the top 1 per cent of the breed index meant he was always going to command considerably more than that.

Double Diamond, a Texel sheep, was sold to three farmers in Scotland who paid $490,000 and who hope to see returns on their investment from breeding. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

T EXEL sheep have been Chris Parker’s passion project since the breed entered Australia 25 years ago.

In this study, the Suffolk and Texel sheep breeds were compared for microsatellite marker heterozygosity throughout seven chromosomal regions in the sheep genome. A total of 623 Texel animals and ...

A Texel ewe from Allan Clark, Fineview, secured the sheep inter-breed championship at Colmonell and Ballantrae Show. Fineview also won the inter-breed group with Texels. Taking the blue and white sash ...