Test your skills and you could win 250 plus a 250 voucher in the 2021 Bleu du Maine Sheep Society stockjudging competition

Pit your skills against a professional livestock judge and be in with the chance of winning 250 plus a 250 ram voucher.

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Test your skills and you could win 250 plus a 250 voucher in the 2021 Bleu du Maine Sheep Society stockjudging competition

The Bleu du Maine Sheep Society is sponsoring a sheep stockjudging competition, giving one lucky winner the chance to win £250 plus a £250 voucher. Second and third prize winners will receive £150 and £50, respectively.

About

To enter the Bleu du Maine Sheep Society-sponsored stockjudging competition, simply place the four ewe and lamb outfits in the same order as the professional judge, fill in the entry form and return it to us by August 16. Alternatively, you can enter by going online at FGinsight.com/bleudumainecomp

Prize


The sender of the first correct entry selected at random will receive £250 plus a £250 voucher, which can be redeemed against Bleu du Maine or Millennium Bleu purchases at the 2022 National Sale. Second and third prize winners will receive £150 and £50, respectively.

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How to take part

For your chance to win, simply fill in the form here

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About the sponsor

THE Bleu du Maine Sheep Society is proud to be the registering body of both the Bleu du Maine and the Millennium Bleu in the UK. The Bleu du Maine is famed for its mothering ability, thrifty lambs, prolificacy and milkiness, and when crossed with a Beltex produces a truly bespoke carcase quality. It has the conformation of a Beltex and the stretch, lift and length of a Bleu du Maine.

To discuss this remarkable cross, call the society on 07388 848 653, or email breeddev@ bleudumaine.co.uk

Millennium Bleu = Beltex + Bleu du Maine

AFTER 21 years of breeding the Millennium Bleu, we are safe in the knowledge that the skill of crossing the Bleu du Maine and the Beltex has created the bespoke sheep for carcase production, with exception?al results.

Do you need to add this to your flock?

    • Grade-topping conformation
    • Good skins
    • Ease of lambing
    • Highly suitable for use on ewe lambs
    • Lamb vigour galore
    • Milk, milk, milk
    • Hard-working ewes
    • Colour-marked, breed to type
    • Long-lived, bespoke breeding sheep

Do not hesitate - try a Millennium Bleu today.

We look forward to seeing you at our National Sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, on August 13

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