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Set in the tristate corner of the Dakotas and Minnesota, we breed Ile de France sheep. For over fifty years, we have been breeding and raising sheep. I grew up with a farm flock and small feedlot and after coming back to the farm fulltime started a commercial flock that ranged from 350-500 ewes over the years. Our flock had been built up from many sources and we had a high incidence of OPP. I became disillusioned with the sheep flock due to poor ewe health and production, so I decided it would be best to depopulate and start over.  In 2006, we purchased OPP free ewe lambs and started our clean flock with Ile de France genetics. 

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All of our Ile de France genetics have came from pasture-based lambing flocks that focus on economics and efficiency where the ewes have been selected for generations to birth and raise multiple lambs on grass without supervision. I use this same philosophy to raise my ewes on a forage based ration and shed lamb with minimal supervision.

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Our ewe flock focuses on easy keeping, low maintenance, maternal genetics that produce 140 pound market lambs with efficient gains, large loin-eyes, and high dressing percentages. Our goal is to wean a 200% lamb crop raised on the ewe and to market the lambs at four and a half to five months on 25-30% forage ration. 

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