As we only run merino ewes, the breeding is very important to us.

We have chosen Bella Lana for the following reasons:

– The ewes lambing have less problems
– We can sell our wether lambs(suckers) at a younger age
– The ewes hold their micron in a good year and bad season better
– The rams are easy to manage
– the wool clip comes through the shearing shed with a very even crimp and style

The direction that Scott Brien has led with the breeding has shown to be in the right direction and has shown how important that the rams need to suit the ewe flock to keep improving.

Noel Morley, "Emmaroo", Aspley, NSW

In April this year I was in Dubbo to collect a wool press and was held up for a day. I called in at the Landmark office to find out what Merino ewes were for sale locally. I met Brad Wilson and he told me that Scott and Anna Brien of Bella Lana Stud had ewe lambs for sale and thought they would suit me. How right he was! We inspected them that afternoon and I decided to buy 450 of them.

The ewes have an excellent long solid body with good bone, barrel and no wrinkle. Their faces are a pure white with not a blemish. The wool is white, bright, soft, dense and boldly crimped with plenty of nourishment.

The ewes are doing very well here at Minyip and are “growing like weeds”. They will be shorn in October and joined to Bella Lana rams next January. These are true “front paddock sheep” with a quiet temperament.

Thank you to Scott and Anna Brien and to Brad Wilson of Landmark for making my hold up in Dubbo worthwhile!!

David Boyd, “Rosebank”, Minyip, Victoria

Scott and Anna are always helpful and willing to assist with the selection and purchase of rams most suited to our needs, and later following through by checking on how rams and their progeny are performing. Starting with a base of Merryville and Winyar bloodlines, we selected our first Bella Lana ram with an aim of breeding sheep that would not require mulesing. We were so impressed by the quality of the lambs from the first ram we bought from Bella Lana that we came back for more, and have now changed completely over to SRS rams. Bella Lana rams are producing fast-growing lambs, which develop into plain-bodied sheep with good frame size and good length of quality wool. The early maturity and fertility in ewes is beneficial in raising productivity

Ian Dolbel, 'Valley Grove', Rockley, NSW