Welcome to the Southdown Sheep Society website.
The Southdown sheep breed should be your first stop when looking for top performing mutton breeds and terminal sires to use with commercial flocks.
While our website will always be a work in progress we hope to add more and more information to support our members, our commercial partners, and the livestock farming industry in general. So have a look around our website, contact any of the Council or Breeders for more information, or if you have questions, we will only be to pleased to help.
The latest news items can be read by clicking on ‘Southdown News’ in the left column or at the top of each page, or for the latest three news items click a red headline below.
Latest Southdown News
2022 Flock Book Published
August 7th, 2022
The NZ Southdown Society Flock Book for 2022 has been published and non-members and interested visit[read more]Stud owners ready for a new chapter
March 7th, 2022
[Story by Sally Rae] For more than a century, the Punchbowl name has been synonymous with stu[read more]Ian Jordan made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
December 31st, 2021
Ian Jordan has come a long way since paying 30 guineas for a stud ewe, and he’s hoping his legs can [read more]Time to get out of the stud game after 50 years of sheep breeding
December 22nd, 2021
Colin and Liz Smith have made the big call to exit stud breeding after 50 years. A question from [read more]Chisholm getting a real buzz out of breeding Southdown sheep
December 15th, 2021
[Story by Sally Rae] Matt Chisholm is the new ram on the block in the world of stud s[read more]Central Southdown Breeders Club Day
November 17th, 2021
Recently a successful Central Southdown Breeders Club day was held at the home of the [read more]New Flockbook & Member Directory
September 9th, 2021
The 2021 NZ Southdown Society Flockbook (Volume 90) is now available to be viewed and/or downloaded [read more]Farmers discuss the benefits of Southdowns on Southern Tour
May 17th, 2021
Tour Report courtesy ODT Rural News - Article and photos below by Shawn McAvinue [read more]Southdown ram takes top prize at Little River
February 20th, 2021
North Canterbury sheep genetics came out on top at Little River last month. John and Stacey B[read more]Charlee and Ellavetta steal the show
February 10th, 2021
Charlee Hazlett and Ellavetta are not your usual pair of best friends. One is a 5-year-old girl, [read more]
