Welcome to the 2025 South West Slopes Stud Merino Breeders Field Day!

Over 600 merino sheep will be on display from 60 of the top NSW registered Merino Studs at this year’s event, held at the Harden Showground. The event has become one of the largest gatherings of registered merino studs in Australia, all in one place on the same day and all under cover! With free entry and onsite parking inside the show ground, every visitor on the day will receive a free copy of our full colour SWSSMB Booklet and pen.

The 2024 Field Day was once again a very well attended event with all Studs bringing top-quality displays, which was well inspected by the large crowd of enthusiastic merino breeders. 2024 was also one of the biggest years for commercial agricultural displays and merino woollen products as highlighted with the AWI Fashion Parade that took place during the day.

The field day is a great opportunity for producers and interested parties to view the different genetics available to suit their merino sheep enterprise and their farming environment. Our Field Day is a great opportunity for like-minded people to mingle and network with an elite selection of quality merino breeders and get the latest information from industry specialists all in One Location on One Day.

As the chairman of the SWSSMB it was great to see the high level of interest in this event and for the merino industry. The amount of people that travel from near and far in NSW plus the number of visitors traveling from interstate to see these top studs was impressive. It is certainly pleasing that like-minded merino breeders can see the value in traveling for this one-day event and how beneficial it can be for their merino business. With 59 of 60 displaying studs returning for another year at the SWSSMB Field Day it goes to show how important it is to the continued success of the merino industry.

Once again, the Diamond Sponsor of the 2025 SWSSMB Field Day is the Nutrien Livestock followed by Rabo Bank as our Platinum Sponsor. As the chairman, I thank them for this major sponsorship roll which they have taken on board for several years. To all our other sponsors of the field Day, thank you for your continued sponsorship, your financial backing goes towards the SWSSMB Field Day being a great event for the Merino industry.

To the Member Studs and the working Committee members thank you for continuing to support and helping it all come together each year to be such a great event. The work that those put in to help this event go ahead each year is much appreciated.

Thank you to the merino studs that continue to travel from right across the NSW State for this One-day merino display event at the Harden Show ground it’s great to see their continued commitment to this day. To the Harden Showground Trust, thank you for having us at this wonderful venue each year and to letting the merino industry show it self off.

With all 60 studs on display, as well as a large showing of industry relevant companies and enterprise the South West Slopes Stud Merino Breeders Field Day is a great day and not to be missed by anyone in the merino industry. We look forward to seeing you there!