Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders  

Background



The Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders hosted the First World Merino Conference in Melbourne in July 1982, and delegates from 12 countries attended. Following this, the World Federation of Merino Breeders was established in April 1986 during the Second World Merino Conference held in Madrid, Spain. It was agreed that the Secretariat should be established in Australia and this is located at The Australian Merino Centre.

Members

The current members of the Federation are: Argentina, Australia, France, Hungary, Lesotho, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Uruguay, USA, Xinjiang PRC.  Conferences are held every four years and since Spain in 1986 they have been held in South Africa in 1990, Uruguay in 1994, New Zealand in 1998, Hungary in 2002, Western Australia in 2006, France in 2010. 

Office Bearers

Office Bearers that were elected at a general meeting on 4th May 2010 for the 2010-2014 term:

President Mr. Robert Ashby, Australia

Vice Presidents

 
Europe: Juan Gomez-Bravo, Spain
South Africa: Incoming President
South America:  Alejandro Duhart, Argentina
North America:  Tom Filbin, USA

Aims

The aims of the Federation are:

• To facilitate and promote the breeding of Merino sheep and the use of Merino wool, meat and other products through the world.

• To create and maintain an awareness of the merits and benefits of Merino sheep.

• To improve communication and disseminate information in regard to Merino sheep.

• To initiate the holding of conferences at regular intervals and to determine the location and host nation in each case.

• To establish and maintain a Secretariat for the purpose of achieving the objectives stated above.

Member countries feel the WFMB is serving a very valuable purpose in bringing them together every four years and at the same time exchanging information as it comes to hand by email and other correspondence, as well as via the newsletter Merino World. They are able to meet in friendship to make and maintain contact, compare their own particular environments and learn from each other. As well, they are able to keep up with trends and developments in the world wool and sheepmeat industries.

© The Australian Association
of Stud Merino Breeders Limited

The Australian Merino Centre
Level 2, RAS Administration Building
1 Showground Road
Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127

Telephone: 02 9763 2744
Fax: 02 9763 1878
E-mail: office@merinos.com.au


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