Why Choose Geelbek Elite

Geelbek Elite has always endeavoured to provide their clients with exceptional quality rams and outstanding after sale service and advice. The longevity of the production sale (over 60 sales to date) is testament to this and the progeny of the rams are strong contributors to the national flock development (including Lesotho) of the Merino sheep.

Clients return year after year to secure the ‘value for money’ rams and the consistent breeding outcome that Geelbek Elite is renowned for. Geelbek Elite moved the production sale back to the farm: Leopardsvlei, Middelburg (Eastern Cape).

Over 90 years of genetics
In purchasing sheep bred by Geelbek Elite, clients are ensured of genetic traits which have been cemented through time by breeding type to type.

Consistency
Geelbek Elite rams produce offspring that are almost identical aesthetically as well as genetically, encompassing the ideal characteristics for both mutton and wool production. This is evident in the results of progency tests which are widely used in the industry.

Adaptable
Geelbek Elite sheep are highly adaptable to their feeding plane – in spite of the fact that they have been naturally selected on a low feeding plane. If placed on a high feeding plane these sheep will continue to thrive producing more wool and higher lambing percentages.

Veld reared
The contribution of the Geelbek Elite breeders has been immense in selecting for and establishing the right type of sheep to produce optimally in any natural environment. This characteristic has proved especially beneficial in times drought when the resilience of the rams, ewes and lambs is most tested.

Ongoing refinement
The process is ongoing and the breeders continue to select for and refine ideal traits for economic and environmental success to ensure
the sustainability of the ideal dual purpose Geelbek merino