This week Mark catches up with long-time friend, Dawson Bradford. Dawson started off in pigs, and bought some sheep to 'keep himself entertained' whilst he waited around to feed twice a day. What started off as a hobby, led to Dawson becoming one of Australia's most successful performance breeders. The Hillcroft Farms name can be found in many high performance Poll Dorset and White Suffolk pedigrees.

Mark and Dawson discuss a little about breeding pigs, and then onto how Dawson got his sheep to where he wanted them to be and where he hopes they'll be sometime soon with the addition of the GDF9 gene.

A truly great episode listening to two of the best in the industry discussing their passion for breeding and genetics.

If you would like to hear more from Dawson, we have another interview with him which can be found here .

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