“Gleneith Park” is situated 10km
south of Ganmain, in a mixed farming area. Ganmain itself is 55
km northwest of Wagga and 50 km east of Narrandera in an area synonymous
of its hay and chaff production along with livestock and cropping
enterprises.
Gleneith Park is the home of the Gleneith Border Leicester Stud,
a property of 1450 acres (587ha) that is dedicated to the stud enterprise
and entails rotational cropping enterprises for maximum production.
Around 400 Border Leicester ewes are joined annually this allows plenty of scope for breeding objectives to be implemented.
The stud believes strongly in genetic evaluation and has been involved with Lambplan since 1995 and is also a founding member of Superborders in 1997.
Nathan
Will & Wes Kember
History
Fred Kember Snr originally established the “Gleneith” Border Leicester Stud in 1922. However official breed Society registration was not sought until 1932(F665). The stud grew from small beginnings to around 400 ewes being put to the rams in 1944. In 1948 with the death of Fred Kember Snr.
The flock slipped from registration. Fred Kember
Jnr. Purchased the flock form the estate in 1950 and had the flock
re-registered with the same prefix of Gleneith but with the current
flock number (F1929).
Fred Jnr. Continued breeding Border Leicesters with ewe numbers generally between 300-400. He regularly took his show team to the local shows and also showed at the Albury sheep show, which was held in the old Wool Store and them for a few years at the Albury Show Ground.
In 1995 the stud incorporated all family members with Will and Wes continuing the stud tradition and with Nathan being the Fifth generation member of the Kember Family to have an active roll in Gleneith Stud.
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