Formed in 1974 the British Texel Sheep Society has grown into the largest registry of pedigree Texel sheep anywhere in the world. Today more than 2000 members birth notify 50,000 lambs with 20,000 females and 1500 males going onto full pedigree registration annually. The Society and its 19 regional clubs market some 12,000 breeding rams through 35 sales throughout the UK. The Society manages genetic improvement services, texelplus, for its members, contracting directly to SRUC genetic evaluations department – EGENES. This is supported by the Society’s industry leading research and development programme.