Thanks to all of our 2009 Customers, Supporters, and Friends for making this year our most memorable yet!

 Congratulations to "Red Label" Uptown 906 on being titled the 2009 North American International Livestock Expo Reserved Grand Champion Ram!

 

 

The entire Uptown Farm's line-up came home proud!

 

Tunis Show Results: 

• 1st Tunis March Ram Lamb - Uptown 918 sired by a "Bob" son Uptown 817.  **Thanks to BWB Farms for purchasing this ram!*

• 2nd Tunis Early Yearling Ewe with "Baby Doll" Uptown 801, maternal sister to "Red Label" damned by "Bottle Baby" and sired by "JethRRoe".

Baby Doll – Uptown 801. 

• 1st Tunis Late Yearling Ewe with Stumpe 383.

Stumpe 383

• 1st Tunis Slick-Shorn Yearling Ewe sired by "JethRRoe" and damned by "Overlooked" Kleman 60.
• 8th February Ewe Lamb sired by "Timmy" and damned by Mayes 60.
• 3rd March Ewe Lamb - Sired by Uptown 817 and damned by Triple S 558.
• 3rd Slick Shorn Ewe Lamb - Sired by "Timmy" and damned by Bartholomew 02-25.
• 1st Pair of Ram Lambs.
• 3rd Pair of Yearling Ewes.
• 2nd Pair of Ewe Lambs.
• 1st Flock.
• 2nd Get of Sire with "Timmy" lambs.

 

• Premier Tunis Exhibitor at the largest Tunis Show in history!!!!!!!!!!

Red Label and the rest of the gang rests in the pens after the shows are all complete.

 Hamp Show Results:

§  Engagement Lambert 08-09 – 4^th Yearling Ram

§  Diamond Lambert 09-211 – 4^th February Ewe Lamb

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Uptown Farms is located in the gently rolling hills of North Central Missouri.  Matt and Kate Lambert, owners and managers, have been raising sheep for a combined 25 years plus.  Matt is originally from Brookfield, and started off with Registered Hamps.  Kate is originally from northern Illinois, and started her sheep project with her Dad, Jim Ireton, and Brother, Matt Ireton, with a registered flock of Suffolks.  The flock originated as Ireton Suffolks.

Uptown Farms now focuses on raising and showing Nationally Competitive Hamps and Tunis Sheep.  Matt also spends time fitting sheep for people around the Midwest, and Kate spends much time with the Great Pyrenees project you can see detailed on the Pyrenees pages.

The Lamberts were sad to offer the dispersal of their Suffolks earlier this spring, but glad to be able to focus more attention onto the Hamps and Tunis.  Some of the more memorable Suffolks can still be found on the Success Page.   A huge thanks goes to Eric Bruns from Ohio for giving “Big John” a wonderful home. 

The Hamps have all originated from Matt’s original flock.  The most successful ewes in the group have an abundance of Heggemeier genetics.  The females are structurally sound, correct in breed type, and offer some of the most competitive line bred genetics available.  The ewes have been accented with some top genetics from RiKow Hamps, Springdale Farms, and several other top breeders in the country. 

The Tunis flock was purchase from Dan Kleman in 2007.  Uptown Farms purchase the entire flock including 25 brood ewes, the stud rams, and 2007 lamb crop.  With their first showing, Uptown Farms managed to bring home the banner for Champion Tunis Flock at the 2007 NAILE.   Since that time, Uptown Farms has strived to continuously improve the Tunis making them a more sound, smooth sheep without loosing any of the efficiency and management ease the breed is so well known for. 

See below for our most recent happenings and check out the other pages for more information!