Yorke Peninsula White Suffolk breeder Cameron Ferguson has grown up around sheep from his family's Anna Villa stud - one of the breed's foundation studs.
In the past the family has won many ribbons at the Royal Adelaide Show but this year was even more special for Cameron, being the first time he had shown sheep under his own name.
He picked up his first ribbon- a third place with a ewe lamb and also entered a ram.
"I really wanted to show people this is what I am starting from," he said.
In the past 18 months Cameron has spent a considerable amount of money purchasing ewes for his Tiparra Springs stud at Weetulta from dispersal and production sales across three states.
In early 2021 he founded the stud with the purchase of 10 ewe lambs from Induro stud, NSW and followed it up with another eight ewes from the Detpa Grove sale in Vic.
More ewes were added from the final Foundation Breeders sale at Moorlands last year as well as the Ramsay Park and Waratah dispersal sales.
Cameron says he wanted to form a small elite flock so he could pursue a slightly different direction to Anna Villa.
"My thoughts on breeding sheep are slightly different to those of my father (Anthony)," he said.
"With my ewes I would prefer to have a slightly smaller sheep to get a bit more shape and also chase the eating quality traits which are increasingly important."
Another eventual aim is to be able to be able to breed outcross sires for Anna Villa.
Although he has been on the family farm since 2016 Cameron says it is only in the past couple of years he has really become interested in sheep breeding.
"I really enjoy driving through a paddock and seeing a line of lambs and studying their sires and then watching them grow up," he said.
Cameron says the show has been a great chance to get off the farm for a few days.
"I have gone through and I have looked at all the Whites and picked up on the different bloodlines we might be chasing," he said.
