A LIGHTNING strike on Friday killed 17 sheep instantly on a property west of Nyngan. The picture to the right shows “Salty” Taylor surveying the damage on “Rosedale”. His sister Kristal Sztybel took the photo after stumbling upon the bodies while scouring the property for goats with her son Alex, 11....
THE live export industry continued to improve its performance throughout 2017 with a new record low mortality level for cattle and a 11 per cent fall in sheep mortalities. The figures were released in the comprehensive National Livestock Export Industry Sheep, Cattle and Goat Transport Performance Report 2017, which was...
The Dorper Sheep Society of Australia (DSSA) has confirmed they are committed to seeing the Prime Dorper Lamb Marketplace project finalised. In a press release issued today, president of the DSSA, Tim Stevenson, said the board of the DSSA does not see the DSSA as a provider of such a service, however...
Prime Dorper Lamb Marketplace Update – 19th December 2018 The DSSA board is committed to PDLm and creating an innovative and alternative pathway for its members to sell its lamb to the market place. The board is also mindful of ensuring the sustainability of the DSSA. The board of the DSSA...
LANDMARK International is finalising an order for Dorper sheep to be exported to Russia, with a proposed delivery in January. The order will be the second time Landmark has undertaken to meet the demand from Russian importer Miratorg, by sourcing the specific breed from Australian producers. This time it will...
ABOUT 400 head of WA Dorpers may be heading to Malaysia after Douwana Dorpers stud principal Kim Batten and veterinarian Bob Nickels visited the nation last month. Mr Batten said they travelled to the Sabah and Sarawak regions in Malaysia in mid-October, where they visited three palm oil estates of...
An African sheep breed which calls the Kalahari desert home is proving its worth to a growing number of Australia’s drought-stricken graziers. When the first dorpers arrived in Australia in 1996, not much attention was paid to them, but their performance in successive droughts has seen the meat breed surge...
Dorper This year three studs offered Dorper rams at auction in WA, with a positive result for the breed recorded by the end of the selling season. Between Douwana, Ida Vale and Kaya Dorper studs a total of 114 rams were offered, 19 less than last year, but 12 more...
“He’s very structurally correct and has a heap of muscling and masculinity traits we’d expect in the Dorper breed,” Mr Pagett said. The couple, who run Mount Dromedary Dorpers, were absolutely thrilled with the result and said they had been bitten with the showing bug. “We’ve learnt a lot because...
The Hobart Royal Show 2018 was a great success for Dorpers in Tasmania. For the first time in the 18 years Dorpers have been in Tasmania, Dorpers were the feature breed at the Hobart Royal and most amazingly went on to make history by scoring a win in the Interbreed...
