Melashdan Dorper stud increased the sale average by $160 at its 9th annual on-property sale at Tumby Bay on Tuesday last week. The sale topped $2700 for a White Dorper ram, with 66 rams sold from 75 offered. Fort-eight White Dorpers and 18 Dorpers were sold. By a Melashdan bred...
Two extraordinary acts of generosity, one from the city and one from the country, have helped the Livingstone Christian College’s agriculture department recover from a devastating dog attack. In May, two Bull Arab dogs — a breed used for pig hunting — mauled a flock of sheep at the Gold...
DORPER sheep are helping Dalby State High School students learn more about where their food comes from, and for many of the students, it’s coming from their agricultural plot. The school has had Dorpers for about six years, but not a lot had been done with them, until 2015. Agricultural...
IN 2010, the Hay War Memorial High School became the first school in Australia to establish and operate as a Dorper and White Dorper stud. Eight years on, the enterprise continues to go from strength to strength, with success stemming from a history of strong genetics, a keen student base...
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NEW DATE CONFIRMED for the 2018 QLD Region Sale. 10th Annual QLD Multi Vendor Dorper & White Dorper Ram & Ewe Sale Monday 22nd October – 11am. St George Showground Contact: Richard Knights 0428 257 367 Agent: Elders – Peter Sealy 0428 626 959
WHEN lambing figures come in at 236 per cent for the 2017 season, the question on everyone’s lips is, how and where do I sign up? The answer, according to the Ray family at Karlgarin, is with the mighty Dorper. The highly fertile, fast-maturing and robust nature of the Dorper...
THE van Niekerk family of African and Dell Dorper studs at Moama continued their dominance at the 2018 National Dorper and White Dorper Sale on Wednesday, topping both ram sections. In total, 81 of 110 Dorper and White Dorper rams and ewes sold to record a 73 per cent clearance...
DSSA National Sale, Dubbo NSW Wednesday 5 September 2018 A huge thank you to the vendors, bidders and under bidders. The DSSA would also like to thank the national sale committee and volunteers who donated their time and effort preparing for the sale and setting up at the showgrounds, it...
DESPITE not being a traditional Dorper environment, the robust breed is thriving in the wet, cold conditions of western Victoria, according to Willaura-based farm manager Marty Rodd, Kintan. Mr Ross, who looks after a spread of properties for Melbourne-based businessman Max Morton and wife Dorothy, has been impressed with the...
