Mount Wedge Dorpers are “station rams for station owners” and perform according to their upbringing in some of the most marginal country in Australia, on the Eyre Peninsula. The idea of Dorpers was first mentioned by a then 13-year-old Ross Bascomb in 2006 after learning of their shedding ability among...
Image: South Australian White Dorper producers at a demonstration site project. The adoption of some key management practices has helped a group of producers running self-replacing White Dorper flocks increase their weaning percentages in a Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) funded Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) project. Anne Collins, AC...
Despite the year trending at tougher market conditions, The Ranch Stud principals Melinda Davies and Cameron Steadman (and their three sons), have been pleased to see their stock holding value, reflective of last year’s good prices. Selling direct over the hook and utilising the AuctionPlus platform, The Ranch sells up...
The 2024 Guide To Electronic Tagging for Aussie Sheep Farmers To help you prepare for mandatory electronic tagging, and more importantly, help guide you on how to turn electronic tagging from a cost into an investment that pays off every year, Tim and the team from BreedELITE have started a...
Some of the Dorper flock on David Stade’s property at Katanning, Western Australia. Dorper producer David Stade, Katanning, Western Australia, sees the remnants of his family’s legacy in the wool industry daily. The two shearing sheds in working order on the 3000-hectare property are still in good condition and...
‘Thriving when it’s tough’ Passion is paying off for Fiegerts The Fiegert family, Melashdan Dorper and White Dorpe rstud, Tumby Bay, is passionate about breeding impressive, robust sheep that can thrive in tougher conditions. Picture supplied Breeding quality sheep doesn’t just happen by chance, it lakes a big dose of...
Image: Hay War Memorial High School students Meredith Gaw and Evie Creighton, Dorper judge Nick Lawrence, students Robert Gaw and Kodi Scott, and the supreme Dorper champion and grand champion ram. Picture by Rachel Simmonds Hay War Memorial High School’s Aberline stud took out supreme Dorper exhibit at the...
Image: Toby, Emma, Grace and Ben Palmer, Ivanhoe, Troy Hartman and Ben McVean, Nutrien, and Thomas Edson, Red Rock Dorpers, with Red Rock 21346. Picture supplied. Bidder competition was strong with rams sold to the local area and interstate at the Mt Gipps Dorper sale, held on-property at Mt Gipps...
Introducing detailed performance recording to guide their breeding decisions is enabling the successful Dell African Dumisa Dorper and White Dorper studs to more consistently produce quality rams ideally suited to commercial prime lamb production. LAMBPLAN and genomic testing has been the focus in recent years to provide more accurate, objective...
