IT’S a process that’s illegal in many parts of the world, and now Dorper producers are being encouraged to cease tail docking to improve animal welfare and to limit setbacks in weight gain after lamb marking. While it may take some time for producers to get used to the idea,...
A SWITCH to White Dorpers has given Colin and Jill Greenfield increased management flexibility and marketing options across their South Australian pastoral properties. Along with their three children, Laura, Anna and Bridie, the pair take care of the 5000 square kilometre Billa Kalina Station, which is north-west of Roxby Downs,...
BASED on a floodplain Ormeau in the Gold Coast Hinterland, Livingstone Christian College needed a breed of sheep with the capacity to withstand the wet conditions. “Dorpers were our chosen breed as they are hardy,” said agricultural technologies co-ordinator Troy Reynolds. “They need to be worm resistant and robust without...
Stud breeders from five states will converge on Dubbo Showground for the 16th Dorper and White Dorper National Sale. This year’s sale on Tuesday, September 4, and Wednesday, September 5, has attracted 131 lots. Twenty six studs from NSW, Victoria, SA, Queensland and WA will offer 59 Dorper rams, 16...
AFTER a strong showing at this year’s Sydney Royal Easter Show, the staff and students of Northholm Grammer School, Arcadia NSW, can be confident their White Dorper program continues to move in the right direction. The school, working in partnership with Allan Waldon of Top Deck Dorpers, Mendooran, entered 15...
Andrew and Melinda White, Toongabbie, Moonie, have been crowned grand champion in the Prime Lamb competition for their pen of Dorper-cross lambs. Mr White, who runs 450 Doper ewes on his property, said they were shocked by the win but very excited. “Our agent asked us to enter the lambs, it...
SOME of the best sheep on show in Australia this year have come out of drought-stricken NSW. More than 70 studs represented the state at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show Championships in Bendigo at the weekend, across both meat and wool sections. Feed has been in such short supply...
THE whole Winrae Dorper stud flock is to be dispersed at Canowindra on Monday, August 20. Consisting of 250 stud ewes, the flock including lambs, rams and stud sires have been catalogued for unreserved sale. The dispersal follows the decision of the Pagett family for dissolve the partnership between Brian...
This year’s Australian Sheep and Wool Show has been an exciting learning experience for Kylie and Peter Wood. The Marong couple showed at the nation’s biggest sheep show for the first time after establishing Kype Park sheep farm in January with 14 ewes and a ram. Previously, they have been a...
Big classes in the White Dorper ring kept judge Nick Pagett busy working his way through the excellent sheep being displayed. “I like a sheep with a good barrel, it is what sets the Dorper apart from other breeds,” Mr Pagett said as he awarded the grand champion ram the supreme...
