DORPER rams were in demand at the 2017 National Sale at Dubbo on Wednesday, September 6, when buyers from four states secured 68 of 72 offered topping at $11,500 and averaging $2393 effecting a 94 per cent auction clearance. Entering the Dorper breed after some years of producing stud White Dorpers, Tanya and Brad...
BRENDAN Duncan watched the Dorper National sale from home at Wentworth in between mustering sheep for marking, but was still able to see the second top-priced Dorper ram sell at $10,500 and be a co-purchaser. At Dubbo showground Annabel Mangal and Bronte Mawson of Genelink Dorpers, Nairne, South Australia, did the...
RUNNING a handful of Dorpers is a big change from broadacre farming at Yandilla, but Charlie and Susan Uebergang have eased into it by setting up a unique market, selling straight to the customer. The Uebergangs have a small flock of just 20 ewes at “Cooleigh”, Irongate, near Pittsworth, using...
RAMS have topped at $11,500 at the National Dorper and White Dorper Sale in Dubbo, NSW, this week. A second ram reached $10,500, while two of the top three buyers came from South Australia. Dorper Sheep Society of Australia chair Tim Stevenson the quality of sheep offered at the sale,...
QUALITY Prime Dorper Lamb branded products are now on the menu for North Coast consumers. The brand development initiation from the Dorper Sheep Society of Australia Inc. aims to facilitate the connection from paddock to plate, ensuring integrity and traceability of its products. Warren and Marina Wiggins, Boorabee Dorpers, Bexhill near...
Scott and Julie Crettenden and their son Jack, have never looked back since switching to Dorper sheep eight years ago. The Crettenden family run a 2160-hectare mixed farming enterprise near Karkoo on Lower Eyre Peninsula. On their property Tri-Kera, they run 2500 White Dorper ewes and 40 rams, and crop...
QUALITY Dorper and White Dorper genetics from across Australia will be coming together next month for the breeds’ annual sale. The 15th National Dorper and White Dorper Sale will be held on September 5 and 6 at Dubbo Showgrounds. Dorper Sheep Society of Australia executive officer, Lisa Burr, Armidale, said...
Making the most of partially developed country at Cobar takes innovation and some lateral thinking, however, John and Ann Crossing are determined to make it work. The Broken Hill-born couple, who moved to Cobar to follow careers in the mining industry, run the 3642-hectare property, “Glenace”. Mr Crossing said the...
DORPERS are the perfect fit for rangeland country at Cobar, thanks to the breed’s ability to thrive anywhere. Robert and Donna Chambers and their daughter Erica, “Osterley Downs”, have been breeding Dorpers for nearly 14 years, starting with White Dorpers. “When we started the abattoirs and meat buyers didn’t like...
NO SHEEP breed has quite captured the consumer spotlight in the past year like the Dorper. The launch of the breed specific branding, Prime Dorper Lamb, by the progressive Dorper Sheep Society of Australia (DSSA) has shone a spotlight on the meat eating qualities of the breed. The move was...
