A Dorper ewe which was named champion senior ewe at this year’s Tenterfield Show has gone on to perform well on the national stage, sashed with a third-place ribbon at the Royal Toowoomba Show. The Dorper Society of Australia held its National Dorper & White Dorper Show in conjunction with...
LAMBEX 2018 has released its program featuring a strong line-up of international and Australian speakers who will present on an array of local and global issues for the sheep and lamb industry. The event at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre runs from Sunday, August 5, to Tuesday, August 7,...
MORVEN graziers David and Louise Winten might not have any mulga on their 10,852 hectare property but it’s an integral part of their Dorper sheep and Brangus cattle operation. The couple’s business is growing from strength to strength at the moment with exclusion fencing allowing them to return to sheep...
For the first time in history, the National Dorper and White Dorper Show will be held in Queensland where it will be held in conjunction with the Heritage Bank Toowoomba Royal Show on Wednesday, April 11 and Thursday, April 12. Dorper Sheep Society of Australia Inc (DSSA) executive officer, Sara...
The 3rd annual Eastern Region Dorper & White Dorper Show & Sale, held 1st & 2nd March was a great success. The show kicked off on Friday, showcasing quality Dorper & White Dorper ewes and rams. Grand Champion Dorper Ewe & Grand Champion Dorper Ram went to to Netanya Dorpers and White Dorpers Image:...
Quantity of meat sheep in the Sheep Pavilion at the Tenterfield Show may have been down on Saturday but quality was high with both prime lamb and Dorpers being judged on the day. Prime lamb judge David Friend from Warwick said the market these days is chasing heavy lambs weighing...
DORPER breeders across WA are expected to boost production after Landmark International managed to secure an export deal to Russia, with the first shipment to include 13,074 head. The order will be the first into Russia in more than 30 years with additional orders expected to follow as the Russian...
A FAMILY passion for producing tasty meat has paid off for a Mardan sheep stud. Baaramu White Dorper Stud won champion white dorper ram at the Royal Melbourne Show recently, with their young ram Mardan Man. Judges praised the 15 month old for his superb ultrasound scan results, with an...
THE Southern Brothers, Boonoon Dorpers, Weengallon made an impressive debut in the stud ram selling arena when they topped the Queensland Multi-vendor Dorper and White Dorper Ram and Ewe Sale in St George last Friday. Warwick, 16, Sam, 14, and Mitchell, 12, offered two Dorper rams at the sale, walking away...
A RAM lamb has taken out supreme exhibit Dorper at the Royal Melbourne Show. The five month-old was led by year 8 student Ben Caughey, on behalf of Hay War Memorial High School, Hay, NSW, who run the Aberline Dorper and White Dorper stud. Agriculture teacher James Caughey said the...
