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...
