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...
