There is a growing interest in Dorper sheep as more farmers have realised their economic value and market potential. Dorper, a white-bodied and blackhead sheep, originally from South Africa, is ...
GALT, Calif. — Even though college and work took Catherine Diaz-Khansefid away from ranch life and onto a business career path, her ranching spirit always remained. “I was born and raised in ...
ORLAND, Calif. – Lifelong sheep producers Wes and Jane Patton believe they found the perfect variety for their 230-acre ranch here. For a little over a decade, they’ve been breeding and selling white ...
RAMS have topped at $11,500 at the National Dorper and White Dorper Sale in Dubbo, NSW. A second ram reached $10,500, while two of the top three buyers came from South Australia. Dorper Sheep Society ...
The Hollinrake family’s Knotlow flock from Buxton, Derbyshire, produced the lead priced lots at the British Dorper Sheep Society’s sale at Carlisle where trade peaked at 1200gns twice. First to sell ...
The sale cleared 111 of the 135 Dorper and White Dorper rams and ewes offered, averaging $1484 across the lots. It was Dell Dorpers 186 Freddie, a grandson of Mickey Phillips JoJo, that topped the ...
Small livestock such as sheep and goats have long been regarded as a means for younger people to enter the livestock industry, which was borne out by at least one of the bid card holders at last ...
Nestled in the arid expanse of the Northern Cape, the ATKA Dorper Stud, owned and run by Dr Corrie Avenant, is producing world-class Dorpers that are in high demand.
A NSW Dorper stud has made a clean sweep of the top ribbons at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show, winning champion ram, ewe and supreme exhibit.