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 ...
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 ...
Deep in Erankau village some 6km from Sultan Hamud sits an impressive 400 hectare Dorper sheep sanctuary. The farm run by Mzee Paul ole Nagisikie and his brother, has been a learning centre for other ...
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 ...
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 ...
Buyers from Stewarts Brook in the Upper Hunter and Quilpie in south-west Queensland shared the honours with the two ...
“If you’ve got a Merino ewe and she’s not producing a lamb, at least you can shear her,” David says. “With Dorpers it’s like having an empty hotel room — they don’t pay. “We don’t muck around. We ...
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 ...
Western NSW buyers were the ones to beat at the Annalara White and Ultra White Dorper sale, held near Dubbo on February 18, with two bidders securing more than a third of the offering.
As a child, Janet Tulloch lived in Pine Valley and showed sheep at the San Diego County Fair as a member of Mountain Empire 4-H. Now she lives in Ramona and displays her sheep in the open show, which ...