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 ...

In Australia, white dorper sheep breeders and owners are hoping to eradicate a genetic disorder causing a lethal fragile skin condition among some of their drought-hardy flocks. The disease ...

But this is not reverting to history, with science-based breeding allowing rapid progress towards the family’s goals of highly profitable sheep. John Nicholas and his wife Ella have bucked the trend, ...

“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 Jammu and Kashmir government’s ambitious initiative to improve local mutton production through the import of high-yield sheep breeds from Australia has entered a crucial phase, with the imported ...

Though some ranchers offer supplemental soy- and grain-based feeds to pregnant or lactating ewes and their newborn lambs, Willow Spring Ranch adheres to the strict no-grain certification standards of ...

For the Wald family from Condobolin in New South Wales, the move into Dorper sheep has proven to be a well-timed business ...

BAGUIO CITY (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is promoting sheep production in the province of Apayao to provide additional income for farmers. The DA Research Outreach Station (ROS) in the ...