Woolless, hornless sheep with good confirmation. Sounds too good to be true? Apparently not, according to Joe Adams, who imported 150 Dorper embryos in 2005. Having already bred purebred Wiltshire ...
Fred Memusi, a resident of Narok County, was raised in a family that practises livestock farming. Growing up in an arid and semi-arid region, he naturally followed in the footsteps of his family. He ...
“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 ...
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 ...
A little-known breed just 18 years ago, there are now more than 550 Dorper and White Dorper stud breeders in Australia, as well as 200 commercial producers who have joined the peak body. Dorper Sheep ...
He also thinks it is time Australians who love throwing a lamb chop on the barbecue — or a marin­ated slow-cooked lamb shoulder in the oven — were given a greater right to choose the quality of lamb ...
The 20 Dorper-mix sheep grazed earnestly on the dry grass on Mbuga’s farm. They presented the image of a type of livestock able to make good use of fodder that would starve a cow. There did not seem ...
For a city known for start-ups, IT, BT and an innovative mindset, here is another first: A local man has put India among the elite group of countries that have the expertise to breed sheep that yield ...
An African sheep breed which calls the Kalahari desert home is proving its worth to a growing number of Australia's drought-stricken graziers. When the first dorpers arrived in Australia in 1996, not ...
Nairobi — David Lenamira, watching as usual from a seat outside his compound, has no trouble picking out his sheep as the herd boys drive them home every evening. The red-brown animals are smaller ...