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 ...

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

“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 ...

Greetings daktari. First, congratulations on your educative articles in the pullout. Second, I am developing a 50-acre farm in Laikipia just past Rumuruti. Farmers in this part of Kenya prefer Dorper ...

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 ...

Prices of $300, $400, $500 and $600 have regularly appeared on AuctionsPlus for young Dorper and Australian White ewes this year, culminating in some record-smashing sales of up to $994 a head in the ...

You've been doing the same job all your life but your income starts drying up. That was life for the Griffiths family near Pooncarie in south-west New South Wales. After generations of merino farming ...

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 ...

A disease in white dorper sheep that causes lamb's skin to be fragile, tear, and fall off, is being seen by vets in western NSW. The genetic disease known as Dermatosparaxis is incurable and fatal; ...

NAIROBI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The animal's black head and its white body makes it stand out as it grazes in the field, with one being able to pick it out from far. The sheep, known as Dorper, a breed ...