Going to the Sheep and Wool show in Bendigo has been memorable for the companionship of the other Dohne Breeders sharing the events in our Marquee, and for some measure of success. Our 2 year old ram was awarded National Champion. The Stock Journal featured a report from the sale – Judges heap praise on […]
We finished planting our winter crop. Good rains have come for us and feed is becoming more plentiful. Backup lambing commenced late in June. Preparations for our participation at the Australian sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo are proceeding with our team of four rams looking good. We have tagged lambs from three of these
We have been blessed with good rains. The land comes back to life, and fresh grass grows. Our trip to Pooncarie Field day on the lower Darling River in NSW gave us greater insight in to the variability of seasons. Some stations had received good rains while other had measured very little. People told us
Excitement was felt here as the eagerly awaited lambs arrived from our November AI and Embryo transfer programmes. We had good success with ET, over 60% of recipients lambed, but the AI result was astounding. More than 115% of lambs were tagged for the ewes mated. The combination of external sires used alongside some of
Three major activities occurred this month. Our display at Lucindale featured a Dohne Sire who has been accepted in the 2019 Sire Evaluation at Balmoral in Victoria. He has a rich, stylish fleece on a superb frame and has a balance of growth rate and fleece weight. This is evidenced by his having top 10%
The power of Dohne genetics has been revealed in the latest results from the Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) trial at Balmoral in Victoria. Allen and Joy made the trip to the Sire Evaluation Field Day held in the Balmoral-Harrow-Coleraine district in Western Victoria. This is a 600mm winter rainfall area, and we were keen to
New sheep yards have been our focus. Hot days this month saw a new temperature record at Glen Holme. We reached 47C on 24th January which was the week that we started removing the old yards in readiness to put up our new design. The old yards had been in place since 1966, the year
Grain harvest was the major focus. Despite a significantly dry growing season where only one month exceeded the long-term average, yields were acceptable, and quality was the highest in living memory. We have written new articles to help empower sheep producers, you can find them under the Dohne Solutions tab in the main menu.
This month has been exciting, with an Embryo Transfer Program and a big step forward with wool quality on our paddock mating sires. It is five years since our last ET Program and we enjoyed the expertise of Brecon Breeders for this and a modest AI event. This was our most prolific Embryo harvest to
Selection of our high performing Donor ewes for an Embryo Transfer Program next month is complete. Much thought and research has gone into this process, and the ewes have been inspected multiple times since weaning. We will run a modest AI program at the same time. Delivery of rams purchased at our On-Property Auction is
