“You can have your cake and eat it too” has been our strong message to the sheep industry this year. With extremely high prices for both wool and sheep meat, who would not want the ‘best of both worlds’? In his welcoming remarks to clients and visitors to our On-Property Auction, Stud Principal Allen Kelly […]
Rains have come for us! Pastures and crops have benefitted. Sheep look well. We have weaned the Autumn lambs which allowed us to see the performance of Sires and Dams as we weighted their lambs. We crutched and dag scored these weaners as well; one more step along the pathway of providing the best information
The Australian Sheep and Wool Show at Bendigo was a new event for us. This was the first time we had taken sheep there. We had a team of five rams on display. We received two second place and a third place ribbons. We have taken some visual scores on our young ewes prior to
We participated in Sheep Week by travelling to Penola in the South East of South Australia. Five other Dohne Studs joined us. It was an opportunity for us all to showcase the dual purpose attributes of our breed.
We shore the young rams that will be for sale in September at our On-Property Auction. We still physically mother-up all our lambs to determine their full pedigree. This is the first and important step in determining accurate breeding values for our sheep. Breeding values are a result of many measurements collected over the early
Field Day Season! Lucindale and Karoonda host significant events that we attend. We enjoy meeting our existing clients and explaining the benefits of Dohnes to new acquaintances.
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Our belief about involvement in Sire Evaluation Trials led us to participate in the Balmoral Sire Evaluation Merino Lifetime Productivity trial near Harrow in Victoria. This is a long-term project that is heavily supported by AWI and industry partners, with a $13 million budget for a 10 year program. The ewe progeny of a Sire
Grain harvest was completed by Christmas. Much was achieved in the last two weeks, in comparison to the previous three that were interrupted by significant rains each week. There was some downgrading of grain quality because of the rains, but the biggest effect was due to lack of growing season rainfall.
Each year this month sees us complete our sheep work prior to harvest starting. These tasks include putting rams with ewes after planning the whole program. Our best young ewes were used for a laparoscopic AI programme, going to several high performance proven outside Sires, and one of our own. The rams used were:- Kintail
October has seen us deliver rams to clients, classing of ewe hoggets for clients, crutching and selecting ewes for our upcoming AI program.
