The Dorper has superior carcass quality, meat flavor, shedding characteristics (no shearing required), adaptability to weather conditions, great feed conversion, high fertility, maternal instinct ...

A well-raised lamb, three to four months old, can produce a carcass weighing about 15 to 25 kilos. Participants following teachings during the Amagoh Dorper Conference at Amagoh Farm in Kantafu ...

after the Millmerran dorper and white dorper stud took out the champion single carcass lamb class and all three placings in the single prime lamb class last year. Run by David and Robbie Curtis ...

David said while the Dorpers’ meat characteristics including high yield and good carcass shape were vital, so was the easy-care nature of management. Victorian Shaelene Knight is one of those ...

Deon and Lane Stent-Smith sold their herd in 2014 and moved into dorpers. Mr Stent-Smith said carcass yields were high and the sheep reached target weights earlier than other breeds, with lambing ...

A DETERMINED Kevin Joseph, executive head chef of the Oyster­ Box Hotel in Umhlanga, came away from the prestigious Royal Show carcass auction with the champion lamb last week. The white dorper, bred ...

Dorper lambs go under the hammer during the Bendigo market. “Interestingly, shedding sheep are often a larger animal producing a larger carcass that their wool, dual purpose or prime lamb ...

but this year’s champion lamb carcass still managed to achieve a great price. The white dorper lamb, which was bred by G.J. Lotter, was bought by Ivan Rattan of Crown Butchery in Phoenix for ...