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2022 National Dohne Liftout
WELCOME to the 2022 National Dohne Liftout publication.
Another successful year has been experienced by the Dohne breed, with
2024 Australian Sheep & Wool Show Preview
2024 Australian Sheep & Wool Show Preview
This year the Dohne Merino will be the Feature Breed.
Find out
Armidale district Dohne Merino flock’s role in methane reduction trial
A self-replacing flock of Dohne merinos is playing a key role in a groundbreaking two-year study led by researchers
August Newsletter 2024
Australian Sheep and Wool Show Report
We are still buzzing with excitement from the recently concluded Feature Breed at
August Newsletter 2025
The future is at the cross-roads for our Dohne Merino breed and indeed for the wool, sheep and farming
Axe Creek student wins Dohne wool classing and sheep judging competition

Wool classing students have again taken part in sheep and
Balanced Dohne takes out the supreme ribbon, with right mix of meat and wool

Article courtesy of ACM (Andrew Miller) Stock & Land

<a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/barunah-park-farmer-increases-lambing-percentage-and-profit-with-8500-dohne-sheep/" title="Barunah Park farmer increases lambing percentage and profit with 8500 Dohne sheep">Barunah Park farmer increases lambing percentage and profit with 8500 Dohne sheep</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Russell-Coad-Article-1-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800"> <p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">A Barunah Park farmer has increased his lambing percentage and</p> </div> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/comprehensive-sire-evaluation-quantifies-the-dohne-dual-purpose-advantage/" title="Comprehensive sire evaluation quantifies the Dohne dual purpose advantage">Comprehensive sire evaluation quantifies the Dohne dual purpose advantage</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20240221_125736-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>A comprehensive sire evaluation trial rated as “gold standard” has provided evidence-based data on the Dohne breed’s profitable wool,</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/creating-a-competitive-edge/" title="Creating a competitive edge">Creating a competitive edge</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="246" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tim-Marwedel.bmp" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>DOHNE breeders and producers are participating in a quality assurance system that allows them to share their story –</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-breed-set-out-to-educate-young-agricultural-workers-at-australian-sheep-wool-show/" title="Dohne breed set out to educate young agricultural workers at Australian Sheep & Wool Show">Dohne breed set out to educate young agricultural workers at Australian Sheep & Wool Show</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASWS-2022-Stock-Land-photo-Brighter-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Five studs who specialised in Dohnes were represented at the show with the breed’s marquee focusing on an element</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-genetics-boosting-the-wool-cheque-in-a-composite-ewe-flock/" title="Dohne genetics boosting the wool cheque in a composite ewe flock">Dohne genetics boosting the wool cheque in a composite ewe flock</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/4-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Dohne genetics are not only adding growth potential and milk but also boosting the wool income for a northeast</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-lamb-proving-popular/" title="Dohne lamb proving popular">Dohne lamb proving popular</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Mark-Currey-Photo-2-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p></p> <p><span class="cf0">THE Currey family has been breeding </span><span class="cf0">Dohne</span><span class="cf0"> sheep for more than 12 years, with their</span></p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-merino-set-to-shine-in-bendigo/" title="Dohne Merino set to shine in Bendigo">Dohne Merino set to shine in Bendigo</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1-300x300.png" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>The dual purpose Dohne Merino sheep is the feature breed at this year’s Australian Sheep & Wool Show, with</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-on-the-menu-at-rawnsley/" title="Dohne on the menu at Rawnsley">Dohne on the menu at Rawnsley</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="194" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Dohne-Lamb-menu-small.bmp" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p></p> <p>“<em><strong>It’s a really nice meat – good flavour and really good texture too.” Tony Smith, Rawnsley Park</strong></em></p></div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-sire-evaluation-day-at-coonong/" title="Dohne sire evaluation day at Coonong">Dohne sire evaluation day at Coonong</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wool-from-farm-to-you-photo-1-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Hosted by Tom and Sophie Holt, on their Coonong Station, Urana, Dohne breeders from across the country gathered to</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-sire-evaluation-day-at-coonong-station/" title="Dohne sire evaluation day at Coonong Station">Dohne sire evaluation day at Coonong Station</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Dohne-sire-evaluation-hosts-Sophie-and-Tom-Holt-Coonong-Station-Urana-with-Don-Mills-Australian-Dohne-Association-president-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Keen interest in the performance of their Dohne sires was evident during the annual sire evaluation field day at</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-sire-evaluation-focus/" title="Dohne sire evaluation focus">Dohne sire evaluation focus</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ben-Swain-executive-officer-of-the-Australian-Merino-Sire-Evaluation-trials-taking-the-crowd-through-the-various-pens-of-2021-drop-ewes.-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Fourteen sires were entered in the Dohne sire evaluation trial currently being conducted on Coonong Station, Urana, where hosts</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-trial-leads-the-way-for-reproduction-and-meat-eating-quality-results/" title="Dohne trial leads the way for reproduction and meat eating quality results">Dohne trial leads the way for reproduction and meat eating quality results</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ben-Swain-300x300.png" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>An innovative Dohne sire evaluation trial is providing valuable insights on the reproduction and meat eating quality performance of</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-wool-dominates-in-the-west/" title="Dohne Wool Dominates in the West">Dohne Wool Dominates in the West</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Dohne-wool-dominates-in-the-West-1-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Out west, the Dohne breed is making its mark on the Supreme Clip of the Sale competition. Unique to</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohne-cross-lambs-hit-new-high-at-bendigo-sales/" title="Dohne-cross lambs hit new high at Bendigo sales">Dohne-cross lambs hit new high at Bendigo sales</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Rod-Baker-1-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800"></div> <div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800"> <p>Dohne ewes are</p> </div> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/dohnes-are-a-standout/" title="Dohnes are a Standout">Dohnes are a Standout</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Thornby-Feedlot-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Alex McGorman, manager of the Thornby feedlots, sees plenty of breeds come through the facility and said Dohnes are</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/family-wins-trophy-in-memory-of-late-son-as-dohne-breed-features-at-asws/" title="Family wins trophy in memory of late son as Dohne breed features at ASWS">Family wins trophy in memory of late son as Dohne breed features at ASWS</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ASWS-Report-1-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>A New South Wales family has won a memorial trophy in honour of their late son and brother at</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/father-passes-his-passion-for-stud-sheep-down-to-his-14-year-old-son/" title="Father passes his passion for stud sheep down to his 14-year-old son">Father passes his passion for stud sheep down to his 14-year-old son</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Harrison-Darren-July-2024-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Gunyado Dohne stud co-principal Darren Gurnett, Kerang East, has spent the last year travelling to sheep shows to discuss</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/graziers-rethink-wool-clip-purpose-at-coonong-station/" title="Graziers Rethink Wool Clip Purpose at Coonong Station">Graziers Rethink Wool Clip Purpose at Coonong Station</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Coonong4-8844-small-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>“We plan to spin them into blankets, knee or a baby blanket, and because we’re so proud of how</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/mattschoss-family-start-fresh-with-dohnes-after-losing-livestock-in-bushfires/" title="Mattschoss family start fresh with Dohnes after losing livestock in bushfires">Mattschoss family start fresh with Dohnes after losing livestock in bushfires</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Clover-Downs-Article-ASWS-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>After losing their livestock in the 2015 Pinery, SA, bushfires, Alex and Georgia Mattschoss were forced to start afresh,</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/mid-north-classer-remembered-for-lasting-impact-on-merino-dohne-flocks/" title="Mid North classer remembered for lasting impact on Merino, Dohne flocks">Mid North classer remembered for lasting impact on Merino, Dohne flocks</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Phil-Venning-with-ram-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800"> <p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">Respected Clare-based sheep classer Phillip Venning was doing what he</p> </div> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/move-to-dohne-pays-off/" title="Move to Dohne pays off">Move to Dohne pays off</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GSPB_2025_06_26_MAIN_BOOK_013_1749605503063-main-photo-300x300.jpeg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>The dual-purpose traits of the Dohne breed have significantly boosted the productivity of the Argent-Smith family’s sheep flock in</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/october-newsletter-2025/" title="October Newsletter 2025">October Newsletter 2025</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Phil-Venning-Bendigo-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Phillip became accredited as an Assessor for the Dohne Merino breed of sheep in 2004 and was widely respected</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/sa-dohne-performs-well-in-national-merino-index/" title="SA Dohne performs well in national Merino index">SA Dohne performs well in national Merino index</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Top-Sire-2024-Allen-Kelly-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p></p> <p>In their 20<sup>th</sup> year of breeding Dohnes, the Kelly family of Glen Holme stud at Manoora were recently</p></div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/september-newsletter-2025/" title="September Newsletter 2025">September Newsletter 2025</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Calga-sale-team-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>September was a big month for Dohne Merino ram sales, with rams being sold across three states New South</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/sire-evaluation-open-day-set-to-deliver-dohne-trial-results/" title="Sire evaluation open day set to deliver Dohne trial results">Sire evaluation open day set to deliver Dohne trial results</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_7949-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Ewe reproductive data from the Dohne Sire Evaluation Trial, along with the results of the meat-eating-quality tests will be</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/sisters-back-themselves-in-sheep-industry/" title="Sisters Back Themselves in Sheep Industry">Sisters Back Themselves in Sheep Industry</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sisters-back-themselves-in-sheep-industry-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Their family runs a mostly sheep enterprise, with Merino ewes which in the past were bred with Poll Dorset</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/this-breeder-has-been-instrumental-in-the-development-of-dohnes-in-australia/" title="This breeder has been instrumental in the development of Dohnes in Australia">This breeder has been instrumental in the development of Dohnes in Australia</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/John-July-2024-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Instrumental in the development of the Dohne in Australia, Macquarie stud co-principal John Nadin is keen to promote the</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/top-lamb-and-wool-at-coolah/" title="Top lamb and wool at Coolah">Top lamb and wool at Coolah</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Amy-Photo-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>THE Dohne breed’s dual-purpose attributes are paying off for Amy Redmond, giving her family’s sheep operation at Coolah a</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/udders-can-and-should-be-scored/" title="Udders can and should be scored">Udders can and should be scored</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AMSEA-Allan-Casey-article-May-2024-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>Lamb mortality has an enormous impact on the sheep breeding industry, worth an estimated $840 million per annum in</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/wolf-pack-looks-to-breeds-future/" title="Wolf Pack looks to breed's future">Wolf Pack looks to breed’s future</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Wolf-Pack-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>THE future of Dohne sheep is in good hands with the formation of the ‘Wolf Pack’, a group of</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/wool-and-carcase-traits-work-for-clarkes/" title="Wool and carcase traits work for Clarkes">Wool and carcase traits work for Clarkes</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://dohne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Callum-Clarke-1-300x300.jpg" class="pcs-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div class="pcs-excerpt"><p>THE dual-purpose attributes of the Dohne breed have given We tern Australian mixed farmers, the Clarke family, a significant</p> </div></div></li><li class="listed-post"><a class="pcs-post-title" href="https://dohne.com.au/young-farmer-brings-outback-lamb-to-the-city/" title="Young farmer brings outback lamb to the city">Young farmer brings outback lamb to the city</a><div class="pcs-excerpt-wrapper"><img width="300" 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