IN his own words Ashton Hood isn’t doing “anything too special” with the Dohne sheep flock he runs with his family at South Stirlings. But the fact that they are looking to increase sheep numbers and are sticking with Dohnes after first trying them six years ago is a good sign. Continue reading →

WOOL buyer Steve Noa said that Dohne wool is up there with its Merino counterpart being snapped up in auction rooms across the country to fill orders for Chinese and Indian processors. Continue reading →

PRODUCTION flexibility and continued good prices in the prime lamb market is what spurred northern NSW producer Chris Carrigan, “Welbon”, Garah, to introduce Dohnes. Chris, with his wife Helen, runs a Dohne flock of as many as 3500 breeding ewes. Continue reading →

Dohnes are proving the profitable key in two vertically integrated lamb enterprises in the southern Riverina. Integrated agri-food company Rivalea Australia operates a 7000 head lamb feedlot on their 4000ha Balpool Station at Moulamein. Continue reading →

A global Dohne evaluation system with common linkages will enhance the export of Australian genetics around the world. Sheep Genetics manager Hamish Chandler said there was more scope for global collaboration in the Dohne gene pool. Continue reading →

The self-replacing Dohne breed is set to play a major role in stabilising and improving the nation’s rapidly declining breeding ewe base. Sheep industry consultant and Lamb Forecasting Advisory Committee member, Geoff Duddy, said the Dohnes improved weaning percentages were a major profit driver within the industry. “We are down to 41 million breeding ewes nationally and are really at the crossroads,’’ Mr Duddy said. Continue reading →