Apparel Wool, Meat for a Feast
Dohne genetics boosting the wool cheque in a composite ewe flock
Dohne genetics are not only adding growth potential and milk but also boosting the wool income for a northeast Victorian composite flock producing prime lambs.
Lima Park Pastoral, at Swanpool, transitioned from joining composite ewes to Poll Dorset and composite rams to Dohne, wiping off eight microns in a single generation and picking up an extra 440c/kg for the wool.
Lima Park Pastoral assistant manager, Barry Hutton, said the importance of wool in the composite enterprise was questioned due to low bale returns. Continue reading
April Newsletter 2025
We are now at the end of April; July will be upon us before we know it.
The Association’s Show Committee is underway in getting ready for this year's Australian Sheep and Wool Show.
Our program this year will comprise of the following.
Friday, Education Program, Longerenong College, this program was designed to educate our younger generation, with hands on experience, allowing students to be guided by sheep and wool agents on the day.
Saturday, Showing Program – Classes will include individual young and older rams, ewes, groups, pairs, and Natural Bare Breech classes.
The Show and Education Committee would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge and thank our sponsors this year; Elders, Shearwell, Sapien Technology, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Riverina Wool Testers, Quality Wool, Australian Merino Export, Australian Community Media, Fox & Lillie Rural and The Shamrock Hotel. Continue reading
Young farmer brings outback lamb to the city
An enterprising young farmer is bringing outback lamb to the city with the launch of a station to plate offering. Growing up on the Jackson family's Tirlta and Rowena Stations, an hour north east of Broken Hill, NSW, the rich taste of saltbush-grazed lamb was always known and available to Archie Jackson, but when attending boarding school in Adelaide, he discovered it was somewhat of a delicacy to those in the big smoke. The positive feedback from friends, and families of those friends, has led to Archie offering outback lamb delivered to door under the brand 'Archie S Jackson - Tirlta Rowena Lamb' and through the help of Woodside Butcher.
March Newsletter 2025
It was great to finally get all councillors in the same room for our annual Face to Face meeting in Adelaide in March 2025. The last couple of years this has been coupled with the AMSEA open days and complicated by Covid, making it difficult for our councillors to volunteer their time for three days plus travelling time. Thankyou very much for your commitment to the ADBA. Continue reading
Comprehensive sire evaluation quantifies the Dohne dual purpose advantage
A comprehensive sire evaluation trial rated as “gold standard” has provided evidence-based data on the Dohne breed’s profitable wool, carcase, reproduction and eating quality traits.
Evaluated under the Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Association (AMSEA), the three-year Dohne trial benchmarked 12 Dohne sires and two Merino link sires across not only wool and carcase traits but also included new traits of udder and teat size, kilograms of lambs weaned per ewe joined, and intramuscular fat as a component of eating quality. Continue reading
SA Dohne performs well in national Merino index
In their 20th year of breeding Dohnes, the Kelly family of Glen Holme stud at Manoora were recently surprised with a career achievement - one of their rams topped a Merino Superior Sires index.
The number one spot was in the Merino Lamb category in both the five-year update, ahead of 392 sires, and the all-time top 50, ahead of 648 sires.
According to Sheep Genetics, the ML index is based on a production system where the majority of income is from sheepmeat production, particularly lambs, with some income from adult ewe wool clips.
The index also focuses on genetic improvement of fleece weight, growth, lean meat yield, eating quality and reproduction, while reduced wrinkle is also included.
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