DOHNEMERINOA U S T R A L I A
Apparel Wool, Meat for a Feast

Older Newspaper Stories

Bouncing back after bushfire

By BOBBIE HINKLEY – Farm Weekly

IT’S hard to imagine that just seven months ago the Boddington fires ripped through Lower Hotham in the shire of Boddington.

Father and son farming duo Tony and Wayne Littleton lost hundreds of hectares… Continue reading

Breed switch for improved lambs

A SIXTY-YEAR family focus has shifted from breeding purebred Merinos to a Dohne/Merino crossbreeding operation at Garah, NSW.Jock and Maryan Hunter run the 4000-hectare grazing and cropping property, Box Hill. Continue reading

Southern NSW Dohne sheep bound for Chile

By Laurissa Smith | 17 Jun 2014 | ABC Rural

Australian Dohne sheep are helping to revive Chile’s interest in the breed.

A consortium of South American farmers have purchased seven ewes and two rams from a stud at Corowa,… Continue reading

Hedging your bets with Dohnes

With the wool market depressed, and lamb prices soaring, Fiona Cameron says it's times like these she's happy she made the move into Dohnes. The sheep are a duel purpose breed, giving producers a good carcass as well as 'wool cheque' each season. Continue reading

Sheep and cropping works best

"In more recent years we have made the switch to Dohne rams and have found the F1 crossbreds to be much hardier sheep with good frame and excellent mothering abilities," he said. "We purchase our Dohne rams from the Far Valley and Capercup studs." Continue reading

Buyers eye farm-assured lamb

TALLAGEIRA at Frances was among the first properties participating in JBS Australia's On-Farm Assurance program to supply its Bordertown abattoir. Charlie Koch and agent Landmark Naracoorte key account manager David Heinrich (pictured) say it provides another marketing avenue for their second-cross and Dohne-cross lambs. Continue reading

Practical Guide

Dohne Database

Facebook Feed

Australian Dohne Breeders' Association
Australian Dohne Breeders' Association3 days ago
States’ Year in Review Western Australia
WA had three studs conducting public auctions this year.
This was down from four studs the previous year and resulted in offerings being down from 508 to 399 rams. The average clearance rate was up to 96% from 77% last year. The state average was $1805, up from $1221 in 2024. WA’s top public auction price was achieved by Far Valley ($7,900), where 98/99 rams offered sold to average $1942. Chirniminup Dohnes achieved the state’s top average price ($2028), and
once again had the largest offering, selling 188 of the 192 rams presented on the day. Mollerin Rock increased their offering on the previous year, also achieving a higher average and higher top price ($1445 and $3100 respectively).
David Kain conducted his final Dohne ram sale in 2025, having recently sold his stud to Mollerin Rock. I would like to congratulate and thank David for his many years of service to the Dohne breed.
Read full newsletter below👇
https://dohne.com.au/november-newsletter-2025/
#Dohnes #DohneMerino #AWI #MLA #wool #networking #sheep #meat #australiansheep #SheepProducers