GRASS DOHNES

The Decision- Dietary Fibre

My personal decision was driven by dietary fibre. By 1992 after nearly two decades of tightening merino skins and the subsequent rise of digestability requirements l tried the new Rambouillet breed with good meat and lamb… Continue reading →

The Decision – Dietary Fibre

DIETARY FIBRE – My personal decision to breed Dohnes was driven by the conversion of dry summer feed, excess to the spring flush into a usable product. Dohnes and Dorpers seem to be the only developed breeds that do this… Continue reading →

Estimated Breeding Values (EBV) Vs Accrued Daily Wean Ratio (ADWR) June 2014

It must be remembered that EBVs are estimates and not actual and subsequently do not necessarily record the bottom line. Being closely related to appetite it is very useful for selecting terminal lamb sires where the lamb is raised and finished during the spring flush to match this appetite. Continue reading →

EBV Trends in America appearing in the stock and land during about 2011

Profitability is the most important trait in your herd. That's the message from US cattleman Lee Leachman, Leachman Cattle of Colorado. He told a field day at Paringa Livestock's Murrindindi property last week producers were becoming "lost in the forest because all they can see is the trees". Continue reading →