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Dohne Merino – Officially a trademark

Dohne Merino is now registered as an official trademark in South Africa. The branding of the registered section of the breed has implications for both registered and unregistered breeders. The Dohne Merino breed society invites all serious breeders to become members of the society in order to participate in the advanced technology facilitated. Marketing and standards ……

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Spring Sales 2017 – Summary

The 2017 Sales  set an all time record turn-over for production sales,  Table 1 below indicates the results achieved on production sales for the 2017 spring sales season.  Compared to 2016 1.6 percent (or only 19 rams more) were sold at an average price of R11,435.   This price of 11.6 percent higher than 2016 […]

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Production Sale – Bester Brs Moorreesburg

The annual production sale of FC and Jeandre Bester took place on the 10th of August 2017 on the farm of FC Bester.  A total of 75 top Dohne Merino rams were auctioned by Mr. Appie Maritz (BKB, Paarl) at the excellent average price of R10,400.  The highest price for an individual ram of R26,000 was paid by Mr Mr. Louw from Malmesbury.  It is clear that the

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National Dohne Merino sale – Record breaking price in 2017

2017’s National sale will be remembered for the all-time record price of R220000 paid by Members of Crux Dohnes for the ram JW150558.  The ram’s performance figures was as follows : Weaning direct growth rate – +0.44 (above average in the breed); Weaning maternal – +3.75 (In the top 10% of the breed); Body weight at 12 months +5.59 kg. (top 10%);  Clean fleece weight +0.45 (top 10%); Fibre Diameter -0.15  (Average); General Merit +19.9 (top 10%).    The ram was bred ……….

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Autumn Production Sales – 2017 – Summary

Compared to 2016 all autumn production sales for 2017 are, practically spoken, finalized.  There are still one production sale to come on the 24th of March 2017, but this particular sale did not take place in 2016.   It is therefore reasonable to  compare the 2017 production sales results to that of 2016.  In 2017 a total of 1126 rams were sold at an average price of  ……….

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Australian Dohne Merino Breeder – Murray Rogerson visits South Africa

Murray Rogerson is a prominent Dohne Merino Breeder in the state of Victoria, Australia.  Murray’s Stirling Dohne Merino stud is situated in the South Western part of Victoria at Glenthompson.   Murray describes the area as a “soft damp area” with an average yearly rainfall of 540mm.   Sheep have to handle “long wet grass” for approximately …………

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Sales 2017 – White Wools, Molteno

Andries and Dries Pienaar held their annual Production sale on the 25th of January 2017 on their farm in the Molteno district. The sale was marked by the display and viewing of their excellent top rams to be offered for sale on the 15th of February at the National Dohne Merino sale in Bloemfontein. The 63 rams of excellent quality on offer, were all sold at the high average price of ……….

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Sales 2017 – FEM Dohnes, Burgersdorp

This well established Dohne Merino stud kept on functioning under the worst possible drought conditions, thinkable, for at least the last three years.   Despite this appalling farming conditions,  Frans and Andries Marx hosted an extremely successful production sale on the 22nd of February 2017.  A total of 85 rams were sold at an average price of R9894.  The highest priced ram ………..

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Sales 2017 – Crux Dohnes, Edenburg

Crux Dohnes held their very successful sale on the 9th of February 2017 on the farm De Put of Dohne president,  Mr. Koos Vosloo.  This extremely large sale offered and sold 3259 ewes and 111 rams, rendering it the second largest Dohne Merino sale in South Africa.   The overall average price for stud and commercial ewes ……….

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