Posted on CRUX Dohnes held their extremely successful production sale on Thursday 04 February 2021. The total of 109 rams were sold at the average price of R12468 and 822 pregnant ewes were sold at the average price of R2959. The highest priced ram with production figures of Weaning direct 1.992 kg ; Weaning maternal 0.127 ; […]
Posted on Potberg Dohnes held their annual production sale in true Dohne tradition on Thursday 21 January 2021. The total of 69 excellent extensively reared Dohne Merino rams were all sold for the average price of R11,804. The highest priced ram sold for R29,000 has production figures of Weaning direct 3.238 Kg; Weaning maternal -0.053; Number of […]
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Posted on After the World Dohne Merino conference, 2016, Argentina, negotiations at various levels, took place to enable the export of South African Dohne Merino genetic material to the South American market (dominated by Australian Dohne Merino breeders). After Mr Daniel Groves identified an Argentine breeder interested in South African genetics, a delegation from Argentina visited South […]
Posted on Wicus Jacobs held the annual Tweekoppen production sale on 22 September 2020. The total of 24 excellent Free State veld rams were all sold at the average price of 7750 and four rams fetched the highest price of R10000 for an individual ram. Ewes with lambs were sold at prices varying between R2600 and R2900.
Posted on Henry en Stephan du Plessis held the 11th production sale of their Kouga Dohne Merino stud on tuesday, 08 September 2020 at the GWK auction complex, Humansdorp. A total of 77 Dohne Merino rams were sold at the average price of R11371. The top priced ram was sold as R28000 to Daan and Fanie […]
Posted on Mr. Koenas van der Westhuizen held the Towerland Dohne Merino stud’s annual production sale on Tuesday 08 September at Nieuwoudtville. There were 62 Dohne Merino rams on offer and were all sold at the average price of R12935 and the highest priced ram was sold to Mr. Bertus Mong from Vygeboom at the price of […]
Posted on Mr Julius Beukes held the Bessiesfontein Dohne Merino stud’s 12th production sale at Ladismith, KZN, on the 2nd of September 2020. The 52 Dohne Merino stud and flock rams were all sold at an average price of R14721. The highest price of R38000 for a ram was paid Mr. Andrè Bothma for J190211 with production […]
Posted on Phillip and Dix Erasmus held Charlton Dohnes’ production sale on the 1st of September at ‘Die Kaya’ Somerset East. The total of 35 Dohne Merino rams were all sold at the average price of R10846. The highest piced ram was sold to Hannes de Klerk (Vredendal) at R35000. The ram had production figures of : […]
Posted on It’s finally time to announce the winner of our Dohne Merino Photography Competition. Thank you so much for all of your entries, our judges were blown away by both the technical prowess and story-telling elements of your photographs. We would like to thank Extreme Lights for sponsoring the main prize, a Wuben P26 Flashlight. They […]
Posted on The University of Free State acquired 100 pregnant commercial Dohne Merino ewes from Mr Koos Vosloo, Edenburg. These ewes are intended to be used in all small stock projects of the university. According to president of the Dohne Merino breed society, Mr. Koos Vosloo, the strategy of the University will be to expand their Dohne […]
Posted on Mullersvlei Dohnes held their very successful production sale at Calvinia on the 25th of August 2020. These rams were reared under extreme dry conditions and still posted an average price of R8700 for 40 rams sold! The top priced ram was sold at R20000 to Mr Jannico Kotze from Moorreesburg. The ram MV190317 ‘s […]
Posted on Clark Rattray held CCM Farms’ Dohne Merino Production sale on the 13th of August 2020. The stud, known for excellent conformation, offered and sold 71 top rams at the average price of R11970. The top priced ram at R33000 was sold to Mrrs. Eugene and Tom de Bruin of Swartberg KZN. This ram – CR180351 […]
Posted on Andries Greyling held the Charfontein Dohne stud’s annual production sale on Thursday, 16 July 2020 on his farm Humania, Vrede, Free State. A total of 88 top dohne merino rams were sold at the average price of R16222. The top priced ram with production figures of : growth rate +3.01 kg., maternal -0.34 kg., weaning […]
Posted on Niel Kruger held the excellent Schietfontein Dohne Merino production sale on an extremely cold 18th day of August 2020. Despite extreme cold conditions, the sale was a huge success and 33 Dohne Merino rams were sold at the average price of R9242. Mr Jurgen Kruizenga bought the highest priced ram at R19000. Production figures for […]
Posted on Stephen and Carel Mouton held their annual production sale in conjunction with the Piket Farmers’ sale at Piketberg on the 12th of August 2020. The Moutons’ sold their total of 52 excellent functional rams at the average price of R10760. The highest priced Dohne Merino ram was sold to Mr Hennie Visser from Graafwater at […]
Posted on Isak Smit held Piket Dohnes 13th production on Thursday, 6 August 2020 at the Eendekuil recreational hall. The total 0f 81 Dohne Merino rams were all sold at the excellent average price of R13475. The top priced ram with production figures of growth rate +2.41 kg., maternal growth rate +0.46 kg., weaning rate 0.58 […]
Posted on It is with great sadness that the office of the Dohne Merino breed society reports that the father of Mr. Koos Vosloo, president of the society passed away. Chris Vosloo was well known in the woolled sheep industry and he will be remembered for a long time to come. Chris made a huge contribution to […]
Posted on Suidplaas Dohnes top-selling ram was bought for R80 000 by Cornel Landman of Karoo Lusern, at the Suidplaas Dohne Merino auction on the 5th of August. The ram JG190725 had production figures of growth rate +3.42 kg.; Maternal ability +1.23 kg.; Weaning rate +5.65 % ; Clean wool production +.33 kg.; fibre diameter -0.65 micron. […]
Posted on FC Bester and Jandré Bester held their very successful Combined production sale on Wednesday, 05 August 2020. Overall results were 84 rams sold for the average price of R13232. The highest-priced ram on the sale was bought by Mr. Boeta Wessels, Weska Dohnes, Bredasdorp from Mr. FC Bester at R42000. Mr. FC Bester’s 61 […]
Posted on Lammie and Hoffie Basson held the Basson Brothers’ production sale on the farm Kliprug, Malmesbury on Wednesday 29 July 2020. Lammie Basson sold 17 rams at the average price of R9382 with a highest price of R26000. Hoffie Basson sold 36 rams at an average price of R10750. Hoffie Basson also sold the […]
Posted on Weska Dohnes held their extremely successful production sale on Friday, 31 July 2020. The total of 70 rams on offer were all sold for the average price of R14321. Mr Simon Streicher, a new prospect breeder, bought the highest priced ram at R42000 and Nacht Wacht Landgoed the second highest priced ram at R36000. The […]
Posted on Freddy and Mark Schmidt held Kromspruit Dohnes second production sale for 2020 on the 10th of July. The total of 51 excellent rams were all sold for the average price of R16250. Mr Corne de Jager (Reitz) bought the highest priced ram at R32000. The sale was marked by the selling of 146 ewes, pregnant […]
Posted on Kromspruit Dohnes their first production sale for 2020 on the 7th of February. The total of 48 rams were sold at an average price of R11084. The top priced ram was bought by Mr Prinsloo at R26000. Ewes, scanned pregnant with twins at R3200 and those with singles were sold at R3000.
Posted on Nello Dohnes held their annual production sale on the 23rd of July under ideal conditions. The sale resulted in 80 Dohne Merino rams with excellent conformation being sold at the average price of R14288. The highest price for a ram was paid by fellow stud breeder, Mr. Julian Pienaar, Colesberg. The sale was marked by […]
Posted on f you have visited our website, Facebook or Instagram page recently, you will know that we are running a very exciting photography competition. There is only one week left to enter and a fantastic prize up-for-grabs, as well as a chance to be featured on our website. Send us a photograph of what you believe […]
Posted on Mr JF du Toit, Potberg Dohnes and D de W Giliomee, Vlakkloof Dohnes sold a total of 50 excellent Dohne Merino rams at the average price of R10440 on the 39th Southern Cape promotional sale. Congratulations to Mr Daniel Giliomee who sold the highest priced Dohne Merino ram at R19000 to Mr. De Kok Cloete, […]
Posted on Daniel Giliomee held the Vlakkloof Dohne stud’s annual production sale on Wednesday 05 February, 2020. A total of 36 excellent rams were sold at the average price of R7819. The top priced ram at R22000 was sold to Mr. De Kock Cloete, Riviersonderend.
Posted on John Morris held the annual production sale of the University of Stellenbosch’s Dohne merino stud on Thursday, 16 July at the Elsenburg college of agriculture’s sales facilities. The total of 55 rams were all sold at the excellent average price of R12191. The highest priced ram was sold at R41000 to Bassgrow genetics, Darling with […]
Posted on Swarco Dohnes held their extremely successful production sale in collaboration with the ‘Caledon ramtelersverening’ sale on Wednesday, 10 June 2020. Dohne Merinos, Dormers and SA Mutton Merinos were sold at this occasion. Swarco Dohnes sold all 48 Dohne rams offered for sale at the excellent average price of R13073 each. The highest priced Dohne Merino […]
Posted on ’n Raadslid van die Dohnemerinotelersgenootskap van Suid-Afrika het onlangs gesê die wolskaapbedryf in Suid-Afrika verkeer al vir die laaste vier jaar reeds in ’n “staat van inperking”. Daar is verskeie uitdagings wat wolskaapboere op eie bodem in die gesig staar en boerderyomstandighede is ook nie altyd maklik nie. Hiermee ’n paar van die negatiewe faktore […]
Posted on Blik op sake Die stoet se rekords word uiters akkuraat bygehou en die bestuursinsette word strategies vir optimale produksie aangewend. Jong rammetjies word op ’n onderhoudsrantsoen aangehou, terwyl beter voeding slegs aan ooie verskaf word wat reproduseer. Dit is juis hierdie strategie wat vir uiters akkurate seleksie sorg om dohnemerinoskape te kan teel wat kommersieel […]
Posted on Talle kleinveeboere op eie bodem voel tans asof hulle in ’n doodloopstraat is vanweë boerderytoestande buite hul beheer. Die swaarmoedigheid word deur politieke en ekonomiese druk vererger, wat tot verswakte maatskaplike omstandighede in die landelike gebiede lei. Hierteenoor is dohnemerino-boere gelukkig wetenskaplik ingestel – hulle kan negatiewe situasies objektief ontleed om nuwe geleenthede te identifiseer […]
Posted on PP Mong Trust held their 26th Production sale on 2 June, 2020, on the farm Florina in the district of Villiersdorp. The sale was presented as a partial digital sale which proved to be highly successful. The total of 54 Dohne Merino rams were sold at the average price of R11889. The highest priced ram […]
Posted on Wauldby Dohnes held their 6th production sale on Tuesday the 10th of March, 2020. This excellent sale resulted in 38 top Eastern Cape rams being sold at the average price of R8868. The highest priced ram was bought by Jireh Trust at R22000. A total of 141 open ewes were sold at the average price […]
Posted on Richarm Armstrong held his Tweedale Dohne stud’s excellent production sale on the 3rd of March 2020. A total of 69 top rams were sold at the very affordable average price of R7413. Richard Morgan (Adelaide) bought the top priced ram at R31000. The total of 450 top ewes were sold at the average price of […]
Posted on Frans and Andries Marx held FEM Dohnes production sale on 26 February 2020. The sale was marked by the selling of the excellent string of rams meant for the National which was cancelled. This state of affairs led to the selling of 94 rams which included some of the top sires in South Africa at […]
Posted on Grootfontein research trust staged their 13th produktion sale on Friday 21 February 2020. At the sale 59 rams with excellent wool on were sold at the average price of R9331. The highest priced ram was sold at R16000 to Mr ASJ van der Walt and the second highest priced ram (R15500) to Mr. Richard Rodgers […]
Posted on Charlton Dohnes held their first production sale of the 2020 sales season on the 14th of February 2020. A total of 35 rams were sold at the average price of R5829. The highest priced ram was bought by PJ and MJ Botha farming at the price of R10000. These top quality rams were sold at […]
Posted on Blydskap Trust held their 11th consecutive production sale on Wednesday the 12th of February 2020. Bidding was brisk and the 66 rams on offer were all sold at the average price of R10 288. The highest priced ram was soldto Gerstner Trust at the price of R27 000. Photo L/R : Jerome Booysen (Blydskap Trust), […]
Posted on Graham Hobson and JP Steynberg staged their 11th Production sale on the 11th of February on the farm Ganora near to Nieu Bethesda in the Karoo. In true Karoo tradition, 58 veld reared rams were sold at the average price of R6879. The top price for a ram was paid by Mr. Julian Pienaar (Colesberg), […]
Posted on Crux Dohnes held their annual production sale on the 6th of february 2020. A total of 99 top Dohne Merino rams were sold at the excellent average price of R 12320. The top price of R60 000 was paid for the top ram bought by Sonop Trust. Members of Crux Dohnes also sold 1221 in […]
Posted on Sneeuberg Dohnes held their extremely successful 12th production sale on Wednesday 05 February 2020. The total of 59 rams on offer were all sold at the average price of R13,229. Buyers came as far away as Bredasdorp, Barkly East and even Senekal and Memel in the Freestate. The highest priced ram RR34,000 was sold to […]
Posted on Normandy Dohnes held their 14th production sale on Tuesday, 04 February, 2020. The 40 rams on offer were all sold for the average price of R7177. The top ram was bought by KP Miles, Dordrecht at R23500. Mr. Lionel de la Harpe noted that prolonged drought in the area took its toll on the average […]
Posted on Hugh Collett, Phillipie and Japie Marais Held the 10th production sale of Lowmar Dohnes on Thursday, 30 January, on the farm Vervulling in the Cradock district. Lowmar Dohnes achieved excellent prices for the top rams that were selected for the cancelled national Dohne Merino sale. One of these superior rams was sold for the top […]
Posted on Twee neefs (Steyn Steenekamp and Gawie van Zyl) held their annual production sale on 31 January 2020. A total of 95 very well prepared rams were sold at the average price of R14158. The total of 364 commercial ewe lambs were sold at R1584 and 815 pregnant ewes were sold at an average price of […]
Posted on White Wools Dohnes held the first Production sale of 2020 on the 22nd of January. The total of 59 excellent rams were sold at the average price of R9771 and the highest priced ram, sold to Mr. Gillie Lambrechts from Porterville attained a price of R42000
Posted on Wynand du Toit held the Suidplaas Dohnes production sale on 29 January, 2020. Suidplaas Dohnes, a regular top seller on the national sale, decided to the rams selected for the national sale, on this production in the wake of uncertainty regarding the effect of foot and mouth control measures on the national sale. These top […]
Posted on Cecil and Henk van der Merwe held their Dohne Merino stud’s production sale on Wednesday the 29th of January on their farm Grootvlei in the Barkly East District. The 63 rams on off were all sold for the average price of R9 881. The top priced ram was sold at the price of R38 000 […]
Posted on The Dohne Merino Breed Society thank you for your continued support of our National Sale and our breed – still the best breeding material in the wooled sheep industry The National Sale will take place in Bloemfontein at 11h00 on the morning of the 19th February 2020. You are invited to attend our AGM at […]
Posted on Trinity Dohnes held their very successful production sale on the 27th of January 2020. Ideal farming conditions in the area around Wepener contributed to the success of Jaco and Lizelle Burger’s production sale on the farm Eureka. A total of 39 Dohne Merino rams of high quality were sold at the average price of R7 […]
Posted on On account of the uncertainty regarding the control measures on foot and mouth disease, only 32 rams were entered for the 2020 Dohne Merino National Sale. However, the rams entered represent the very best available from our breeders. We invite especially discerning flock breeders to attend this year’s sale to purchase top rams at very […]
Posted on Vlooi and Adele du Toit held Potberg Dohnes’ production sale on 23rd January, 2020 at the Swellendam show grounds. According to Stephan van der Westhuizen the rams on offer was of high standard and considering the dry, dusty prevailing conditions the wool was of good quality. A total of 50 rams were sold at the […]
Posted on Best Dohne farmer, This time of the year, it is time to relax a little bit and to reflect on the successes and failures experienced during the past year. . The Dohne sales were testimony to our stud breeders’ success during a period of extremely difficult farming conditions at all levels. The excellent results, serve […]
Posted on OVK se veselafdeling is die tweede grootste wolmakelaar in Suid-Afrika en die grootste hanteerder van sybokhaar in die wêreld. Die werwing van wol en sybokhaar word gerugsteun deur ‘n landswye professionele span tegniese velddienste wat ’n enorme bydrae lewer tot die genetiese verbetering van wolskape en angorabokke, asook die kommersiële prestasie van wol, sybokhaar en […]
Posted on Dohne Merino breeders deserve to be complimented on major achievements during the past three years. World record prices were paid consecutively for the two best Dohne Merino rams in the world in 2017 and 2018. On top of that, five top sires were sold at the 2019 National sale at the average price of R106 […]
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Posted on At the 2nd Dohne World Conference, last year in South America, the statement was made that the sun never sets over the Dohne breed, i.e. a world-class sheep with which farmers make a living despite many obstacles and extreme environmental conditions. A sheep that produces quality wool and meat that is recognized, sought after and […]
Posted on ]WTB Is a Company Limited by guarantee and, having no shareholders, is neutrally positioned and committed to serve the entire wool industry in South Africa. WTB was incorporated on 26th June 1990 and provides sampling and testing services to the South African Wool and Textile Industries. The company is involved in testing and research for purposes of the certification of wool according to the requirements laid down by the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO).
Posted on 1 Tim 2: 1-4 “First of all, then, I urge you that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people; for kings and all others who are in authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceful life with all reverence towards God and with proper conduct. This is good and […]
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Posted on The regional winners listed in this announcement have been evaluated and identified according to the set of objective criteria, summarized in the score card compiled and adjusted for this competition. The evaluation includes various aspects amongst others; stud administration, breed promotion, punctual dispatching of documentation such as birth registrations classing lists, per capita lists, ac- […]
Posted on Wool Master Concentrate increases the performance of ewes on complete mixed diets during pasture shortages and gives increased milk production during lactation. It is fed to ewes as a maintenance and production lick or complete mixed diet for additional foetus and udder development in late pregnancy. It helps to prevent weight loss whilst increasing conception and weaning percentages.
Posted on Background: Dystocia occurs when there is a failure in one or more of the three main components of birth: expulsive force, birth canal adequacy and fetal size or position [ CITATION Mee08 \l 1033 ]. Deutscher (1991) indicated that the major cause of dystocia is a disproportion between birth weight and the ewe’s pelvic area. […]
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Posted on For more than 50 years Voermol Feeds has been enabling farmers to strategically feed their livestock in order to maximize their return on investment. Voermol produces a complete range of quality molasses based products which are scientifically balanced to meet the nutritional requirements of ruminants during various production stages and on all types of grazing. At the heart of the process, is the drive for efficient animal production.
Voermol Voere het vir meer as 50 jaar boere in staat gestel om hul vee strategies te voer vir maksimum rendement op hul belegging. Voermol produseer ’n volledige reeks kwaliteit melasse gebaseerde produkte wat wetenskaplik gebalanseer is. Hierdie produkte voldoen aan al die voedingsbehoeftes van herkouers tydens verskeie produksie stadiums en op alle weiding tipes. Die kern van die proses is die strewe na doeltreffende diere produksie.
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Posted on — 2 CommentsThe Shepherd program was recently upgraded to provide for electronic ear-tagging. The program is now fully integrated with the electronic ID Reader – APR-500. Information such as mating’s, pregnancies, lambing’s, weights, wool data and health related data, can now be automatically imported from a Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) into Shepherd software. RFID ear-tags can be […]
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Posted on The Dohne Merino Breed Society continues to take part in expos and information days to share information about the industry and also to discuss various topics of interests to breed Dohne Merinos. The main events the Dohne Merino breed participated in included: Nampo Cape, Alpha expo at Parys Free State, “Kragdag” east of Pretoria and […]
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Posted on Given the current desperate agricultural and economic situation in South Africa, 2619 Dohne Merino rams were still sold, at a new record average price of R12 054. The average price, without taking the National Sale into account (R11 470), is only R321 (2.7 percent) lower than the record, recorded in 2018. However, the number of […]
Posted on Congratulations to Dohne Merino breeders who performed excellently during a difficult 2019 production auction season.
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Posted on PP Mong Trust presents top animals in theur 26th production sale on Tuesday 2nd of June 2020 at Florida, Villiersdorp.
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Posted on The growing interest in agricultural technology and the fact that breed societies increasingly require DNA parentage tests to confirm the identity of animals, renders it a good time to consider compiling a DNA profile database for all stud animals. Worldwide, DNA profile tests are accepted as the standard to confirm the pedigree for breeding farm […]
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