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The Dorper is a fast-growing meat-producing sheep. The Dorper is an easy-care animal that produces a short, light coat of wool and hair that is shed in late spring and summer. It was developed in South Africa and is now the second most popular breed in that country. The Dorper Sheep Breeders Society of South Africa was founded in 1950.
Lückhoff is a small merino sheep farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established on the farm Koffiekuil in 1892 and named after a Dutch Reformed Church minister Reverend HJ Luckhoff. Nowadays the bulk of the sheep found in this district are dorper sheep and not merino.
Dorper: South Africa [83] Meat [83] Dorset: Dorset Horn, Dorset Horned [84] ... Agricultural Research Council of South Africa. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011
Pages in category "Sheep breeds originating in South Africa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Young flock of ewe lambs Flock in Mudgegonga, Victoria, Australia. The Australian White is an Australian breed of meat sheep. It derives from selective breeding of White Dorper, Van Rooy, Poll Dorset and Texel sheep, with the aim of creating a large white sheep suited to Australian conditions, and with a self-shedding hair coat.
Today the Île-de-France is one of the top meat breeds worldwide, and is present in South Africa, Australia and the Americas as well as in Europe. It is primarily used as a terminal sire, but is also occasionally found as a dairy breed in the United States. [2] It's a large, naturally polled breed with white fleece. [3]
With ET, a flock can be grown quickly with above average individuals of similar bloodlines. The primary industry to utilize this technology in the United States is club lamb breeders and exhibitors. It is a common practice in the commercial sheep industries of Australia, New Zealand, and South America. [16]
The Dorper Wind Power Station is an operational 100 MW (130,000 hp) wind power plant located in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. Commercial operations of the power station has started in 2014, and the energy generated is sold to the South African national electricity utility company Eskom, under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA ...