The Dorper and white Dorper are among the fastest-growing breeds in many countries, including the U.S. and Canada, she said. “Dorpers were first brought to the USA in 1995,” Diaz-Khansfeid said.

In Australia, white dorper sheep breeders and owners are hoping to eradicate a genetic disorder causing a lethal fragile skin condition among some of their drought-hardy flocks. The disease ...

Sheep-walking is available Tuesday through Saturday and costs $45 per person. Reservations are required. You can call or text Matt Baumgartner, the farm's owner, to schedule a walk at (518) 444-3276.

Amsberry now has around 200 white Dorper hair sheep, and the meat, not the wool, is what is driving the demand from customers in various parts of the country. "We don't shear the sheep," Amsberry ...

Dorper sheep take the Australian wool industry by storm. ... A little-known breed just 18 years ago, there are now more than 550 Dorper and White Dorper stud breeders in Australia, ...

Two Rock Ranch in Berne. (Courtesy of Emily Vincent) White dorper sheep at Two Rock Ranch in Berne. (Courtesy of Emily Vincent) Shannon Hayes, owner of Sap Bush Hollow Farm in West Fulton, NY ...

There are two types: the dorper with a black head, neck and legs, and the ‘white dorper’ with a white head. According to Mzee, the sheep performs well in semiarid areas.

The Dell Dorper stud manager showed one half of her secret weapon at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show yesterday and the decision paid off. Ms van Niekerk, who farms in Moama, NSW, took out ...

Donna Averill was holding onto a Dorper sheep that was set to head out into the pen. Unlike some sheep breeds that are white and full of wool, the sheep had a white body and a black face and neck.

A disease in white dorper sheep that causes lamb's skin to be fragile, tear, and fall off, is being seen by vets in western NSW. The genetic disease known as Dermatosparaxis is incurable and fatal ...

A White Dorper ram's better muscling has seen it pip the top ewe to take the supreme exhibit ribbon at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show. I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special ...