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The Dohne Merino was developed in South Africa in the 1930s by interbreeding Peppin-style Merino ewes and German Mutton Merino rams. It is as a dual-purpose breed used for its meat and wool. The Dohne Merino is a medium-framed breed, and rams reach weights of between 80kg and 100kg.
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The South African Meat Merino or SAMM is a wool and meat sheep originating in South Africa, but now found throughout the world. The SAMM is derived from the German Merinofleischschaf animals imported into South Africa from Europe in 1932, to improve the quality of wool and meat from sheep in South Africa. [1]
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MERINO SOUTH AFRICA MODERN MERINO: THE BENCHMARK BREED An unique dual purpose breed, producing unequaled top quality medium to ultra-fine wool and marketable carcass from a wide spectrum of grazing / climatic conditions. Leader in Wool and Mutton Production. WHY FARM WITH MERINOS?
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Perdefontein Dohnes - Production sale 2023. The Perdefontein Dohne Merino stud is congratulated on having their first production sale on Friday 13 October 2023. The sale held at Clanwilliam was a huge success. The 30 Dohne merino rams on offer were all sold at an average price of R15,100 and the 20 ewes were sold at R2,100.
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Back then the Merino sheep here experienced high lamb mortalities, and the mothers low reproduction rates.. And so the Dohne Merino was born - a product that is truly South African. From the 1940s, foundation studs formed - and continued to expand over the next decades. But it was only in the 1970s that the breed experienced phenomenal.
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The South African Meat Merino sheep is a breed of domestic sheep originating in South Africa. Today it is a common breed of sheep and found throughout the world. Despite the name, the breed is a dual-purpose animal and raised for both meat and wool production. It is also known as SAMM or South African Mutton Merino sheep.
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10 June 2022 | 1:04 pm Earlier this year, a number of Merino stud breeders from Middelburg in the Eastern Cape formed the Nu Poll Merino Group, whose aim it is to breed polled sheep exclusively. Group member Tinus du Plessis explained to Annelie Coleman why breeding and farming these animals made business sense.
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Although some Merino sheep are raised for mutton such as the South African Mutton Merino, this is not a sheep breed you will want to raise just for meat. It is truly a wool breed and nothing else. The carcass size is on the small side and the meat unremarkable in flavor. Ewes typically only weigh 120lbs at most, while rams might be 180lbs.
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The South African Meat Merino sheep is a breed of domestic sheep originating in South Africa. Today it is a common breed of sheep and found throughout the world. Despite the name, the breed is a dual-purpose animal and raised for both meat and wool production. It is also known as SAMM or South African Mutton Merino sheep.
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A history of SA Merino farming By Denene Erasmus | 22 May 2014 | 4:12 pm The first person to successfully commercialise Merino farming in South Africa was Michiel van Breda. He started farming Merino in 1817 on the historical Zoetendals Vallei farm in the Overberg near Cape L'Agulhas.
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Merino SA represents an industry centred around the production of Merino sheep. The tradition of farming with Merino's has a long- and well-established history in South Africa and the history of the introduction of this distinctive and excellent breed to South Africa is quite remarkable.
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The Dohne Merino sheep is a breed of domestic sheep which was originated from South Africa. It is also called Dohne or El Dohne Merino. It is a pretty new breed and was actually developed in the late 1930s. And the breed was developed by the South African Department of Agriculture. The Dohne Merino sheep was developed by interbreeding Peppin.
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The South African Meat Merino or SAMM is a wool and meat sheep originating in South Africa, but now found throughout the world. The SAMM has been developed as a versatile, hardy, polled dual-purpose breed. Ewes have a good maternal instinct and high milk production. Mature ewes will grow up to about 210 lb and rams to over 220 lb. Ewes will.
Merino Sheep Breed Information A Good Forager and Producer of HighQuality Wool
Merino sheep are a breed of choice across the world, popularly kept for their wool and mutton value. They are often reared as a pure breed or used in crossbreeding and are a common component in synthetic breed development.
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South African Merino Sheep The Merino makes up numerically the largest sheep breed in South Africa with approximately 18 million country wide. Development of the breed started approximately 200 years ago and has been accelerated by the introduction of genetics from Australia.
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The Merino is a well-known breed of sheep, although most people only really know of its wool. It has very fine fibers, which means that it is very warm and offers greater protection than other sheep's wool.