This organic farm and dairy is a vast place of 2,200 acres and is a gargantuan operation, with several hundred dairy and beef cows of varying breeds, Merino sheep for wool and Kerry Hill and Lleyn ...

Kim Harrison raises the merino sheep for their wool, which she uses to weave cloth and make into clothing items at Ruxville Farm. ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH This is one of the newborn lambs ...

This is branded content for the Australian Dohne Breeders Association The dual purpose Dohne Merino sheep is the feature breed at this year's Australian Sheep & Wool Show, with about 100 entries ...

Merino sheep at Steitzhof Merinos on Friday, Sept. 23. ... “The sheep don’t care.” RAISED ON a farm, John was well versed in the struggle of making a go of it commercially.

However, there is no doubt that the merino will again come into favour in our hill country, as sheep owners are beginning to realise the solid advantages of the breed.

Ms Drinnan said going in, it was anyone's game. "All the sheep came from the Kerrilyn Merino Stud west of Bendigo, so genetically it was a level playing field," she said.

The dual purpose Dohne Merino sheep is the feature breed at this year's Australian Sheep & Wool Show, with about 100 entries expected from studs across New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.