Stud Information:

In 1999 a decision was made that our then livestock operation was not sustainable. As a family we owned and managed the oldest (flock established in 1888) and one of the most successful Poll Merino studs in Western Australia. Managing a feedlot within our merino operation gave us the inclination to push for a more efficient and profitable meat sheep which then led to a commercial cross breeding programme. November 1999 saw us purchase 15 White Dorper rams to not only trial as a terminal option but also to start a gradeup process in our then 7,000 head commercial flock. Lambs came down alongside ewes joined to PD's in April and August 2000. The comparison in the April drop was minimal as most lambs of both crosses were sold off green feed by October. It wasn't until the August drop lambs entered the feedlot that the extremes were realised. The Dorper's ability to take to feed of all descriptions and environments and move forward is remarkable. In 2004 an opportunity arose to purchase an existing White Dorper stud. We purchased 240 Saxon Downs stud ewes which provided us with the nucleus for our full blood programme today. The Saxon Downs stud, established by Gordon Palmer in 1998, quickly became a leading stud with sales throughout Australia and overseas. Mr Palmer imported significant numbers of some of the highest quality White Dorper embryos brought to Australia. At Haseley in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 extensive Embryo Transfer programmes have resulted in a stud flock of 4,000 full blood ewes. These successive ET programmes were completed with our top 25% of ewes in each season which has given us the absolute best opportunity in achieving the highest quality flock. Introduction of carefully selected genetics is used to support our intense measured performance based within stud selection. Today our business has approximately 4,000 full blood ewes and 7,000 gradeup ewes. Contact Details 1910 Toodyay-Bindi Bindi Road PO Box 117 TOODYAY WA 6566 Adam Hamersley phone (08) 9574 5573 fax (08) 9574 2600 mobile 0428 745 100 email haseley@bigpond.com Tony Hamersley phone (08) 9574 2040 fax (08) 9574 4240 mobile 0437 742 005 email haseleystud@bigpond.com Will Gwynn-Jones phone (08) 8892 8694 fax (08) 8892 8601 mobile 0488 931 840 email redcliffedorper@bigpond.com