Merinos the mainstay in the Wheatbelt

By Jodie Rintoul
July 27 2020 - 6:00pm
Dumbleyung farmers Jon and Candice Ward with children Duke (4), Lexi (10) and Cleo (8) in their sheep yards with some ewe hoggets which will soon be sold. The Wards join 2000 Merino ewes annually but the past few seasons have been a challenge for their sheep enterprise.
Dumbleyung farmers Jon and Candice Ward with children Duke (4), Lexi (10) and Cleo (8) in their sheep yards with some ewe hoggets which will soon be sold. The Wards join 2000 Merino ewes annually but the past few seasons have been a challenge for their sheep enterprise.

THE drier seasons of the past few years through the Western Australian Wheatbelt have tested the resilience of farmers and made them consider what their farming operations may look like in the future.

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