The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to end its dairy sheep research program and get rid of hundreds of ewes in northwestern Wisconsin. The Department of Animal Sciences officials say it’s no ...

Agri Kids has launched posters with the slogan 'Farm Safe Spring' to spread awareness about dog control around sheep.

Adults weigh between 30 and 90 pounds. This breed makes a great pet with a lovable, curious personality. However, farmers sometimes raise them for their meat. They also make good dairy goats. In spite ...

Peregrine Aubrey 63 farms sheep on around 370 acres near Slapton based at Eastergrounds Farm which is the home of Innovative Sheep Breeding.

Sheep have been part of human life for over 11,000 years. First domesticated in the western Fertile Crescent, their impact extends far beyond providing meat. Their wool transformed clothing, their ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will temporarily postpone its final rule to amend the Horse Protection Act regulations for 60 days from Feb. 1 to ...

An Irish family, who have been farming in rural France for the last 19 years, has described the country as a "paradise" for ...

Out of a competitive Poll Dorset contest, fifth-generation sheep breeders and recent stud principals Sam and Maddy Armstrong have claimed both champion ram and champion ewe.

Meet Harriet Olafsdóttir av Gørðum, a fifth-generation farmer in the Faroe Islands who has redefined sheep farming with ...

DataGene's Central Data Repository - Australia's largest database of dairy animal performance records - is shedding new light on the breed preferences of the country's dairy farmers.

Now it’s more like seven to every New Zealander. Blame cows, which are now bringing home the bacon. Huge tracts of flatland once used for sheep farming were converted to dairy pastures as the global ...