At the University of Maryland, students learn the business and science of raising lambs through the popular Sheep Management class. Many high school seniors are figuring out their college plans. NPR's ...

Through July 2024, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s National Animal Health Monitoring System are partnering to ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Those looking to develop a sheep program or improve their sheep operation can now apply for the SDSU Extension Emerging Sheep Producers Program. Kelly Froehlich, SDSU Extension ...

A livestock guardian dog protects a herd of sheep. (Marie McClaren Photo) Starting Tuesday, Feb. 25, the University of Wyoming Extension Sheep Task Force is hosting a series of virtual webinars on ...

There’s an old adage that nothing is more boring than watching grass grow, but watching it cut by efficient animals can be a nostalgic trip to the past - and a glimpse of a cleaner, greener future.

There is no way of visually diagnosing abortion causing agents and as such the only option is prompt submission of samples ...

With the possible exception of wolves, Alaska’s Dall sheep evoke more passion than any game critter I know. This passion is less sensational than wolf partisans project because it is typically ...

There is greater interest in bluetongue virus vaccination options following the identification of the virus in Ireland.

Caitlyn Mercado was doing homework in her dorm around midnight when her phone rang. It was the farm manager who told her to report to the farm immediately: her sheep was going into labor. "I saw the ...

Like the majority of Colorado’s big game species, the success of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is up against habitat loss and disturbances, a changing climate and growing recreation and human pressure.