While election season proved to be a stressful time for many, sheep producers were under unusual pressure due to an animal rights effort. Residents of Denver voted on whether or not to prohibit the ...

In March 2020, the sheep farming industry in South Dakota — the sixth-largest in the country — was humming along nicely. After a few sluggish decades, prices for meat and wool were at or near all-time ...

Leading meat industry companies and the Foundation for Research Science and Technology are partnering on a $16.7 million research initiative designed to transform sheep processing using sophisticated ...

Khna Chroeung, one of the founders of the Lotus Blossom ethnic grocery store in Fargo, is seeking to open a “small-scale” facility for raising and slaughtering goats and sheep in rural Glyndon. The ...

Jan Jackson/For the Capital Press Reed Anderson, a fourth generation Brownsville sheep grower, processed his first grass-fed lambs in his new processing plant on Oct. 7. The sophisticated plant allows ...

The Middle East conflict could see live sheep export by sea numbers to drop even more quickly, after record low exports in the second half of last year.

Early 2025 has brought cautious optimism for Australia's sheep processing industry, after a particularly difficult finish in late 2024. The Sheep Processor Trading Conditions (SPTC) Index, a key ...

The report, released this week, has been produced by Meridian Agriculture. It was commissioned by the Tasmanian Meat Industry Working Group, which was formed by the State Government last year ...

The state government will provide a $5 million loan to the WA Meat Marketing Cooperative’s Katanning sheep processing plant, amid record sheep meat prices. The national saleyard trade lamb indicator ...

In short: There are fears in WA's Wheatbelt region the impending ban on live sheep exports will decimate the shearing workforce. Merino sheep, prized for their wool and favoured for the live trade, ...