By Lucas Nelson Click here for updates on this story CANDLER, North Carolina (WLOS) – Debbie Trantham raises Heirloom sheep on her farm in Candler with the goal of using the wool for fiber arts crafts. She created her version of a rocking horse, a Rocking Valais, out of ValaisRead More →
Sheep breed records broken by the Valais duo Blacknose Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. to cancel An icon depicting a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret A block arrow icon pointing right. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook A Facebook “f” brand icon. Google ARead More →
Sheep genetics and how it continues to adapt to the demands placed on UK industry are at the center of the National Sheep Association’s latest sheep breed survey. Carried out for the fifth time since 1971, the survey carried out by AHDB / Signet Breeding, with funding from UK collectionRead More →
New Suffolk sheep breed record set for 200,000g of Salopian ram lamb Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. to cancel An icon depicting a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret A block arrow icon pointing right. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook A Facebook “f” brandRead More →
New Suffolk sheep breed record set for 200,000g of Salopian ram lamb Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. to cancel An icon depicting a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret A block arrow icon pointing right. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook A Facebook “f” brandRead More →
Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. A video has been viewed thousands of times in several Facebook and YouTube posts, alongside a claim that it shows a clone of a goat-pig hybrid animal called Khanzarof. The claim is false. The video actually shows the Beltex sheep, a breed originally fromRead More →
The cutest sheep in the world or a face only a mother could love? You can decide at the Otago Taieri A&P Show in Mosgiel on Saturday. Woodland Farm owner Nikita Woodhead of Mosgiel said the Valais black nose is widely considered the cutest sheep breed in the world. “WhenRead More →
The Fife farm “at the forefront” of innovations in the sheep breed Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. to cancel An icon depicting a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret A block arrow icon pointing right. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook A Facebook “f” brandRead More →
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This year marks 30 years of breeding for the Mangapiri Downs stud. Imagine a breed of sheep that does not require typing, shearing, vaccination or soaking. He is very fertile, lives a reproductive life of 15 years or more and puts all his energy into producing meat. It has beenRead More →
by Jeannette Béranger Sheep come in all shapes, sizes and colors, but among them the British long-wool breeds are considered kings. The Lincoln is the largest of the longwools, and over the years I have had the pleasure of visiting several herds in the United States and Canada. I stillRead More →
RACE HARDY: One of Sandra Parker’s many striking images of Swaledale sheep – a breed that fascinates her and her clients. Sandra Parker opened her Barnard Castle high street gallery selling her sheep paintings in the spring of 2017. The business has grown steadily. Journalist Wendy Short went to meetRead More →
A Southland farming family has invested heavily in the Beltex sheep breed, believing it will be of “major benefit” to the New Zealand sheep industry. Brent and Ann-Maree Robinson, and their son Michael, who operate a farm in Glenham, near Wyndham, paid $ 12,000 for a ram lamb last yearRead More →
A new genetically improved sheep breed was made available yesterday to breeders in Vanua Levu. The F1 breed is a cross between a Dorper and a Fiji Fantastic and is expected to improve the genetic makeup of the existing sheep population. Handing over the new breed to farmers at BatiriRead More →
Reading time: 3 minutes Susan de Rosemond had three strikes against her when she decided to become a sheep farmer in the late 1970s. First, she was an immigrant. Second, it was a woman. And the fatal blow? She wanted to be a sheep farmer in beef country. “When IRead More →
This year’s Omagh Show hosted the first competitive courses held in Northern Ireland for Valais Blacknose sheep. The breed has its origins in Switzerland with the first import arriving in this part of the world two years ago. They have been dubbed the cuddest sheep in the world. “But theyRead More →
Don Chavez, a rancher near Albuquerque, New Mexico, has a different mission from most sheep ranchers. He doesn’t just want his sheep to be profitable, he wants them to be famous, KOB News reports. When the Spaniard Francisco Vázquez de Coronado made his two-year journey from Mexico to Kansas inRead More →