Hygiene and nutrition are critical factors where turnout of ewes and young lambs is delayed due to inclement weather and poor ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Historically, sheep have been a part of the agricultural economy of New Mexico since the arrival of European settlers. Today in New Mexico, there are approximately 100,000 head of sheep raised for ...

Many high school seniors are figuring out their college plans. NPR's Claire Murashima looked into some of higher education's quirkier offerings. She found one on a campus farm at the University of ...