While sheep and goats share a common ancestry and are both farmed for meat, milk, and fiber, they exhibit distinct ...

Brandon and Kaitlyn Weidert started their ranch three years ago with 25 sheep on about 20 acres of land near Des Lacs. Brandon and Kaitlyn Weidert, their daughter Nora, and son Wallen, raise sheep on ...

Keith Woodford says data from Beef+Lamb's farm surveys to 2025 shows a clear swing to beef on all classes of North Island ...

Óli Rubeksen has been shepherding here in the Faroe Islands since 1995, when he and his wife Anna took over running her family farm — the ninth generation to do so. And while they both have other jobs ...

That’s what Bobbie Kramer, a veterinarian near Portland, Oregon, was wondering when she responded to our recent call for reader questions about where their food comes from. “As a meat eater, I enjoy ...

Sheep farming has great potential in Balochistan. The province’s vast rangelands, dry climate and traditional herding culture make it ideal for raising high-quality sheep and producing wool, meat and ...

Female dairy goats are reared for milk and male goats kept entirely for the purpose of meat and breeding. Goat fur is also used to make clothes making fabric. Sheep are kept mainly for their meat ...

It’s Rafael Bravo’s favorite part of the day — when he moves his sheep to fresh grass. The sheep know it’s coming. If they see Rafael or his wife Mary, all the mother sheep and young lambs start ...

Maryland’s first sheep milking farm, in New Windsor, will hold a class for members of the community to show that there’s more to the sheep milking industry than they might think. Colleen and Michael ...