Find the best farm animals for beginners among heritage livestock breeds. Pick a pig, get a goat, decide on a donkey, and ...

Police are investigating the large-scale theft of 126 breeding ewes from remote farmland near Dolau, Powys, in what officers ...

Wairarapa sheep farmer Paul Crick is one of hundreds out collecting poo samples from his flock as part of a national study.

Ewes are over halfway through their second breeding cycle with a low level of repeat activity evident, while ewe lambs have ...

One of the most prestigious prizes in Welsh agriculture - the John Gittins Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to the Welsh sheep industry - has been awarded this year to South Powys sheep ...

Mollie may look like a Valais Blacknose Sheep, technically, but in her perfectly pink dress, she's 100% daddy's girl and ...

Cache Valley virus, a mosquito-borne disease that infects small ruminants, could be a devastating hit to small operations.

The Valais Blacknose sheep originated in Switzerland’s Valais region, where they’ve remained for centuries living in alpine environments. There are attempts being made to save this endangered breed ...

Jenny Shepherd, with her apt surname, and her partner own the world's largest flock of Manx Loaghtans on Ballacosnahan Farm and hope to raise awareness of the breed's commercial viability. Ms Shepherd ...

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

The world needs more sheep. It is reasonable to expect them to be better sheep. It would be foolish to think of better sheep ...

Descendants of families who left the west for Meath and the east may find a powerful connection in a new book that traces one ...