The Bemidji Pioneer

Small Scale Sustainable Sheep Farming event set for Feb. 14

The 12th Annual Small Scale Sustainable Sheep Farming event is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Lammers ...
Newsweek

Sheep to Be Genetically Engineered to Produce Less Methane

Farmers are looking to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a weird and wonderful way: using genetically engineered, low-methane sheep. A project named 'Breed for CH4nge' has been announced in the ...
Farmers Weekly Interactive

Moorland grazed sheep produce fewer emissions study finds

Sheep grazing on moorland in the Yorkshire Dales emit lower levels of both methane and carbon dioxide than those grazing ...
AG Week

SDSU West River Research Farm uses sheep as they transition a section of land to organic practices

STURGIS, S.D. — At the South Dakota State University West River Research Farm near Strugis, sheep are being integrated into their grain production systems. “We grow a forage crop over the winter and ...
Agweek

Over 15 years of sheep excellence at the Beastrom operation in Pierre, South Dakota

Jon Beastrom has been raising sheep for over 15 years on his operation in Pierre, South Dakota. Now, there are around 1,900 sheep on the farm.

Sheep of the Year: Wensleydale sheep are declared 'top of the flocks'

A social media story has come to portray the nation’s prettiest pictures of sheep each week, sharing images taken atop hardy hills or soft rolling fields in the hay.
Yahoo

What it's like to be a sheep farmer in Greenland

Norse ruins shiver in the shadow of the ice sheet in Greenland’s deep south. There, Ellen K. Frederiksen tends the nation’s oldest working sheep farm, Illunnguujuk. This overlooks a turquoise fjord ...