Researchers Find an Unexpected Benefit of Putting Sheep on Solar Farms

Sreang Hok/Cornell University. Solar grazing is helping sheep farmers expand their businesses, opening opportunities for ...

In 1933, a hurricane devastated Virginia’s Hog Island; 45 years later, conservationists found the sheep left there thriving and took them to safety

After a 1933 hurricane, people left Virginia’s Hog Island, but its sheep survived in the wild. In 1978, conservationists ...

Idaho sheep producers seek federal action over lamb imports

Idaho sheep producers urge federal action into how imported lamb impacts the domestic market, fearing foreign competition ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Holy Cow, Black Sheep & More: Popular Farm Animal Idioms Explained

With a nod to All Creatures Great and Small, explore familiar expressions—from pecking order to when pigs fly—that grew out ...
U.S. Catholic

‘The Sheep Detectives’ asks what makes a good shepherd

The family-friendly whodunnit doesn’t shy away from mature themes of mortality, grief, memory, self-sacrifice, and the cost ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Enormous DNA databases for breeding sheep increases targeted traits

There has been a significant increase in the number of Australian producers using modern genetic techniques to breed sheep. One producer in SA's mid north is using genetics to help manage the current ...