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Why Farmers and Knitters Are Fixated on Icelandic Sheep

There are many reasons why growing numbers - primarily farmers and knitters - are fixated... (more)

Karen Pinchin
December 13, 2013
The Lambs of God

Shepherd's Cross preaches old-time religion and old-school farm practices.

Mark Brown
December 12, 2013
A Farmer’s Best Friend: The Old English Sheepdog

Robust and kindly, and sporting a bearish, wooly coat not unlike the flocks they devotedly... (more)

Lori Rotenberk
December 12, 2013
Move Over Bigfoot, Here Comes Sheepsquatch

Deep inside West Virginia, a monster waits.

Andy Wright
December 12, 2013
Why We Should Love Lamb Again

We talk with third-generation shepherd Butch Theos about his experience raising lamb, the challenges and... (more)

Modern Farmer
December 11, 2013
In Victorian England, a Sheep Wasn’t Just a Sheep

How the sheep came to be one of the more exalted forms of livestock in... (more)

Andy Wright
December 10, 2013
Are Dingoes Devouring Australia’s Sheep Industry?

Unique to Australia, this subspecies of the wolf is considered both a pest animal and... (more)

Andrew Amelinckx
December 10, 2013
The Life and Times of Dolly the Cloned Sheep

Dolly’s life began in secrecy; her Scottish creators kept her under wraps for eight months.... (more)

Jesse Hirsch
December 10, 2013
Which Sheep: Find the Sheep of Your Dreams

With more than a thousand breeds to choose from, first-time sheep farmers must plan carefully,... (more)

Karen Leibowitz
December 9, 2013