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Your Wool as Yarn
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Let’s get down to the nuts and bolts of understanding where and how your fleece may fit into a hand spinner’s palette.

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Wool Knowledge is Power
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Small niche markets for wool are growing. This can be a great opportunity for small flock owners who have smaller quantities of fiber available.

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Filling Fiber Artists’ Palettes
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

In looking for materials for their next creation, fiber artists and craftsmen seek to purchase raw fleeces to use “as is,” or to process themselves by hand.

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Victorian Farmstead
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Alan Harman When Adam and Laura Parks were launching their northern California-based meat business in 2010, Twister Hill Ranch owner Bruce McGlochlin sold them their first …

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Balancing Sheep & Calling Off Dogs
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Denice Rackley, www.clearfieldstockdogs.com In previous articles, we have covered the basics needed to give our stock dog a great foundation that will enable us to be …

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Paired to Perfection
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Jacqueline Harp Can flock owners find synergies between the marketing of their lamb or mutton and the marketing done by the wine industry in their locality, …

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Alabama’s Dayspring Dairy: Startup From Scratch
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Tim King Starting an on-farm sheep dairy from scratch is a daunting challenge but it can be done: Greg and Ana Kelly, of Dayspring Dairy near Gallant, …

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Springrock Jacobs Earn Their Keep
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites Featured in the July / August 2017 issue of sheep! Subscribe for more great stories. By Tim King — On a recent Sunday in early March, 19-year-old Lucy …

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Livestock Guardian Dogs & Barking
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Barking is a language for all dogs, and Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD) breeds are no exception.  In fact, barking is an integral part of what LGDs do.

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Making Pasture & Forages Work For Sheep
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Dean Oswald—Animal Systems Educator —University of Illinois web.extension.uiuc.edu/macombcenter/ Cell (309)255-8705 Fax (309)853-5449 Grazing Goals Sheep producers should set annual goals for the forage and pasture grazing …

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Fire In Your Pasture: Friend or Foe?
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites Originally published in the March/April 2017 issue of Sheep! magazine. Subscribe for more great stories!  By John Kirchhoff, Kirchhoff Katahdins Renick, Missouri Fire in your pasture is …

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RamGo for Your Flock of Sheep
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Geoffrey Clifford Photos Courtesy of Tecnogen, Mexico City, Mexico RamGo is a revolutionary, new concept in the delivery of frozen semen through the sheep cervix. Sheep …

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On-Pasture Ram Trials
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Tim King Shepherds and University Extension personnel at Virginia Tech are working together to increase parasite resistance and growth in sheep raised in predominantly forage based …

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Wrap-Around Flock Success — Everything But The Baa!
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites See more great stories in the January-February 2017 issue of sheep! magazine. By Jacqueline Harp – At the 2016 OkFiberFest in Okanogan, Washington, there was a vendor booth …

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Many Opportunities for Marketing Lamb
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites Originally published in the November / December 2016 issue of sheep! magazine. By Gayle Smith – Unique opportunities are out there for marketing the annual lamb crop, but …

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