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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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Fighting Tropical Worms in the Cold North
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

The barn was quiet last spring at Next Step Farm in Canada’s remote Northern Ontario region: No anxious calls from newborn lambs looking for their next meal.

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Profits from a ”Lamb Hub” — Hi-Ho Sheep Farm
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites Originally published in the September/October 2016 issue of sheep! magazine. By Jacqueline Harp Buying local is a substantial and growing trend among consumers, restaurants, small grocers and …

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Trials In Croppy Country, Getting Into The Game
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites Originally published in the September/October 2016 issue of sheep! magazine. By Julia Hollister The overflow crowd at the high school football field grew silent as the participants …

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The Lamb Switch
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Judith Toth Bigham It was late March and lambing season was in full swing at Hado-Bar Farm. When I went to the barn early one morning …

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Milk Replacer vs. Ewe’s Milk
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

It’s time to look ahead to lambing season. Should you feed milk replacer or ewe’s milk to the lamb crop? Research from Cornell University provides insight to this query.

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The Texel Fix-All
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Tim King Texels are a white-faced breed of heavily muscled sheep that originated in the Netherlands. British shepherds became interested in the breed and started importing …

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Kids and Coopworths: Sheep Camp at Owens Farm
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Add to Favorites By Caroline Owens – What do you get when you combine summer, kids, and Coopworth sheep? Sheep Camp! The 1st of February is a critically important day for …

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