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Cooking Duck Breasts

Add to Favorites Photos & Story By Janice Cole, Minnesota If you’re looking for something special to serve this holiday season, think duck. That is, duck breasts. Yes, you can …

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Spring Soup Recipes

Try these spring soup recipes perfect for Lent and Passover.

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Dual Coat Dynamics in Sheep

Many cultures point to dual-coated sheep as a key to survival, from the cold climate of Iceland to the deserts of Central Asia.

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Victorian Farmstead

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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Paired to Perfection

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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Fire In Your Pasture: Friend or Foe?

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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All About Romney Sheep

Add to Favorites By Suzan Shearin, Tennessee – Originating in the Romney Marshes of England, they were called, appropriately, Romney Marsh sheep. If you watch public television perhaps you’ve seen Romney …

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Herding Dog Trainer, Part One (Good, Bad, and Thugly)
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

How do you determine if a trainer is good? This is especially difficult with your first working dog. Maybe you’ve never even seen a herding dog work and have no idea what you’re aiming for.

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Breeding Top Dairy Sheep for America

Add to Favorites By Alan Harman – A generations-long trek from the romantic sun-baked mountains of northern Greece to the New World has led to a pioneering American dairy sheep …

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Rigged Sheep Hand Shears: Two-Pack for Two Jobs
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

Try these rigged sheep hand shears on your flock! Author reviews a set of Rosa-brand shears sent in by a farmer whose crew shears 150+ sheep daily.

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How To Select Canning Jars
March 13, 2019 · · Canning & Kitchen

Add to Favorites By Gail Damerow Canning jars come in two main categories, depending on the diameter of the opening. A narrow mouth jar, also known as a regular or …

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Delicious Eggplant Recipes and More

Add to Favorites By Jean Smith, Michigan — Locally sourced, homegrown, all-natural, organic … these are a just a few of the keywords that we as foodies and locavores look …

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There’s No End to Zucchini Recipes!

Summer is the season for zucchini. If you have zucchini coming out of your ears, here are some delicious recipes you may want to try. 

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Congrats on the Harvest! You Did It!
March 13, 2019 · · Canning & Kitchen

Add to Favorites A successful gardening season means you’re probably drowning in produce right now. And you don’t want it to go right into the compost pile. So how do you …

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Does My Family Have Botulism Symptoms?
March 13, 2019 · · Canning & Kitchen

Add to Favorites Though it’s a rare chance you will witness botulism symptoms, recognizing and understanding the toxin’s effects could mean life-saving treatment. A byproduct of the bacteria C. botulinum, …

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