Farmers are looking to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a weird and wonderful way: using genetically engineered, low-methane sheep. A project named 'Breed for CH4nge' has been announced in the ...

[Dear daktari, I have a few sheep but I wish to add their numbers. I have noted they are different in terms of management as compared to cows which am relatively well acquinted with now thanks to ...

Norse ruins shiver in the shadow of the ice sheet in Greenland’s deep south. There, Ellen K. Frederiksen tends the nation’s oldest working sheep farm, Illunnguujuk. This overlooks a turquoise fjord ...

STURGIS, S.D. — At the South Dakota State University West River Research Farm near Strugis, sheep are being integrated into their grain production systems. “We grow a forage crop over the winter and ...

While sheep and goats share a common ancestry and are both farmed for meat, milk, and fiber, they exhibit distinct differences in appearance, temperament, and care. Sheep are calm grazers suited for ...

As The Country Hour celebrates 80 years of broadcasting, ABC Rural looks back at the changing nature of farming over the decades. There are almost 100 million fewer sheep in Australia than there were ...

Ancient Norse traditions and climate-savvy practices come together on Inuit sheep farms in southern Greenland. Wool-wrangler Ellen K. Frederiksen tells us about life in this fascinating part of the ...