At a time when many livestock farmers in the region were seriously considering their future in the aftermath of the foot and mouth epidemic, a couple realised their long held ambition to sell their home-produced rare breed meats direct to the public through a farm shop. At a time when many livestock farmers in the region were seriously considering their future in the aftermath of the foot and mouth epidemic, a couple realised their long held ambition to sell their home-produced rare breed...

The event will also feature a presentation from Australian Wool Innovation on new wool harvesting technologies, while the seminar will close with an open group discussion on wool production this past year. The research found that in ewes there are two times when the diameter of wool decreases, first in autumn, and then when the ewes are pregnant in spring, Dr Campbell says. This seminar will provide wool growers with valuable information as to how to evaluate what shearing time best suits...

Pigs have been described as the greatest asset a smallholder can imagine, being fast breeding animals that can produce large litters and which can be fed on almost anything. Emphasis has been placed on cattle, which is fine, but more attention needs to be given to goats, pigs and sheep for several reasons. And frequently it is possible to raise such small stock on waste from the farm, minimising the amount of commercial stockfeed. Traditionally, goats are raised on many Zimbabwean farms,...

And after you know it, the sprawling farm housing the lab and the picturesque surrounding countryside are awash in vicious, flesh-craving, predatory sheep and human corpses. Suppose a sheep was altered, transformed from one of God's most harmless, non-threatening creatures into a bloodthirsty killer. Black Sheep is a zombie flick of sorts, but with wooly quadrupeds as the undead. Oh, there are other subplots--two brothers argue about the farm that's their inheritance, animal activists...

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He was also to give blue ribbons to the best lambs and red ribbons to the lambs that could have used a little more work. His job was to determine a grand champion lamb and a reserve champion (second-place) lamb. Nick grew up in the sheep business as his parents, Veril and Barbie Nelson, had about 200 ewes during his preschool and grade school years. I raised more lambs that finished better than mine did at the lamb show, the younger Nelson said. During his junior high school years, Nick...