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 ...

A potential game-changer for sheep welfare and environmental protection is underway, as industry partners join forces to ...

Carrie Woolley is a sixth-generation farmer. She’s the shepherd to a flock of 800 sheep, which graze and fertilize apple and cherry orchards on her husband’s family farm in Norfolk County in ...

SFU biology professor David Hik has taught thousands of students in more than 170 countries thanks to the two massive online open courses (MOOCs) he helped create. Popularized only seven years ago, ...

Sheep farmers in Australia have reported that their wool has improved in both quality and quantity since installing arrays of solar panels on their properties. A four year trial in New South Wales was ...

Visitors feed and water the flock at Rustaret Farm and prepare the barn with fresh bedding before herding the farm's 270 sheep in from the pasture for the night. (Brittany Spencer/CBC) One Island farm ...

On a vast property in Lee County, in the heart of southwest Georgia, Tyler Huber raises sheep. As the flock grazes, the sheep need somewhere to take a break from the Georgia sun. “It is incredibly hot ...