Indiana Sheep Association
This September come out for Indiana’s annual Sheep symposium at Hamilton County Fairgrounds! This Symposium will offer: Educational Seminars, Discussions, Annual Meeting and Awards.
Month: August 2017
Sheep research reveals reason behind mammals distinctive vibrato
By: Mike Foley
WHY do sheep have that vibrato-like quality to their call?
New research might have the answer to the question of not just why sheep do it, but why evolution has tossed up so many operatic bleats, burrs and baahs right across the animal kingdom.
National sheep and goat electronic tag roll-out expected within two years
By Terry Sim, 04 August 2017
GIPPSLAND abattoir owner Robert Radford expects all Australian states to roll-out mandatory electronic tagging of sheep and goats within two years.
What does it take to grow a sheep herd in coal country?
By: DANIEL MOORE
Across rural areas of southwestern Pennsylvania, there is an ambitious movement to bring back an industry that residents have long considered on the decline.
Victoria’s mandatory sheep and goat EID roll-out to get federal funds boost
By Terry Sim, 16 August 2017
DATA-DRIVEN value adding and innovation in Victoria’s sheep and goat meat supply chain will be developed through a unique agreement between the state and Meat & Livestock Australia’s Donor Company.
Preparing for late summer planting and fall grazing
By PETER SCHARPE Minnesota Farm Guide
AUSTIN, Minn. – It is not many farmers that would be spending time in late July, early August getting ready to plant. Tom Cotter is not “most farmers.” As his sweet corn fields near harvest, Tom is mixing custom blends of cover crop seed to be planted in that 240 acres. The goal is to have the cover crop planted, established and ready for cattle to graze by Oct. 10.
Some farmers are rotating livestock, not just crops, to protect the land
By: Amy Mayer
On a cloudy summer day, Iowa farmer Wendy Johnson lifts the corner of a mobile chicken tractor — a lightweight plastic frame covered in wire mesh that has corralled her month-old meat chickens for a few days — and frees several dozen birds to peck the surrounding area at will. Soon, she’ll sell these chickens to customers at local markets in eastern Iowa.
Sheep industry seeks national policies to improve market, protect herd health
Traci Eatherton
for Tri-State Livestock News
As the second half of 2017 rolls in, with no sign of the political climate calming, ag industry policy makers continue to wage their own type of storm in D.C. to make sure farmers and ranchers are represented, and that includes the 88,000 producers in the U.S. sheep industry.
Herders and goats helping Wyoming fight invasive weeds
By: MARK DAVIS Powell Tribune
POWELL, Wyo. — Out in the heat, among rattlesnakes and more skeeters than most people can stand, a Peruvian man named Elvis and his constant companion, a Welsh collie named Pepsi, tend to 450 nannies and their kids. It’s a job that most would refuse. As a matter of fact, Elvis’ job was offered first to American workers. But none applied, according to Lisa Kimsey, CEO of Big Horn Basin Boers, a sheep and goat ranching operation.
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