ELKTON, S.D. - Spring lambing in 2017 has been a shepherd’s paradise, at least where the weather is concerned. While the first few weeks of January were frigid, Mother Nature has smiled on South ...

It's the time of year when new lambs are born, and for some shepherds, the process raises difficult questions. If you're a farmer of sheep, it's the busiest time of the year - lambing season. In the U ...

FARGO - Shepherds have some simple ways to capitalize on one of the best lamb and wool markets the American sheep industry has seen. One of them is shearing sheep. It can have tremendous impacts on ...

AS MARCH arrives so too does lambing time on many of the country's mid-season sheep flocks. On a sheep farm your entire focus is to breed lambs to sell. At lambing time a few minutes can often decide ...

Lambing time is well and truly upon us in Thirsk. In fact, it has really been upon us since January. Located as we are, in the Vale of York but on the edge of the North York Moors, the practice looks ...

It’s a girl. And a boy. And another boy. And — well, you get the idea: It’s “lambing” time at Nightfall Farm. “Lambing” season is the time of year when ewes (mama sheep) give birth to fluffy, bouncy ...

Wood Farm in Cumbria keeps a round-the-clock eye on the new arrivals As lambing season gets into full swing, a Cumbrian farmer has reported a "bumper" year despite the wet winter. Tom Wilson, from ...

Successful lambing and kidding is critical to the profitability of sheep and goat operations. The lambing and kidding time period poses one of the biggest risks to profitability in the annual ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Department of Animal Sciences, in cooperation with the Indiana Sheep Breeders Association, will host a lambing school from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 at ...

Each year, the UK sheep industry lambs 15m breeding ewes in a huge variety of systems and locations. From sea level to hill top, they lamb in every month of the year. “Out-of-season” breeds might opt ...