Sheep and goats show a preference for certain feed components, which quickly changes the composition of their rations, as a study by Agroscope shows. Sheep and goats are picky when it comes to their ...

A new research project aims to define biochar production processes that will produce fit-for-purpose biochar for inclusion in ruminant feeds and then quantify and validate the effects on animal ...

Taking liver biopsies from breeding ewes is helping Welsh sheep farmers to establish the mineral status of their flocks and fine-tune rations. Testing tissue samples from the livers of live ewes can ...

Reconfiguring winter housing and ewe rations has increased lambs sold by more than 300 lambs a year at a mixed family farm in the Scottish Borders. The Liveseys say switching to feeding a total mixed ...

The ewes scanned well at 1.9 lambs per ewe and I separated and condition scored them into their various groups based on the amount of lambs they are carrying. I got the silage tested and at 65 DMD, it ...

IRETON, Iowa — Sheep producers gathered in Ireton last week to hear Iowa State University Extension Sheep specialist Dan Morrical talk about using ethanol co-products in sheep rations. Trials continue ...

As election fever grips the country, what I call 'preparation fever' for lambing is gripping the farm. I am now only a few weeks away from the beginning of lambing. I have been preparing for this ...

A South African meat sheep breed is gaining popularity in Australia and fans say they are a perfect climate-change sheep – able to survive dry conditions and remain fertile on meagre rations.