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Weld County, Colorado, is home to towns that host some of the largest livestock operations in the country, producing 26 ...
Combined, the two account for a large portion of Trans Australian’s operations, covering beef, sheep and lambs, and goats. Cattle operations for TFI extend from direct paddock or saleyards to abattoir ...
WUR is starting the Global Methane Genetics initiative, an international project to significantly reduce methane emissions from cows and sheep. The Animal Breeding and Genomic group is leading an ...
Recent upward momentum in the sheep trade continues, with the two Irish Country Meats (ICM) plants in Camolin and Navan increasing their base quotes for hoggets and lambs by 10c/kg on Monday. This ...
Heavy ewes sold up to $225 a head at the Bendigo saleyards on March 31. Dohne genetics are not only adding growth potential and milk but also boosting the wool income for a north-east Victorian ...
The Barbados Blackbelly was first imported to the U.S. by a Texas rancher who bred them with mouflon and Rambouillet sheep to create a trophy animal with huge horns. In the 1970s, Katzenbach said, the ...
Descended from the famed Merinos of Spain, Rambouillet sheep grow fine, soft wool that is in demand for premium garments. However, their numbers are relatively small compared to the dominant meat ...
Hu sheep are mainly produced in Jiaxing and Taihu Lake regions of Zhejiang Province. As a unique breed of multi-parous sheep in our country, Hu sheep has many advantages such as perennial estrus, ...
Though he had been ageing for some time, and out of sorts since the beginning of 1547, death caught Francis on the wing – not at the great palace he had constructed for himself at Fontainebleau but at ...
The world’s first-ever case of bird flu in sheep was identified in Yorkshire last week, while dairy farmers have been grappling with an outbreak of the virus in cattle in the US for the past year.
Te Kūiti has opened its main street to welcome a herd of hundreds of sheep running the gauntlet, for its annual Great New Zealand Muster festival. The event promised musicians, arts and crafts stalls, ...
A group of bighorn sheep resting and standing amidst a wooded area, showcasing their impressive horns. Photo by Rod Dion The Rocky Mountains, a vast and rugged range that stretches from the ...