Tag: sheep
Sheep, goat sale grosses nearly $65,000
Top-selling buck brings $2,000, top ram $1,100 at Livestock Evaluation
Johnson show lambs: From grazing pasture grass, to the winner’s circle
Family's show lamb business has grown into a well-recognized name.
Pa. ram lamb, meat goat buck performance tested sale set...
FURNACE, Pa. — Top-performing ram lambs and meat goat bucks will sell at 1 p.m. Aug. 4, at the Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation Center in...
National Katahdin Association welcomes all shepherds to Wooster
WOOSTER, Ohio — Katahdin Hair Sheep International (KHSI) and the Ohio Heartland Sheep Improvement Association are hosting the 2012 KHSI Expo in Wooster, Ohio,...
Research targets sheep industry’s biggest woe: pasture parasites
While lamb and wool prices are at an all-time high, the sheep industry is facing a devastating threat in the form of destructive parasites.
USDA penalizes Barnesville Livestock Auction; closed for three sales
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Livestock Auction will be closed for three weeks — March 17, March 24 and March 31 — to fulfill...
USDA: Natural selenium good for sheep
WASHINGTON — A more cost-effective, longer-lasting selenium supplement for livestock may soon be available, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist. Animals as...
The world loves U.S. pork (and beef and lamb); exports hit...
DENVER -- According to year-end statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation , exports of U.S. pork, beef and...
Ohio’s Don Van Nostran receives national award for leadership in sheep...
Retired Mid-States Wool Growers Cooperative general manager Don Van Nostran, and the Moore family of Cottage Hill Farm, Flushing, Ohio, received national recognition from the sheep industry earlier this year.
Market lambs down 11 percent in Ohio
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- The number of sheep and lambs on Ohio farms on Jan. 1, 2012, totaled 126,000 head, down 2 percent from the 2011 estimate, according to the Ohio office of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
