Elizabeth Kneafsey hates cities and crowds, instead she cares for her flock of 130 ‘Shetlandics’ and spends lambing season ...

DNA Analysis of Sheep Bones Reveal Early Farmers Selectively Bred Sheep for Pristine Coats Ancient DNA analysis has shed new ...

West Australian farmer Peter Reid has ridden the highs and lows of the wool industry for his entire working life and knows ...

The Roscommon crest has been updated to include the correct breed of sheep as part of its design.It was pointed out by sheep ...

Australian wool production is forecast to drop to its lowest level in 100 years, but these young farmers remain optimistic ...

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Up to 10 shearers appear to have all but sealed places in the top 12 for the PGG Wrightson Vetmed National Shearing Circuit ...

Two authors from Grange-over-Sands are pulling back the curtain on Cumbria's farming industry. 'Cumbrian Yarn: The Wool That Binds the County', released by Amberley Publishing', is the work of Beth ...

Experts hired by the Albanese government to provide advice about the shutdown of live sheep exports forewarned that rushing ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Quentin Whitehead, a Gore farmer and patriarch of a high-profile shearing family, to learn why he’s looking into. Federated Farmers ...

Sheep have been part of human life for over 11,000 years. First domesticated in the western Fertile Crescent, their impact ...