Jamie Spring and her Border Collie, Monster, along with ten other Senior handlers and two Junior competitors, qualified for the International Sheep Dog Society (ISDS) World Trials to be held this ...

On a quiet rise above the Clearwater River, Dianne James has found the life she always imagined. Born on the East Coast in Quakertown, Pa., James said she was drawn to country living from the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A sheep shearing school hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association will take place March 14 at Purdue University’s Sheep Unit. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at ...

The UK's National Sheep Association has warned a shortage of overseas shearers could increase the risk of flystrike and lower growth rates.

Ross Millar, a New Zealand sheep farmer, for fifty years has lived the song “Whistle While You Work.” ...

Across large parts of rural Australia, farmers are facing harsher conditions. Rainfall is less reliable. Soils are losing structure. Fields that once supported crops are increasingly turning to dust.

A council tax increase of 7.3% has been recommended for Shetland. The proposal will go before the local authority's policy and resources committee on Thursday. Under the suggested increase, a typical ...

At the trans-Tasman wool handling test match on Friday, from left, New Zealand team manager Gordon ‘Flash’ Duxfield, Dawn Ratana, wool handlers Ngaio Hanson and Joel Henare, and the Australian wool ...

It is a story which started at the foot of steep cliffs in the Scottish Highlands in 2023 when a passing kayaker spotted a stranded sheep. Jill Turner, from Brora, was convinced it was the same ewe ...

LUCIA MALCOLMSON at Shetland Animal Health Scheme highlights a higher proportion of sheep scab in rams during the last year. This past year we have seen record ram imports at 529, with imports of ...

Shetland fishermen are calling for a moratorium on new salmon farm developments after Scotland’s largest site was approved. The Shetland Fishermen’s Association said the planned £8m Fish Holm ...