LEXINGTON — Farm owner Terry Felda has seen first-hand the value of matching genetics to environment: raising a breed of dairy sheep adapted to her region’s specific microclimate. Introducing genetics ...

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed getting your housing and supplies together for keeping milk sheep. Once that is done, you are ready to bring home your flock. There are several different breeds ...

With more than a thousand breeds to choose from, first-time sheep farmers must plan carefully, making sure to provide plenty of space and strong fencing. Sheep are social animals, so they need ...

At this time of year, when Vermont's pastures are growing lusher, the Major Farm's 250 East Friesian crossbred ewes are producing the milk that will be turned into the farm's prize-winning Vermont ...

Montana milk doesn’t always come from cows. At KJ’n Ranch, sheep are milked twice a day to produce the smooth and creamy lactose-free beverage. Jim and Kim Ashmore, owners of KJ’n Ranch, have been in ...

Haverton Hill Creamery in Richfield is very unique. Like most creameries, Haverton Hills, owned and operated by a Joe and Missy Adiego, produces butter, ice cream and milk – but what is very special ...

LANGLOIS, Ore. — Armed with years of sheep-raising experience, agriculture degrees from Oregon State University and a lot of support from fellow sheep growers, entrepreneurs Woody Babcock and Cora ...

The growing availability of sheep's milk and American-made sheep's milk cheese is one of the most exciting trends in the domestic cheese world. Until recent times, America's sheep ranchers raised ...

Sitting on 45 gently rolling acres in northwest Georgia, just west of LaFayette and near the Alabama state line, is Rosemary and Thyme Creamery. While the state Department of Agriculture estimates ...