ESSEX, New York — It's pitch dark and cold enough we can see our breath in our headlamps when Kristin Kimball leads me inside her barn. "It's about 5:30 a.m. and the sun is thinking about coming up," ...
PIPESTONE, Minn. - "Preparation planning before lambing is key to success," says Phillip Berg, teaching a lambing pen management course as part of the Pipestone Lambing Time Short Course. "Better ...
It's the time of year when new lambs are born, and for some shepherds, the process raises difficult questions. If you're a farmer of sheep, it's the busiest time of the year - lambing season. In the U ...
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - A chorus of baaing lambs and ewes greet Mark Van Roekel each time he steps outdoors. From late January to the middle of May, this shepherd's life is devoted to caring for 700 ewes ...
Successful lambing and kidding is critical to the profitability of sheep and goat operations. The lambing and kidding time period poses one of the biggest risks to profitability in the annual ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The spring snow storms are once again proving to be a challenge for South Dakota farmers in the middle of lambing season. Last year’s extreme winter and the recent bout of ...
The nation's first lambing dystocia simulator is making its way across the country, giving participants a hands-on experience to learn how to assist with births of tangled lambs. The American Sheep ...