The combined Lambplan, released recently, which allows producers to compare the generic merit of maternal and terminal breeds, is a world first and has expanded the multi breed capabilities of Sheep ...

In this study, the Suffolk and Texel sheep breeds were compared for microsatellite marker heterozygosity throughout seven chromosomal regions in the sheep genome. A total of 623 Texel animals and 489 ...

Only one ram lamb had been born as of Saturday morning, but in the days to come, the herd at Vorac Suffolk near Jefferson was expected to swell in numbers. Peter Vorac and his adult daughter Kelly ...

Catie Gressier receives funding from the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Project scheme as well as the European Research Council. She is affiliated with the Rare Breeds Trust of Australia and ...

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 ...

Two farmers have put countless hours into washing, shearing and preening sheep ready for a county show. Stephen Cobbald, 80, is in charge of a farm at Acton Hall near Sudbury, Suffolk, and gets help ...

With a large hand shears, Cristin Dreher moved around a large white Suffolk sheep like a barber as it stood on a show stand, its head unable to move, trimming its wool into a nice pattern that would ...