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Turkey’s New Meat Sheep Beats the Classic Awassi Where It Counts: The Cut

A controlled Turkish trial shows the Cukurova Meat Sheep matches the Awassi in growth and meat quality while delivering more ...

Conservation effort: Centre notifies 16 new breeds of cattle, goats, pigs, dogs

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has officially recognised 16 breeds of livestock and dogs across 13 states ...
Zanesville Times Recorder

Rare European sheep breeds becoming more common in U.S.; Gotlund sheep in Muskingum County

George Washington's Mount Vernon Livestock Program at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival had a rare breeds display this month that included some Hog Island Sheep. Hog Island sheep are descended from ...
The Conversation

Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct – but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive

It took thousands of years to develop the world’s extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals – an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed species. But this diversity is dwindling fast.
Discover Magazine

For the Lazy Farmer: A Self-Shearing Sheep

Shaggy dogs do it, snakes do it, and now a new breed of sheep will do it--molt, that is. A British breeder has created the country's first self-shearing sheep, which will shed its wool once the ...