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 ...

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," ...

With lambing already under way on some units and not far around the corner for most commercial sheep farms, it is timely to start thinking about preparation for lambing. It is never too early to start ...

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 ...

Lambing time is well and truly upon us in Thirsk. In fact, it has really been upon us since January. Located as we are, in the Vale of York but on the edge of the North York Moors, the practice looks ...

SHEEP farmers need have no worries about the risk of "pockets" of foot-and- mouth disease erupting during lambing time, says Cumbria vet Neil Frame. Although there have been widespread concerns that ...