There is also more sheep in the island following an interest in local lamb meat. Potatoes remain the highest crop export from Jersey, new agricultural figures have shown. The report compares livestock numbers, farm sizes and the value of exported crops in 2005 to four previous years. Despite more cattle being reared in Jersey, milk production fell by 24% Potatoes still top of the crops. More land is also being left uncultivated, the report found. The report says there has been a renewed...

And that, paradoxically, is part of the problem for the lamb industry. Industry sources cite many reasons for this, including the lack of a concerted marketing effort (there's no lamb equivalent to "Pork: The Other White Meat" or "Beef: It's What's for Dinner"), the squeamishness of some people about consuming such a young animal, and the simple fact that many Americans don't like lamb's robust flavor profile. Industry sources cite many reasons for this, including the lack of a concerted...

About 60 percent of the red meat consumed worldwide is goat. The industry is the fastest growing livestock sector in the United States, she said, fueled primarily by immigrant demand. Minnesota meat goat industry poised for rapid growth. Goat is the world's most popular red meat, Postels said. Goats are also the fastest growing 4-H project in the nation. Postels, an Extension educator with University of Minnesota Extension in Wright County, has 23 does that will start kidding in April. She...

TIANJIN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The world's second and China's first Boer goat cloned from somatic cells was born in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Monday, indicating that the nation has reached world's advanced level in somatic cell cloning technology. nd Boer goat cloned from somatic cells born in China. nd Boer goat cloned from somatic cells born in China. nd Boer goat cloned from somatic cells born in China. nd Boer goat cloned from somatic cells born in China. TIANJIN, April 9...

He learnt all aspects of the trade, including how to cure bacon and ham, how to kill chickens, how to make smallgoods like brawn, sausages, saveloys, luncheon sausage and black pudding, how to break down a carcass, cut off the big joints, and the steak and chops and trim the bones and how to make dripping. He enjoys his weekends spent at the farmers markets the most, joshing with the people who stop by to taste his sausages and the cuts of beef, lamb and pork. The meat is particularly...