Though the agriculture department does not track how many acres have been lost among Virginia's historic farmers, farmland in general has dwindled across the state. But many of the historic Century Farms are in jeopardy thanks to the difficulties of turning a profit in farming and pressures of the lucrative real estate market of recent years. Owned for generations by the Dawson family, the sheep farm in Schuyler was originally 300 acres, but is now roughly 80 acres. Since the Century Farm...

DAN BUGLASS SHEEP farmers throughout the UK are close to despair, despite the fact that the current lambing season has been one of the best for many years, with fine weather contributing to high survival levels. Evan Owen, Snowdonia / 9:48am 27 Apr 2007 Everywhere I look there are sheep and more sheep, I wonder who eats all the lamb being produced and can't understand why farmers keep breeding them only to complain about the prices they get, is it too easy to produce these 'woolly...

The government has already made the unprecedented declaration that farmers will receive no irrigation water from July in Australia's most fertile region if the country's worst drought in a century continues. Drought-stricken Australia faces the world's most extreme climate change challenge as millions of city dwellers try to cope with water shortages, according to the country's most recognised scientist. Drought-stricken Australia faces the world's most extreme climate change challenge as...

Mr Hocken said it might not be welcomed by all dairy farmers but it suited sheep farmers. FF national spokesman Keith Kelly said there were varied attitudes in the agricultural sector, but changing daylight saving was not a big issue. Mr Duff said farmers had a lot on their plates during the spring, and the change would make it more difficult for them. One Australia-based study has shown energy saved through extended daylight saving was more than offset by increased energy use in the...

Texas leads the nation in meat goat production with 51 percent of all meat goat inventory, followed by Tennessee. The importation of the Boer Breed, Fullblood show circuit, youth livestock projects, and a growing ethnic population have all combined to fuel the goat industry growth. So what are the markets? 1) Eastern states have a high population of foreign born immigrants that grew up eating goat meat. But both of these can be controlled thru best management practices of proper hoof...