The feedstuff falls down onto their fleece and becomes embedded. It doesn t matter if your husband, son or neighbor uses your barn for winter pick-up truck repairs, all oil spills must be gotten up before shearing even one sheep. For commercial flock owners anything not fleece in the wool bales or bags will have them blacklisted for next year by the mills. Most baled feeds like alfalfa get all over the barn too, and must be swept out Rule number two: Clean thy barn of anything that even...

NST Online Columns 2007/06/09 JOHAN JAAFFAR: Go after the black sheep, not the whole food industry By : Johan Jaaffar Email to friend Print article WE have heard these horror stories before poultry farmers using cancer-causing drugs to hasten the growth of chickens. NST Online Columns 2007/06/09 JOHAN JAAFFAR: Go after the black sheep, not the whole food industry By : Johan Jaaffar Email to friend Print article WE have heard these horror stories before poultry farmers using cancer-causing...

Comment The National Sheep Association and the Livestock Auctioneers' Association have voiced their deep concerns for sheep producers following a very difficult meeting between Defra officials and the EU Commission on the issue of the UK derogation on double tagging. Click here for news menu Loading. Comment The National Sheep Association and the Livestock Auctioneers' Association have voiced their deep concerns for sheep producers following a very difficult meeting between Defra officials...

Finewool crosses do not have to have wool on their front legs and birthmarks are acceptable, but the sheep will be disqualified if there is no wool on its rear legs. Steen noted a few details of the new standards: For finewools, black pads and birthmarks will be acceptable, but solid black hooves or black dew claws will result in disqualification, according to Steen. Birthmarks on Southdown sheep will be accepted, but slick ears and scars are discriminatory breed characteristics, added...

But not so with the goat's milk that Hardy buys from a neighboring farm and makes into a goat cheese himself. Keenly aware of changes in American society that have decimated small family farms and the traditional farm life that flourished just 60 years ago, he is trying to turn the tide. Produce from the farm is already making appearances on The Little Nell menu: Rendezvous radishes and arugula are part of a snapper dish; the mint is in a salsa verde. The three-course menu is likely to...