Lake Metroparks’ second annual Lamb Jam event kicked off on April 27, providing visitors with an opportunity to learn more about sheep and the wool they produce. Farmpark staff members showed visitors ...

Sheep production and the subsequent development of lambs remain critical pillars of global agriculture. Advances in technology, genetics and farm management have broadened the scope of research in ...

At a family farm in central Iowa, a sheep shearer leans over a ram, making smooth, clean strokes through several inches of shaggy wool. For most breeds, this fiber will just keep growing unless it’s ...

I grew up thinking that sheep were, well, stupid. The joke about the cloned sheep that hit the news when I was a teenager always included the punchline “how can you tell?” To be “a sheep” was to be ...