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Extending The Grazing Season Beyond Growing Season
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How To Do It And To What End Extending the grazing season well beyond the end of growing season is a desirable goal when raising sheep on pasture. Feeding stored […]
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Mastitis in Sheep
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How to Reduce Cases of Mastitis in Your Flock Mastitis is an inflammation of the udder caused by bacteria. It leads to a loss of milk production and the quality […]
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Track Sheep Bloodlines During Breeding Season
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How to effectively use breeding harnesses and spray paint for sheep. A customer of mine asked me: “Do you use a breeding harness for your ram?” She did and had […]
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List of Items for a Beginning Sheep Farmer, Part Two
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I will continue in this part 2 of the article on individual supplies and tools you will need to get started with Sheep. See the Summer 2017 issue of the […]
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The Chute
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I get many questions about equipment needed to raise sheep – be it electric fencing, hay and mineral feeders, panels, or the chute. While all these items can be purchased, […]
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In Defense of Specialization
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The case has often been made that a diverse farm is less vulnerable if the market for one product, say pork, collapses. The other products produced on the farm will […]
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