STURGIS, S.D. — At the South Dakota State University West River Research Farm near Strugis, sheep are being integrated into their grain production systems. “We grow a forage crop over the winter and ...

Across farm country, a quiet experiment is reshaping how fields earn their keep. By pairing flocks of sheep with rows of solar panels, land that once had to choose between food and power is now doing ...

In a dusty Texas field, Chad Raines surveys his new crop — sheep. "Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that I would be a shepherd," Raines said. The Raines family has farmed cotton for four ...

BUCKHOLTS, Texas — On rural Texas farmland, beneath hundreds of rows of solar panels, a troop of stocky sheep rummage through pasture, casually bumping into one another as they remain committed to a ...

Xcel lets loose a small army of hungry sheep to keep its solar farm in order The sheep grazing is the latest — and biggest — example of a growing movement in Minnesota to improve habitat at solar ...

The Manx National Farmers Union (MNFU) has launched a survey asking for farmers’ feedback on sheep worrying issues. The ...

Jon Beastrom has been raising sheep for over 15 years on his operation in Pierre, South Dakota. Now, there are around 1,900 sheep on the farm.