Raising sheep can be fun and rewarding if you live on a small farm or even in a rural home with a bit of available pasture space. They are docile, gentle animals for hobby farms, and they serve ...

Connie Moore of Chadron, the sheep association’s secretary, estimates that fewer than 20% of Nebraska sheep are fine wool breeds, like her 130 Rambouillets.

The Deccani sheep, essential to rural communities in India, face extinction as half of the indigenous wool produced is ...

For centuries, we have relied on sheep’s wool for clothing and blankets, and they relied on us for shearing. Now, sheep can’t molt without human help, though we’re using little of their wool.

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation’s chief executive officer has declined to outline how the company will help growers take advantage ...