WOODWORTH, N.D. -- It's been a long, cold winter on the Brent and Codi Kuss ranch in Woodworth, N.D. But spring is in the air this sunny March afternoon, and Brent and Codi are all smiles as they go ...

Burton Pfliger is a lifer in the sheep business. Now, the third-generation Bismarck, N.D., sheep rancher is playing a key leadership role at the national level. Pfliger is secretary-treasurer of the ...

Aug. 14—To show sheep, one cannot be sheepish. The animal needs a handler that can roll with punches — a testament to how much young competitors train for the Northwest Montana Fair. The sheep show ...

Across farm country, a quiet experiment is reshaping how fields earn their keep. By pairing flocks of sheep with rows of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BUCKHOLTS, Texas (AP) — On rural Texas ...

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Parched pastures have forced many sheep ranchers to thin their flocks, while those who provide targeted grazing services have seen business surge — and producers say looming state overtime rules for ...

Sheep graze on a solar farm owned by SB Energy on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Buckholts, Texas. Photo: AP On rural Texas farmland, beneath hundreds of rows of solar panels, a troop of stocky sheep ...

Getting into the sheep business isn't easy or cheap. Staying in the business isn't easy either, according to longtime sheep rancher Jean Brown. She will be the Grand Marshal in tomorrow's Bayfield ...

SHEFFIELD, Texas — For the past 80 years, four generations of Allisons have overseen the spring shearing at their 35,000-acre ranch among the rocky arroyos of Terrell County, 140 miles southwest of ...

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 single task: chewing ...

Laila Sargeant gives her sheep a kiss before the start of senior sheep showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Sargeant won grand champion in her division. (Casey Kreider/Daily ...