For years I’ve recommended a very simple diet for ewes in their lambing jugs: a few pounds of alfalfa pellets in a tray hanging on the side of the pen. Nutritious, convenient and waste-free.

When is the best time to graze after a fire? This question seems simple but is quite challenging to answer because there are many factors that contribute to the context.

No matter the choice of protein, consumers often want a memorable dining experience for the holidays, and if done right, direct-to-consumer businesses have the opportunity to capitalize on these traditions.

If you shorten the lambing period by two weeks, you can treat yourself to a well-earned vacation, finally. Two weeks saved from lambing can translate into two weeks on a warm tropical island with palm trees, a blue lagoon and long, white sand beaches.

Yes, Virginia, there was indeed gold in California – not only in the ground, but also in sheep.

It's about to get more difficult for smaller producers to gain access to animal antibiotics. Here's the reasoning.

“Don’t just buy a ram, buy a lamb crop,” is the motto of Duff Land and Livestock, owned and operated by Mike and Kandi Duff, in Blackfoot, Idaho.

Are those multiple lamb births a problem to deal with or a boon to the lamb crop?

Where will the headwinds in agriculture come from in the next two years?

“That’s not logical.”
“Of course it is,” I replied. “You just don’t like thinking outside the box.”