To cut the grass on America’s thriving solar farms, shepherds have adapted their jobs to turn massive profit by both selling ...

Joshua M. Pearce has received funding for research from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Mitacs, the U.S. Department of Energy ...

PHILOMATH, Ore. — The prodigious size of some modern sheep breeds doesn’t count as an asset for Annie Tuttle’s small but diversified livestock operation. “They’re designed for a farm with equipment ...

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 ...

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 ...

Farmers are looking to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a weird and wonderful way: using genetically engineered, low-methane sheep. A project named 'Breed for CH4nge' has been announced in the ...