ESSEX, New York — It's pitch dark and cold enough we can see our breath in our headlamps when Kristin Kimball leads me inside her barn. "It's about 5:30 a.m. and the sun is thinking about coming up," ...
PIPESTONE, Minn. - "Preparation planning before lambing is key to success," says Phillip Berg, teaching a lambing pen management course as part of the Pipestone Lambing Time Short Course. "Better ...
It's the time of year when new lambs are born, and for some shepherds, the process raises difficult questions. If you're a farmer of sheep, it's the busiest time of the year - lambing season. In the U ...
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - A chorus of baaing lambs and ewes greet Mark Van Roekel each time he steps outdoors. From late January to the middle of May, this shepherd's life is devoted to caring for 700 ewes ...
Successful lambing and kidding is critical to the profitability of sheep and goat operations. The lambing and kidding time period poses one of the biggest risks to profitability in the annual ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The spring snow storms are once again proving to be a challenge for South Dakota farmers in the middle of lambing season. Last year’s extreme winter and the recent bout of ...
​For many farmers the busiest time of year on the farm is just around the corner. From sleepless nights to stressful days, it ...
If you're a farmer of sheep, it's the busiest time of the year - lambing season. In the U.S., farmers usually arrange for new lambs to be born from late February to early April. That means long days ...