Greetings daktari. First, congratulations on your educative articles in the pullout. Second, I am developing a 50-acre farm in Laikipia just past Rumuruti. Farmers in this part of Kenya prefer Dorper ...

Deep in Erankau village some 6km from Sultan Hamud sits an impressive 400 hectare Dorper sheep sanctuary. The farm run by Mzee Paul ole Nagisikie and his brother, has been a learning centre for other ...

ORLAND, Calif. – Lifelong sheep producers Wes and Jane Patton believe they found the perfect variety for their 230-acre ranch here. For a little over a decade, they’ve been breeding and selling white ...

“If you’ve got a Merino ewe and she’s not producing a lamb, at least you can shear her,” David says. “With Dorpers it’s like having an empty hotel room — they don’t pay. “We don’t muck around. We ...

Of the 2.1 million shedding lambs in the 27.4 million turnoff expected this season, more than half are coming from operations of less than 2000 sheep and lambs. Figures from the Sheep Producer ...

With more than a thousand breeds to choose from, first-time sheep farmers must plan carefully, making sure to provide plenty of space and strong fencing. Sheep are social animals, so they need ...