PIERRE, S.D. — It’s lambing season at 7-C Merinos in Pierre, South Dakota. The operation is run by Cody and Alexis Chambliss and has around 250 fine wool Merino sheep. Their farm is more of a seed ...

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 ...

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice the wind on our skin; slight noises assume importance. In the dark, our senses are heightened. In the dark, we are ...

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," ...

A one-day intensive for current or aspiring sheep owners, animal lovers, and homesteaders who want to learn how to care for ...

BALATON, Minn. -Sheep arrived at the Blair Hellewell farm in 1999. The 70 ewes were taken care of by Blair Hellewell and Ron Schwartau in a partnership. Selecting their own ewe lambs for replacement, ...