COAT OF MANY COLORS: Jacob sheep have finer coats than many primitive sheep breeds, making them an ideal choice for farmers looking for a hardy, easy-to-keep fiber animal. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth ...

Chip is SVF's official mascot and is a rare Tennessee Myotonic (fainting) goat born from a frozen embryo. Courtesy SVF Lead herdsman Nick Bowley during a previous Visitors Day sheep shearing ...

Only one ram lamb had been born as of Saturday morning, but in the days to come, the herd at Vorac Suffolk near Jefferson was expected to swell in numbers. Peter Vorac and his adult daughter Kelly ...

The 32nd annual Rare Breeds Show will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills. This is the longest running show in the Midwest that has featured rare breeds of ...

EDMORE, N.D. — A longing for Lance Myrvik’s children and wife to experience the life he’d left behind brought them back to the family farm. A growing herd of Katahdin sheep is helping the five of them ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Today is Earth Day, ...

IN the quiet village of Garden of Eden, where the morning breeze rustles through green fields and the day begins long before sunrise, Akram Inshanally walks ...

A breed is a group of domestic animals with a uniform appearance, behavior, and other characteristics that distinguish it from other animals of the same species. Sheep fall into four broad categories: ...