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Sheep farming can fetch you riches if driven well

Retired Lt Coronel Cheptoo Kimosop with some of his sheep in his Lawan farm in Sabatia Baringo county, the former army officer has ventured into dairy farming among others [PHOTO:BONIFACE ...
Newsweek

Sheep to Be Genetically Engineered to Produce Less Methane

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 ...
ConsumerAffairs

Modern farming may be quietly reshaping your food's nutritional value

Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb nutrients Modern corn, wheat, and beans have dramatically different root systems ...
JSTOR Daily

Beyond the flock. Sheep farming, wool sales and social differentiation in a sixteenth-century peasant society: the Campine in the Low Countries

In the existing literature late medieval sheep keeping has been perceived as a landlord and tenant-farmer strategy, aimed at international export markets. In this article we want to show that there ...
AG Week

Modern American agriculture includes all 2 million farms

This week, I received an email from a reader in response to last week’s column on three ways to grow agriculture advocacy. The opening line of the email said: “Does that mean you don't want to hear ...