DUMMERSTON -- In 1965, Dwight Miller Jr. drove out to Des Moines, Iowa, in his station wagon with his wife and two children. They returned with a prize: Southdown sheep in the back of the wagon, which ...

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History was made at the Platinum Celebration sale of Southdown sheep from Jonathan Long and family’s Chaileybrook flock at Worcester, when the breed record was beaten on two occasions with prices of ...

A trio of centre records were established at the Southdown Sheep Society’s Premier sale at Worcester, with new highs for shearling rams, ram lambs and gimmers, and relatively new and young breeders ...

History was made at a Southdown sheep sale in Worcester at the weekend. The Platinum Celebration Sale on Saturday, December 7, saw breed records shattered. The sale, which marked Jonathan Long and his ...

And more commercial producers could be turning to Southdowns, with the way the lamb market has played out over the past 12 months – with little reward for holding on to lambs to heavier weights. Mr ...

It's lambing season on 1818 Farms in Mooresville, a small farm in the Limestone County town of 54 residents. This season, four Olde English Babydoll Southdown sheep were born, which may not seem like ...

SOUTHDOWN breeders are to have a new outlet for their stock. The NSA Wales and Border Early Ram Sale will be promoting a special section for the breed for the first time this year. Chairman George ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. With their sweet teddy bear faces and wooly charm, babydoll sheep ...

The sale of a prized Southdown stud ram has helped to put almost 4,300 meals on the table for people facing food insecurity this year. Clifton Downs Southdown Stud breeder Chris Medlicott sold the ram ...

Turner Lear with his Southdown sheep. CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Oregon Sheep Growers Association has awarded one of its annual scholarships to Turner Lear, an eighth-generation Oregon farmer from Gervais ...