Sheep articles
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Sheep farmers can start vaccination campaign against bluetongue
A campaign to vaccinate around a million sheep against the insect-borne bluetongue virus is expected to start in days now agriculture minister Piet Adema as given the go-ahead to a new vaccine. The bluetongue virus was first identified on four Dutch sheep farms in early September last year and spread to hundreds of farms nationwide. It was the first time since 2009 that the disease, which does not pose a threat to humans, has been found in the Netherlands. Bluetongue
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John Connell: We must take a stake in the future. I have begun with 12 sheep.
Author and farmer on life lessons learned from a lambing season.
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Goats and sheep now grazing at Elings Park for eco-friendly purposes
Elings Park will welcome 140 goats and 350 sheep to the area in the coming weeks as the animals will graze the park for fire prevention, plant removal, fertilizer and other ecological purposes.