Sentences with phrase «of sheep farming»

Sheep are among the first animals to have been domesticated by humans, and there is evidence of sheep farming in Iranian statuary dating to that time.

Incumbent Democratic Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former school board member and owner of a sheep farm, is fighting what's turning out

Incumbent Democratic Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former school board member and owner of a sheep farm, is fighting what's turning out to be our region's most expensive state race for the large, oddly - configured 46th state Senate district against Republican George Amedore, a former Assemblyman and owner of a second generation Rotterdam - area homebuilding company, who she defeated by 18 votes in a tense recount two years ago.

The Keratin in huni ™ is extracted from the wool fibres of sheep farmed in the remote South Island of New Zealand.

Not exact matches

The leaders of Animal Farm maintain thought control by obscuring the facts with smokescreens, rewriting history, creating conspiracy theories about pending attacks, faking victims, slander, scapegoating, murdering opposition, outrageous public works projects to keep the animals busy, and through a large group of useful idiots — sheep — that spread their message unthinkingly and distract dissenters.

Morebath is a small sheep «farming village on the southern edge of Exmoor, and from 1520 to 1574 its parson, Sir Christopher Trychay (Catholic priests were then called «Sir» rather than «Father»), kept minute and still extant accounts of church life, which was then coterminous with village life.

But in addition to measures of prevention I found that modern sheep farming has also made advances in the early detection of difficulties, and in a rapid approach to them once detected.

One of my parishioners immediately leaped to his feet and, asserting that I had never worked on a farm and therefore knew nothing about sheep, proceeded not only to challenge what I had just said but to make me look like an idiot.

A sheep farmer speaks of the carrying capacity of the farm for sheep in terms of one sheep per hectare or perhaps ten sheep per hectare.

The ever - optimistic Ohio farmer Gene Logsdon, for instance, makes a persuasive case for returning to grass - feeding steers, hogs, chicken, dairy cows and sheep instead of the concentrated feedlot farming favored by industrial agribusiness.

Here in upstate New York (The Hudson Valley actually) we are lucky to have at least 3 local dairies that produce quarts of wonderful ORGANIC whole milk yogurt (from sheep or cows) easily found in the local co-ops & farm stores.

By Renee Ciulla Green rolls of open hills dotted with lines of solid, red silos and white grazing sheep appeal to and please even those who aren't passionate about farming themselves.

The Festival of Sacrifice is responsible for untold suffering of cattle, sheep and goats — millions of whom have been sold for profit through Australia's live export trade; closer to home, in the name of Christmas, highly intelligent pigs and turkeys not only experience the terror of slaughter, but entire lifetimes of suffering in factory farms; and sporting events such as bull fights and rodeos still present cruelty as «entertainment»...

Standing up to TCCC would have been no easy feat, but Watkins's mild manner and self - deprecating humour belie a steely resolve, a resolve that has taken the mother - of - four and confessed tomboy from a sheep farm in Tasmania to the highest echelons of Australian business.

The ABARES farm survey database provides information on production and finacial performance of beef and sheep enterprises across the nation by regions

Target 100 is an initiative of Australian cattle and sheep farmers, alongside the broader industry, to deliver sustainable farming by 2020 and help Australians understand more about where their beef and lamb comes from.

In 2010, Mr Marsh's Kojonup oats, rye and sheep farming property, southeast of Perth, was certified organic by the National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia.

I live in the Basque Country on a sheep farm, with a sheep farmer and lots and lots of sheep, which we milk.

The yarn is from the lovely Tammy at Wing and a Prayer Farm (or rather, from her flock of lovely lady sheep), it's a sweet blend of alpaca and merino, and just right for a cowl.

I didn't tell her that eight in the morning was a little late for deep - sleeping farm animals, nor that there is absolutely no such thing as tiptoeing past a pasture full of twelve mouthy sheep (the matriarch, Emily is a mouthy one, and can rouse the rest of the crew into a chorus when she wants to).

Really, our luck in that department is remarkable, and I'm thanking my lucky stars that of the eleven lambs born on this farm since we started keeping sheep, there's only been one ram!

While I may not be ready to lay myself down upon a fresh bed of sheep poop, I do think I should follow her in her farm fashion.

My flock of registered Romney sheep form the heart of the operations at Vermont Grand View Farm.

They all want to share in our farm life, love of sheep, and the fiber arts.

I homeschool our three kids on a small farm and find great happiness tending my flock of fibre sheep.

We chose a Montessori school for them - not only because we believe in the education style, but because the school is part of a 6 - acre farm with chickens, sheep, indoor and outdoor composting, and plenty of open space to run and play.

The Volkening planners are being so precise about the authenticity of their farm that they are evicting five sheep, members of a breed — horned dorset — that wouldn't have been seen on an 1880s farm, King said.

With just the two of us and our two young children, it has also been difficult to find the time to do any serious farming adventures and have had to cut our flock of sheep way down to a very manageable six.

A fun site for kids is SeeSheep.com, a site with a live webcam of the sheep on a farm in South Carolina, USA.

Living Crafts» organic wool comes from Australian merino sheep wool and is produced in accordance with organically certified dynamic farming - it is shorn by hand and processed without the use of chemicals.

Perhaps some of the city folk forgot that yarn comes from the wool of sheep, which after all, live on farms!

• A Steuben County sheep farmer and two others last year for allegedly poisoning two bald eagles and a red - tailed hawk; • A Niagara County farmer who inadvertently killed three juvenile bald eagles in 2014 by putting poisoned meat on his farm in an effort to kill coyotes; • And a farmer in Allegany County who several years ago applied left - over pesticide to a corn field to «use up the product,» killing a pair of bald eagles and nearly three dozen geese.

Changes in sheep farming may be a mixed blessing for members of the crow family, according to recent studies.

Pound for pound, insect farming emits 1 per cent of the greenhouse gases that raising ruminants like cows and sheep does — and it requires far less water.

Three decades later here at Tasilikulooq (TA - SEE - LEAK - U-LOCK), a modern Inuit farm of green pastures flanked by lakes, a couple of McGovern's students and others are busy exploring the remains of a medium - sized farm that once housed sheep, goats, horses, and a few cows.

Enter a farm in New Zealand, where researchers sheered wool off of six Merino sheep (pictured)-- animals with incredibly fine, naturally curly hair.

Most of the technology and culture associated with farming including domestic sheep, goat, cattle, and pig originated here.

He had made agriculture his bailiwick under Stalin, and he had grown up in similar circumstances, tending sheep as a young boy in the tiny farming community of Kalinovka, near Kursk.

Today, 27 farms across the U.K. had reported cases and been quarantined, and the government had prohibited the movement of susceptible animals: primarily cows, sheep, pigs, and goats.

One is foot - and - mouth disease, which broke out this past February on English farms in Cumbria and Devon, leading to a prophylactic mass slaughter of cows and sheep throughout Britain and France.

Methane comes naturally from decomposition of plant and animal matter, and from man - made sources including the farming of ruminants such as cattle and sheep, and coal or natural gas extraction.

Now, the same groups have built more elaborate models that paint a detailed picture of how the British countryside was ravaged by the FMD virus, taking into account things such as the location of every farm, the estimated number of pigs, cattle, and sheep each farm contained, as well as exhaustive data about the spread of the disease and the culling process.

Now it has also been detected in sheep and goats, and it has shown up at dozens of farms in neighboring Netherlands and in Belgium as well.

But according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of experimental cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, sheep, swine and primates has been dropping, from 1.5 million (not including many farm animals that are now counted) in 1973 to 1 million in 2006.

The farm was smaller than I expected - a few rows of melons, beans, squash, and tomatoes, a coop of squirming hens, and a couple of lazy sheep.

I have some farming experience, and know that sheep with a sulphur deficiency don't grow a whole lot of wool of high quality!

Spend a relaxing afternoon in the Heart of San Diego's Wine Country and see our popular Animal and Bird Show, take a Camel Ride and feed and pet our friendly farm residents including adorable mini sheep and donkeys and of course, our famous camels.

Whist a lot of vegans are anti-wool with good reason (citing the fact that the sheep are treated badly on farms and brutally sheared, often ripping their skin to get the wool), we here at Eluxe are actually pro-wool; depending.

More wool comes from the State of Texas than any other in the US, this farming industry focused on Edwards Plateau, which is also the top sheep growing area in the whole country.

Country folks who are too busy with their farming and sheep worming have a higher chance of finding love on this dating site rather than going and hanging around bars for singles.