Spokesman Martin Hall says farmers need to hear the thoughts of their processing company on the future of lamb and sheep farming. He says farmers who are sick of getting low prices for their animals have to get into their trucks and get to shareholder meetings - and he says there is no point sitting quietly. Hall says the only way to improve the industry and prices is by making demands. He accuses farmers of being guilty of watching the industry deteriorate.

Rack of baby goat (capretto) with Provenale vegetables 3 Capretto racks approximately 300g each 2 cloves garlic finely chopped 4 teaspoons chopped fresh herbs including thyme, rosemary and marjoram teaspoon ground black pepper teaspoon sea salt 50ml olive oil 1 large onion peeled and sliced 1 red capsicum 4 large ripe tomatoes 4 small zucchini 50ml olive oil. Rack of baby goat (capretto) with Provenale vegetables 3 Capretto racks approximately 300g each 2 cloves garlic finely chopped 4...

Producers were selling more value added quality lamb but farmgate prices were edging downwards, so they were being forced to keep running to stand still. Mr Roberts claimed that the position had been exacerbated by an unjustifiable increase in lamb imports at a time when home-killed supplies were plentiful. Rees Roberts, HCCs chairman, said the organisations latest research indicated that a combination of low market price and rising production costs threatened the long-term future of the...

They may not be the brightest lights around, but "they're very good at what they do," he says. Some sheep got the dose in liquid form, some in capsules and two other groups of sheep got placebos to serve as a control. University researchers are trying to train sheep, such as these on a northern California research farm, to be grape mowers. The animals then got a small dose of lithium chloride, a drug that doesn't produce any outward signs in the dosed sheep but leaves them feeling queasy,...

Designed for anyone who wants to learn more about raising goats for meat, milk or fiber, these tours aim to teach sound goat husbandry and help support the growing Maine market for local cheese and meat. UMaine Extension s series of goat enterprise tours is taking place through September at farms around the state. Considered browsers rather than grazers as they prefer leaves over grass, goats are known for their productivity and resourcefulness in grazing brush land. Goat meat, called...

Since early this year prices have been relatively flat and many arable farmers who bought store lambs at the major sales last autumn may not repeat the exercise in little more than a month's time when the sales resume, unless the trade is about 10 per head lower. Since early this year prices have been relatively flat and many arable farmers who bought store lambs at the major sales last autumn may not repeat the exercise in little more than a month's time when the sales resume, unless the...

Meijer, of Haasksbergen near Utrecht, was let go by cops because the only way to get a prosecution would be to prove the sheep suffered emotional distress. He had his pants down and was holding a sheep from behind. Freed by the silence of lamb. The sheep refused to comment. I immediately called the police. Farmer Christiaan de Jong, who owns the sheep, said: I saw a man standing among my flock. But under Dutch law bestiality is not a crime. Mr de Jong said: I know my sheep and can tell...

The effort is expected to produce higher quality lamb and mutton, not only for domestic uses, but also for exporting, hence pumping more foreign exchange into the local economy. This expansion will allow the economies of scale that are necessary to make the production of blackbelly sheep financially sustainable, an IDB report stated. As the final component of an integrated programme to increase the production of blackbelly sheep, this project will finance the expansion of a pilot feedlot...

After all, when production statistics and prices for your product are good, you can brag about your accomplishments. Other local goat operations also concentrate on raising goats for meat production and selling breeding stock, including the Tucker family meat goat operation in Foster, known as Whispering Dove Ranch, which has about 70 goats and more due to be born. Because goats have a friendly disposition and are easy for young children to handle in a show ring, Emery hopes interest in...