One of the biggest challenges in running a sheep dairy is the industry is highly seasonal, with annual cycles of breeding, lambing and lactation. Fresh milk production normally hits its peak after ...

Montana milk doesn’t always come from cows. At KJ’n Ranch, sheep are milked twice a day to produce the smooth and creamy lactose-free beverage. Jim and Kim Ashmore, owners of KJ’n Ranch, have been in ...

The chuga-chuga sound is one any dairyman would want to hear — daily. It's the sound of milking machines collecting the white liquid, which is turned into edible products that support their farm. For ...

The road to Whispering Pines farm and stables is just outside of downtown Mauldin. “The farm was here,” said Debbie Webster, “and the neighborhoods and businesses kinda grew around it.” Whispering ...

Sheep's milk has a higher content of essential vitamins and minerals than cow's milk and could be used to cater to consumers' appetite for healthy products. But presently it seems only small-time ...

Maryland’s first sheep milking farm, in New Windsor, will hold a class for members of the community to show that there’s more to the sheep milking industry than they might think. Colleen and Michael ...

Landcorp, New Zealand’s largest corporate farmer, is having a serious look at milking sheep and will decide in a few months whether there is a business case for it. Chief executive Steven Carden, who ...

Catherine Harrison recently began selling her all-natural sheep milk ice cream%2C "Beep Beep Sheep%21" The ice cream is produced at Harrison's licensed dairy on her family's farm near Painter%2C ...

Twelve years ago, a wild idea popped into Alexis Negranti’s head: Was it possible to turn sheep’s milk into ice cream? Sheep cheeses — including Manchego, Pecorino Romano and feta — were growing in ...

PAINTER, Va. -- Walking into her five acres of pasture, Catherine Harrison began to coax her small flock to move out of the cool shade. "Hey guys! Anybody want to go out and graze?" she asked her 11 ...