PALMER — Karen Gardner keeps sheep to support her weaving habit. At Gardner's arrival in the family's Matanuska Colony barn on a windy night a few days before Thanksgiving, her flock comes running as ...

ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH This wool was sheared off a white merino sheep at Ruxville Farm. Kim Harrison raises the merino sheep for their wool, which she uses to weave cloth and make into ...

1797: Merino sheep introduced to Australia. Captain Henry Waterhouse and Lieutenant William Kent brought 26 merino sheep in 1797 from the Cape of Good Hope, in present-day South Africa, to Port ...

Set in the heart of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region, Prospect Pastoral is a regenerative wool and wheat farm that stands out against the harsh, brittle landscape in which it sits. Bordered by ...

Not only is Mumblebone Stud revolutionising Merino sheep breeding, it’s exporting its premium wool to one of the most-saturised overseas markets. Such is the quality of the wool, it is being used in ...

WAITING until you're 60 to start a new Merino sheep stud is not everyone's cup of tea but that's what Pat Hegarty has done with the assistance of his wife Sue and children James and Emma.