Jared and Lydia Strand walk behind a portion of their herd of Icelandic sheep on their farm near Little Falls Saturday, Oct. 11. The Strands raise the sheep for their wool and for meat.

The Strands primarily raise registered Icelandic sheep. They shear them twice a year for their wool, which is processed in a mill in Fosston, Minn., and returned to Lydia, who sells the skeins ...

Sheep should be sheared, for comfort, come spring, whether or not you have a market for the wool. If you’re planning to raise lambs this spring ... North Country Cheviot, and Icelandic ewes.

In all, the farm lost seven sheep - rare Icelandic horned rams - due to the ... according to several sheep-raising guides. The bang from a firework is terrifying to an animal and can cause extreme ...

Authors at the Pope Series, the collaboration between White Birch Books and the Pope Memorial Library, continues with Vermont ...

The couple operates Prime Avenue Farm in Meeker County, Minnesota, raising Icelandic sheep, garlic and produce.

The Icelandic sheep roam over their area of ... She has been successful in raising these sheep, showing them and selling breeding stock. In fact, her yearling ram was named grand champion ram ...

Sheep roam on the mountains from June until September, when they will be gathered from the hill. Icelandic farming is still steeped in tradition, with farmers joining together for the round-up ...