AMMAN — The Ministry of Agriculture is distributing 200 improved Awassi rams to farmers to develop the gene pool of local sheep, an official said recently. Due to increased demand across the region ...

A south-east Queensland livestock farmer has helped the Middle Eastern emirate of Qatar rebuilt its ailing Awassi sheep herd. Awassi are a particular breed of sheep, originally from the Arabian desert ...

In just its second year of operation, the business was forced to cancel bus bookings and private functions, with drop-in customers also turned away as owners Di and David Piggott looked to find ways ...

Sheep and goat breeding plays a vital socioeconomic role in the agricultural sector across Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) and beyond, providing valuable resources such as meat, milk, ...

Back in 2009, a group of Israeli researchers identified a herd of Awassi sheep suffering from "day blindness". As its name implies, these sheep were blind during the day (in bright light) but could ...

Cuddling lambs is just one of the secrets behind the success of Queensland's only sheep cheese maker. If you pick up a new born awassie it will actually cuddle into you On the Scenic Rim, west of the ...

Emanuel Exports and two former directors charged after more than 2,400 sheep died of heat stress on voyage to Middle East, leading to federal crackdown Live export company Emanuel Exports has been ...