For sheep farmer Tony, current dry conditions are worse than the last big drought
By Lily Nothling and Emily Anderson
Autumn rainfall in the Canberra region is well below average, forcing some farmers to sell stock. A climatologist says the capital is also on track for its hottest May on record.
#LivestockFarming #SheepFarming #BeefCattleFarming #Droughts #LilyNothling #EmilyAnderson
For sheep farmer Tony, current dry conditions are worse than the last big drought
By Lily Nothling and Emily Anderson
Autumn rainfall in the Canberra region is well below average, forcing some farmers to sell stock. A climatologist says the capital is also on track for its hottest May on record.
#LivestockFarming #SheepFarming #BeefCattleFarming #Droughts #LilyNothling #EmilyAnderson
Unusually dry and warm autumn conditions taking a big toll on farmers
By Lily Nothling and Emily Anderson
Autumn rainfall in the Canberra region is well below average, forcing some farmers to sell stock. A climatologist says the capital may be heading towards its hottest May on record.
#LivestockFarming #SheepFarming #BeefCattleFarming #Droughts #LilyNothling #EmilyAnderson
Potential closure of historic saleyards concerns farmers
By Nethma Dandeniya
Farmers in north-west Victoria fight to keep a historical livestock saleyard open, despite a council report warning the facility could cost ratepayers millions to operate.
#SheepFarming #BeefCattleFarming #RuralandRemoteCommunities #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #Agribusiness #NethmaDandeniya
Leroy the Labrador trained to sniff out a rotten disease
By Elsie Adamo
A dog trainer has successfully taught her dog to detect footrot in sheep, an innovative process that could help streamline footrot detection if implemented on farms.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-14/footrot-in-sheep-labrador-trained-detection/105262348
#LivestockFarming #LivestockHealthandWelfare #SheepFarming #Dogs #ElsieAdamo
Donation of 400 sheep among 'kindest things ever' for flood victim
By Grace Nakamura and Maddelin McCosker
In an "unbelievable" act of generosity, a Queensland man donates hundreds of his own sheep to a grazier who lost 2,500 livestock in the outback floods.
#SheepFarming #Floods #RuralandRemoteCommunities #GraceNakamura #MaddelinMcCosker
#SilentSunday #Defaidodon #Defaid #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepFarming #SheepOfFediverse #photo #photography #Gwanwyn #spring #spring2025
#SilentSunday #Defaid #Defaidodon #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepFarming #Gwanwyn #spring2025 #spring #photo #photography #Cymru #Wales
The land is extensively used for agriculture and in this part of #Exmoor, #SheepFarming seem to be the main #industry and so large #fields and #meadows of #pasture are needed to feed them. In #Spring, the grass is a beautiful shade of #green.
#SilentSunday #lambs #lamb #Defaidodon #Defaid #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepFarming #lambingtime #lambingseason #spring #spring2025 #Gwanwyn #Cymru #Wales
#SilentSunday #Defaid #Defaidodon #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepFarming #lambingtime #lambing #lambingseason #Cymru #Wales
#sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepFarming
I raised sheep and goats, as well as poultry, when I lived in Texas. I still follow livestock raising and many times miss that life.
RTE news : 'Sheeper by the dozen' - two sets of 6 lambs born on farm
http://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2025/0402/1505332-lambs-donegal/
#SilentSunday #Defaid #Defaidodon #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepFarming #sheepodon #wyn #lambs #lambingseason #Gwanwyn #spring #spring2025 #Cymru #Wales #photo #photography
#SilentSunday #Defaid #Defaidodon #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepFarming #sheepodon #wyn #lambs #lambingseason #Gwanwyn #spring #spring2025 #Cymru #Wales #photo #photography
Flocking Together: Hebridean Sheep and Sheepdog Training
I heard, through the ever-reliable grapevine, that this small flock of Hebridean sheep at Aireyholme Farm is being used to train a young sheepdog. Predictably, just before this photo was taken, the dog had had its lesson, and the sheep were beginning to calm down.
Hebridean sheep are apparently the darlings of the sheepdog train ...
#SilentSunday #Defaidodon #defaid #sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepOfFediverse #SheepFarming #photo #photography #Cymru #Wales
Sheep drawing: join use on the cliff tops here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/pencil-drawing-of-two-sheep-mike-jory.html #SheepDrawing #Sheep #mastoart #sheepFarming #butcher
