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Media

Blogs

All Things Goat
The Amazing Goat
Auswormblog
Boer and Meat Goat Blog
Goat Source News and Views
Have "Ewe" Heard - West Virginia Small Ruminant blog
Livestock Health Beat
Meat Goat Blog
Ohio Sheep Milk & Cheese Initiative
Oklahoma Meat Goat Forage Buck Performance Test
OSU Sheep Team - Ohio State
Purdue Sheep & Goat Blog
Shepherd's Notebook Blog - University of Maryland
SixTeen Sheep -- a candid story (history and facts from "the other" side)
Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test
West Virginia Small Ruminant Blog
Wisconsin Sheep & Goat Extension
Wool Shed 1
Wormmail in the Cloud

Facebook

All Things Goat
American Lamb Board (ALB)
American Sheep Shearer's Council
The Banner Sheep Magazine
Cornell Sheep Program
Goat Rancher Magazine
International Goat Association (IGA)
Katahdin Sheep Breeders
Maryland Extension Small Ruminant Program
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival - Official Page
National Sustainable Agriculture Info Service (ATTRA)
Pipestone Vet Sheep-Goats
Purdue Food Animal Education Network
Superior Farms (large lamb processor/importer)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Veterinary Medicine Electronic Library

News

Sheep Industry News
Farmers Weekly Interactive
Farmnews for New Zealand farmers
Science Daily

Newsletters

ASI Weekly newsletter
Black Sheep Newsletter
Goat Newsletter - University of Kentucky
Lamb & Wool Newsletter - Iowa Sheep Industry Association
Langston University Goat Newsletter
News "Ewe" Can use - West Virginia University
Newsletters @ TEAGASC
Newsletters @ Pipestone Vet Clinic
North Dakota Sheep Industry Newsletter
Sheep producers' newsletters - University of Vermont
Wild & Woolly - University of Maryland Extension

Periodicals

Agriculture

Acres USA
American Farm Publications
DTN/Progressive Farmer
High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal
Hoard's Dairyman
Lancaster Farming
Livestock Weekly Internet Edition
Ranch & Rural Living
Successful Farming

Forage

Graze: by graziers, for graziers
Hay & Forage Grower®
Stockman Grass Farmer

Goats

Dairy Goat Journal
The Goat Magazine
Goat Rancher: magazine of commercial goat industry
Goat Tracks Magazine: journal of the working goat
The Meat Goat Journal
Meat Goat Monthly
Ruminations: celebrating the small farm goat

Sheep

The Banner Sheep Magazine
Sheep Canada
Sheep! Magazine
The Shepherd Magazine

Small farm

American Small Farm
Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Hobby Farms
New Zealand Lifestyle Farmer
Small Farm Canada
Small Farmer's Journal
Small Farms Magazine
Small Farm Today
Smallholder magazine (UK)

Working dogs

The Working Border Collie
Working Sheepdog News
The Shepherd's Dogge

Radio

Agrinet® News Network
The Sheep and Goat Radio Hour

Twitter

Fan of Lamb (American Lamb Board)
Farmers Weekly
Kentucky sheep and goat
MDSheepGoat - University of Maryland Extension
Sheep and Goat Fund
SheepUSA - American Sheep Industry Association
USDA Ag Marketing Service
USDAgov
WA Farmers

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The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] is a privately-owned web site. It was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in small ruminant production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is solely maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center in Keedsyville, Maryland. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively. Susan raises purebred and crossbred Katahdin sheep on a small farm she calls The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

Disclaimer: The information and links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Common sense and sound judgement should be applied to all information obtained from the web, regardless of source. In matters of animal health, producers are advised to seek competent veterinary assistance.

Last updated 16-Feb-2012 by Susan Schoenian.