Media

It is important for sheep and goat producers to stay up-to-date on issues affecting their industry. Nowadays, there are many ways to receive information. On this page, links are arranged alphabetically according to media type: blogs, facebook, news, newsletters, periodicals (ag, forage, goats, sheep, small farm, and working dogs), radio, and twitter.

Blogs

All Things Goat
The Amazing Goat
Auswormblog
Boer and Meat Goat Blog
Goat Source News and Views
Kentucky Sheep & Goat Development Office
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
Raising goats revealed
SheepBlog by Sheep! Magazine
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
Wool Shed 1

Facebook

All Things Goat
American Lamb Board
American Sheep Shearer's Council
The Banner Sheep Magazine
Katahdin Sheep Breeders
Kentucky Sheep & Goat Development Office
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival - Official Page
National Sustainable Agriculture Info Service (ATTRA)
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
Meat Goat Monthly
Ruminations: celebrating the small farm goat

Sheep

The Banner Sheep Magazine
Sheep Canada
Sheep! 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

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat 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 maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively, and also attended The Ohio State University. Susan conducts the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test at her research facility in Keedysville. She raises registered and commercial Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

Disclaimer: The 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. Users of this web site and all external links are advised to apply common sense and sound judgement to all information obtained from the internet, regardless of source.

Last updated 06-Aug-2010 by Susan Schoenian.