Media

It is important for sheep and goat producers to stay up-to-date on issues affecting their industry. There are numerous 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),and twitter.

Blogs

All Things 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
Meat Goat Blog
Oklahoma Meat Goat Forage Buck Performance Test
OSU Sheep Team - Ohio State
SheepBlog by Sheep! Magazine
Shepherd's Notebook Blog - Univ. Maryland
USDA blog
W. 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

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

Newsletters

Animal Health newsletter - Western Australia
ASI Weekly newsletter
Black Sheep Newsletter
Goat Newsletter - Univ. Kentucky
Lamb & Wool Newsletter - Iowa Sheep Ind. Assoc.
Langston University Goat Newsletter
News "Ewe" Can use - West Virginia University
Ovine Observer - Western Australia
Newsletters @ TEAGASC
Newsletters @ Pipestone Vet Clinic
North Dakota Sheep Industry Newsletter
Sheep producers' newsletters - Univ. Vermont
Wild & Woolly - Univ. of Maryland
Wormwise newsletter - Western Australia

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

ASI Sheep Industry News
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

Twitter

Fan of Lamb (American Lamb Board)
Farmers Weekly
Kentucky sheep and goat
SheepUSA
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 and marketing. 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, 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 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 its affiliated pages are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, or product. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Users of this web site and all external links are encouraged to use common sense and sound judgement when evaluating information. Always consider the source, bias, timeliness, and logic of the web site, as well as author's expertise and bias, when evaluating information from the web.

Last updated 15-Mar-2010 by Susan Schoenian.