The merino conjures up images of fine micron wool and wrinkles and an imposing concrete statue in the New South Wales city of Goulburn. But in the north of NSW poor prices for fine micron wool have ...

Late-afternoon light falls soft on the rocky outcrops of Dwarsvlei farm, just south of Middelburg, Eastern Cape. It’s the end of a mild Karoo winter Saturday in June, when most country folk are ...

Simon and Sarah Paterson, of the Armidale Merino Stud on the Maniototo Plain, with their young sons Bede and Hugo. Photo: Stuff The Armidale Merino Stud at Gimmerburn on the Maniototo Plain has an ...

A Victorian farmer says it will take years for him to recover from a series of sophisticated, coordinated farm thefts that cost him more than $175,000. Steve Wheeler has had more than 1,700 sheep ...

Grant Naudé, president of Merino South Africa, spoke to Octavia Avesca Spandiel about the Merino breed’s adaptability, ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Talk about a close shave! Earlier today, a sheep named Chris got a much-needed shear that, in all ...

An Australian sheep that entered the Guinness World Records after being found with an enormously overgrown fleece has died, it was announced. Chris the merino sheep made global headlines after being ...