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Sheep

With low wool prices, Midwestern sheep farmers are innovating with the fiber

by Rachel Cramer
May 16, 2024
Some are looking for new uses for fleeces while others shift to breeds that don’t produce much wool at all.
Newly shorn sheep bask in the spring sunlight at the Cory Family Farm in Polk County, Iowa.
Rachel Cramer/Harvest Public Media
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Memoirs + Biographies

What you learn from sheep on Twitter and Instagram

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 7, 2016
James Rebanks comes from a long line of shepherds and shares photos from his daily life on Twitter and Instagram.
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Should sheepherders get a pay raise?

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 1, 2015
They are mostly immigrant guest workers who don't make minimum wage.
Most sheepherders in the U.S. are immigrant guest workers who are not subject to the federal minimum wage. The department of labor is looking into a pay raise.
Joe Mahoney/Rocky Mountain PBS I-News
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Siri gets a new cousin: Meet Nina

by Molly Wood
Aug 7, 2012
A new voice recognition program for apps might run into the same frustrating problems.
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In the English countryside, no sheep is safe

by Stephen Beard
Dec 26, 2011
More than 60,000 sheep have gone missing in the UK this year - three times the usual number - as the rising price of Lamb presents opportunity for thieves.
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The Punchline

The sheepish sheepdog

by Katharine Crnko
Jun 27, 2011
It reads almost like the plot line of a Woody Allen movie: There's a new workplace hazard for Ci, a Border Collie, who was born and bred to herd ...
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Easy Sustainability Answers

How can coriander help reduce green house gas emissions?

by Adriene Hill
Jul 20, 2010
Easy Answer: Feed it to sheep....
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