AMMAN — The Ministry of Agriculture is distributing 200 improved Awassi rams to farmers to develop the gene pool of local sheep, an official said recently. Due to increased demand across the region ...

Preserving a small flock of awassi sheep has given Michael Willis arguably as much pleasure as raising numbers of rare kiwi, kakapo and takahe. Awassis are milking sheep, but his breeding flock of 25 ...

Shortages of raw materials are impacting many sectors of Lebanon’s crisis-ridden economy. But two things it has in abundance are grazing pastures and Awassi sheep. Indigenous to Lebanon, Awassi sheep ...

A south-east Queensland livestock farmer has helped the Middle Eastern emirate of Qatar rebuilt its ailing Awassi sheep herd. Awassi are a particular breed of sheep, originally from the Arabian desert ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. THE ownership of sheep genetic breeding stock is the unusual subject of a decade-long feud that could end up in the High Court. But rare ...

In just its second year of operation, the business was forced to cancel bus bookings and private functions, with drop-in customers also turned away as owners Di and David Piggott looked to find ways ...

Back in 2009, a group of Israeli researchers identified a herd of Awassi sheep suffering from "day blindness". As its name implies, these sheep were blind during the day (in bright light) but could ...

Cuddling lambs is just one of the secrets behind the success of Queensland's only sheep cheese maker. If you pick up a new born awassie it will actually cuddle into you On the Scenic Rim, west of the ...

Scardello just announced that they have a new cheese in the case, a Veldhuizen original made from the milk of the Dublin, Texas, cheesemakers’ herd of Awassi sheep. The breed, native to the Middle ...