It comes from the fleece of merino sheep, a group of breeds originating in Spain in the Middle Ages. For centuries, Spain kept a strict monopoly on merino sheep. Anyone who dared export the breed ...

and dollar maker merino sheep he breeds on the property Martin is holding a one kilogram cone of merino yarn.MIKE WATSON / FAIRFAX NZ A Marlborough sheep farmer is using his extensive knowledge of ...

Photographs of prizewinning Australian merino sheep with rippling fleeces ... explores recent efforts to “redesign” sheep to produce new breeds that can shed their wool without shearing.

This indicates a significant realignment in sheep farming preferences, moving away from the traditional dominance of the Merino. The financial incentives for transitioning to shedding breeds are ...

What is merino, exactly? Merino is an exceptionally fine and soft wool derived from a hardy breed of sheep called – wait for it – the merino, which is indigenous to the Atlas Mountains in ...

AUSTRALIA’S Merino wool production will continue to decline without a change in growers’ terms of trade, delegates at the ...

Learn about heritage breed turkeys and sheep during a workshop at Hunter’s Home, Saturday, June 7, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Australia may have once ridden on the sheep's back ... In country traditionally the home of the Merino breed, shedding breeds like dorpers or Aussie Whites are more and more likely to be what ...