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 ...

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 ...

The company at the centre of a live sheep export scandal, Emanuel Exports, is now the focus of a criminal investigation into its treatment of animals after being told to demonstrate why it should not ...

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 ...

A STATE investigation into the Awassi Express voyage, in which 2400 sheep died from heat stress, has been stalled by the Federal Government, which says it can’t hand over relevant documents. As a ...

Dougal, an awassi sheep, took a starring role in The Hobbit. The breed is being used to improve New Zealand's sheep dairy flock. Photo: The-Press In New Zealand his actions might have placed him under ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Live export company Emanuel Exports and two of its former directors have strongly indicated through their lawyer they will plead not ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gatton. Followed categories will be added to My News. Awassi Queensland's feta has made it to the state finals of the Delicious magazineproduce awards for 2018.