NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Fiber for hats, rugs, sweaters and other items can come from sheep, but it most certainly can be produced from other sources. Organizers for the upcoming Sheep & Fiber Farm Tour, ...

Sometimes animals act just like little kids, and that's definitely the case when it comes to Curtis the alpaca in this video that @Useless Farm shared on Friday, September 1st. Curtis lives on a farm ...

On a recent spring day, Anne Choi went searching for her sheep, who were hiding. Striding across her roughly 12-acre farm in Bedminster, the fiber farmer and artisan called out for the fluffy ...

When Melissa Ashley’s youngest son met his first alpaca, she knew it could be the key to conquering his fear of animals. A sign at a local farm that read “Alpacas for Autism” inspired her to begin ...

Fiber animals are one of the smallest groups of animals at the fair. They are the only animals at the fair that are judged solely on their fiber. Patty Pittman, superintendent of the fiber animals for ...

When bird flu spilled over into dairy cattle last year, researchers discovered high concentrations of the H5N1 virus in the ...

A herd of sheep and goats tried to make their way across an icy road in Canada while being led by an alpaca. Lola the alpaca did her best as she led the herds in near-freezing degree temperatures in ...

Dog walkers will face an unlimited fine if their pet worries livestock, including llamas, alpacas and sheep. Peers and MPs have both agreed to lift a £1,000 cap on fines, which English and Welsh ...

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Spaniards and other Europeans who went to the Andes persisted in thinking of llamas and alpacas as "sheep." The colonial writings in Spanish referred to them as "ovejas" or "carneros," a nomenclature ...