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Students crowded around the sheep while Tom Stodghill sheared it with clippers Thursday at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds. Once he had a section sheared, he invited students to touch the sheep's skin.
The most well-established relationship Garey and Griffiths have in New Zealand is with farmer Scott McFadden.
Third-grade students from across Polk County spend last Thursday getting up-close with farm animals and learning about how ...
The circle of life lives within local school campuses. From planting seeds, hatching chicks and slaughtering roosters, ...
Sixth graders in Muscatine got an opportunity to learn about agricultural safety on Wednesday. Kids split into groups and went through several stations where they learned about chemical safety, ...
Max Genecov is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a dad, and a stuffed animal owner. “I’ve always had them growing up, I had a big fantasy life with ...
Brown describes herself as “traditional but unconventional.” Along with her farm, which is home to horses, cows, sheep, a blind donkey, and 10 dogs, she runs an animal shelter where 23 more dogs live.
HOUSTON – Hundreds of animals rescued from a fur and urine farm in Ohio are now finding new homes in Texas, with more on the way. Bears Etc. in Huntsville has already moved nearly 30 animals to ...
More than 2,000 cows must be destroyed on a farm in northern Hungary, where several animals have become infected with foot-and-mouth disease. Due to the outbreak, which affects pigs, cattle ...
The official throwback weekend of NASCAR is just around the corner, and to honor one of the greats, a special paint scheme was unveiled at the Track Too Tough to Tame. Local students will once ...
The learning centers around agriculture ... between Howell and Samrock Stables continues, with the nonprofit animal rescue farm’s future uncertain. “We’re really struggling,” Angelov ...
When the 24-year-old tried out equine-assisted learning in June 2024, which had him grooming and feeding the animals, he found a new way of connecting with and managing his emotions.