OSU Sheep Team

Jeff McCutcheon, Extension Agent, Knox County
(Originally Published in Sheep Team Newsletter June 2003)
Many people while discussing lamb marketing or the outlook for lamb mention a bright spot in ethnic marketing. What does that mean? US Census data reveals that one in ten people living in this country were born in another country. [...]

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Dave Mangione, Extension Educator, Ross County (Originally Published in Sheep Team Newsletter June 2004)
Understanding the religious restrictions associated with the Muslim faith is important to accessing this consumer market. The method in which an animal is harvested for human consumption by someone of Muslim faith is very specific. The term Zalrihah is used to describe [...]

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By Roger A. High, State Sheep Extension Associate
(Originally Published in Sheep Team Newsletter February 2004)
Would we eat what we produce? We must remember each and every day as we go to the barn to feed our sheep, take care of our lambs, give medications, manage our flocks, and every other aspect of sheep [...]

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