Reading Time: 3 minutes If Brian McDonald’s vision comes to fruition this year, St. Stephen’s Cemetery in north Edmonton will be maintained by four-legged, woolly grass eaters instead of lawn mowers. McDonald, sales manager for the cemetery, wants to use sheep to graze part of the 40-acre burial ground. “We have to do quite a bit of maintenance on […] Read more
Not a baa-d idea: Sheep to replace lawn mowers in Edmonton cemetery
Lawn-munching sheep have become an institution — and tourist attraction — in Fort Saskatchewan
Ukraine to accept Canadian purebred sheep, goats
Canadian producers of purebred sheep and goats will be able to export their livestock to Ukraine under a new agreement announced Thursday. The Canadian government said Thursday the deal will allow Canada’s producers to expand their sales into the market and benefit Ukrainian breeders through “greater access” to Canadian genetics. The new agreement on sheep […] Read more
Canadian lamb co-operative near launch
The Canadian Lamb Producers Co-operative (CLPC) is set to start buying finished lambs this spring and launch a new marketing arm, dubbed the Canadian Lamb Company, this month. The co-operative, the first-ever federally incorporated national co-op, will own and oversee the Canadian Lamb Co. as its corporate marketing subsidiary. Four years in the making, the […] Read more
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