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 ...

Preserving a small flock of awassi sheep has given Michael Willis arguably as much pleasure as raising numbers of rare kiwi, kakapo and takahe. Awassis are milking sheep, but his breeding flock of 25 ...

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 ...

Scardello just announced that they have a new cheese in the case, a Veldhuizen original made from the milk of the Dublin, Texas, cheesemakers’ herd of Awassi sheep. The breed, native to the Middle ...

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 ...

Cuddling lambs is just one of the secrets behind the success of Queensland's only sheep cheese maker. If you pick up a new born awassie it will actually cuddle into you On the Scenic Rim, west of the ...

George Assaf sounds a wounded and wary note. Wounded, because the Lebanese-born Australian citizen says all he wants to do is create more wealth for New Zealand farmers who receive much less for their ...

It is understood the export ship Awassi Express will leave Fremantle in the next few days and probably head to Broome to load cattle to ferry to South-East Asia. The Awassi Express sailed into a storm ...

Emanuel Exports and two former directors charged after more than 2,400 sheep died of heat stress on voyage to Middle East, leading to federal crackdown Live export company Emanuel Exports has been ...