Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
grazing to provide the bulk of feed for a small fl ock of sheep. By adopting the
techniques discussed below, grass farmers can be stewards of their environ-
ment: erosion from cropland is up to 300 times greater than the erosion that
comes off a well-sodded pasture, and grasslands capture more atmospheric
carbon than do croplands.
FORAGING CAPABILITIES
EXCELLENT
GOOD
POOR
Barbados Blackbelly
Bluefaced Leicester
Booroola Merino
Black Welsh Mountain
Border Leicester
British Milk Sheep
Border Cheviot
California Variegated Mutant
Charollais
California Red
Clun Forest
East Friesian
Canadian Arcott
Columbia
Finnsheep
Debouillet
Coopworth
Ile de France
Gulf Coast Native
Cormo
Hampshire
Hog Island
Corriedale
Lacaune
Icelandic
Cotswold
Oxford
Karakul
Delaine Merino
Suffolk
Katahdin
Dorper
Navajo-Churro
Dorset
Panama
Jacob
Polypay
Leicester Longwool
Rambouillet
Lincoln
Romanov
Montadale
Romney
North Country Cheviot
Santa Cruz
Perendale
Scottish Blackface
Rideau Arcott
Shetland
Romeldale
Soay
Royal White
St. Croix
Shropshire
Targhee
Southdown
Tunis
Teeswater
Wiltshire Horn
Texel
Wensleydale
Note:
All sheep are, by nature, foraging animals, but those that are listed as excellent do well on poorer
pasture or range with little or no supplement. Those listed as good do well on good pasture with little
or no supplement, and those listed as poor do well on a really good pasture, but generally benefi t from
supplementation — and absolutely must have supplementation if pastures aren't top-notch.
