About the Cornell Sheep Program

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Cornell Teaching and Researh Center Sheep farm headquarters are yellow barns in upper left corner.  Dairy farm is in upper center and beef barn is in upper right.

The Cornell Sheep Program evaluates and disseminates information on management, nutrition, health, selection, and marketing strategies for highly productive sheep systems. Purebred Dorset and Finnsheep flocks and a commercial Finnsheep ´ Dorset flock are managed under the Cornell STAR management system. Selection in the Dorset and Finnsheep flocks is for aseasonality and fertility. Strategies to make efficient use of labor and to better control health problems are evaluated in the commercial flock. Growing lambs are used to evaluate dietary ingredients such as grain by-products as sources of fermentable fiber and protein.