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This is a list of the sheep breeds usually considered to have originated in Spain. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Spanish.
Alan Townsend (series 2–3; guest series 1): the head builder for various projects on the farm including the farm shop, barns for the farm animals, and the farm restaurant. Dilwyn Evans (series 2; guest series 1, 3): a local veterinarian who helps care for the farm's flock of sheep and later its cows and pigs. He performs various tasks ...
Blonde and dark-faced latxa sheep in the Basque Country. The Latxa (Basque pronunciation:; Spanish: Lacho/Lacha) is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Basque Country of Spain. Mostly contained within the provinces of Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Navarre and, Cantabria are dairy sheep whose unpasteurized milk is used to produce Idiazábal and Roncal ...
Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]
James Rebanks (born 1974) [1] is an English sheep farmer and author, from Matterdale in Cumbria. [2] His first book, the autobiography The Shepherd's Life, was published in 2015, [3] and he published English Pastoral in 2020.
The agrarian census of 1982 found that 50.9 percent of the country's farmland was held in properties of 200 or more hectares, although farms of this size made up only 1.1 percent of the country's 2.3 million farms. [2] At the other end of the scale, the census showed that 61.8 percent of Spain's farms had fewer than 5 hectares of land. [2]
The most famous product from Manchega sheep is the Manchego cheese made from their milk. [3] True Manchego cheese must be made from the whole milk of Manchega sheep raised in La Mancha. [ 3 ] In La Mancha, Manchego are primarily raised for dairy production, but elsewhere their use is more diversified and they may be raised for meat as well. [ 1 ]
The principal drove roads of Spain. The Mesta (Spanish: Honrado Concejo de la Mesta, lit. 'Honorable Council of the Mesta') was a powerful association protecting livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile that was incorporated in the 13th century and was dissolved in 1836.