USDA

Shepherd dominique herman raises saxon merino sheep on her farm sells yarn in farmers markets and direct sale(usda/fpac photo by preston keres)

U.S. Department of Agriculture. We provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.
We have a vision to provide economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive; to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others throughout the world; and to preserve our Nation's natural resources.

Catskill Merino

Happy customer standing under tent selling Merino wool products at a farmers market

People walking through a farmers market

Stand selling wool at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York City

Person’s hands touching brightly colored skeins on Merino wool at a farmers market

People walking at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York City

Adorable baby lamb grazing in tall grass

Farmer Dominique Herman preparing wool to sell

Close up of woman’s hands putting tags on wool to sell

Woman farmer entrepreneur prepare price tags on her merchandise to sell

Woman farmer doing office work on her farm

Woman farmer looking at laptop screen to read about pandemic assistance for farmers

Farmer doing work at her computer in her farm office

Farmer Dominique Herman preparing wool from her sheep

Close up of woman farmer’s hands touching Merino sheep wool

Woman shepherd prepares her merchandise to be sold at a farmers market

Entrepreneur farmer prepares her merchandise in her office

Woman farmer prepares merchandise of wool and skeins to be sold

Happy woman farmer standing in the doorway of her animal stable

Shears for shearing sheep hanging on a wall in a table

Photos of sheep and ewes on a wall in a stable of a shepherd

Woman farmer preparing to  feed her Merino Sheep on farm

Adorable baby lamb standing in front of its mother in a pen

Cute baby lamb reaching its nose from behind a fence in a pen waiting to be fed

Merino sheep looking to be fed while standing in a stable with pens and hay

Sheep staring at the camera in a field with other sheep and ewes behind

Farmer Dominique Herman walking with her sheep in an open field with tall grass

Dominique Herman leads a flock of Corriedale Merino cross and Ike-de-France Merino cross to pasture

Woman shepherd leading her flock in an open field in the morning

Shepherd Dominique Herman leads a flock of sheep on her farm

Flock of sheep and ewes walk in a field with fog and the sunrise

Close up of sheep with big horns  in a pen

Smiling woman farmer stands her her flock of sheep and ewes

A contemporary woman shepherd looks over her flock on her farm

Flock of sheep and ewes standing on a berm on a farm

Dominique Herman cuddles a baby lamb from her flock

Woman putting hand down for a baby lamb to sniff

Shepherd Dominique Herman stands in a field on her farm

Sheep grazing in a field at sunrise

Sheep graze the grass in an open field with the sunrise

Saxon Merino ewes walking through a field in the fog

Group of Saxon ewes stand together in a field

Flock of sheep and ewes in a field in the fog

Woman shepherd standing n a grass field in the fog

Flock of Merino ewes on a farm

Female shepherd in the early morning light on a farm

Flock of sheep running through a field in Warwick, NY

Back view of a woman farmers leading her flock of sheep in a field

Two ewes standing in a field on a farm

Dominique Herman petting a sheep on her farm in the morning

Farmer with glasses prepares wool for sale from her sheep