As a mouth-watering protein source, sheep is divided into two distinct meat types — lamb and mutton — each defined by its own ...

SILVERTHORNE ” As two grown men restrained an exceptionally woolly sheep, the eager Sebastian Boch, equipped with a protective mask and vest, was hoisted on top. Seconds later, the 5-year-old was ...

HOUSTON – Undoubtedly the cutest event held at RodeoHouston, mutton bustin’ invites budding cowgirls and cowboys between the ages of 5 and 6 and weighing less than 55 pounds to climb atop a wooly ...

Ava Weis hangs on tight during the mutton bustin' competition as part of the Great Frontier Bull Riding competition Thursday night, July 28, 2016, during the Olmsted County Fair held at Graham Park in ...

OAKLAND — Alameda County county supervisors have banned “mutton busting,” a rodeo event where children ride on the backs of sheep to see how long they can hang on before being tossed by the animals.

Yet on Apple Creek Farm’s chalkboard list of grass-fed meats for sale at the winter farmers’ market in Brunswick, Maine, there it was: mutton. Farmer Jake Galle sells mutton ground into a rosemary ...

Mutton is often thought of as tough and gamey, but a sheep farmer from Katanning, in Western Australia's Great Southern region, is getting top-dollar for his mutton at some of Perth's top end ...

Sheep prices are near their lowest level in 16 years, according to Bloomberg, sending Australian sheep farmers into despair. Mutton prices have plunged 75 per cent over the past year, says Tim Jackson ...

Some children get turned on to it earlier than others, but mutton bustin' is a drug. Everyone tries it once. This at least seems to be the case at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show. The rodeo ...

The eastern states mutton indicator closed on Monday at 406c/kg carcass weight — 17c/kg higher than a week ago and the highest price since September 2011, when it traded at 407c/kg. While mutton ...

So thought R.J. Flores, 7, while waiting Monday for the start of the 1 p.m. round of “Mutton Bustin’” at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. R.J. regularly wrangles pigs and other small farm animals ...