Fairy Tales
Raising Goats for Their Hair
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat. Or for their ability to help renew grasslands and control weeds. Or even for their ability to be friendly and gentle around children.
Goats can also be valuable for their hair.
Cashmere goats produce cashmere and Angora goats produce — [...]
Getting Started Raising Sheep
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Two different people — one in Russia, the other in California — recently asked us about raising sheep. So today we offer advice from some experts.
(SOUND OF SHEEP)
A group of four-day old lambs at a ranch in Montana
Researchers at Ohio State University say sheep probably respond more to [...]
Financial Crisis Summit Set for November 15 in Washington
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
Watching stocks in Tokyo
Credit markets showed signs of some improvement this week. Interest rates for short-term loans between banks fell, in a sign that banks may be more willing to lend. But stock markets fell on new concerns about company profits.
President Bush invited leaders of the Group of [...]
