MONTEREY — The guide books love to point out that with a population of less than 2,500, Highland County has more sheep than people.
The dry air and cool season grasses make Highland County a fine place for grazing animals.
Bobbie Hefner of Monterey has been doing it for 50 years. Although the Virginia Sheep Producers Association named her Outstanding Sheep Producer of 2001, she said marketing is a challenge.
"It's hard to make a living. Everything has to go someplace else to be done," said Hefner, who sells beef cattle once a year through the Virginia Quality Assured program, while a man from West Virginia buys her lambs for slaughter.
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