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The study aimed to determine the economics of sheep production in the salamiah region. The study area was chosen intentionally, and the villages in this area were chosen on the basis of their relative importance for milk production they numbered 7 village and 135 breeders. The research objectives were achieved based on the T-test and the multiple linear regression model to determine the effect of a group of independent factors on the two dependent variables (milk production and meat production), applying the five–point likert model to identify the problems facing educators in the study sample. The results of the T-test analysis for the two periods (2001-2010) and (2011-2021) showed that there were significant differences in milk production in Hama Governorate and Salamieh at significance level of 1%, There are significant differences in meat production in Hama Governorate at a significance level of 5% and in Saalamieh region at significance level of 1%, the production of milk and meat increased significantly despite the decrease in the number of sheep. While there were no significant difference in the number of sheep heads within the two periods at the level of Syria, Hama, or Salamiah. The results of the analysis also showed that the most important factors with a positive moral impact on the production of both milk and meat are the size of the animal holding, the duration of grazing, and the amount of feed consumed. High feed prices ranked first among the problems facing breeders in the study sample, with an average of 4.61, and the weak role of agricultural extension ranked last, with an average of 2.51. The research reached a set of recommendation, such as providing the necessary feed ration for livestock in the appropriate quantity and price, qualification and follow-up of encouraging producers to manufacture milk and its derivatives.
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