The hard work of shearing sheep was on last week at a ranch between Montrose and Olathe, where a crew of fewer than 10 ...

After her first day shearing, Mikayla Hall's hands were covered in blisters. Three years later she's one of the fastest ...

South Dakota State University Extension hosts an annual Sheep Shearing School — a skill Sheep Field Specialist Jaelyn Whaley says there is a definite need for.

By: Karla Blackstock, Executive Director of the American Dorper Sheep Breeders’ Society and Dan Quadros, Ph.D., Small ...

Join the free Ozark Highland Sheep and Fiber Festival on March 21 and 22 at Mesta Meadows Ranch. Enjoy sheep shearing, a petting zoo, live music, workshops and local crafts in the Ozark Highlands.

For decades, Irish wool has been undervalued—discarded as waste or sold for pennies. “The challenge for 99% of farmers in ...

Most people think of the Valais Blacknose sheep when reading nursery rhymes, and it’s rarely seen outside of Europe. Its fuzzy black face, ears, and hocks make it look more like a toy than a living ...

FIVE local farmers have paid a combined $35 million for John Nicoletti’s cropping and sheep aggregation in Western ...

Under World Sheep Shearing Records Society rules, the sheep needed to average at least 3.4kg of wool each according to a sample shear of 10 ewes the day before the record. While the sheep shorn by ...

Third was Riverton shearer Casey Bailey, runner-up in his first Golden Shears open final last year, and on Saturday scoring the best quality points in finishing the best of the four southern hopes who ...