Mobile ram shearing may be the future of the wool industry, according to a Victorian livestock contractor who specialises in shearing big sheep in a futuristic trailer. Wool producers are turning to a ...

Shearers often pay a heavy health price for handling huge sheep in the sheds, with many suffering from back injuries. Shearers often injure their backs while doing their jobs because of the weight of ...

Jake, the sheep shearing crew boss, called me on Saturday evening, hoping to arrive at my barn on Monday morning. I already had a big day of commitments on Monday so we settled on Tuesday morning ...

MILES CITY, Mont. - Mike Schuldt has been shearing sheep for 28 years, and a grant through the Growth Through Agriculture program last November made his vision of a mobile sheep shearing operation a ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. — After several years of work, applying for grants and buying and modifying equipment, Oregon Sheep Growers Association members staged their first sheep shearing school last week in ...

BUHL, Idaho (AP) — With sweat dripping from his permanently tanned nose, Chase Cantrell leaned against the shearing shed. "I did 266 sheep on my best day," said Cantrell, 25, of Buhl, who has been ...