A sheep farmer in north-west Victoria has amassed what is believed to be the world's largest collection of antique shearing handpieces. Kevin Crook's collection of 270 different shearing handpieces ...

A semi-autonomous shearing handpiece that would capture data about what makes for a good shear will be put to the test with experienced shearers. National sheep and wool writer for ACM's agricultural ...

A new lightweight, battery powered handpiece developed by Scottish engineering firm 4C is currently being trialled in Australia to use in the shearing industry.

Sheep shearing kit maker Heiniger has launched a lighter-weight version of its Icon shearing handpiece. The unit, which is sold in the UK via importer Allflex, uses a slimmer barrel to supposedly ...

Charlie Dunn may only be five years old but his passion for shearing means his future career is already mapped out. Loading... Living on a sheep farm at Culcairn, in the Riverina region of New South ...

All cleaned-up, from left shearing crank grinder Alice Woolston, shearing legend Sir David Fagan and shaven Natalie Crisp after the charity event in Te Kuiti on Friday night. Photo / SSNZ Shearing ...

In a 2000 study, researchers at the University of Southern Australia found that by every measurement taken, from sustained heart rate to oxygen consumption to calories burned, sheep shearing was ...

The competition, known as a cleanshear, is the richest single sheep shearing competition in Queensland and shearers will travel from as far as Tenterfield and Chinchilla to take part. Show shearing co ...

He revolutionised sheep shearing, proposed a helicopter two decades before that aircraft existed and was the first Aboriginal writer to be published. South Australian David Unaipon has appeared on the ...