Like so many projects and opportunities, what was supposed to have started in 2020 went on the backburner because of the pandemic. Among those casualties was a program to take wool grown by the ...

LAWRENCE, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - One word best defines how Megan Landes-Murphy and her husband Tom Murphy met, made career choices and launched a unique-to-Nebraska business. Sheep. Neither ...

At a family farm in central Iowa, a sheep shearer leans over a ram, making smooth, clean strokes through several inches of shaggy wool. For most breeds, this fiber will just keep growing unless it’s ...

The Purdue University College of Agriculture’s Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program (IN S&W) and the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA) are jointly sponsoring the annual Hoosier Sheep ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – What do you do with pound after pound of sheep’s wool that no one’s taking on the market? That’s a real problem a well-known North Valley farm recently faced. They might not ...

Some people have a nose for whiskey. Jenn Phillips has a nose for wool. "I can smell a fleece and tell if it’s good, and depending on the scent, it’ll be nice and sweet," Phillips said. The Amity ...