WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The art of sheep shearing maybe aging out. The sheep shearing industry, according to an Indiana livestock organization, needs a new flock of experts to fill a growing void, and ...

Katie McRose, the founder of the traveling animal shearing business Right Choice Shearing, remembers the first time she posted a TikTok video showing off her work. It was back in March of this year, ...

Making the attempt Whanganui shearer Simon Goss, who will tackling the solo nine-hours ewes record at Ātihau-Whanganui ...

HIGHLAND COUNTY – As the winter turns to spring, thousands of Virginia wool sheep will get their annual “haircut." Sheep shearing, or the process of harvesting wool, is a centuries-old practice that ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sheep shearing demonstration was held in the Ames Activity Pavilion at the National Western Stock Show on January 22, 2020. Bob Schroth, who runs annual ...

GILLETTE – A group of about 25 people gathered in an old, dusty barn last weekend. Some sat at a table, some on a beam along the wall. Others sat on bales of fleece nearby. Young and old, they ate ...

At the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village farm in New Gloucester, sheep are shorn once a year in the spring. This year, the farm has 73 sheep and it took most of a day to shear them all. Shaker Village, ...

Shearing day at a sheep farm is one of the most important days at the farm and it begins this time of year across Central New York. Depending on the breed of sheep and the growth of their wool, it can ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA), on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Purdue ...

Facing incredible demand, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension shared the art of sheep shearing with a sold-out class Wednesday and Thursday. University extension specialists taught more than 20 ...

A sheep named Baarack received a much needed shearing after rescuers in Australia found the abandoned animal with more than 75 pounds of wool weighing it down. Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary, an ...