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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — A large Romney sheep makes its way out of the chute and on to the shearing station, waiting for the sheep shearer to get started on its overgrown coat. As the shearer picks up the ...

Former St. Cloud State All-American and Hall of Fame wrestler still lives a nomadic life, but has found his wrestling skills come in handy in his new business. Former St. Cloud State All-American ...

DERRY, Pa. — Chuck Penich plopped a sheep onto its butt between his legs and started buzzing away with a set of electric clippers, slowly working his way from her belly to her legs and back. Less than ...

FARGO - Shepherds have some simple ways to capitalize on one of the best lamb and wool markets the American sheep industry has seen. One of them is shearing sheep. It can have tremendous impacts on ...

HETTINGER, N.D. -- They were like patient customers at a beauty school, suffering a few clipper nicks without making too much of a fuss. After all, a sheep shearer's gotta learn sometime. Hundreds of ...

TAYLOR – Elmer Miler is used to getting caught in the crossfire. “I’ve been spit on more this year than I’ve ever been,” Miler said with an easy smile. The culprits are spitting alpacas and llamas, ...