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 ...

VILLAFALE, Spain (Reuters) – Brought to Spain on a special flight amid the coronavirus lockdown, some 250 Uruguayan sheep shearers race against time to shear millions of Spanish sheep as the ...

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 ...

The warm weather has finally arrived, which means it’s time for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo annual Sheep Shearing events, May 3-4. This fleece-filled weekend of fun will ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Nowhere in America could you see better sheep shearing than at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, Jan. 27 in Rapid City, S.D. The 10-day event hosts the National Sheep Shearing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Dropping temperatures later this fall will have Solano County residents reaching for woolen sweaters, hats, and mittens, but ...

A New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day. Nikki Lyons ...

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. 18. The statewide ...

A sheepdog rounds up sheep before they are taken to shearing in Usingen near Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, May 29, 2021. AP USINGEN, Germany — It’s time for the sheep in Germany’s Taunus Mountains to ...