Attention is also now turning to the NSA Next Generation Ambassador Programme, with applications for the 2026 intake due to open next month. NSA will be seeking 12 enthusiastic young people with a ...
What makes a dream job? The chance to travel the world? A workplace in the great outdoors as opposed to a stuffy office? Honing a skill to a competition-worthy level? Sounds pretty good – which is why ...
The rural life of rearing rare-breed sheep and caring for alpacas is a world away for many urban teenagers. Yet a British school near Liverpool has opened up a wealth of jobs in agriculture and the ...
Industry experts believe that a worldwide decline in sheep numbers, along with eco-conscious shoppers switching to wool, have ...
Women have made up almost half of the students on a sheep shearing course held to encourage more young people to become qualified shearers. The basic training - one of four levels new shearers can ...
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USINGEN, Germany (AP) — It’s time for the sheep in Germany's Taunus Mountains to get their summer look, and the shearers are making quick work of relieving the 1,000 or so in Volker Schuhmacher’s ...
A young shepherd set the baa high with her GCSE results when she arrived to collect them with her sheep, Kevin. Milly Johnson, 16, who has won awards for sheep-handling, brought along the North ...
New Zealand shearers Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan have arrived in the UK ready for the first of six test matches in a four-nations tour starting at the Lochearnhead Shears in Scotland this weekend.
Recent workshops delivered to aspiring sheep farmers from the National Sheep Association (NSA) have given valuable insights ...