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 ...
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 ...
As the sun rises over a feedlot in a northern corner of San Angelo on a late September morning; a large group of sheep, heavy with overgrown layers of wool, kicks up clouds of dust as they nervously ...
A West Australian worker is believed to have smashed the country’s quick sheep shearing record. Ethan Harder competed in the Hamish Wills Memorial Quick Shear in Casuarina at the weekend, shearing a ...
SHEFFIELD, Texas — For the past 80 years, four generations of Allisons have overseen the spring shearing at their 35,000-acre ranch among the rocky arroyos of Terrell County, 140 miles southwest of ...
Lake Metroparks’ second annual Lamb Jam event kicked off on April 27, providing visitors with an opportunity to learn more about sheep and the wool they produce. Farmpark staff members showed visitors ...
MANKATO — Joe Domeier vividly remembers the first time he sheared a sheep over 15 years ago, and it wasn’t pretty. “The very first sheep I sheared was my own and it was just brutal,” Domeier laughed. ...
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, ...
LESTER, Iowa — "Sheep shearers are in short supply in Australia just like here," says Alex Moser. Shearing is work that Moser enjoys, so a sheep shearing trip seemed like a good idea. His seven-week ...