"We have 20 students learning how to shear sheep and 15 here for the wool classing certification," said Chris Schauer, director of the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC), and coordinator ...

Anyone who’s ever wondered about wool had the chance to explore the subject during a two-day event at Lake Metroparks Farmpark. Shearing Weekend took place on May 8 and 9 at Farmpark, which is located ...

(KUTV) -- Utah wool producers have something important to say to PETA in response to its sheep billboard in Salt Lake City. "First thing that's important to understand about shearing is it's cruel and ...

Cup of coffee in hand, Jim Barnett takes a break from shearing Brian Iburg's sheep. They seem unaware of the change, however, as they mill around the barn. It's hard to hear over the bleating, which ...

Hundreds of yarn enthusiasts descended on the Redd event space in Southeast Portland on Saturday for the third annual Sacred ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Making warm wool blankets for the winter starts with an event at the beginning of every spring – ...

But at age 85, time has finally caught up to him. Though one habit will be harder to break: his annual visit to the Fraser ...

In a 2000 study, researchers at the University of Southern Australia found that by every measurement taken, from sustained heart rate to oxygen consumption to calories burned, sheep shearing was ...

Thousands of baaing sheep shift in nervous eddies around a small, open trailer where the snicking sounds of hundreds of metal teeth signal it’s haircut time — at last. Shearing has marked a seasonal ...

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 ...