WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- A hundred years ago, most sheep shearers relied on scissor-like blades to cut the wool off of sheep, before motorized clippers took over as the primary method. "Blade shearing ...

A Waikato shearer has become a world record holder after shearing 367 merino ewes in eight hours. Alexia Phillips competed for the women's world record in Spring Valley Farm, about 200km southeast of ...

Una Cameron, aged 51, sheared 517 sheep at Trefranck Farm, in Launceston, on Wednesday beating the previous women's solo strongwool ewe record by 59 sheep. The feat took place over a nine-hour period ...

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 ...