NORTH ANDOVER — Spring really is here, recent weather notwithstanding. This means that the time-honored Sheep Shearing Festival, now in its 46th year, will take place in just a few weeks. This ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. — After several years of work, applying for grants and buying and modifying equipment, Oregon Sheep Growers Association members staged their first sheep shearing school last week in ...

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 ...

Facing incredible demand, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension shared the art of sheep shearing with a sold-out class Wednesday and Thursday. University extension specialists taught more than 20 ...

Onslow looked relaxed and comfortable while lying on his back on a platform Thursday inside Kahua Ranch’s shearing shed. The 8-year-old Romney ram, weighing more than 200 pounds, looked like he was in ...

HERMON, Maine (WABI) - Folks gathered at Maple Crest Farm Saturday for the third Sheep for a Cure competition. It’s a sheep shearing contest that raises money for Cancer Care of Maine. “We are ...

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 ...

CANFIELD — Saturday’s hot weather at the 177th annual Canfield Fair did not deter people from an interest in wool as artisans demonstrated how to shear it from sheep and use it to make clothing and ...

Contestants competed in the 2008 National Western Stock Show (NWSS) International Sheep Shearing Contest in Denver, CO, on Jan. 12. Taking top honors in the professional competition was Loren ...

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. 22, at Purdue ...

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 ...