FORT RANSOM, N.D. — A large Romney sheep makes its way out of the chute and on to the shearing station, waiting for the sheep shearer to get started on its overgrown coat. As the shearer picks up the ...

On the weekend of March 28th and 29th, 2026, the National Sheepfold invites you to join in celebrating its annual event ...

One farmer’s practice of burning the wool shaved off her sheep has churned up “shear” madness, as media outlets like the BBC have reported she did so to protest ultra-low wool prices paid out to ...

Simon Goss completed the remarkable feat of shearing 732 strong wool ewes and pipped the previous record holder Matt Smith by ...

After being sheared from the sheep, the freshly-shorn fleece was tossed high in the air over a wool table. Several people were on hand to handle the wool and take out any contaminants, called skirting ...

The sheep that was found in an Australian forest was carrying around 77 pounds of wool after not being shorn for a long time. Kyle Behrend, of Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary, said it appears that ...

The opening up of the Indian economy devastated the sector. Some producers managed to carve out export niches, but have now ...

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. ...