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 ...

At 21, Jayson Foley is an anomaly in the sheep-shearing industry – a rarity at work this week in a sun-lit barn north of Windsor. Weld County ranks first nationally for its number of sheep and lambs, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some people think it’s a big deal to pare an apple so that the peel remains in one long piece. How about a sheep? Professional sheep shearer Jim Davis can shear a sheep in three minutes (closer to one ...

The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA) on Saturday February 24, at Purdue University’s Sheep Center. The ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program will sponsor a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA) on March 5 at Purdue University’s Sheep Center ...