NORRIS, Mont. - Spring time is sheep-shearing time, and a small group at Montana State University's Red Bluff Research Ranch east of Norris, are cutting away. But they're all first-timers, part of the ...

HIGHLAND COUNTY – As the winter turns to spring, thousands of Virginia wool sheep will get their annual “haircut." Sheep shearing, or the process of harvesting wool, is a centuries-old practice that ...

Sheep producers in the Midwest say wool prices have been dismal for decades, but in recent years they’ve plummeted. Now producers are looking for new ways to add value to this fiber or drop it all ...

At a family farm in central Iowa, a sheep shearer leans over a ram, making smooth, clean strokes through several inches of shaggy wool. For most breeds, this fiber will just keep growing unless it’s ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – What do you do with pound after pound of sheep’s wool that no one’s taking on the market? That’s a real problem a well-known North Valley farm recently faced. They might not ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Animal welfare courses designed to benefit all industry people, particularly woolgrowers, shearing contractors and their staff will be made available through Australian Wool Innovation.