ZEELAND — Families were invited to learn more about sheep shearing during an annual demonstration on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at Critter Barn in Zeeland. Timothy Wright has been shearing sheep at Critter Barn ...

Jake, the sheep shearing crew boss, called me on Saturday evening, hoping to arrive at my barn on Monday morning. I already had a big day of commitments on Monday so we settled on Tuesday morning ...

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 ...

HOLLAND, MI — Beads of sweat cling to Timothy Wright’s hairline. The shearer from Byron Center delivers blow after blow after blow with his clippers. Then, he sets his challenger free and returns to ...

The warm weather has finally arrived, which means it’s time for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo annual Sheep Shearing events, May 3-4. This fleece-filled weekend of fun will ...

With the longer days, it is easy to find more chores to do at La Plata Farms. As spring continues to move forward, major activities are centered on getting ready for our lambs to be born. With the ...

Sheep have to be dry or the shearing clippers won’t cut. Jake asked if I could keep the sheep in the barn for the next two nights so potential showers wouldn’t upend our fragile plan. Shearing Day ...

It's shearing time at Montana State University's Red Bluff Research Ranch, headquartered east of Norris. It will take less than two days for four professional shearers to harvest this spring's wool ...

CANFIELD — Travis Johnson said the key to shearing sheep successfully is to get them seated on their rear so they will sit still. Johnson, of Malvern in Carroll County, spent four hours Saturday at ...

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. -- It's the single biggest day of the year at Julie Mackenzie's barn in Sauk Centre in central Minnesota. Mackenzie and her family own a small flock of purebred Rambouillet sheep.

Will Kleinert’s mobile sheep-shearing barn brings this service directly to fellow farmers. Will Kleinert of Askome, IL comes from a long line of farmers. Since starting in 2015 with his grandfather’s ...