"We have 20 students learning how to shear sheep and 15 here for the wool classing certification," said Chris Schauer, director of the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC), and coordinator ...
Lake Metroparks’ second annual Lamb Jam event kicked off on April 27, providing visitors with an opportunity to learn more about sheep and the wool they produce. Farmpark staff members showed visitors ...
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 ...
HETTINGER, N.D. - If left unshorn, a sheep's wool will simply never stop growing, until the animal can no longer move. To prevent the countryside from being littered with indolent, bleating balls of ...
Simon Goss completed the remarkable feat of shearing 732 strong wool ewes and pipped the previous record holder Matt Smith by a single ewe.
Get a close-up view of how our sheep are shorn and how we process our wool. Sheep Shearing Weekends takes place at the historic Highland Springs Ranch & Inn (est. 1884) located in Cherry Valley, CA.
Katie McRose, the founder of the traveling animal shearing business Right Choice Shearing, remembers the first time she posted a TikTok video showing off her work. It was back in March of this year, ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sheep shearing demonstration was held in the Ames Activity Pavilion at the National Western Stock Show on January 22, 2020. Bob Schroth, who runs annual ...
“Shearless Fleece,” it read next to a picture of a sheep heavy with wool. “Not a single sheep was sheared in the making of this garment.” The sixth-generation sheep farmer in Monkton, Ontario, logged ...