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 ...

On a sunny spring day in early March, thousands of Western Slope sheep line up in a corral unknowingly waiting for their annual haircut. Herders gently prod the animals to follow one another up a ramp ...

Dan Dawson, left, gives one-on-one instruction to student Duke Christner during the Oregon Sheep Growers Association shearing school in Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Ore. — After several years of work, applying ...

Cup of coffee in hand, Jim Barnett takes a break from shearing Brian Iburg's sheep. They seem unaware of the change, however, as they mill around the barn. It's hard to hear over the bleating, which ...

BUHL, Idaho (AP) — With sweat dripping from his permanently tanned nose, Chase Cantrell leaned against the shearing shed. "I did 266 sheep on my best day," said Cantrell, 25, of Buhl, who has been ...

LAVINA -- The sheep were coming fast into the shearing wagon, as fast as the five cutters inside could wrestle each 140-pound animal onto its back for a close shave. At the front of the line, Ralph ...

A new world record for sheep shearing has been set in southern New South Wales by a team of five shearers who clipped on ...

BUHL • With sweat dripping from his permanently tanned nose, Chase Cantrell leaned against the shearing shed. “I did 266 sheep on my best day,” said Cantrell, 25, of Buhl, who has been shearing sheep ...

MILES CITY, Mont. - Mike Schuldt has been shearing sheep for 28 years, and a grant through the Growth Through Agriculture program last November made his vision of a mobile sheep shearing operation a ...

A service has been launched to link farmers with shearers, due to a shortage in overseas workers due to Covid-19 Some sheep farmers have said they are facing difficulties as coronavirus has left them ...