Feb 9 (Reuters) - The World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships kicked off in New Zealand on Wednesday with hundreds of competitors from around the world. Held for the first time on the country's ...

Loren Opstedahl of Piedmont demonstrates how to shear a sheep using hand shears, which are called blades, during the sheep shearing championships at Rushmore Hall on Sunday at the Black Hills Stock ...

Buhl rancher processes 2,800 sheep in three days ahead of lambing season ...

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 ...

Shearing sheep can be a seasonal occupation, lasting from February to May, or it can be year-round. For one student at the HREC shearing school, the job is year-round, McWilliams said. That student ...

One look around the ring and you know this isn't the cattle crowd. Polished buckles, boots and spurs? Make way for dirty moccasins and oily shears. If it weren't for the pen teaming with fluffy, brown ...