After her first day shearing, Mikayla Hall's hands were covered in blisters. Three years later she's one of the fastest ...

For decades, Irish wool has been undervalued—discarded as waste or sold for pennies. “The challenge for 99% of farmers in ...

South Dakota State University Extension hosts an annual Sheep Shearing School — a skill Sheep Field Specialist Jaelyn Whaley says there is a definite need for.

The vicuna, a cousin of the llama and alpaca, holds a secret: its wool is among the world's finest and most coveted. By the 1960s, the vicuna was on the brink of extinction, with populations ...

The Miller-Cory House Museum in Westfield is hosting its annual Sheep to Shawl Festival on Saturday, April 27, from 1 to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Visitors will have the opportunity to witness the ...

THE HERO of a dramatic disarming of an armed man on a flight from Victoria to Sydney is well known within the wool industry ...

AUSTRALIA’S top sheep shearers have reigned supreme over New Zealand in the latest trans-Tasman test event at the Golden ...