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.

Days will include other activities such as musical performances, quilting, soap making, rug hooking, bee keeping, ...

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 ...

Making a natural fiber like wool into something useful like a sweater involves a lot of steps. We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving ...

As the wool market continues to fall flat, there is a growing margin arising between the value of wool and the cost of ...

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