NORTH ANDOVER — Spring really is here, recent weather notwithstanding. This means that the time-honored Sheep Shearing Festival, now in its 46th year, will take place in just a few weeks. This ...

Facing incredible demand, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension shared the art of sheep shearing with a sold-out class Wednesday and Thursday. University extension specialists taught more than 20 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The art of sheep shearing maybe aging out. The sheep shearing industry, according to an Indiana livestock organization, needs a new flock of experts to fill a growing void, and ...

Onslow looked relaxed and comfortable while lying on his back on a platform Thursday inside Kahua Ranch’s shearing shed. The 8-year-old Romney ram, weighing more than 200 pounds, looked like he was in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA), on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Purdue ...

Guy Frazier doesn't remember the first time he successfully sheared a sheep. "That's kind of like, how old were you when you picked up your first hay bale," he said. "I don't remember that, either." ...

In a 2000 study, researchers at the University of Southern Australia found that by every measurement taken, from sustained heart rate to oxygen consumption to calories burned, sheep shearing was ...

Jan. 15, 2001 - There is something about these strapping farm boys that make sheep swoon. Or at least submit to a public disrobing. Long-time observers say some people are just born to make sheep ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Indiana Sheep Association is sponsoring a workshop to teach sheep producers how to efficiently shear their animals Dec. 6. The annual Sheep Shearing School will be at the ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Nowhere in America could you see better sheep shearing than at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, Jan. 27 in Rapid City, S.D. The 10-day event hosts the National Sheep Shearing ...

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