At daybreak on a freezing cold day high in the Andes, dozens of Peruvian peasants clamber up a mountainside to carry out a centuries-old tradition of shearing the highly-prized wool off vicunas, which ...

The farmer-owned national wool marketing organisation, Primary Wool Cooperative Ltd, has become the major sponsor of shearing scoring in New Zealand. The company is sponsoring the locally-developed ...

(KUTV) -- Utah wool producers have something important to say to PETA in response to its sheep billboard in Salt Lake City. "First thing that's important to understand about shearing is it's cruel and ...

Flipping burgers, making coffees and clocking up hours in retail are typical ways university students earn money while studying. But medical science student Sam Furler has seen what he thinks is a ...

BRITISH Wool has re-launched its training offer to young farmers. The organisation and the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (NFYFC) have enjoyed a strong relationship and collaborated in ...

A sheep shearing demonstration was held in the Ames Activity Pavilion at the National Western Stock Show on January 22, 2020. Bob Schroth, who runs annual shearing demonstrations at the stock show, ...

The Australian wool industry is going through a tumultuous time with the market now down a massive 40 per cent on this time last year. The Australian wool market is now 670c/kg cheaper than this time ...

Vicunas in Totoroma, Peru, ahead of the annual ancestral "chaccu" shearing - Copyright AFP Lillian SUWANRUMPHA Vicunas in Totoroma, Peru, ahead of the annual ...