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Jake, the sheep shearing crew boss, called me on Saturday evening, hoping to arrive at my barn on Monday morning. I already had a big day of commitments on Monday so we settled on Tuesday morning ...

At a "Sheep to Shawl" competition teams shear a sheep, spin the fleece and weave it into a shawl...all in just a couple hours. The fastest team wins. Back now with Day to Day. You've heard of extreme ...

LESTER, Iowa — "Sheep shearers are in short supply in Australia just like here," says Alex Moser. Shearing is work that Moser enjoys, so a sheep shearing trip seemed like a good idea. His seven-week ...

PHOENIX - A Phoenix area non-profit dedicated to saving farm animals is getting some help it needs, as a company is paying for all the sheep at Farm Angels Sanctuary to get sheared. The sanctuary is ...

BUHL • With sweat dripping from his permanently tanned nose, Chase Cantrell leaned against the shearing shed. “I did 266 sheep on my best day,” said Cantrell, 25, of Buhl, who has been shearing sheep ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — A large Romney sheep makes its way out of the chute and on to the shearing station, waiting for the sheep shearer to get started on its overgrown coat. As the shearer picks up the ...

A New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day. Nikki Lyons ...