Emily Chamelin was still a teenager when she took up sheep shearing. She’d convinced her parents to let her raise a few sheep on the family dairy farm in Maryland, but finding someone to shear them ...
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 ...
The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA) on Saturday February 24, at Purdue University’s Sheep Center. The ...
LAVINA -- The sheep were coming fast into the shearing wagon, as fast as the five cutters inside could wrestle each 140-pound animal onto its back for a close shave. At the front of the line, Ralph ...
The best in the wool shed are warming up in preparation for next week's Golden Shears competition in New Zealand. The Golden Shears is the world championship for shearing and wool handling. Wool ...
A series of sheep shearing workshops in the South West will equip farmers with a plethora of practical technique and equipment advice as the shearing season nears. Cox and Ritchey, part of the Allflex ...
Allied Gator has introduced a new patent-pending Serrated Gator blade that is now available as an option on new MT mobile shears and can also be used with any of the 11 existing MT shears, ...