Sheep being shorn at Peter Wentz Farmstead. LANSDALE, Pa. – The public is invited to experience springtime on a colonial farm at the Peter Wentz Farmstead's annual Sheep Shearing Day on Saturday.
Shady Side Farm in Holland hosted its annual open house event where 69 sheep were shorn in just over three hours using a highly choreographed technique.
GILLETTE — A group of about 25 people gathered in an old, dusty barn. Some sat at a table, some on a beam along the wall. Others sat on bales of fleece nearby. Young and old, they ate plates of pork, ...
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, March 14, at Purdue University ...
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 ...
Hopewell Furnace invites the community to attend its annual sheep shearing and spring charcoal burn on Saturday, May 7. Visitors will have the opportunity to observe both 21st- and 19th-century ...
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 ...
The Shear Success Sheep Showing and Fitting Clinic, hosted by Chenango County 4-H and Otsego County 4-H was held on June 20. The clinic brought together a group of 18 young sheep enthusiasts ages 5-18 ...
It's shearing time at Montana State University's Red Bluff Research Ranch, headquartered east of Norris. It will take less than two days for four professional shearers to harvest this spring's wool ...