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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

USINGEN, Germany (AP) — It’s time for the sheep in Germany's Taunus Mountains to get their summer look, and the shearers are making quick work of relieving the 1,000 or so in Volker Schuhmacher’s ...

SPOTSYLVANIA — Shearing sheep has been an annual rite of spring for most of Richard Beasley’s life. The Spotsylvania County farmer has taken care of his own herd and even done the backbreaking duty ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

The Crow Wing County Fair was not a dry fair Thursday, with rain falling steadily throughout the morning and afternoon. The cool, wet weather didn't dampen spirits in the livestock arena that ...

MIDDLEBORO -- After seeing the degree of physical labor and the fast reactions shearing a sheep requires, the fact that Andy Rice still does this work for eight or more hours a day at age 72 is ...

Unlike a goat or a horse, or any other livestock for that matter, sheep wool is much like human hair: it never stops growing (here’s what that looks like). While the main detriment for people with ...