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 ...
Doug Rathke of Hutchinson was one of two people who represented the United States in blade shearing at the World Sheep Shearing Competition, July 4-7, in Le Dorat, France. The USA Blade Team placed ...
HIGHLAND COUNTY – As the winter turns to spring, thousands of Virginia wool sheep will get their annual “haircut." Sheep shearing, or the process of harvesting wool, is a centuries-old practice that ...
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. It’s springtime, and just like us, animals ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FALMOUTH — The Maine Sheep Breeders Association and University of Maine ...
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 ...
+ Australia wins machine shearing and woolhandling tests. Canterbury blade shearers Tony Dobbs and Scott McKay held-up New Zealand’s end in a three-test Transtasman shearing sports series at the ...
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 ...
As one of the leading sheep producers in the United States, South Dakota is home to hundreds of thousands of these resilient ruminants. Throughout time, these animals have helped feed and clothe our ...
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