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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GILLETTE — A group of about 25 people gathered in an old, dusty barn Saturday. 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 ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Nowhere in America could you see better sheep shearing than at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, Jan. 27 in Rapid City, S.D. The 10-day event hosts the National Sheep Shearing ...

NORRIS, Mont. - Spring time is sheep-shearing time, and a small group at Montana State University's Red Bluff Research Ranch east of Norris, are cutting away. But they're all first-timers, part of the ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. — After several years of work, applying for grants and buying and modifying equipment, Oregon Sheep Growers Association members staged their first sheep shearing school last week in ...

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, Feb. 22, at Purdue ...