Lake Metroparks’ second annual Lamb Jam event kicked off on April 27, providing visitors with an opportunity to learn more about sheep and the wool they produce. Farmpark staff members showed visitors ...

As the agriculture sector starts to adapt to the fast-paced development of technology, producers and processors need to ...

Anyone who’s ever wondered about wool had the chance to explore the subject during a two-day event at Lake Metroparks Farmpark. Shearing Weekend took place on May 8 and 9 at Farmpark, which is located ...

Vicunas in Totoroma, Peru, ahead of the annual ancestral "chaccu" shearing - Copyright AFP Lillian SUWANRUMPHA Vicunas in Totoroma, Peru, ahead of the annual ...

HETTINGER, N.D. - If left unshorn, a sheep's wool will simply never stop growing, until the animal can no longer move. To prevent the countryside from being littered with indolent, bleating balls of ...

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 ...

A heated debate has erupted online over whether sheep shearing is ethical or exploitative. Alaina Wood (@itsthegarbagequeen), whose bio says she’s a sustainability scientist and climate activist, took ...

Read the full report by the Center for Biological Diversity and Collective Fashion Justice's CIRCUMFAUNA Initiative. While the environmental impacts of the meat industry have gained significant ...

Jack Holland-Spinks is steeling himself for another season of sheep shearing in the fields of southern England. “It’s pretty ...

Wool yields are better than average as sheep shearing season gets underway across West Texas, said Ronald Pope, general manager of Producers Marketing Cooperative. The Producers Marketing group leases ...