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The Town of Estes Park invites the community to come together for some fun with fur at the Town’s 34th annual Wool Market.
Alpacas are becoming more popular as a cash crop in Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region. At the Great Western Alpaca Show ...
Some sheep farmers are being impacted by the U.S.-China trade war in the form of unsold wool. A large share of wool—about 50 to 60%—is typically exported, with China serving as the primary ...
Sheep-herding border collies; making wool felt... Steve Wetmore of Strafford and his sheep-herding border collies; making wool felt, with Janet Cathey of South Strafford; the art of weaving ...
Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool, yarn experts who use rare-breeds have said. Becci and Markus Pamely-Bast founded a wool and hand-dyed yarn business seven years ago on a ...
It’s finally spring! At the Coggeshall Farm Museum in Bristol, R.I., that means it’s time for the return of Sheep & Wool Festival. (May 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Celebrating the deep-rooted ...
Many sheep farmers deliver the resulting wool to the Swisswool company in Buchs, canton St Gallen. This spring, however, Switzerland’s largest buyer is not accepting any wool: its warehouses are ...
TUNBRIDGE, Vt. (WCAX) - Fiber aficionados are waiting with bated breath for the return of the Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend in Tunbridge. This year’s theme is camelids ...