The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association, on Saturday, Feb. 18, according to Purdue. The statewide workshop ...

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 ...

(Photo by Donna Kallner) Early spring is the time for shearing at the Wisconsin farm where I buy raw fleece to spin into yarn. In March, I went to Bear Creek Sheep Station to select my fleeces as they ...

In Montana sheep country, this is how spring arrives, in the back of a red shearing wagon rolling from ranch to ranch, cutting fleece from pregnant ewes a week or so before they give birth.

The wool he gets from shearing usually heads to Chicago packed into semi trucks and weighs at least 20,000 pounds. Dave Clouser, who oversees Johnson, used to run the show.

This scene is commonplace on the Western Slope in the spring, as ranchers in the state’s sheep farming hub seek to trim their flock before lambing season. Since wool doesn’t shed, shearing is ...

HOLMDEL, NJ — Ever wonder how fleece is removed from sheep? This spring, you can watch a sheep shearing demonstration live at Historic Longstreet Farm’s “Wool Days” event. From 12-3 p.m ...

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. 18. The statewide ...

For centuries, we have relied on sheep’s wool for clothing and blankets, and they relied on us for shearing. Now, sheep can’t molt without human help, though we’re using little of their wool.