One look at his bulging biceps told me I was beaten before I even started, as I sheepishly took hold of my shears. Pitching myself against Gwion Evans was simply baa-my! The 36-year-old farmer is the ...

FARGO - Shepherds have some simple ways to capitalize on one of the best lamb and wool markets the American sheep industry has seen. One of them is shearing sheep. It can have tremendous impacts on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On a sunny spring day in early March, thousands of Western Slope sheep line up in a corral unknowingly waiting for their annual haircut. Herders gently prod ...

SANTA ANA – Don Paulson smells of sheep. He wouldn’t have it any other way. Paulson has been a professional sheep shearer for 70 years. He has shaved animals all over the world, from New Zealand to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A heated debate has erupted online over whether sheep shearing is ...

This contraption was made in the late 80’s, expressly for shearing sheep. For some reason, it never really took off. We’re guessing because it takes forever and still requires a person to wrangle the ...

A sheep owned by Edith Kershner, fourth-generation sheep shearer, waits to be sheared at the 2019 Farm & Homestead Day organized by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Sheep shearing ...

Seth Jenkins grabs a black-faced Suffolk sheep around the neck and with Billie Fowler nudging from behind, they lead the nearly 200-lb animal onto a plywood board. The friends maneuver the ewe onto ...