WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- A hundred years ago, most sheep shearers relied on scissor-like blades to cut the wool off of sheep, before motorized clippers took over as the primary method. "Blade shearing ...

Thirty-two people sheared about 2,250 pounds of wool from nearly 300 sheep in four hours Sunday. Welcome to sheep shearing at the Black Hills Stock Show. The competition is four years old now, and ...

UNION CENTER | Growing up on his family’s Montana ranch, Clint Hahn would spend each spring pushing up sheep for the shearers, who would swiftly defrock each ewe from her winter coat of thick wool.

HUTCHINSON, Minn. — The Rathke family will once again host their Minnesota Sheep Shearing School April 24-26 at their Liberty, Land and Livestock Farm west of Hutchinson. The three-day course taught ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published Jan. 11, 2018. One of the more unusual events at the Pennsylvania Farm Show is the sheep-to-shawl competition. The long-established sheep shearing ...

Doug Rathke of Hutchinson was one of two people who represented the United States in blade shearing at the World Sheep Shearing Competition, July 4-7, in Le Dorat, France. The USA Blade Team placed ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Candee Coxbill was not nervous for her debut at the National Western Stock Show, and it seemed unlikely that her 10-month-old lamb would have any problems ...