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 ...
At a family farm in central Iowa, a sheep shearer leans over a ram, making smooth, clean strokes through several inches of shaggy wool. For most breeds, this fiber will just keep growing unless it’s ...
YFC members can access the training for £115 plus VAT for a shearing course and £42 plus VAT for wool handling. The offer is open until April 30, 2026. For non-members, the courses are priced at £230 ...
Each team is made up of one sheep and five people: one shearer, three spinners, and a weaver. The team has three hours to shear the sheep, card the wool, spin the wool into yarn, and then weave that ...
Clean, renewable energy sources like solar are beginning to replace dirty, polluting energy sources like gas and oil. However, one issue with solar that needs to be addressed as it continues to expand ...
A farmer has set up a project to revive the county's wool heritage and support local producers with fair prices to "restore the value to wool". North York Moors Tweed will use the fibre from farms in ...
Indiana is home to roughly 2,000 sheep farms and over 50,000 head of sheep, making the state number 28 for sheep production in the U.S. Even with Indiana’s bountiful flocks, however, it’s unlikely you ...
A social media story has come to portray the nation’s prettiest pictures of sheep each week, sharing images taken atop hardy hills or soft rolling fields in the hay.