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 ...

LANCEFIELD, Australia - Rescuers in Australia saved an abandoned sheep who was weighed down with an astonishing 78 pounds of matted wool. Edgar's Mission, an animal sanctuary near Melbourne, came to ...

Take a moment to drink in the glory of Shrek the Sheep. Shrek really, really, really did not like getting his hair cut. So for six years, this New Zealand libertarian managed to avoid spring shearings ...

The Wyoming Wool Initiative is CALSNR’s flagship program advancing Wyoming’s sheep and wool industry through student-driven research, product development, and producer collaboration. From lamb to ...

Wool once made up nearly all of England’s export earnings. In medieval times money from the trade helped build towns and ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Breeding programme gives sheep a new hairstyle. You have full access to this article via your institution. American farmers are breeding wool-free sheep to bring down the cost of meat production.

FRIENDS and enemies will be buying tickets for the right to to shear the head of wool industry identity Jim Michell when he ...

Fashion's almost forgotten fabric is on the way back as fleece prices enjoy record rises. British wool's value plummeted during the 1970s and 80s with the introduction of many manufactured materials ...