In a 2000 study, researchers at the University of Southern Australia found that by every measurement taken, from sustained heart rate to oxygen consumption to calories burned, sheep shearing was ...

A sheep isn’t just going to stand there and let you take its wool. Joe Domeier can attest to that. “Some sheep don’t cooperate,” he said. And holding them still is just one reason shearing a sheep is ...

Shearing day at a sheep farm is one of the most important days at the farm and it begins this time of year across Central New York. Depending on the breed of sheep and the growth of their wool, it can ...

Sheep shearer Tom Reinhart isn't a warm and fuzzy kind of guy, especially when it comes to woolly creatures in need of a haircut. "To me, it's just sheep and wool," said Reinhart, who learned to shear ...

The annual sheep haircuts occurred this week, the earliest we’ve ever done them, and not a moment too soon. With the new miniature flock I brought home recently scheduled to start lambing in just ...

DERRY, Pa. — Chuck Penich plopped a sheep onto its butt between his legs and started buzzing away with a set of electric clippers, slowly working his way from her belly to her legs and back. Less than ...

HETTINGER, N.D. -- They were like patient customers at a beauty school, suffering a few clipper nicks without making too much of a fuss. After all, a sheep shearer's gotta learn sometime. Hundreds of ...

WORTHINGTON, Minn. — It’s a busy time of year for Doug Mathias: Sheep shearing season. His schedule started filling up right after Thanksgiving and he’ll stay plenty busy until the end of April before ...