Will Kleinert’s mobile sheep-shearing barn brings this service directly to fellow farmers. Will Kleinert of Askome, IL comes from a long line of farmers. Since starting in 2015 with his grandfather’s ...

Jake, the sheep shearing crew boss, called me on Saturday evening, hoping to arrive at my barn on Monday morning. I already had a big day of commitments on Monday so we settled on Tuesday morning ...

GILLETTE – A group of about 25 people gathered in an old, dusty barn last weekend. Some sat at a table, some on a beam along the wall. Others sat on bales of fleece nearby. Young and old, they ate ...

HOLLAND, MI — Beads of sweat cling to Timothy Wright’s hairline. The shearer from Byron Center delivers blow after blow after blow with his clippers. Then, he sets his challenger free and returns to ...

CANFIELD — Travis Johnson said the key to shearing sheep successfully is to get them seated on their rear so they will sit still. Johnson, of Malvern in Carroll County, spent four hours Saturday at ...

Black Hills sheep show leads in dog trials, shearing RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Sheep-related shows are becoming more important at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo in Rapid City, S.D. Events this year ...

MANKATO — Joe Domeier vividly remembers the first time he sheared a sheep over 15 years ago, and it wasn’t pretty. “The very first sheep I sheared was my own and it was just brutal,” Domeier laughed. ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA), on Saturday, March 14, at Purdue University ...