A 12-year-old racing driver who helps shear sheep on his family's farm will attempt to become a world champion next month.

Step into the fast-paced world of a professional sheep shearer and discover the skill, strength, and rhythm behind this ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The art of sheep shearing maybe aging out. The sheep shearing industry, according to an Indiana livestock organization, needs a new flock of experts to fill a growing void, and ...

A new world record for sheep shearing has been set in southern New South Wales by a team of five shearers who clipped on ...

HIGHLAND COUNTY – As the winter turns to spring, thousands of Virginia wool sheep will get their annual “haircut." Sheep shearing, or the process of harvesting wool, is a centuries-old practice that ...

TAYLOR – Elmer Miler is used to getting caught in the crossfire. “I’ve been spit on more this year than I’ve ever been,” Miler said with an easy smile. The culprits are spitting alpacas and llamas, ...

An Australian champion sheep shearer has set a new record after clipping a sheep that had become so overgrown its life was endangered. The gigantic sheep, named Chris by the member of the public who ...

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 ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Nowhere in America could you see better sheep shearing than at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, Jan. 27 in Rapid City, S.D. The 10-day event hosts the National Sheep Shearing ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...