Next time you put on your favorite wool sweater, think about where it came from. Better yet, see where it came from and how it gets from sheep to sweater at the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo. “Before ...

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 ...

HERMON, Maine (WABI) - Maple Crest Farm hosted Shearing for a Cure for its third year Saturday. The event also served as the Maine State Shearing Contest. It was a win-win for the humans and animals ...

CANFIELD — Saturday’s hot weather at the 177th annual Canfield Fair did not deter people from an interest in wool as artisans demonstrated how to shear it from sheep and use it to make clothing and ...

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DAVISON TWP. — What was wishful thinking just a few months ago will become a reality in August for leaders of an effort to bring a national sheepshearing contest to Genesee County for the first time. ...

There's something for everyone at the All-American Sheep Day of the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. "It's just a good all-around thing for the young, for everybody who isn't familiar with raising ...

A pair of shears, a couple of sheep, and a steady hand are what it takes to place seventh in the world championships of sheep shearing, and Doug Rathke did just that. This is nothing new to Rathke, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Two competitors were named champions in the 2017 Indiana State Fair sheep shearing competition, sponsored in part by the Sheep and Wool Market Development Program (SWMDP) based ...

Morning Beckons Farm was the site of the eighth annual North American Alpaca Shearing Contest, on June 24. The contests pit a two-person crew against a clock. They were judged on how fast they were ...