Katie McRose, the founder of the traveling animal shearing business Right Choice Shearing, remembers the first time she posted a TikTok video showing off her work. It was back in March of this year, ...

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The loud buzz of electric shears cut through M46’s thick white fleece as Larry Armstrong held the Polled Dorset sheep between his knees in front of a crowd at the University of Delaware’s annual Ag ...

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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 ...

Hilary Gietzen has sheared sheep all over the world, but he enjoys coming back to shear in his home state of North Dakota best of all. Hilary Gietzen shears a sheep from the Bear Creek Ranch flock.

If we didn't shear these sheep, they would be extremely hot in the summer. They've got to carry around the weight, they've got to carry around the heat. And in order to not make them suffer like that, ...

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 ...