Mary Lake at Maplemont Farm in Barnet. Vermont is now in the season of sheep shearing, which comes right before the season of lambing. Mary Lake is a sheep farmer, sheep shearer and itinerant ...

As I watched the snowflakes begin to fill the air, my phone rang. My sheep shearer, Jake, wanted to bring his crew to the ranch on Wednesday. I had three days to gather a crew and prepare the barn for ...

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 ...

Sheep shearers from overseas will be allowed to work in the UK for one "final" year after the government agreed to extend a long-running visa concession. The scheme, which allows highly skilled ...

Grass growth rates are likely to hit peak levels in the coming days, and farmers should be geared up to take advantage of ...