As restrictions on international shearers near, the government says farmers should find UK staff.

Scottish farmers say Home Office rule changes are likely to leave more than a million sheep unshorn ...

A concession currently allows shearers from Australia and New Zealand to travel to the UK for three months but the rules are set to change.

LOLO, Mont. — It's time for Montana sheep producers to have their animals sheared of their winter wool. Shearing keeps the sheep cool in hot weather, and allows new born lambs to nurse more easily.

Sheep shearers from overseas will be allowed to work in the UK for one "final" year after the government agreed to extend a ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — A large Romney sheep makes its way out of the chute and on to the shearing station, waiting for the sheep shearer to get started on its overgrown coat. As the shearer picks up the ...

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 ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Looking for something a little different to do this weekend? Old McCaskill's Farm's Sheep Shearing Farm Day might fit the bill. "We try to share the experience of a working farm ...

PHOENIX - A Phoenix area non-profit dedicated to saving farm animals is getting some help it needs, as a company is paying for all the sheep at Farm Angels Sanctuary to get sheared. The sanctuary is ...

The sheep that was found in an Australian forest was carrying around 77 pounds of wool after not being shorn for a long time. Kyle Behrend, of Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary, said it appears that ...

Sheep have to be dry or the shearing clippers won’t cut. Jake asked if I could keep the sheep in the barn for the next two nights so potential showers wouldn’t upend our fragile plan. Shearing Day ...