With the influx of cheap imported meat, nomadic herders are having to tighten their belts. Some can’t even afford to eat ...

Camelids need annual vaccinations, routine worming, toenail trimming, and shearing. They always need free access to ... but typically those approved for sheep or goats are effective. Signs of heat ...

The hard work of shearing sheep was on last week at a ranch between Montrose and Olathe, where a crew of fewer than 10 ...

Join the free Ozark Highland Sheep and Fiber Festival on March 21 and 22 at Mesta Meadows Ranch. Enjoy sheep shearing, a ...

RESULTS from the first day of the New Zealand Shearing Championships in Te Kuiti on Thursday: Novice final (2 sheep): James Anderson (Pukeatua) 7m 26s, 29.3pts, 1; Sam Lawson (Onga Onga ...

The Ozark Highlands Sheep & Fiber Festival at Mesta Meadows Ranch celebrated rural life with sheep, livestock, vendors, live ...

Jones received the dreaded “DQ” [disqualified] after looking like he was winning, with 1.29 seconds over his boss, and shearing the four-man final of two sheep each in 41 seconds. The demise ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Two lucky sheep farmers are ready for this year’s shearing season thanks to the latest National Sheep Association (NSA) prize giveaway.

Henderson shore the two in 42.86s, with Fagan shearing 43.6s, having a few minutes earlier top-qualified with a 17.4s single-sheep shear, as the pair faced each other in the semifinals ...

"While this is the first time this virus has been reported in a sheep, it is not the first time influenza of avian origin has been detected in livestock in other countries," it added. "There is no ...

The hero of a dramatic disarming of an armed man on a flight from Victoria to Sydney is well known within the wool industry as a leading shearing contractor. Barry Clark, Statewide Shearing ...