Gethin Lewis has become the first Welshman to win an open shearing title in New Zealand in more than a decade.

WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- A hundred years ago, most sheep shearers relied on scissor-like blades to cut the wool off of sheep, before motorized clippers took over as the primary method. "Blade shearing ...

DONNELLY, S.D. -- O'Donald "Don" Simonson is the first to admit he can't actually "see" every detail on a sheep anymore. After 71 years as a professional in sheep shearing, Simonson, now age 87, has ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sheep shearing demonstration was held in the Ames Activity Pavilion at the National Western Stock Show on January 22, 2020. Bob Schroth, who runs annual ...

Emily Chamelin was still a teenager when she took up sheep shearing. She’d convinced her parents to let her raise a few sheep on the family dairy farm in Maryland, but finding someone to shear them ...

Gethin Lewis, who works 3-4 months each year for Napier shearing contractor Brendan Mahony, surprised even himself with his win in the Taihape Shears Open final at Erewhon Station on Saturday, with a ...