Feb 9 (Reuters) - The World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships kicked off in New Zealand on Wednesday with hundreds of competitors from around the world. Held for the first time on the country's ...

"I kind of dove into it because we couldn't find anybody to shear our sheep," she said, echoing what many shearers said in describing the competition as fun born of necessary work, much like rodeo.

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 ...

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 ...

Loren Opstedahl of Piedmont demonstrates how to shear a sheep using hand shears, which are called blades, during the sheep shearing championships at Rushmore Hall on Sunday at the Black Hills Stock ...