WOOL has been the cornerstone of agriculture since early settlement, but a wave of innovative farmers are giving the prized Merino a new twist. Boundaries of thinking are being pushed to produce a ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sheep farmers in rural Australia waited more than half a century for wool prices to come roaring back, only to find there aren't enough shearers to trim their golden fleeces. "Once ...

Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool, yarn experts who use rare-breeds have said. Becci and Markus Pamely-Bast founded a wool and hand-dyed yarn business seven years ago on a narrowboat ...

A sheep bred for high-quality wool naturally has thin skin. The bonus is that this sheep is also naturally resistant to blowfly strike. The connection between skin thickness and strike tolerance was ...

BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. -- Center of the Nation Wool, Inc. is aptly named. It's at the center of major producing areas, and at a geographical center if you count Alaska and Hawaii, says Larry Prager, ...

BLACKFOOT – If you have a shirt, sweater, or other garment made by Pendleton Mills and the label says “Fine merino wool,” you could be wearing clothing made from wool grown right here in Bingham ...

LAWRENCE, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - One word best defines how Megan Landes-Murphy and her husband Tom Murphy met, made career choices and launched a unique-to-Nebraska business. Sheep. Neither ...

With more than a thousand breeds to choose from, first-time sheep farmers must plan carefully, making sure to provide plenty of space and strong fencing. Sheep are social animals, so they need ...