THE French philosopher and orientalist Constantin François de Volney wrote about his trip to Syria and Egypt in the 18th century, describing the critical economic conditions in Damascus due to lack of ...

"We have 20 students learning how to shear sheep and 15 here for the wool classing certification," said Chris Schauer, director of the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC), and coordinator ...

HETTINGER, N.D. - If left unshorn, a sheep's wool will simply never stop growing, until the animal can no longer move. To prevent the countryside from being littered with indolent, bleating balls of ...

The Campbell Town Show is back for 2024, with dozens of events kicking off on Friday. Former regional council reporter and videographer at The Examiner. Contact me at [email protected] for ...

A new program has begun to teach high school students in New South Wales about shearing and wool handling. The Department of Education and TAFE NSW have launched the Shearing Schools across the state ...

Pinwheel Farm lies quiet but for bird songs, the rustling of a llama in its pen and the not-so-distant wail of a train whistle. Yet Rickie Bridges, standing next to heaps of freshly sheared sheep’s ...

Hidden-camera video shot during an undercover investigation of sheep shearing in Australia and the U.S. has revealed what the animal rights organization PETA says is evidence of widespread animal ...

The medium is our art critic’s favorite — and this is a rich moment to indulge in works on paper, from the Drawing Center to the weeklong Master Drawings New York. By Roberta Smith Drawing is really ...

Vicunas in Totoroma, Peru, ahead of the annual ancestral "chaccu" shearing - Copyright AFP Lillian SUWANRUMPHA Vicunas in Totoroma, Peru, ahead of the annual ...

Max Telfer was halfway through his carpentry apprenticeship when he began thinking about how he could earn his hourly wage in just 10 minutes as a sheep shearer. He decided he didn't have much to lose ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It's taken 2,988 sheep, 17 countries, 80 bales of wool - and a heap of hard yakka in anyone's language - for Australia to prove itself ...