Young farmers are being offered a 50% discount on shearing training after British Wool renewed its partnership with NFYFC.

Ulster Wool has renewed its partnership with the Young Farmers’ Club of Ulster (YFCU) to offer subsidised shearing and ...

YFC members can access the training for £115 plus VAT for a shearing course and £42 plus VAT for wool handling. The offer is open until April 30, 2026. For non-members, the courses are priced at £230 ...

"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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Lake Metroparks’ second annual Lamb Jam event kicked off on April 27, providing visitors with an opportunity to learn more about sheep and the wool they produce. Farmpark staff members showed visitors ...

A farmer has set up a project to revive the county's wool heritage and support local producers with fair prices to "restore the value to wool". North York Moors Tweed will use the fibre from farms in ...