If you are interested in learning more about sheep shearing or becoming certified for wool classing, plan to attend the schools the North Dakota State University Hettinger Research Extension Center is ...

The deadline to register for the Kansas Wool Classing School is Sept. 30. The class is scheduled to take place at the Kansas State University Sheep and Meat Goat Center in Manhattan, Kansas, from 8 ...

"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 ...

SAN ANGELO – Texas A&M AgriLife will conduct two wool production educational schools Jan. 3-5 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center north of San Angelo on U.S. Highway 87. “We are ...

A number of shearing schools are now open for registration with start dates ranging from this fall to spring of 2022. In anticipation of shearing season, the American Sheep Industry Association has a ...

Two- and three-day courses now accepting applications The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be holding the annual Wool Handling School Jan. 4-5 and the ...

NOT only do the fleeces from distinct breeds of sheep vary very considerably, but also, almost without exception, each individual fleece is made up of from three to seven or eight “qualities” of fibre ...

WOOL CLASSER and outback photographer Chantel McAlister grew up in Brisbane, but shifted to a sheep property at Meandarra “for love” seven years ago. She jokes she initially moved to outback ...