In the first attempt on the record of 731 set by New Zealander Matthew Smith in England nine and half years ago, Goss claimed ...

Making the attempt Whanganui shearer Simon Goss, who will tackling the solo nine-hours ewes record at Ātihau-Whanganui ...

A Scottish woman has broken a sheep shearing world record in Cornwall. Una Cameron, aged 51, sheared 517 sheep at Trefranck Farm, in Launceston, on Wednesday beating the previous women's solo ...

The Everest of world sheep shearing records is back in New Zealand after an epic day in the Central North Island. Shearer ...

What makes a dream job? The chance to travel the world? A workplace in the great outdoors as opposed to a stuffy office? Honing a skill to a competition-worthy level? Sounds pretty good – which is why ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- People looking to enjoy a spring day headed over the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge Saturday to Conanicut Island and one of its pastoral attractions to witness an annual farm ritual — ...

Now that spring has sprung, it’s time to shed that winter flab. Down on the farm, the sheep might not be worried about the impending arrival of swimsuit season, but they are itching to drop a few ...

VOLGA, S.D. - Sheep shearing is a chore, but the weather on April 1 was so balmy that the whole thing was pleasant for the sheep and the people on a Brookings County farm. Shearing is a part-time job ...

Gwen Hinman appears to hold a sheep under a gentle trance as with confidence and grace she separates fleece from tender flesh with her clippers, in an Instagram video posted by Philo Ridge Farm in ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. It’s springtime, and just like us, animals ...