Wool was once New Zealand’s biggest export product. Now the wool industry is facing major challenges. Global competition from ...

Captain Henry Waterhouse and Lieutenant William Kent brought 26 merino sheep in 1797 from the Cape of Good Hope, in ...

Most people tell you not to be a sheep, but if you see just how beneficial it is to use wool in your garden, you might change ...

Poor wool prices and rising costs have led graziers to break away from tradition in favour of a new breed of sheep known for ...

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 ...

Make memories and unique mementos this holiday season at this special Working with Wool workshop at a real working ranch!

A Belgian sheep that has not been sheared for five years cannot have its wool removed in case it catches pneumonia. The ...

It is worthwhile when removing rams to also assess ewe condition, and to segregate any ewes which would benefit from ...

But a closer inspection reveals the sheep in their yard aren't wool-growing merinos. The family is transitioning away from traditional sheep breeds grown for their wool and into dorper sheep ...

The University of Wyoming Sheep Program, in partnership with the Wyoming Wool Initiative, Wyoming Business Council and the UW ...