Two colors of fleece baled after shearing and cleaning. In Part 1 of this series, I discussed how choosing your sheep, selectively breeding them, and feeding them properly greatly effects the quality ...

Sheep producers in the Midwest say wool prices have been dismal for decades, but in recent years they’ve plummeted. Now producers are looking for new ways to add value to this fiber or drop it all ...

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. -- It's the single biggest day of the year at Julie Mackenzie's barn in Sauk Centre in central Minnesota. Mackenzie and her family own a small flock of purebred Rambouillet sheep.

At a family farm in central Iowa, a sheep shearer leans over a ram, making smooth, clean strokes through several inches of shaggy wool. For most breeds, this fiber will just keep growing unless it’s ...

Michael Schmidt, the Chrome Hearts collaborator and rock ’n’ roll couturier to divas like Cher, Shakira and Sabrina Carpenter, was shocked when he heard about the “gay sheep ...

RED LAKE FALLS, Minn. -- Woolly lambs nestled in deep beds of sweet-smelling hay, nursing their mothers or frolicking about their pens pause as their shepherd walks through, murmuring gentle words to ...

GANADO, Ariz. -- Growing up in Ganado, a small town in Navajo Nation in eastern Arizona, Nikyle Begay always wanted to visit their grandmother's sheep. Begay's parents had grown up raising livestock, ...