In rural Oregon, farmers are leveraging technology to sell their products to a mostly urban clientele. Fifth-generation sheep shearer Jacob Valentine, proprietor of Darkside Shearing in Crabtree, OR, ...

Jake, the sheep shearing crew boss, called me on Saturday evening, hoping to arrive at my barn on Monday morning. I already had a big day of commitments on Monday so we settled on Tuesday morning ...

NORTH ANDOVER — The sheep weren’t the only ones losing layers to keep cool at the 47th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival Sunday, as children and parents stripped off their jackets and tied them around ...

It didn’t take visitors long to recognize who the stars of the weekend were at the Lake Metroparks Farmpark. It was all about the headline ewes. The new Lamb Jam is taking place April 29 and April 30.

The next wool sweater you buy? You may be able to see exactly where that wool came from thanks to the "outside the box" thinking of an Oregon man in the sheep shearing business. After shearing sheep ...

Shearing sheep can be a seasonal occupation, lasting from February to May, or it can be year-round. For one student at the HREC shearing school, the job is year-round, McWilliams said. That student ...