New Zealand is world famous for its sheep, and it seems as though those sheep might be the secret to its shearing success.

Labour has backtracked on plans to block foreign sheep shearers following a backlash from farmers. Ministers have confirmed proposals to extend visa-free access for elite sheep shearers for at least ...

One-year reprieve granted after risk that woolly animals might go unshorn this summer ...

Irish shearers have excelled among the world’s elite shearers with Sean Dunne finishing second in the Golden Shears junior final.

Scotland’s small squad shine at Golden Shears in Masterton as Gavin Mutch reaches both flagship machine finals and teams’ silverware ...

A shortage of skilled shearers threatens the welfare of Britain’s 30 million sheep, raising serious concerns for farmers ahead of the ...

The UK's National Sheep Association has warned a shortage of overseas shearers could increase the risk of flystrike and lower growth rates.

Following a cleansweep of the teams machine shearing, blades shearing and woolhandling titles on Friday, Joel Henare, from Gisborne, completed a third teams and individual titles double, and Rowland ...

The Home Office has granted a one-year extension allowing overseas sheep shearers to work in the UK after warnings that millions of sheep could go unshor.

South Canterbury shearer Allan Oldfield headed a field of 32 as he started his bid to regain the bladeshearing title he won ...

Six shearers from New Zealand help shear thousands of sheep across in the region last year ...

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS) and the National Sheep Association (NSA) have teamed up to create Cynefin—a Welsh ...