That’s the situation facing farmers who are voting with their chequebooks by paying a premium for these new self-shedding ...

NEW Zealand shearer and former professional squash hopeful Jamie Skiffington is looking well primed for a solo world ...

At least one more world shearing record attempt is planned in the summer Downunder, with a solo women’s eight-hour merino bid ...

Jamie Skiffington during a successful two-stand shearing record attempt near Whanganui two years ago, On Monday, January 20 ...

Former World champion Hawke’s Bay shearer Rowland Smith has bounced-back from almost a year away from the competition scene ...

While new to the sheep of the North Island, it took Mayo just 8min 15.7sec for the five second-shear sheep, almost 50 seconds quicker than next-man-off and fellow Canterbury Marlborough circuit ...

The New Zealand Merino Company says it will investigate claims of animal cruelty by an animal rights group - and could expel ...

“At shearing time we employ independent shearing contractors, to shear the sheep, who work in accordance with New Zealand industry accepted guidelines and practices,” the Cochranes said in a ...

THREE open final wins in three days have added a remarkable chapter to Wairarapa shearer David Buick’s recovery from ...

Animal rights organisation Peta has alleged sheep are being mistreated on farms in New Zealand. The non-profit has released an “exposé” into New Zealand’s shearing practices, accusing ...

The Northern Southland Community Shears’ New Zealand fullwool shearing and woolhandling championships will be held in a ...