A broken jaw playing country rugby league led farmer Ross Thompson to get serious about shearing sheep in the northern New South Wales town of Inverell. It was the 1990s when some 10,000 shearers ...

The Australian wool industry is plagued with stories of drug taking and animal abuse in shearing sheds while wool producers are battling negative publicity and blowback from overseas markets.

The government and industry have announced a joint $75,000 fund to support welfare training for shearers, but advocates say ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

Katie McRose, the founder of the traveling animal shearing business Right Choice Shearing, remembers the first time she posted a TikTok video showing off her work. It was back in March of this year, ...

A heated debate has erupted online over whether sheep shearing is ethical or exploitative. Alaina Wood (@itsthegarbagequeen), whose bio says she's a sustainability scientist and climate activist, took ...

Didling Farm’s flock manager, Matt Blyth, has seen a marked improvement in lamb weights and survival since he started shearing ewes before lambing five years ago. The indoor lambing flock of 1,050 ...

The engine oil coursing through your car is so much more than just a lubricant for its moving parts. Engine oil protects the components under the hood, helps dissipate heat, and works to keep your ...