Sheep shearing kit maker Heiniger has launched a lighter-weight version of its Icon shearing handpiece. The unit, which is sold in the UK via importer Allflex, uses a slimmer barrel to supposedly ...

A semi-autonomous shearing handpiece that would capture data about what makes for a good shear will be put to the test with experienced shearers. National sheep and wool writer for ACM's agricultural ...

A new lightweight, battery powered handpiece developed by Scottish engineering firm 4C is currently being trialled in Australia to use in the shearing industry.

In a 2000 study, researchers at the University of Southern Australia found that by every measurement taken, from sustained heart rate to oxygen consumption to calories burned, sheep shearing was ...

Charlie Dunn may only be five years old but his passion for shearing means his future career is already mapped out. Loading... Living on a sheep farm at Culcairn, in the Riverina region of New South ...

The competition, known as a cleanshear, is the richest single sheep shearing competition in Queensland and shearers will travel from as far as Tenterfield and Chinchilla to take part. Show shearing co ...

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HUTCHINSON, Minn. — The Rathke family will once again host their Minnesota Sheep Shearing School April 24-26 at their Liberty, Land and Livestock Farm west of Hutchinson. The three-day course taught ...

One of the market's biggest shearing suppliers has claimed in documents filed in the Federal Court that an emerging competitor stole its invention and a share of the profit that goes withit.

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