All up 26 studs, from Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and WA offered 86 rams and four ewes, where 59 ...

Tianhua rams also produce 6.1 kg of quality wool and ewes 4.2 kg, making them an ideal replacement for the local fine-wool sheep variety and prompting the local government to formulate policies to ...

One-third of Gansu's sheep population are fine or semi-fine wool varieties or their crossbred progeny, with unsatisfactory meat output potential, and developing a dual-use variety has been a local ...

Tamaleuca also secured the grand champion fine wool March-shorn ewe ribbon and was over the moon to have success on the ...

A Western Australian stud's sheep have dominated in the August-shorn portion of the fine medium Merino judging at the ...

Wool textures vary across breeds, with carpet-wool sheep producing fibers almost twice as thick as fine-wool sheep. If you’re looking to spin wool by hand, you may prefer long-wool breeds, such as ...

Sheep farmers in rural Australia waited more than half a century for wool prices to come roaring back, only to find there aren't enough shearers to trim their golden fleeces.

The Van Aardt Family and Fine Wool Museum is a living testament to the family's 219-year history of farming Merino fine wool sheep, assembled and curated by retired farmer Willem van Aardt with a ...

Mr Hoornweg picked a buck from Dulark Angora stud, Springrange, NSW, as his grand champion of the breed. Dulark stud ...

Seth Jenkins grabs a black-faced Suffolk sheep around the neck and with Billie Fowler nudging from behind, they lead the nearly 200-lb animal onto a ...