Have you ever wondered how sheep wool goes from being harvested on a sheep farm to becoming the cozy sweater or jacket you ...

In a market saturated with petroleum-based synthetics, Sheep Inc.’s Merino Swimshorts stand apart as a first-of-its-kind, ...

The spinnery is, according to its founders, the first operating commercial wool processing facility in the region since the ...

A project organized by Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum tests if sheep can help control invasive buffelgrass and cut wildfire ...

The government is facing up to the challenges the sector has faced, as it competes with “synthetic fibres in global markets and a decline in both sheep numbers and the volume of wool produced.” ...

That’s down from 22 sheep per person in 1982, when farming sheep for meat and wool was New Zealand’s biggest earner. Now, years of falling wool prices prompted by a global shift to synthetic ...

It’s finally spring! At the Coggeshall Farm Museum in Bristol, R.I., that means it’s time for the return of Sheep & Wool Festival. (May 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Celebrating the deep-rooted ...

Some sheep farmers are being impacted by the U.S.-China trade war in the form of unsold wool. A large share of wool—about 50 to 60%—is typically exported, with China serving as the primary ...

On her work in creating Magra, Prerna Agarwal points out that “90 per cent of the coarse fibre from sheep shearing gets wasted despite the fact that India is the second largest importer of wool”.