More women take up shearing as a job in the wool shed and in competition
After her first day shearing, Mikayla Hall's hands were covered in blisters. Three years later she's one of the fastest ...
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Shearer Jeanine Kimm sets first women's record for number of merino ewes shorn in eight hours
The 31-year-old is the first Australian woman to attempt a shearing record of any kind and the first woman globally to attempt a shearing record with merino sheep. In other countries, records are ...
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Sheep Found Living in The Australian Wild Instantly Loses 35kg
Baarack was given a shearing, his first in several years, and the removed wool weighed in at a staggering 78 pounds. A sheep found living in the wild in Australia was given an overdue shearing ...
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'Screams opportunity': national wether trial highlights $80/hd difference
A national wether trial that measures dollar value has highlighted an $80 average per head difference between the top and ...
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Australia was still a British colony at this point, and the discovery of gold in 1851 brought many more immigrants to find their fortune. Before mechanisation, sheep shearing was done by hand ...
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New Zealander breaks female shearing world record in WA town of Darkan
Alexia was working in the WA sheep town of Darkan when she broke the record. A 27-year-old from New Zealand has broken a world record for merino shearing in the West Australian Great Southern region.