Sheep mowers will be back on Solano Field, near the Hyatt Place hotel, Wednesday through Friday (Oct. 20-22), for more research work. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Experiment compares natural vs.

France is known for its perfume, Italy for its leather and Scotland for its whisky, to name a few famous exports. One that may not be as well-known is Kyrgyzstan and its wool. In the Naryn and ...

For farmers, selling wool and yarn can provide an additional source of income to help keep their farms afloat.

Jane Schwass with a Kaiora Downs felted wool mat Photo / Cosmo Kentish-Barnes With crossbred wool prices remaining low, some sheep farmers are having a serious crack at adding value to the fibre they ...

Students traveled to Ocean Hour Farm in Newport, RI as part of their yearlong investigation into earth-friendly materials ...

What do you do with pound after pound of sheep’s wool that no one’s taking on the market? That’s a real problem a well-known ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Forget the lion or the lamb. This morning, March came in like a flying pig. Yes. All those things you said you’d do “when pigs fly” now have to be done. Okay, it was a pig made ...