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 ...

Chinese scientists have successfully produced the short-tailed fine-wool sheep through gene editing, the first of its kind globally. The findings were published in the journal Genome Research on ...

Regina Frahm and her family in central Iowa raise a fine wool sheep breed called Cormo, alongside a commercial meat flock. She said the Cormo fleeces have a waiting list from hand spinners and ...

Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool ... they [the farmers] take so much pride in breeding for really fine wool," added Mrs Pamely-Bast. "Making with your hands and creating ...

Two years later, those sheep returned to the Netherlands, but their offspring remained in South Africa, where Waterhouse and Kent purchased them for £4 a head. Merino is a breed of fine-wool sheep ...

In a trial backed by Country Road's climate fund, innovators have developed a way to use sheep locks to make a sustainable fine yarn.

At the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, the "Sheep to Shawl" challenge is simultaneously cut-throat competitive and warm and fuzzy. Each team is made up of one sheep and five people: one shearer ...