YFC members can access the training for £115 plus VAT for a shearing course and £42 plus VAT for wool handling. The offer is open until April 30, 2026. For non-members, the courses are priced at £230 ...

A looming shortage of skilled sheep shearers this spring could leave millions of UK sheep without timely shearing.

Young farmers are being offered a 50% discount on shearing training after British Wool renewed its partnership with NFYFC.

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A gang of New Zealand shearers has smashed a three-stand World record by almost 100 lambs in a remote West Otago woolshed.

The record attempt is run under the auspices of the World Sheep Shearing Records Society, which has appointed six referees, convened by Queensland official Barry Hammonds, with New Zealand referees ...

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In one of the most remote corners of West Otago, three shearers have made a remarkable start in their bid to set a world record, taking their crews and their woolshed challenge to new heights.