SHEARER and wool handler entries at Australia’s premier sheep and wool show are struggling this year despite an increase in prizemoney…Read More
Terry Sim, June 15, 2026
AUSTRALIA’S one millionth wool bale processed via WoolClip has been tracked to China for processing at leading textile manufacturer Nanshan Group to highlight the importance of global traceability…Read More
Sheep Central, May 20, 2026
THE 40th New Zealand Shears shearing and woolhandling championships has ended in Te Kuiti on Saturday with a spectacular 25-sheep open shearing final dominated by New Zealand teammates Jack Fagan and Toa Henderson…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, April 13, 2026
DUBBO wool classer Matthew Cox has won the 2026 AWEX/TAFE NSW National Graduate Wool Classer Competition at the Sydney Royal Easter Show…Read More
Sheep Central, April 10, 2026
AUSTRALIAN and New Zealand shearers wanting to work in the United Kingdom this year will be charged nearly A$1300 and have to provide biometrics before departure under visa regulations updated by the UK’s Home Office…Read More
Sheep Central, March 16, 2026
A NEW national manufacturing strategy for Australian fashion and textiles has received the qualified support of the nation’s peak wool grower body, WoolProducers Australia…Read More
Sheep Central, March 16, 2026
A VISA concession for Australian and New Zealand shearers working in the United Kingdom has been extended for the 2026 shearing season, the UK’s Minister for Migration & Citizenship Mike Tapp has confirmed…Read More
Terry Sim, March 11, 2026
NEW Zealand became the first nation to win all three teams titles at the Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Masterton NZ last Friday…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, March 10, 2026
NEW ZEALAND’S hopes for the major titles at the 20th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships have soared with all six members all qualifying in the top four for their semi-finals early on the last day on Saturday…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, March 6, 2026
NEW Zealand shearers reclaimed trans-Tasman supremacy with a win by almost six points over pre-post TAB favourites Australia at the 60th anniversary Southern Shears shearing and wool handling championships in Gore..Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 23, 2026
NEW Zealand’s shearing team is likely to start the outsider in a trans-Tasman test match being shorn at the two-day 60th anniversary Southern Shears Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Gore this week…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 18, 2026
WORLD record holding Western Australian shearer Ethan Harder became the first Aussie to win the $20,000 for first place in the Oberon Quickshear on the weekend, shearing a composite lamb in just 19.31 seconds…Read More
Terry Sim, February 16, 2026