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Farmers are being urged to consider delaying pre-lamb shearing this winter as feed resources in many parts of the country are already stretched.

Farmers are being urged to consider delaying pre-lamb shearing this winter as feed resources in many parts of the country are already stretched.

Shearing has been deemed an essential service, but people must come first, says Mike Barrowcliffe, NZ Shearing Contractors Association president.

The wool industry wants a new online training tool to be used in every woolshed to reduce the injuries occurring in and around the sheds. 

The shearing industry must move now to stave off the threat of farmers being unable to get their sheep shorn, says Mark Barrowcliffe, president of the NZ Shearing Contractors Association.

With shearing getting underway, former world champion shearer Sir David Fagan is encouraging farmers to work with their shearers to manage injury risks.

An Irish shearer who made New Zealand his shearing season home has broken a New Zealand shearer's World record, with a band of New Zealand helpers.

It's a long way from Whangamomona to Somerset, but distance has been no barrier for Taranaki shearer Darren Alexander.

South Canterbury shearer Allan Oldfield has made the most of the Big OE with a string of four unique victories in a fortnight in the UK and Ireland.

New Zealand sheep farmers are being urged to take care as pens fill up in wool-sheds across the country.