Wool production is an agricultural activity that can serve as the basis for a small business in which growing high-quality wool is the focus or as a by-product of a meat production operation, in which ...

The gears, belts and drums of the 65-year-old wool-processing machine began to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster as it started singing its high-pitched song. "Ready!" Brad Strohm hollered, ...

FOSSTON, Minn. -- Stephenie Anderson's timing for starting a wool-processing plant here is spot-on. So says Bill Batchelder, president of Bemidji Woolen Mills, and Jim Stordahl, an extension agent in ...

Much of Montana’s wool still leaves the state before it is ever turned into yarn, fabric, or finished products.

Trevor Goodwin of Andrews, South Carolina, is using an overhead hook on a motorized track to pick up bulging cloth packages and maneuver them into position. He cuts and tears open the packages, which ...

ADAMSTOWN — The mid-Atlantic region offers a few places that will clean and process alpaca wool, and finding a plant that will do the work in a timely manner has proven to be a challenge for many of ...

DUNDAS, Minn. ― The Norn Sisters include Alejandra Sanchez, Theresa Bentz and the mill they are trying to build to serve Minnesota shepherds. Sanchez and Bentz are both farmers and fiber artists who ...

Suzanne had been a fiber hobbyist but never envisioned running a mill with Jay. The Horschler family, the former owners, ran the mill since the 1970s as a phone order business for wool hobbyists. They ...

This month marks the auspicious return of wool milling to Humboldt County. Lost Coast Spinnery will celebrate its grand opening on May 31. The spinnery is, according to its founders, the first ...

ADAMSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The mid-Atlantic region offers a few places that will clean and process alpaca wool, and finding a plant that will do the work in a timely manner has proven to be a challenge ...