{"id":171,"date":"2014-01-10T08:46:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T16:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ext100.wsu.edu\/grant-adams\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:13:12","slug":"washington-state-shearing-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/livestockanimal-science\/washington-state-shearing-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Shearing School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-overlap wsu-overlap-spotlight  wsu-overlap-spotlight--style-right-middle wsu-color-scheme--dark wsu-align-item--center\">\r\n    <div class=\"wsu-overlap__container\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column\">\r\n            <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column-inner\">\r\n                <div class=\"wsu-overlap-spotlight__image  \">\r\n                    <div class=\"wsu-image-frame \">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-6-792x528.jpg\"\r\n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-6-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-6-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-6-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-6-198x132.jpg 198w\"\r\n                        sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\"\r\n                        alt=\"Decorative. A photo of a woman with artistic black tattoos covering her hands, she is in the midst of shearing a large wooly sheep. This photo was taken at the Washington State Shearing School.\"\r\n                        style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\r\n                        \/>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column wsu-overlap--surface-column\">\r\n            <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column-inner\">\r\n                <div class=\"wsu-overlap-spotlight__caption  wsu-dropshadow--medium wsu-border--add-bottom\">\r\n                    \n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center  wsu-align-item--center\">The 2026 Washington State Shearing School is now full. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center  wsu-align-item--center\">To receive information on future schools, please email your mailing address to Sarah Smith at <a href=\"mailto:smithsm@wsu.edu\">smithsm@wsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-spacing-before--xmedium wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked wsu-heading--mark-color-crimson\">Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/documents\/2025\/12\/2026-shearing-school-info.pdf\" data-type=\"document\" data-id=\"13759\">Information (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/documents\/2025\/12\/2026-shearing-school-application.pdf\" data-type=\"document\" data-id=\"13762\">Application (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/documents\/2025\/12\/2026-shearing-school-scholarship.pdf\" data-type=\"document\" data-id=\"13765\">Scholarship (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to be put on the current wait list, please contact Sarah Smith at <a href=\"mailto:smithsm@wsu.edu\">smithsm@wsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked wsu-heading--mark-color-crimson\">Shearing School Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 20 &#8211; 24, 2026<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wsu-spacing-after--xxmedium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-9-792x478.jpg\" alt=\"A large pile of freshly sheared wool that took place at the annual shearing school.\" class=\"wp-image-10451\" width=\"291\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-9-792x478.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-9-396x239.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-9-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-9-1536x926.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-9-2048x1235.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/09\/Sarahs-Picture-9-198x119.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This annual shearing school has been offered to individuals seeking experience and knowledge about shearing, wool evaluation, and sheep production since 1977. In addition to teaching the skills of shearing and associated equipment information and care, students learn various aspects of wool marketing, production, and sheep husbandry. Students who complete the WSSP Shearing School not only provide a service to sheep producers in the Pacific Northwest, but they also become informed resources with the ability to share proper shearing techniques and wool handling, and the care and marketing of the animals and their wool. This is a world-class commercial sheep shearing school with a state-of-the-art sheep shearing trailer, experienced instructors, and over 500 head of sheep to shear.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":46,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration_date":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13771,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions\/13771"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/grant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}