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It's the time of year when the sheep at Rominger Brothers Farms get their wool sheared. Clockwise from upper left, wooly sheep are lined up to enter the sheep-shearing trailer. The shearing crew works quickly and efficiently to shear all the sheep. A freshly sheared Rambouillet sheep is ready to rejoin the flock. Ernie Fairchild, owner of the Buhl, Idaho-based Fairchildshearing LLC, and his crew travel throughout a half-dozen Western states to shear commercial sheep flocks and load up the fleeces for processing. The wool shorn from sheep at Rominger Brothers Farms will be milled at the Oregon-based Pendleton Woolen Mills and made into shirts, blankets and other wool products.
German farmers visited Rominger Brothers Farms where they learned about almond production from grower Bruce Rominger. During their visit, which was sponsored by Yolo 365 Tours, a truckload of sheep was delivered, and the group watched livestock producer John Oligary and his crew unload the flock at the Rominger ranch to graze on the grass-covered foothills.
 As this year's growing season gets underway at Rominger Brothers Farms, a crop duster applies fertilizer to a winter wheat field near the Coast Range Mountains.
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AuthorBy Robyn Rominger Archives
March 2025
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