LESTER, Iowa — "Sheep shearers are in short supply in Australia just like here," says Alex Moser. Shearing is work that Moser enjoys, so a sheep shearing trip seemed like a good idea. His seven-week ...

Farmers are being trained to shear sheep faster, ahead of the end of a visa scheme which lets highly skilled shearers come to the UK to help. For 14 years, the scheme has let 75 people, predominantly ...