2022 Cornell Sheep Shearer List Now Available
2022 List of Shearers Active in New York State & the Northeast U.S.
If you would like to be added to this list, please contact tatiana Stanton at TLS7@cornell.edu
please note, many of these shearers do multiple species
James Baldwin
Freeville NY 13068 (Tompkins County, NY)
jrbaldwin1@verizon.net 607-257-1683
Brian Bancroft
Canaseraga, NY 14822 (Allegany County, NY), travels depending on flock size and distance
315-604-6082
Sy Caryl certified shearer
Davidson, MI, will travel to Northeast for large flocks sheepguy58@gmail.com
Paula Decker
Unadilla, NY 13849 (Otsego County, NY), shears small flocks in vicinity of Chenango, Delaware and Otsego County
607-434-1759 windgait.farm@gmail.com (please put "Sheep Shearing" in the subject line)
Hoyt Emmons
Pennsburg, PA 18073 (Montgomery County, PA), shears in NY (primarily around Windsor, NY) and PA, specializes in pet flocks and also fleeces for hand spinners
hemmons@comcast.net 267-246-2892
Ellen Forbes
New Gloucester, Maine 04260 (Cumberland County, ME), shears sheep, goats, alpacas and llamas throughout New England
shearnewengland@gmail.com 207-577-3376 Facebook: Shear New England
William Fritz, Ph.D. Certified Shearer
Doylestown, PA 18901 (Bucks County, PA), shears in PA,DE, MD, NJ, southeastern NY and also vicinity of Warren County, NY depending on timing/flock size
wfritz820@gmail.com 609-839-3453 (cell)
Duane Gelser
Dalton, NY 14836 (Livingston County, NY), shears small flocks ≤25 head in Southern Tier region of NY
585-476-5924 (leave message)
Amanda Hall
St. Lawrence County, NY, shears small flocks in the region
315-244-7750
Roger Hastings
Dickinson Center, NY 12930 (Franklin County, NY), shears sheep and alpacas in Franklin, Essex, Clinton, Jefferson & St. Lawrence Counties depending on flock size and distance
hastingssheep@gmail.com 518-529-6665
Tabbethia Haubold
Yaphank, NY 11980 (Suffolk County, NY), shears in many NE states, alpacas, llamas, goats, sheep
tabbethia@liyarnandfarm.com 631-924-8110 office, 631-680-6721 cell
Melissa Higgins
Coventry, CT 06238 (Tolland County, CT), will travel to CT, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT depending on flock size and distance
ctsheepshearer@gmail.com 860-966-9264 cell
Gwen Hinman
Acworth, NH 03601 (Sullivan County, NH), will do Northeast states depending on flock size and distance
Mike & Tom (certified shearer) Horton
Towanda, PA 18848 (Bradford County), will travel depending on flock size, have wool press and offer other services
thehortons@cableracer.com 570-637-0629 (Tom's cell), 570-721-1929 (Mike)
Travis Johnson
Minerva, Ohio (Carroll County, OH), travels to Western NY, etc. depending on number of animals available to shear in area
330-575-9790 cell (call or text)
Rick Jones East Berlin, PA 17316 (Adams County, PA), much of east coast depending on flock size and distance
Rcb6582@gmail.com 717-309-6582
Facebook: RCB Shearing
Donald Kading
Dutchess County, NY, shears in Hudson Valley region
914-489-8664 cell northbreeze1@aol.com (please put "shearing" in the subject line)
Andreas King
Ulster Park, NY 12487 (Ulster County), shears sheep primarily in Hudson Valley region but will travel up to 2 hrs. depending on flock size, will do flocks up to 100 head
Andreasking@ccimail.com 845-475-7007 (call or text)
Mary Lake Marylakeshearing.com Tunbridge, VT 05077 (Orange County), shears sheep in the Northeast depending on flock size and distance but primarily shears in Vermont mary.m.lake@gmail.com 802-338-2250
Aaron Loux
Cummington, Massachusetts 01026 (Hampshire County, MA), travels all over NY and much of NE depending on flock size and distance
aaronshearing@gmail.com 413-230-8607 Facebook: Aaron's Shearing Service
Jim McRae/Elizabeth Willis
Florence, VT 05744 (Rutland County, VT), throughout the Northeast depending on flock size and distance buzzcutshearing@yahoo.com Vtshearer@yahoo.com 802-345-1360
Nancy Meyers Morris, NY (Otsego County, NY), shears in Otsego County and vicinity
(607) 263-5588 rjmnlm@hotmail.com (please put "Sheep Shearing" in subject line!)
Northeast Shearing - Joe Coppola
Hunterdon County, VT, shears alpacas, goats, llamas, sheep throughout the Northeast depending on flock size and distance
northeastshearing@gmail.com 908-229-7167 Facebook: Northeast Shearing
Peter Nowlin - Certified shearer Newton, CT 06470 (Fairfield County, CT), shears in CT, NY, VT, NH, MA depending on flock size and distance
Marie Roenke
Trumansburg, NY (Tompkins County, NY), travels within 2 hr. radius of Trumansburg/Ithaca, NY area
mer276@cornell.edu spotted_sheep@bluefrog.com 607-379-1621 Facebook: Spot Hollow Farm
Jerry Russell
Binghamton, NY 13903 (Broome County, NY), travels within 2 hrs. of Binghamton, maximum flock size 40 head russellmountainfarm@outlook.com 607-240-7702
Pete Sepe
Sandy Hook, CT 06482 (Fairfield County), shears sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas at farms and zoos throughout southern New England & in NY.
pasepe@juno.com 203-470-4084
Leslie Sullivan Hartland, VT 05048 (Windsor County), shears primarily in Vermont and New Hampshire
snowhouseshearing@gmail.com 510-529-9141
Chad Swartz - now just time for small flocks but can help locate other shearers Attica, NY 14011 (Wyoming County, NY), shears in Western NY 716-812-2266 swartzc340@gmail.com (please put "Sheep Shearing" in subject line!)
DJ Swartz
Perry, NY 14530 (Wyoming County, NY), shears in Western New York area within 1 hr. drive, maximum flock size ≤80 head 716-474-3180
Joe St. Marie Jericho, VT 05465 (Chittenden County, VT), shears in New England and NY depending on flock size and distance, focuses on small flocks in Eastern Adirondacks & Champlain Valley but will consider large flocks stmariespruce@yahoo.com joestmarie71@icloud.com 802-858-4836 Jean Tyler Virgil, NY 13045 (Cortland County, NY), shears sheep & angora goats, will travel if gas covered depending on flock size and distance jean.tyler@ymail.com 315-427-9450
Christina Wickson Newtown, CT 06470 (Fairfield County, CT), shears small flocks ≤20 head in CT, MA, RI and Westchester County, NY wicksonsheepshearing@gmail.com 203-512-2408
Elle Winter Rhinebeck, NY 12572 (Dutchess County, NY), shears small flocks in Colombia, Ulster and Dutchess Counties & vicinity
eewin0922@gmail.com 206-488-4470
Dan Wolf
Honeoye Falls, NY 14472 (Monroe County, NY), shears sheep, angora goats, alpacas in vicinity of Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse
dantheshearingman@gmail.com 585-435-8108
Yankee Clippers Shearing - Colin Siegmund & Siri Swanson
Orwell, VT and North Grosvenordale, CT, Serving flocks of any size in all areas of NY and New England
yankeerockfarm@gmail.com 959-444-5566 or 781-264-0430 Facebook: Yankee Clippers Shearing
Additional Shearer Directories that include the Northeastern US please note, we do not know how recently these have been updated
LocalFiber.Org Processing Directory for Northeast US - includes shearers (click on hand shears)
American Sheep Industry Shearer Directory by State Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers Shearer List by Province
Shearing Services Directory from Light Livestock Equipment PA Llama & Alpaca Assoc. Shearer Directory
Vermont Sheep & Goat Association list of shearing services
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