The most recent agricultural census finds a growing number of women farmers in the U.S. It reports a nearly 30 percent increase in women farmers from 2002 to 2007. And for those women raising sheep, being a wool producer comes at a time when the number of knitters fueling the knitting industry is on the rise.

MPR’s Ambar Espinoza visited Julie Mackenzie’s sheep farm in Sauk Centre, Minn., to get a look at what it’s like on shearing day.

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