Sheep Industry News April 2022

SheepIndustry NEWS Volume 26, Issue 4 April 2022

A Look Inside 12 Sheep Industry Review Provides Assessment The sheep and lamb industry saw prices reach historic levels in 2021. The year of outstanding domestic demand for lamb is sum marized in the 2021 Sheep Industry Review – a checkoff funded report commissioned by ALB and compiled by ASI. 16 Sheep Producers Return to our Nation's Capital Legislative fly-ins have been nearly non-existent since March of 2020 when sheep producers were the last ones to visit before the government went into a COVID-19 lockdown. But that drought came to end last month. 14 Industry Sees Opportunity in Targeted Grazing Targeted grazing is becoming an increasingly important sector for the American sheep industry. Recognizing the importance of this segment to the industry, ASI published the first Targeted Grazing Handbook in 2006.

ON THE COVER:

Fourth-generation rancher Sophie Jensen of Utah cares for a bum lamb at the family operation's lambing shed.

Departments 4 President’s Notes 6 Market Report 11 ASI Member Listing 12 ASI News 22 Around the States 27 Breeders’ Directory 29 Industry Calendar 30 The Last Word

18 Meet the Exec. Board

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