Sheep Industry News April 2023

SheepIndustry NEWS Volume 27, Issue 4 April 2023

A Look Inside Md. Sheep & Wool Festival Celebrates 50 Years The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival will celebrate 50 years when it takes over the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, Md., on May 6-7, and attendees will want to visit the 4-H Hall for a special exhibit of memorabilia from the past. 12 Poisonous Plant Lab Identifies Harmful Forage As a sheep producer, you most likely spend a lot of time think ing about what your sheep will be eating. But how much do you know about the things they shouldn't be eating? Not all forage is good for sheep. 14

ON THE COVER:

Laurel Stone of Oregon submitted Father and Son in the 2022 ASI Photo Contest.

Industry Will Benefit from Collaborative Effort With the lamb market crashing in the summer of 2022, Whit Stewart and his colleagues at the University of Wyoming headed to the Wyoming Wool Growers Association meeting to an nounce the newly established Wyoming Wool Initiative.

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Departments 4 President’s Notes 6 Market Report 9 ASI Member Listing 24 Guard Dog Fund 27 Breeders’ Directory 29 Industry Calendar 30 The Last Word

20 Multispecies Grazing

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