Sheep Industry News April 2025

Breeders’ Directory SEASON’S BOUNTY FARM SUFFOLKS Radell & Sarah Schrock

WENSLEYDALE HORSEFEATHER RANCH Terisue & Craig Harvey 1060 Fox Canyon, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 805-459-8248 • horsefeatherranch.net Black & White High percentage breeding stock. Raw, milled and finished fleece. WENSLEYDALE & VALAIS BLACKNOSE WILD ROSE FARM Nan and Ken Leaman 1462 Arnold Road, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 360-969-3359 • 360-202-8474 wildrosefarmwhidbey@gmail.com WildRoseFarmWhidbey.com Black and white high percentage Wensleydales and Valais Blacknose sheep. Products include breeding stock, fleeces, yarn, roving and hand-woven blankets. WHITE DORPERS ROCK SOLID RANCH White Dorpers raised on pasture with profitabil ity in mind on an accelerated lambing schedule. Performance, parasite resistance, and productiv ity data available. We also have herding Corgis, Karakachan guard dogs and guardian donkeys occasionally available. Nate, Amanda, Abi & Jackson Houser 205 Patton Rd., Pikeville, TN 37367 931-267-1802 • 423-605-7511

U.S. TARGHEE SHEEP ASSOCIATION Jackie McMartin, Secretary/Treasurer 111 Orion Ave., Pierre, S.D., 57501 605-553-3331 • ustargheesheep@gmail.com www.targheesheepus.com TEESWATER & VALAIS BLACKNOSE SHEPHERDS LANE OF OREGON, LLC Martin and Joy Dally 34503 Meridian Road, Lebanon, OR 97355 541-258-2692 • ShepherdsLane.com Providing Teeswater, Gotland, and Valais Blacknose genetics to North America. Semen, embryos, purebred breeding stock. USDA Export Certified flock. TEXEL TEXEL SHEEP BREEDERS SOCIETY Cinda Baird, Secretary 18700 CR 216, Arcadia, OH 44804 419-722-7230 • secretary@texelsusa.org TexelsUSA.org The breed with the remarkable muscle development. TUNIS-SOUTHDOWN-SHROPSHIRE WISE FAMILY SHEEP 405 Beaver Dam Road, Spring Mills, PA 16875 814-574-9470 • wisefamilysheep@gmail.com YouTube: Wise Family Sheep Serving the lamb industry since 1973.

4260 Cromer Rd., Harrisonburg, VA 22802 radellschrock@yahoo.com • 540-908-5399 SeasonsBountyFarm.com Thick, meaty suffolks. Next Annual Production Sale is August 30th, 2025 at the farm. SNYDER RANCHES, LLC PO Box 363, Norwood, CO 81423 970-327-0271• Cell: 970-708-9906 snyderranch56@yahoo.com Providing quality range rams to producers for three generations! TARGHEE HUGHES NEWFORD CO. John and Betty Sampsel Box 558, Stanford, MT 59479 406-566-2700 • hnco@mtintouch.net Yearling Rams and Ewes. NSIP data since 1987. Maternal/Growth/Carcass/Wool traits. Above average USA Range Index. Microns 20-22. SIMS SHEEP CO., LLC Mike Sims PO Box 807, Evanston, WY 82931 307-679-1502 We have yearling rams, lamb rams, yearling ewes and ewe lambs. Targhee cross. Finest blood lines in the Western United States.

Industry Calendar

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APRIL 2025 5 – Turning Point Land & Livestock's Flock Forward Field Day – Ber rysburg, Penn. – Docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBl_Fv5FOT gAFIMePI-nWL1EYupaM8OBoW5HhsljmnNKGBaw/viewform. 7-11 – University of California Cooperative Extension Shearing School – Clearlake Oaks, Calif. – CEMendocino.ucanr.edu/Livestock_ and_Range_Management/Sheep_Shearing_School_/. 9 – Scrapie Free in the U.S. meeting – National Institute for Animal Agriculture Conference in Kansas City, Mo. – AnimalAgriculture.app. neoncrm.com/np/clients/animalagriculture/event.jsp?event=706. 9 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 12 – Washington State Sheep Producers Advanced Lambing School – Lamont, Wash. – washingtonsheep@gmail.com. 12 – California Ram Sale – International Agri Center in Tulare, Calif. – CaliforniaWoolGrowers.org. 12 – Transhumance Festival – Steamer Landing Park in Petaluma, Calif. – SassyandGrassy.com. 21-26 – Washington State Sheep Shearing School – Moses Lake, Wash. – Sarah Smith at 509-754-2011, ext. 4363 or smithsm@me.com. 22 – Penn State Extension Financial Planning for Sheep and Goat Operations Webinar – Extension.PSU.edu/financial-planning-for flock-or-herd-profitability. 22-24 – Texas A&M AgriLife Sheep and Goat Carcass Ultrasound School – San Angelo, Texas – Agrilife.org/sheepandgoat/event-

registration/. 23-25 – American Lamb Board Targeted Grazing Workshop – Uni versity of California Hopland Research & Extension Center – LambBoard.com/grazing-workshops. 24-26 – Penn State Extension Sheep Shearing School – Scenery Hill, Penn. – Extension.psu.edu/pennsylvania-sheep-shearing-school. 25-26 – West Virginia Purebred Sheep Breeders Association Annual Sheep & Goat Show and Sale – Tri-County Fairgrounds in Petersburg, W.V. – WVSheepandGoatSale.com. MAY 2025 2 – Texas A&M AgriLife Livestock Guardian Dog Field Day – San Angelo, Texas – SanAngelo.TAMU.edu/events. 2 – FAMACHA Certification Training – Sebastian County Fair grounds in Greenwood, Ark. – www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/ animals-forages/sheep-goats/small-ruminants-blog/posts/famacha certification-2025.aspx. 3 – 99th Annual Cloverdale Ram Sale – Cloverdale (Calif.) Citrus Fairgrounds – Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064713562773. 3-4 – Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival – West Friendship, Md. – SheepandWool.org. 5-7 – American Lamb Board Targeted Grazing Workshop – Sulphur Springs, Texas – LambBoard.com/grazing-workshops. 14 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 20-23 – IWTO Congress 2025 – Lille, France – IWTO.org.

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