Sheep Industry News August 2024

Breeders’ Directory

SEASON’S BOUNTY FARM SUFFOLKS Radell & Sarah Schrock 4260 Cromer Rd., Harrisonburg, VA 22802 radellschrock@yahoo.com • 540-908-5399 SeasonsBountyFarm.com Thick, meaty suffolks. Next Annual Production Sale is August 31st, 2024 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!

We have yearling rams, lamb rams, yearling ewes and ewe lambs. Targhee cross. Finest blood lines in the Western United States. U.S. TARGHEE SHEEP ASSOCIATION Jackie McMartin, Secretary/Treasurer 105 S. Eastern Ave., Hartford, SD 57033 605-553-3331 • ustargheesheep@gmail.com USTargheeSheep.org 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 Ex port 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 develop ment.

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. 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. Nate, Amanda, Abi & Jackson Houser 205 Patton Rd., Pikeville, TN 37367 931-267-1802 • 423-605-7511 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. WHITE DORPERS ROCK SOLID RANCH

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

Industry Calendar

Submit calendar items to kyle@SheepUSA.org See the complete list of events at SheepUSA.org

AUGUST 2024 4 – Indiana State Fair Shearing Contest – Indianapolis, Ind. – Exhibitorscorner.indianastatefair.com. 7-8 – 164th California Wool Growers Association Convention – Paso Robles (Calif.) Inn – CaliforniaWoolGrowers.org. 14 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 16-17 – Texas Sheep and Goat Expo – Spur Arena in San Angelo, Texas – AgriLife.org/agrilifesheepandgoat/participants. 22 – U.S. Sheep Experiment Station Ram Sale – Dubois, Idaho – justin.vincett@usda.gov or 208-374-5306. 24 – 47th Annual Virginia Performance Tested Ram Lamb and Ewe Sale and Sheep Field Day – Raphine, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/extension/ vtsheep/va-ram-test.html. 25 – Genesee County Fair Sheep Shearing Contest – Cummings Center in Mt. Morris, Mich. – GCF.org. 29 – Trailing of the Sheep Festival's Starry Starry Night Fundraiser – Argyros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum, Idaho – TrailingoftheSheep.org. 30 – Nebraska State Fair Sheep Shearing Contest – Nebraska State Fairgrounds in Grand Island, Neb. – Kevin Coan at 402-276-1031. SEPTEMBER 2024 3 – Virginia Tech 25th Annual NSIP Production Sale –Blacksburg, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/facilities/copenhaver-sheep-center.html. 11 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar –

uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 14-15 – Garden State Sheep Breeders Sheep & Fiber Festival – South County Park Fairgrounds in Lambertville, N.J. – NJSheep.net. 18 – NSIP Online Replacement Ewe Sale – NSIP.org. 20 – Virginia Tech Southwest AREC Forage Based Ram Test Sale and Field Day – Glade Spring, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/extension/vtsheep/ swarec-ram-test.html. 20-21 – University of Florida Small Ruminant Short Course – Gainesville, Fla. – Animal.IFAS.UFL.edu/smallruminant/ small-ruminant-short-course. 27-28 – South Dakota Sheep Growers Association Annual Conven tion – Holiday Inn in Rapid City, S.D. – SDSheepGrowers.org. 28 – New River Valley Sheep and Goat Club's G.O.A.T. Sheep & Goat Festival – New River Alley Fairgrounds in Dublin, Va. – NRVSheepandGoatClub.com. OCTOBER 2024 9 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 31-Nov. 2 – West Central States Wool Growers Convention – Boise, Idaho – IdahoWoolGrowers.org. NOVEMBER 2024 1-2 – Ozark Fiber Fling – Meramec Baptist Retreat Center in Steel ville, Mo. – OzarkFiberFling.com.

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