Sheep Industry News August 2025

Sara Gurule Wins Sheep Heritage Scholarship Sara Gurule, a Ph.D. student in

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Animal Science at New Mexico State University, has been awarded the 2025 Sheep Heritage Foundation Scholar ship by the American Sheep Industry Association.

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20 Selecting the Optimal Sheep for Solar Grazing

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Montana Ram Sale, A Hundred-Year Legacy

IWTO Congress Brings Global Wool Industry Together Weaving a perfect fit between past and present, Lille, France, was the venue for the 94th International Wool Textile Or ganization (IWTO) Congress, held May 20–22, 2025.

Where Performance Meets Progress: Lessons from the Wyoming Ram Test The Wyoming Central Ram Performance Test was started in 1961 as a partnership be tween the University of Wyo ming Extension, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the Wyoming Wool Growers Association.

ack McRae, past ram sale manager and Targhee consigner for forty five years, discusses the history of the Montana Ram Sale. In 1950, the Montana Wool Grow ers first sponsored the sale – then known as the Montana State Ram Sale – in Miles City.

The rise of agrivoltaics— where solar energy produc tion coexists with agricul tural practices—has created new opportunities for sheep producers across the United States.

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