Sheep Industry News August 2025

Breeders’ Directory

BUNKER HILL FARM/BLONQUIST BROTHERS PO Box 605 Coalville, UT 84701 435-640-3829 (Gavin Blonquist) bunkerhillfarm@gmail.com (Bill Shultz) NSIP – Specializing in terminal sire genetics focused on growth and carcass EPDs. CULHAM & STEVENS 5108 E. Howell Road, Webberville, MI 48892 517-896-7378 • culhamab@aol.com NSIP since 1988. Home of the breed’s fastest growing sheep. MACCAULEY SUFFOLKS Bill & Betsy MacCauley Evan Snyder, Farm Manager 4333 Steelville Rd., Atglen, PA 19310 Evan - 405-314-1642 • Bill - 484-612-3983 Maccauleysheep.com • bill.maccauley@gmail.com North America’s largest Suffolk breeder raising functional Suffolks with style. PASKEY SUFFOLKS Shelby, Scott & Lisa Paskey 5213 County Hwy TT, Cottage Grove, WI 53527 • Farm: 608-837-3725 Cell: 608-669-3996 • lrpaskey@gmail.com Established in 1976. Certified Scrapie Free Flock 2012. Export Certified Flock 2016. 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 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. 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.

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. 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

Industry Calendar

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AUGUST 2025 14-16 - 165th Annual Meeting and Convention of the California Wool Growers Association. For more information contact Susan Taylor at susan@woolgrowers.org. 15-16 - Texas Sheep and Goat Expo - For more information visit https://agrilife.org/agrilifesheepandgoat/ 16 - Penn. Ram & Buck Growth Test Sale - Samuel E. Hayes Jr. Live stock Evaluation Center in Pennsylvania Furnace, Penn. - Extension. psu.edu/raise-the-bar-pa-ram-and-buck-grow-test-sale-accepting entries 23 - 50th Annual Virginia Performance Tested Ram Lamb & Ewe Lamb Sale and Sheep Field Day - Raphine, Va. - sas.vt.edu/extension/ vtsheep/va-ram-test.html. 23 - Montana Columbia Sheep Breeders Association show & sale. For more information contact Raina Blackman at (406)235-4227 SEPTEMBER 2025 2 - Virginia Tech 26th Annual NSIP Production Sale – Blacksburg, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/facilities/copenhaver-sheep-center.html.

4-7 - Montana Grazing Lands Coalition 2025 Grazing Expo – Billings, Mont. – MontanaGLC.org/expo. 5-8 - Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival - For more information visit: https://wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com/ 10 -11- 12th Annual Montana Ewe Sale & 100th Annual Montana Ram Sale – Eastern Montana Fairgrounds in Miles City, Mont. – MTSheep.org. Sept. 12-13 - Utah State University Shepherd’s Symposium and 50th Year Anniversary of the Importation of St. Croix Hair Sheep - USU’s South Farm in Wellsville, Utah - chad.page@usus.edu Sept. 12-13 - Mundfordville Field Day & Elite Sheep Sale For more information visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/munfordville-field day-elite-sheep-sale-tickets-1364388064429 Sept. 18-19 - 80th Newell Ram Show and Sale - Newell, S.D. - www. newellramsale.com Sept. 19 - Virginia Tech Southwest AREC Forage Based Ram Test Sale and Field Day - Glade Spring, Va. - sas.vt.edu/extension/vtsheep/ swarec-ram-test.html

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