Sheep Industry News December 2021

SheepIndustry NEWS Volume 25, Issue 12 December 2021

A Look Inside 12 SSWS Plan Offers Materials, Training

ON THE COVER:

2022 ASI Annual Convention After a successful online meeting last year, the American sheep industry looks forward to once again gathering in person for the 2022 ASI Annual Convention: Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wave . American Wool Gift Guide 2021 Check out the American wool gift guide and you won’t need to worry about shipping container delays, international manufac turing issues or what the big box stores might already be out of this holiday season. The experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic provided a glimpse of what could occur to the livestock industry if Foot and Mouth Disease were to infect American sheep, cattle, pigs or goats.

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Corona and Virus are ready to help celebrate the holidays at their home in Poynette, Wis. Laurie Fabrizius photo.

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Departments 4 President’s Notes 6 Market Report 9 ASI Member Listing 22 Meet the Exec. Board 26 Around the States 28 Breeders’ Directory 30 Industry Calendar

24 Sheep Nutrition

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