Sheep Industry News February 2023

Breeders’ Directory

SEASON’S BOUNTY FARM SUFFOLKS Radell & Sarah Schrock 2373 Harpine Hwy, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 radellschrock@yahoo.com • 540-908-5399 SeasonsBountyFarm.com Thick, meaty suffolks. Annual Production Sale is the first Saturday in September. 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!

Maternal/Growth/Carcass/Wool traits. Above average USA Range Index. Microns 20-22.

541-258-2692 • ShepherdsLane.com Providing Teeswater, Gotland, and Valais Blacknose genetics to North America. Semen, embryos, purebred breeding stock. USDA Export Certified flock.

SIMS SHEEP CO., LLC Mike Sims PO Box 807, Evanston, WY 82931 307-679-1502

TUNIS-SOUTHDOWN-SHROPSHIRE WISE FAMILY SHEEP

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 Mardy Rutledge, Secretary PO Box 955, Chinook, MT 59523 702-292-5715 • ustargheesheep@gmail.com USTargheeSheep.org TEESWATER &VALAIS BLACKNOSE SHEPHERDS LANE OF OREGON, LLC Martin and Joy Dally 34503 Meridian Road, Lebanon, OR 97355

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.

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.

Industry Calendar

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

FEBRUARY 2023 3-4 – Maryland Sheep Breeders Association Sheep Shearing School Beginner's Session – Fairplay, Md. – mdsheepshearingschool@gmail. com. 8 – Small Ruminant Webinar Series: Weather the Ups and Downs with the UW-Madison Extension Sheep Operation Enterprise Budget – Online – Extension.WISC.edu/agriculture/farm-ready research. 17 – Badger Lambing School – Arlington, Wis. – Eventbrite.com/e/ badger-lambing-school-tickets-492867519017. 18 – Indiana Sheep Shearing School – Purdue Animal Sciences Center – IndianaSheep.com. 25 – Wyoming Select Bred Ewe Sale – CAM-PLEX in Gillette, Wyo. – email alison@wyowool.com. MARCH 2023 1-2 – Missouri Shearing School – Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. – email BaxA2@lincolnU.edu. 4 – Washington State Sheep Producers Lambing School – Martinez Lambing Camp in Mabton, Wash. – WSSP.org. 8 – Small Ruminant Webinar Series: Preparation for A Successful Breeding Season – Online – Extension.WISC.edu/agriculture/farm ready-research. 31- April 2 – Moffat County Sheep Shearing School – Craig, Colo. – email Megan Stetson at megan.stetson@colostate.edu.

grounds in Moses Lake, Wash. – extension.wsu.edu/grant/ livestockanimal-science/washington-state-shearing-school/ or email smithsm@wsu.edu. 7-8 – Tennessee Sheep Producers Association Shearing School – Tennessee Livestock Center at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn. – contact Mark Powell at shepherdboy1@ yahoo.com or 615-519-7796. 12 – Small Ruminant Webinar Series: Grilling and Cooking Lamb – Online – Extension.WISC.edu/agriculture/farm-ready-research. 13-15 – Shepherd's Cross Sheep Shearing School – Claremore, Okla. – ShepherdsCross.com. 14-15 – National Dorper Show & Sale – Duncan, Okla. – Dorper Sheep.org. 15 – Washington State Sheep Producers Lambing School – Fuestel Farms in Lamont, Wash. – WSSP.org. 28-29 – Yellow Rose Fiber Fiesta – Seguin, Texas – YellowRoseFiberFiesta.com. MAY 2023 6-7 – 50th Annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival – West Friendship, Md. – SheepandWool.org. 31-June 4 – Contemporary Handweavers of Texas – Sugar Land, Texas – WeaveTexas.org. JUNE 2023 23-25 – Houston Fiber Fest – Cypress, Texas – HoustonFiberFest. com.

APRIL 2023 3-8 – Washington State Shearing School – Grant County Fair

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