Sheep Industry News February 2025

Breeders’ Directory SEASON’S BOUNTY FARM SUFFOLKS Radell & Sarah Schrock

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 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. 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 development.

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. 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

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! 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

Industry Calendar

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FEBRUARY 2025 3 – Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo All American Sheep Day – James Kjerstad Events Center in Rapid City, S.D. – CentralStatesFair.com. 12 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 12-13 – Pipestone Lamb and Wool Program Virtual Lambing Time Short Course – Online – MNWest.edu/academics/management education/lamb-wool-management/index.php. 14-15 – Maryland Shearing School – Fairplay, Md. – MarylandSheep Breeders.org. 22 – Indiana Shearing School – Purdue University Sheep Center in West Lafayette, Ind. – IndianaSheep.com. 22 – Washington State Sheep Producers Lambing School – Martinez Lambing Camp in Mabton, Wash. – washingtonsheep@gmail.com. MARCH 2025 5-6 – Missouri Extension Shearing School – George Washington Carver Farm at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. – 573-681 5540 or BruemmerJ@LincolnU.edu. 12 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 14-15 – Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association Stockman's Sale – San Angelo (Texas) Fairgrounds – TSGRA.com. 21-22 – Ozark Highlands Sheep and Fiber Festival – Mesta Meadows Farm in Glenallen, Mo. – MestaMeadows.com/fiber-festival.

25 – University of Minnesota Pasture Forage Webinar – UMN.zoom. us/webinar/register/WN_t8hG1d-9Sg2z7F-MnHWzkA#/registration. 28-29 – Tennessee Sheep Shearing School – MTSU Livestock Pavil ion in Murfreesboro, Tenn. – TennesseeSheep.org. APRIL 2025 4-6 – Moffat County (Colo.) Shearing School – Craig, Colo. – megan.stetson@colostate.edu. 7-11 – University of California Cooperative Extension Shearing School – Clearlake Oaks, Calif. – CEMendocino.ucanr.edu/Livestock_ and_Range_Management/Sheep_Shearing_School_/. 9 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 12 – Washington State Sheep Producers Advanced Lambing School – Feustel Farms in Lamont, Wash. – washingtonsheep@gmail.com. 21-26 – Washington State Sheep Shearing School – Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake, Wash. – Sarah Smith at 509-754-2011, ext. 4363 or smithsm@me.com. MAY 2025 3-4 – Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival – Howard County Fair grounds in West Friendship, Md. – SheepandWool.org. 14 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 20-23 – IWTO Congress 2025 – Lille, France – IWTO.org.

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