Sheep Industry News July 2024

ASI Submits ALB, NSIIC Nominations

T he ASI Executive Board recently submitted nominations for openings on both the American Lamb Board and the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors. The nominees for openings on the American Lamb Board included: Jimmy Parker of Alabama, John Lemondes of New York, David Fisher of Texas, Lane Jensen of Utah, Steve Schreier of Min nesota and William Nelson of Colorado. The 13-member board was established to maintain and expand the market for sheep and sheep products with industry funding via the American Lamb checkoff. ASI coordinated sheep industry development and support of the checkoff with implementation in 2002 and two nationally approved referendums in the ensuring years. Visit LambBoard.com to learn more.

The nominees for openings on the board of the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center included: James Percival of Ohio, Randy Kinney of Minnesota, Steve Clements of South Dakota and Matt Benz of Kansas. The National Sheep Industry Improvement Center was estab lished – at the request of ASI – as part of the 2008 Farm Bill and administers a grant program designed to improve the competi tiveness of the American sheep industry by strengthening and enhancing the production and marketing of sheep and sheep products. Visit NSIIC.org to learn more. ASI is a U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified nominating organization for both ALB and NSIIC. USDA’s Agricultural Mar keting Service will work with the Secretary of Agriculture to select the individuals for all ALB and NSIIC openings later this year.

South Dakota Sheep Growers Association Premium Yearling Ewe Sale SDSGA and SDSU Extension are hosting an education seminar at 10 a.m., free lamb lunch at noon, and sale at 2 p.m. Online bidding is available on cattleusa.com. Register early. Don’t wait for the day before or day of the sale as bank approval must be granted. See you July 27 at Magness Livestock Auction in Huron, S.D. SDSheepGrowers.org/Yearling-Ewe-Sale.html

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