Sheep Industry News July 2024

Breeders’ Directory

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. Nate, Amanda, Abi & Jackson Houser 205 Patton Rd., Pikeville, TN 37367 931-267-1802 • 423-605-7511 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. WHITE DORPERS ROCK SOLID RANCH

541-258-2692 • ShepherdsLane.com Providing Teeswater, Gotland, and Valais Blacknose genetics to North America. Semen, embryos, purebred breeding stock. USDA Ex port 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 develop ment. TUNIS BEND IN THE CREEK FARM Gary and Sandy Sojka 1335 Creek Road, Middleburg, PA 17842 gsojka@bucknell.edu • 570-658-5355 Short film on WVIA (PBS) website: Saving the Tunis. Breeding and raising registered Tunis sheep since 1997. TUNIS-SOUTHDOWN-SHROPSHIRE WISE FAMILY SHEEP 405 Beaver Dam Road, Spring Mills, PA 16875

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 105 S. Eastern Ave., Hartford, SD 57033 605-553-3331 • ustargheesheep@gmail.com USTargheeSheep.org TEESWATER & VALAIS BLACKNOSE SHEPHERDS LANE OF OREGON, LLC Martin and Joy Dally 34503 Meridian Road, Lebanon, OR 97355

Industry Calendar

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

JULY 2024 10 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 12-13 – Eastern Alliance for Production Katahdins Symposium – Cookeville, Tenn. – EasternAllianceKatahdins.com. 12-13 – 103rd Annual Idaho State Ram Sale – Filer, Idaho – IdahoWoolGrowers.org. 12-14 – Wyoming Sheep and Wool Festival – Hot Springs County Fairgrounds in Thermopolis, Wyo. – WyoWool.com. 15-17 – ALB Targeted Grazing Workshop – Hopland, Calif. – LambBoard.com/grazing-workshops. 17-18 – Colorado Wool Growers Association 96th Annual Conven tion – Montrose (Colo.) Pavilion – ColoradoSheep.org. 20 – Washington State Sheep Association Ram and Ewe Sale – Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake, Wash. – WSSP.org. 27 – South Dakota Sheep Growers Association Premium Yearling Ewe Sale – Huron, S.D. – SDSheepGrowers.org. AUGUST 2024 1 – Katahdin Expo and Sale – Audrain County Fairgrounds in Mexico, Mo. – Katahdins.org. 4 – Indiana State Fair Shearing Contest – Indianapolis, Ind. – Exhibitorscorner.indianastatefair.com. 14 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 24 – 47th Annual Virginia Performance Tested Ram Lamb and Ewe Sale and Sheep Field Day – Raphine, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/extension/

vtsheep/va-ram-test.html. 25 – Genesee County Fair Sheep Shearing Contest – Cummings Center in Mt. Morris, Mich. – GCF.org. 29 – Trailing of the Sheep Festival's Starry Starry Night Fundraiser – Argyros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum, Idaho – TrailingoftheSheep.org. SEPTEMBER 2024 3 – Virginia Tech 25th Annual NSIP Production Sale –Blacksburg, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/facilities/copenhaver-sheep-center.html. 11 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 18 – NSIP Online Replacement Ewe Sale – NSIP.org. 20 – Virginia Tech Southwest AREC Forage Based Ram Test Sale and Field Day – Glade Spring, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/extension/vtsheep/ swarec-ram-test.html. 20-21 – University of Florida Small Ruminant Short Course – Gainesville, Fla. – Animal.IFAS.UFL.edu/smallruminant/ small-ruminant-short-course. 27-28 – South Dakota Sheep Growers Association Annual Conven tion – Holiday Inn in Rapid City, S.D. – SDSheepGrowers.org. OCTOBER 2024 9 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 31-Nov. 2 – West Central States Wool Growers Convention – Boise, Idaho – IdahoWoolGrowers.org.

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