Sheep Industry News June 2025

Breeders’ Directory SeasonsBountyFarm.com Thick, meaty suffolks. Next Annual Production Sale is August 30th, 2025 at the farm. SNYDER RANCHES, LLC

111 Orion Ave., Pierre, S.D., 57501 605-553-3331 • ustargheesheep@gmail.com www.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. WENSLEYDALE & VALAIS BLACKNOSE WILD ROSE FARM Nan and Ken Leaman 1462 Arnold Road, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 360-969-3359 • 360-202-8474 wildrosefarmwhidbey@gmail.com WildRoseFarmWhidbey.com Black and white high percentage Wensleydales and Valais Blacknose sheep. Products include breeding stock, fleeces, yarn, roving and hand-woven blankets. 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

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 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

Industry Calendar

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JUNE 2025 3 – Optimizing Sheep Nutrition: A Virtual Management Series – Events.ANR.MSU.edu/sheepnutrition. 5 – Enhanced Biosecurity Planning for Livestock Producers – Cali fornia Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, Nev. – Eventbrite.com/e/ enhanced-biosecurity-planning-fmdfad-for-livestock-producers-in person-tickets-1326039733539. 6-7 – U.S. Sheep Shearing Championships – County Fairgrounds in Roseburg, Ore. – DougCOFB.org/2025-us-shearing-contest. 6-8 – United Suffolk Sheep Association The Suffolk Event – Spring field, Ill. – TinyURL.com/SuffolkEvent2025. 10 – Optimizing Sheep Nutrition: A Virtual Management Series – Events.ANR.MSU.edu/sheepnutrition. 10-13 – National Grazing Lands Coalition Pacific Pastures Bus Tour – Richland, Wash. – GrazingLands.org/pacificpastures. 10-13 – Mesta Meadows Shephard Boot Camp – Glenallen, Mo. – MestaMeadows.com. 13-14 – Small Ruminant Conference – Mill Conference Center in Starkville, Miss. – leyla.rios@msstate.edu. 22 – Introduction to Shepherding – Withywindle Valley Farm in Olympia, Wash. – WithwindleValleyFarm.com. 27-29 – Black Sheep Gathering – Linn County Fairgrounds in Al bany, Ore. – BlackSheepGathering.org. 28 – Nebraska Sheep & Goat Producers Association Grazing Clinic – Palmyra, Neb. – NebraskaSheepandGoat.org.

JULY 2025 9 – National Sheep Improvement Program Online Sale – NSIP.org. 9-12 – Pipestone Lamb and Wool Program Sheep for Profit School – Pipestone, Minn. – MNWest.edu/academics/management-education/ lamb-wool-management/sheep-for-profit-school.php. 11-12 – Eastern Alliance for Production Katahdins Symposium & Sale – Elizabethtown, Ky. – EasternAlliancekatahdins.com/ events-2/2025-symposium/. 11-13 – Wyoming Sheep and Wool Festival – Johnson County Fair grounds in Buffalo, Wyo. – WyomingSheepandWoolFestival.com. 16-17 – Colorado Wool Growers Association Annual Convention – Montrose (Colo.) Pavilion – ColoradoSheep.org. 18-19 – Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers' Annual Convention – Ker rville, Texas – TSGRA.com. 19 – Washington State Sheep Producers Association Ram and Ewe Sale – Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake, Wash. – WSSP.org. 23-25 – American Lamb Summit – University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho – LambBoard.com/lamb-summit. 26 – South Dakota Sheep Growers Association Premium Yearling Ewe Sale – Huron, S.D. – SDSheepGrowers.org. 26 – National Sheep Improvement Program Center of the Nation Sale – Clay County Fairgrounds in Spencer, Iowa – NSIP.org. 31-Aug. 2 – Katahdin Expo & Sale – Vanderburg 4-H Center in Evansville, Ind. – Katahdins.org.

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