Sheep Industry News March 2024

ASI Shearing Grants Awarded

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S ix shearers and three mentors were selected to receive funds through the ASI’s shearer grant program. This is the third consecutive year ASI has awarded funds through a program developed by its Wool Council. The shearer grant program provides $1,500 grants to each developing shearer to help cover the costs of equip ment and other expenses as they work toward improving their shearing skills. Shearers will receive $500 im mediately and work with a mentor to gain confidence, improve shearing quality and learn to shear at the faster pace needed to shear large flocks on a professional basis. At the completion of the program, the shearers will receive the remaining $1,000 from their grants. Grant recipients must provide videos and visit with ASI staff and Wool Council members by June 15 of this year to demonstrate the progress they've made to com plete the program. Shearing mentors receive $1,500 grants to help cover the costs accumulated with mentoring developing shear ers. Mentors must provide documentation on when and how they assisted beginning shearers to complete the program. Mentors must provide all documentation by June 15 to complete the program. While funds were limited, the program received 33 applications for grants. The six students selected were: • Kathleen Markiewicz of Vermont. • Kendall Miller of Oregon. • Stefan ScheerCook of Virginia. • Jordan Seals of Virginia. • Avery Thompson of Oregon. • Ian Wuscher of North Carolina. Mentors selected to receive grants were: • Laura Kincaid of Oregon.

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