Sheep Industry News March 2025

Learning The Ropes of Solar Grazing American sheep producers were able to learn the ins and outs from fellow producers involved in grazing their flocks among solar power installations at the recent ASI Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Washington

47

280

62

185

Montana

Minnesota

370

150

1.370

Idaho

North Dakota

850

113

Wisconsin

205 1.480

235

82 245

Michigan

Oregon

610

300 2.180

1.520

80 320

New York

South Dakota

85 350

Iowa

74

98 270

65

Wyoming

161

Illinois

250

450

Pennsylvania

Indiana

Utah

145 500

760

Nebraska

MD

405

California

58

74 250

Nevada

36 85

280 2.130

Ohio

Missouri

2.110

80 150

164

80

West Virginia

Kansas

72

510 2.400

Virginia

Colorado

104

290

Kentucky

60

260

South Carolina North Carolina

33 33

ARIZONA

NEW MEXICO

48 50

73

Tenessee

83

95 450

75

Oklahoma Arkansas

520

TEXAS

Georgia

Alabama

Mississippi

670

Louisiana

1.200

Florida

Includes Delaware

215 295

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16 Screwworm Concerns Top Animal Health Agenda While the sheep and goat industry is moving toward the ability to declare scrapie extinct in this country, there is an alarming threat south of the border with the discovery of New World Screwworm in Mexico.

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Convention Sheds Light on Flock's Future

Sheep Inventory Report

ASI Releases Targeted Grazing 101 Nearly 20 years ago, ASI published a handbook that introduced many in the sheep industry to the concept of targeted grazing. With demand for the service at an all-time high, ASI has released Targeted Grazing 101 to help producers get started in the industry.

Most homes were still lit by lanterns and candlelight when the National Wool Growers held their first convention in 1865. But 160 years later, sheep producers shared a renewed excitement for the industry’s future during the ASI Annual Convention.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service Released the 2025 Sheep Inventory Report, which showed the American flock has expanded to 5.05 million.

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