Sheep Industry News March 2025

Breeders’ Directory 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

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

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

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 111 Orion Ave., Pierre, S.D., 57501 605-553-3331 • ustargheesheep@gmail.com TargheeSheepUS.com

Industry Calendar

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MARCH 2025 4 – UWE Sheep Task Force Predator Management Mini Series – https://bit.ly/4hkogIa. 5-6 – Missouri Extension Shearing School – Jefferson City, Mo. – LincolnU.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0dneWaxS3PQryWq. 8 – Michigan State University Sheep & Goats for Small Farms Webi nar – Events.ANR.MSU.edu/2025sheepandgoatsforsmallfarms/. 11 – Penn State Extension Ewe Lamb & Doe Kid Development Webi nar – Extension.PSU.edu/ewe-lamb-and-doe-kid-development. 11 – UWE Sheep Task Force Predator Management Mini Series – https://bit.ly/4hkogIa. 12 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 14-15 – Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association Stockman's Sale – San Angelo, Texas – TSGRA.com. 14-15 – Kentucky Sheep and Wool Producers Shearing School – Flemingsburg, Ky. –KYSheepandGoat.org. 21-22 – Ozark Highlands Sheep and Fiber Festival – Glenallen, Mo. – MestaMeadows.com/fiber-festival. 25 – University of Minnesota Pasture Forage Webinar – UMN.zoom. us/webinar/register/WN_t8hG1d-9Sg2z7F-MnHWzkA#/registration. 25-26 – ASI Spring Trip – Washington, D.C. – Contact your state sheep association to attend. 28-29 – Tennessee Sheep Shearing School – Murfreesboro, Tenn. – TennesseeSheep.org. APRIL 2025 4-6 – Moffat County (Colo.) Shearing School – Craig, Colo. –

megan.stetson@colostate.edu. 5 – Turning Point Land & Livestock's Flock Forward Field Day – Ber rysburg, Penn. – Docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBl_Fv5FOT gAFIMePI-nWL1EYupaM8OBoW5HhsljmnNKGBaw/viewform. 7-11 – University of California Cooperative Extension Shearing School – Clearlake Oaks, Calif. – CEMendocino.ucanr.edu/Livestock_ and_Range_Management/Sheep_Shearing_School_/. 9 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 12 – Washington State Sheep Producers Advanced Lambing School – Lamont, Wash. – washingtonsheep@gmail.com. 21-26 – Washington State Sheep Shearing School – Moses Lake, Wash. – Sarah Smith at 509-754-2011, ext. 4363 or smithsm@me.com. 22 – Penn State Extension Financial Planning for Sheep and Goat Operations Webinar – Extension.PSU.edu/financial-planning-for flock-or-herd-profitability. 22-24 – Texas A&M AgriLife Sheep and Goat Carcass Ultrasound School – San Angelo, Texas – Agrilife.org/sheepandgoat/event- registration/. MAY 2025 2 – Texas A&M AgriLife Livestock Guardian Dog Field Day – San Angelo, Texas – SanAngelo.TAMU.edu/events. 3-4 – Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival – West Friendship, Md. – SheepandWool.org. 14 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 20-23 – IWTO Congress 2025 – Lille, France – IWTO.org.

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