Sheep Industry News May 2024

Breeders’ Directory

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 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. 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.

SeasonsBountyFarm.com Thick, meaty suffolks. Next Annual Production Sale is August 31st, 2024 at the farm. SNYDER RANCHES, LLC 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!

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. 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

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

Industry Calendar

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

MAY 2024 4 – 98th Annual Cloverdale Ram Sale – Cloverdale, Calif. – sierra. bruhn@gmail.com or 707-696-9002. 4-5 – 51st Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival – West Friend ship, Md. – SheepandWool.org. 7 – Michigan State University Parasite Webinar Series – Online – Events.ANR.MSU.edu/2024parasitemanagement/. 8 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – ui daho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 8-10 – ALB Targeted Grazing Workshop – Temple, Texas – Lamb Board.com/grazing-workshops. 11 – Michigan State University Parasite Series Workshop – MSU Sheep Training and Resesearch Center in Lansing, Mich. – Events. ANR.MSU.edu/2024parasitemanagement/. 11 – Transhumance Festival – Steamer Landing Park in Petaluma, Calif. – SassyandGrassy.com. 11-12 – New Hampshire Sheep & Wool Festival – Deerfield, N.H. – NHSWGA.org. 17-18 – South Central Katahdins Gathering & Private Treaty Sale – Fayetteville, Ark. – Hair-Sheep.com. 20-22 – ALB Targeted Grazing Workshop – Roxboro, N.C. – Lamb Board.com/grazing-workshops. 25-26 – Massachusetts Sheep and Wool Craft Fair – Cummington (Mass.) Fairgrounds – MASheepWool.org. 31-June 1 – 74th Annual West Virginia Purebred Sheep and Goat Show and Sale – Tri-County Fairgrounds in Petersburg, W.V. – WVSheepandGoatSale.com. 31-June 1 – North Country Cheviot Sale – Tri-County Fairgrounds in Petersburg, W.V. – NorthCountryCheviot.com.

JUNE 2024 1 – Mike Williams Memorial Shearing Contest – Roseburg, Ore. – Chad Furlong at 541-914-1093. 3-8 – National Columbia Show & Sale – Spanish Fork, Utah – ColumbiaSheep.org/national-show-and-sale. 9 – New York State Animal Fiber Conference – Bouckville, N.Y. – CAAHP.ccext.net/civicrm/event/info?id-193&reset=1. 12 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 19 – NSIP Online Replacement Ewe Sale – NSIP.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. 12-14 – 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. AUGUST 2024 1 – Katahdin Expo and Sale – Audrain County Fairgrounds in Mexico, Mo. –Katahdins.org. 14 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. SEPTEMBER 2024 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.

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