Sheep Industry News November 2024

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OHIO AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS Five young Ohio sheep farmers were selected as scholarship win ners from the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association recently. Scholarship recipients were: • Clay Schoen received a $2,500 scholarship for the ninth annual Dr. Jack Judy Memorial Scholarship. Schoen is a graduate student at South Dakota State University. • Clay Johnson received the $1,500 Ralph Memorial Scholarship. Johnson is a senior at Ohio State University. • Emily Stevens – a junior at Kansas State University – received the fourth annual High Family Memorial Scholarship for $1,000. • Madison Feehan received a $1,500 scholarship awarded from the OSIA LEAD Council. Madison is currently a sophomore at Bowling Green State University. • Avery Shoffner was named the 2024-2025 Ohio Lamb and Wool Ambassador. She will receive a scholarship stipend at the end of her OLWA reign at the 2025 Ohio State Fair. The Ohio Sheep Improvement Association in coordination with the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation sponsors the Dr. Jack Judy Memorial Scholarship and the High Family Memorial Scholarship. The Ralph Grimshaw Memorial Scholarship, OSIA LEAD Council Scholarship and the Ohio Lamb and Wool Ambassador Scholarships are sponsored by the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association. Funds for the Grimshaw, Judy and High scholarships come from various funding sources, including the Buckeye Shepherd’s Sympo sium Silent Auction and private donations. The OSIA LEAD Council scholarships are sponsored by the OSIA LEAD Council and are funded through Ohio State Fair scholarship programs and multiple other fundraising activities.

The 2024 OSIA Scholarship recipients will be recognized during the OSIA LEAD Banquet and Awards Program this month and dur ing the Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium Awards program on Dec. 7. NEWELL SALE BRINGS BIG RESULTS The 71st Newell (S.D.) Ram Sale and Show was held Sept. 15-16 and sold 222 head for $151,475 – an average of $682 per head. There were 137 registered buyers from South Dakota, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana, Colorado and Missouri. The top selling stud ram was consigned by John Beastrom of Pierre, S.D. The Targhee yearling was purchased by Bob Innes of Gil lette, Wyo., for $5,500. Kitzan Sheep of Nisland, S.D., had the top pen of range rams with a pen of two South African Meat Merino ram lambs that sold to • Rambouillet: 90 head, $69,675 for an average of $774 per head. • Suffolk: 52 head, $32,225 for an average of $620 per head. • Hampshire: 30 head, $13,625 for an average of $454 per head. • Columbia: 24 head, $10,000 for an average of $417 per head. • Corriedale: 13 head, $7,550 for an average of $581 per head. • Targhee: Seven head, $11,050 for an average of $1,579 per head. • SAMM: Four head, $6,350 for an average of $1588 per head. • Dorset: Two head, $1,000 for an average of $500 per head. The Wool Show had a total of 24 fleeces shown. The Supreme Champion Fleece was a Corriedale fleece from Jona Freisz of New Salem, N.D. It also took top honors in the Corriedale fleece category. Visit NewellRamSale.com/show-sale-results for complete results from the show and sale. Raymond Turk of Kaycee, Wyo., for $4,800. Here’s a breakdown of the breeds that sold:

Retired Indiana Sheep Association Executive Director Bob Benson recently celebrated his 90th birthday with his wife, Sherry, and many sheep industry friends, including: fellow Hoosiers Stan and Carol Poe, ASI Region III Director Larry Hopkins and current ISA Executive Director Emma O'Brien; ASI Past President Susan Shultz and her husband, Bill, of Ohio; John and Bernie Dvorak of Minnesota; Anne Crider of Illinois; and Bill Sparrow of North Carolina.

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