Sheep Industry News November 2024

Breeders’ Directory

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 105 S. Eastern Ave., Hartford, SD 57033 605-553-3331 • ustargheesheep@gmail.com USTargheeSheep.org 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 develop ment.

Established in 1976. Certified Scrapie Free Flock 2012. Export Certified Flock 2016. SEASON’S BOUNTY FARM SUFFOLKS Radell & Sarah Schrock 4260 Cromer Rd., Harrisonburg, VA 22802 radellschrock@yahoo.com • 540-908-5399 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!

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.

TUNIS-SOUTHDOWN-SHROPSHIRE WISE FAMILY SHEEP

405 Beaver Dam Road, Spring Mills, PA 16875 814-574-9470 • wisefamilysheep@gmail.com

Industry Calendar

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

NOVEMBER 2024 1-2 – Ozark Fiber Fling – Meramec Baptist Retreat Center in Steel ville, Mo. – OzarkFiberFling.com. 2 – West Virginia Purebred Sheep Breeders Association Fall Bred Ewe & Doe Sale – West Virginia State Fairgrounds in Lewisburg, W.V. – WVSheepandGoatSale.com. 2 – Virginia Tech Lambing School – Copenhaver Sheep Center in Blacksburg, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/extension/vtsheep.html. 7-9 – Dairy Sheep Association of North American Symposium – Chi cago, Ill. – DSANA.org. 8-9 – Washington State Sheep Producers Convention – Everett, Wash. – WSSP.org. 9 – Nebraska Sheep & Goat Producers Association Annual Con ference and Meeting – U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb. – NebraskaSheepandGoat.org. 11-13 – Cornell Sheep & Goat Symposium – Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. – Blogs.Cornell.edu/newsheep. 13 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 23 – ASI Young & Emerging Entrepreneurs Lambing School – Cod ington County Extension Complex in Watertown, S.D. – forms.gle/BVeXZQ2XooSNkfRPA. 23-25 – North Dakota State University Extension Sheep Shearing School and Certified Wool Classing School – Hettinger Research Extension Center – christopher.schauer@ndsu.edu or 701-567-4323.

DECEMBER 2024 6-7 – Buckeye Shepherd's Symposium – Wooster, Ohio – OhioSheep.org. 6-7 – North Dakota Lamb & Wool Producers Association Annual Convention – Ramada Inn in Fargo, N.D. – NDSheep.org. 6-7 – Montana Wool Growers Association Annual Convention – Bill ings, Mont. – MTSheep.org. 7 – Southeast Kentucky Sheep Producers Shearing School – Cabin Hollow Farm in Somerset, Ky. – Patrick Angel at 606-312-5264. 11 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. JANUARY 2025 4 – Southeast Kentucky Sheep Producers Shearing School – Cabin Hollow Farm in Somerset, Ky. – Patrick Angel at 606-312-5264. 15-18 – ASI Annual Convention – Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Scotts dale, Ariz. – SheepUSA.org 23-25 – Utah State University Sheep Shearing School – Logan, Utah – eventbrite.com/e/usu-sheep-shearing-school-2025-tickets- 1003155062797. MARCH 2025 5-6 – Missouri Extension Shearing School – George Washington Carver Farm at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. – 573-681 5540 or BruemmerJ@LincolnU.edu. 28-29 – Tennessee Sheep Shearing School – Middle Tennessee State University Livestock Pavilion in Murfreesboro, Tenn. – TennesseeSheep.org

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