Sheep Industry News October 2022

Breeders’ Directory Industry Calendar CULHAM & STEVENS 5108 E. Howell Road, Webberville, MI 48892 517-896-7378 • culhamab@aol.com NSIP since 1988. Home of the breed’s fastest growing sheep. PASKEY SUFFOLKS Shelby, Scott & Lisa Paskey 5213 County Hwy TT, Cottage Grove, WI 53527 • Farm: 608-837-3725 Cell: 608-669-3996 • lrpaskey@gmail.com Established in 1976. Certified Scrapie Free Flock 2012. Export Certified Flock 2016. SEASON’S BOUNTY FARM SUFFOLKS Radell & Sarah Schrock 2373 Harpine Hwy, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 radellschrock@yahoo.com • 540-908-5399 SeasonsBountyFarm.com Thick, meaty suffolks. Annual Production Sale is the first Saturday in September. 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!

541-258-2692 • ShepherdsLane.com Providing Teeswater, Gotland, and Valais Blacknose genetics to North America. Semen, embryos, purebred breeding stock. USDA Export Certified flock.

TARGHEE HUGHES NEWFORD CO. John and Betty Sampsel

TUNIS-SOUTHDOWN-SHROPSHIRE WISE FAMILY SHEEP

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. U.S. TARGHEE SHEEP ASSOCIATION Mardy Rutledge, Secretary PO Box 955, Chinook, MT 59523 702-292-5715 • ustargheesheep@gmail.com USTargheeSheep.org TEESWATER &VALAIS BLACKNOSE SHEPHERDS LANE OF OREGON, LLC Martin and Joy Dally 34503 Meridian Road, Lebanon, OR 97355

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.

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

OCTOBER 2022 1 – FiberFest in the Valley – Kittitas Valley Event Center in Ellens burg, Wash. – email fiberfestinthevalley@gmail.com. 1-2 – Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival – Tunbridge, Vt. – VTSheepandWoolFest.com. 5-9 – Trailing of the Sheep Festival – Wood River Valley, Idaho – TrailingoftheSheep.org. 7-8 – North Dakota Lamb and Wool Producers Association Annual Convention – Medora, N.D. – email ndlwpa@gmail.com to RSVP. 7-8 – National Ram Sale – Heber City, Utah – NationalRamSale.com. 13 – Utah Ram Sale – Spanish Fork, Utah – UtahRamSale.org. 13-16 – Montana Wool Harvesting School – Molt, Mont. – email Denise Hoepfner at denise.hoepfner@montana.edu. 14-16 – Crutching, Wigging & Catch Pen Dynamics Advanced Shearing Course – University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center in Hopland, Calif. – bit.ly/Crutching2022. 15 – Eastern Alliance for Production Katahdins Field Day – Fom bell, Penn. – EasternAllianceKatahdins.com. 15-16 – New York State Sheep and Wool Festival – Rhinebeck, N.Y. – SheepandWool.com. 21 – Texas A&M AgriLife Fall LGD Field Day – Jayson Harris Pavil ion in Hamilton, Texas – email bruce.boyd@ag.tamu.edu to register. NOVEMBER 2022 4-5 – Washington State Sheep Producers Association Annual Meet ing – Spokane, Wash. – WSSP.org. 4-5 – Ozark Fiber Fling – Steelville, Mo. – OzarkFiberFling.org. 4-5 – The Fiber Festival of New England – West Springfield, Mass. –

TheBigE.com/p/events/fiberfestival. 5 – Missouri Sheep Producers Annual Conference and Meeting – Jefferson City, Mo. – RSVP to mosheepproducers@gmail.com. 10-12 – West Central States Wool Growers Convention – Grand Summit Hotel in Park City, Utah – UtahWoolGrowers.com/ convention. 19-21 – North Dakota State University Hettinger REC Shearing School – Hettinger, N.D. – email christopher.schauer@ndsu.edu. DECEMBER 2022 1-3 – Montana Wool Growers Association Annual Convention – Billings (Mont.) Hotel and Convention Center – MTSheep.org. 2-3 – Buckeye Shepherd's Symposium – Wooster, Ohio – OhioSheep.org. 9-10 – Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers Annual Conference – Holiday Inn in Alexandria, Minn. – email kinneylamb@gmail.com. 15-16 – Wisconsin Shearing School – Wisconsin – email toddtaylor@wisc.edu. JANUARY 2023 6-8 – Michigan Shepherds Weekend – Lansing, Mich. – MISheep. org/shepherds-weekend. 18-21 – ASI Annual Convention – Fort Worth, Texas – SheepUSA. org/ asi-annual-convention. MARCH 2023 1-2 – Missouri Shearing School – Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. – email BaxA2@lincolnU.edu.

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