Sheep Industry News October 2025

Breeders’ Directory

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. MACCAULEY SUFFOLKS Bill & Betsy MacCauley Evan Snyder, Farm Manager 4333 Steelville Rd., Atglen, PA 19310 Evan - 405-314-1642 • Bill - 484-612-3983 Maccauleysheep.com • bill.maccauley@gmail.com North America’s largest Suffolk breeder raising functional Suffolks with style. 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 4260 Cromer Rd., Harrisonburg, VA 22802 radellschrock@yahoo.com • 540-908-5399 SeasonsBountyFarm.com Thick, meaty suffolks. Next Annual Production Sale is August 30th, 2025 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!

TARGHEE HUGHES NEWFORD CO. John and Betty Sampsel

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. 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 profitability in mind on an accelerated lambing schedule. Per formance, parasite resistance, and productivity 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

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 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 www.targheesheepus.com 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. 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.

Industry Calendar

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OCTOBER 2025 3-4 - North Dakota Lamb and Wool Producers Association (NDLWPA) Annual Convention - For more information contact Adnan at 701-947-2091 3-4 - National Ram and Ewe Sale - For more information call 435 640-3829 / 801-376-4685 4-5 - California’s Largest Sheep and Wool Event - For more informa tion visit: www.lambtown.org 4-5 - Fall Fiber Festival & Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials - For more information visit: www.fallfiberfestival.org 4-5 - Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival - For more information visit:https://vtsheepandwoolfest.com/ 10-11 - University of Florida Small Ruminant Short Course - Gaines ville, Fla. - animal.ifas.ufl.edu/smallruminant/ 11-12 - Pennsylvania Sheep & Wool Festival - Dayton (Penn.) Fair grounds - www.pasheepandwoolfest.com 20-22 - Center for Agricultural Resilience Solar Grazing Workshop - White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Ga. - thecfar.org/collections/solar grazing-workshops

20-22 - Oklahoma State University Extension Sheep & Goat Boot Camp - For more information visit: https://extension.okstate.edu/ programs/meat-goat-production/site-files/docs/goat-sheep-boot camp-regi 25- Kentucky Annual Producer Conference - For more information visit: For more information visit: www.kysheepandgoat.org 25-27 - SDSU Sheep Shearing School - Brookings, SD Link to register: https://extension.sdstate.edu/event/sheep-shearing-school 31- Nov. 1 - Washington State Sheep Producers Convention - Wash ington State University in Pullman, Wash. - www.wssp.org NOVEMBER 2025 6-8 - West Central States Wool Growers Convention - For more infor mation visit: https://www.wyowool.com/2025wcswgconvention 7-8 - Ozark Fiber Fling - Steelville, Mo. - www.ozarkfiberfling.com 12-13 - DSANA’s 2025 Virtual Dairy Sheep Symposium - For more information visit: www.dsana.org 17-18 - 2nd International Conference on Agriculture & Natural Re sources - https://agricultureconferences.com/

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