Sheep Industry News September 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.

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SEPTEMBER 2022 9-11 – Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival – Jefferson County Fair Park in Jefferson, Wis. – WisconsinSheepandWoolFestival.com. 10 – Rafter 7 Merino Ram & Ewe Sale – Eureka County Fairgrounds in Eureka, Nev. – Gary McCuin at gmccuin@unr.edu or 775-237-6134. 10-11 – Vermont Shearing School – Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vt. – Jim McRae at vtshearer@yahoo.com or 802-483-2463. 10-11 – Garden State Sheep Breeders Sheep and Fiber Festival – Hunterdon County Fairgrounds in Ringoes, N.J. – NJSheep.net. 13 – 94th Annual Wyoming Ram Sale – Wyoming State Fairgrounds in Douglas, Wyo. – WyoWool.com. 14-15 – Montana Ram & Ewe Sale – Eastern Montana Fairgrounds in Miles City, Mont. – MTSheep.org. 15-16 – Newell Ram Sale – Newell, S.D. – NewellRamSale.com. 16-17 – University of Florida Small Ruminant Short Course – Gainsville, Fla. – Animal.IFAS.UFL.edu/smallruminant/small- ruminant-short-course. 17 – Hoosier Sheep Symposium – Shipshewana, Ind. – Indiana Sheep.com. 23 – Virginia Tech Southwest AREC Forage Based Ram Test Sale and Field Day – Glade Springs, Va. – APSC.VT.edu/extensionand outreach/Sheep-Extension/sheep-programs/swarec-ram-test.html. 24 – Second Annual G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) Sheep & Goat Festival – The Draper Village at Merc Farms in Draper, Va. – NRVSheepandGoatClub.com. 24-25 – Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival – Greenwich, N.Y. – ADKWoolandArts.com. 30-Oct. 1 – South Dakota Sheep Growers Association Annual Con

vention – Ramkota in Pierre, S.D. – SDSheepGrowers.org.

OCTOBER 2022 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 – National Ram Sale – Heber City, Utah – NationalRamSale.com. 13 – Utah Ram Sale – Spanish Fork, Utah – UtahRamSale.org. 15 – Eastern Alliance for Production Katahdins Field Day – Fom bell, Penn. – EasternAllianceKatahdins.com. 15 – New York State Sheep and Wool Festival – Rhinebeck, N.Y. – SheepandWool.com. 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. 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.

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