Sheep Industry News September 2023

Breeders’ Directory

SIMS SHEEP CO., LLC Mike Sims PO Box 807, Evanston, WY 82931 307-679-1502

TUNIS BEND IN THE CREEK FARM Gary and Sandy Sojka 1335 Creek Road, Middleburg, PA 17842 gsojka@bucknell.edu • 570-658-5355 Short film on WVIA (PBS) website: Saving the Tunis. Breeding and raising registered Tunis sheep since 1997. 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. 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.

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! 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.

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

Industry Calendar

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SEPTEMBER 2023 5 – Virginia Tech 24th Annual NSIP Production Sale – Blacksburg, Va. – sas.vt.edu/facilities/copenhaver-sheep-center.html or email sgreiner@vt.edu. 8-10 – Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival – Jefferson County Fair Park in Jefferson, Wis. – WisconsinSheepandWoolFestival.com. 9 – Neb Rafter 7 Ram Sale – Eureka (Nev.) Fairgrounds – Gary Mc Cuin at 775-237-6134 or gmccuin@unr.edu. 9-10 – Nebraska Sheep and Goat Producers Annual Conference – Broken Bow, Neb. – ne.sheep.goat@gmail.com. 9-10 – American Classic Valais Blacknose National Show – Hunter don Fairgrounds in Lambertville, N.J. – Francher35@gmail.com. 9-10 – Garden State Sheep Breeders Sheep & Fiber Festival – Hunt erdon County Fairgounds in Ringoes, N.J. – NJSheep.net. 13 – UI-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep and Goat Monthly Webinar – Online – UIdaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2 dx3AJnWotNw. 13-14 – Montana Ram and Ewe Sales – Eastern Montana Fair grounds in Miles City, Mont. – MTSheep.org. 16 – U.S. Meat Animal Research Center Select Breeding Stock Sale – Sutton Livestock in Sutton, Neb. – Isaac at 785-844-3625. 20 – NSIP Replacement Ewe Sale – Online – NSIP.org. 22 – Virginia Tech Southwest AREC Forage Based Ram Test Sale and Field Day – Glade Springs, Va. – sas.vt.edu/extension/vtsheep/ swarec-ram-test.html or email lrite@vt.edu. 22-23 – South Dakota Sheep Growers Association Annual Conven tion – Rapid City, S.D. – SDSheepGrowers.org. 23 – Third Annual G.O.A.T. Sheep & Goat Festival – Dublin (Va.) Fairgrounds – NRVSheepandGoatClub.com. 23 – Hoosier Sheep Symposium and Indiana Sheep Association An

nual Meeting – Franklin (Ind.) College – IndianaSheep.com. 23-24 – Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival – Washington County Fairgrounds in Greenwich, N.Y. – ADKWoolandArtsc.om. 23-24 – National Valais Blacknose Sheep USA Show and Grading – Des Moines, Iowa – email scott@thecutestsheepintheworld.com or call 515-509-4333. 30- Oct. 1 – 35th Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival – Tun bridge (Vt.) Fairgrounds – VTSheepandWoolFest.org. OCTOBER 2023 4-8 – Trailing of the Sheep Festival – Hailey, Idaho – Trailingofthe Sheep.org. 6-7 – National Ram Sale – Wasatch Event Center in Heber City, Utah – NationalRamSale.com. 7-8 – Lambtown Festival – Dixon, Calif. – Lambtown.org. 11 – UI-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep and Goat Monthly Webinar – Online – UIdaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2 dx3AJnWotNw. 12 – Utah Ram Sale – Spanish Fork, Utah – UtahRamSale.org. 12-15 – Montana Wool Harvesting School – Billings and Molt, Mont. – Brent Roeder at roeder@montana.edu or AnimalRange Extension.montana.edu/sheep/woolharvesting.html. 14 – Kentucky Sheep and Wool Producers Association Annual Meeting – TBD – KySheepandGoat.org. NOVEMBER 2023 2-4 – West Central States Wool Growers Convention – Boise, Idaho – IdahoWoolGrowers.org. 3-4 – Washington State Sheep Producers Annual Convention – Hil ton Garden Inn in Yakima, Wash. – WSSP.org.

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