Sheep Industry News September 2024

Executive Board Conducts Summer Meeting

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The ASI Executive Board met on July 30 in Deadwood, S.D., for its annual summer meeting. The focus of the meeting each year is to set a budget for the coming fiscal year that will then need approval from the full board of directors. ASI’s new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.

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14 Meet the Exec. Board Larry Hopkins

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Teddleton Wins Sheep Heritage Scholarship

NSIIC Awards Grant to YEE Group

Young Missouri Producer Learning on the Job Travis Ellis is learning how to be a leader in the sheep industry. But instead of studying in a classroom, he’s partaking in a crash course of on-the-job

ASI’s Young & Emerging Entrepreneurs group has received a grant in the amount of $89,580 from the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center to develop a beginning producer education program.

Hannah Teddleton became the second straight West Virginia University graduate to receive the Sheep Heritage Foundation Scholarship when she was selected by a review committee earlier this month.

It’s a story as old as 4-H. Kids interested in showing animals find their way to cute sheep. Parents set aside a spot for two or three, only to end up with an entire flock. A hobby turns into a job, and everyone lives hap pily ever after. Larry Hopkins and his family have lived that fairytale.

training with the St. Croix Hair Sheep International Association and the Missouri Sheep Producers. September 2024 • Sheep Industry News • 3