Sheep Industry News September 2024

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. 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 31st, 2024 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!

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 105 S. Eastern Ave., Hartford, SD 57033 605-553-3331 • 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 Ex port Certified flock.

419-722-7230 • secretary@texelsusa.org TexelsUSA.org The breed with the remarkable muscle develop ment.

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. Nate, Amanda, Abi & Jackson Houser 205 Patton Rd., Pikeville, TN 37367 931-267-1802 • 423-605-7511 White Dorpers raised on pasture with profitabil ity in mind on an accelerated lambing schedule. Performance, parasite resistance, and productiv ity data available. We also have herding Corgis, Karakachan guard dogs and guardian donkeys occasionally available. WHITE DORPERS ROCK SOLID RANCH

TARGHEE HUGHES NEWFORD CO. John and Betty Sampsel

TEXEL TEXEL SHEEP BREEDERS SOCIETY Cinda Baird, Secretary 18700 CR 216, Arcadia, OH 44804

Box 558, Stanford, MT 59479

Industry Calendar

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

SEPTEMBER 2024 3 – Virginia Tech 25th Annual NSIP Production Sale –Blacksburg, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/facilities/copenhaver-sheep-center.html. 6-8 – Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival – Jefferson County Fair Park in Jefferson, Wis. –WisconsinSheepandWoolFestival.com. 11 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 11-12 – Montana Ram and Ewe Sale – Miles City, Mont. – MTSheep.org/news-events/annual-montana-ram-and-ewe-sale. 14 – Pennsylvania Sheep and Wool Growers Field Day – Ewe Lamb Right Farm in Shippensburg, Penn. – PASheep.com. 14-15 – Garden State Sheep Breeders Sheep & Fiber Festival – South County Park Fairgrounds in Lambertville, N.J. – NJSheep.net. 18 – NSIP Online Replacement Ewe Sale – NSIP.org. 18 – Hettinger Ram Sale – Hettinger, N.D. – ndlwpa@gmail.com. 20 – Virginia Tech Southwest AREC Forage Based Ram Test Sale and Field Day – Glade Spring, Va. – SAS.VT.edu/extension/vtsheep/ swarec-ram-test.html. 20-21 – University of Florida Small Ruminant Short Course – Gainesville, Fla. – Animal.IFAS.UFL.edu/smallruminant/ small-ruminant-short-course.

26-28 – The North American Hill Sheep Show – Escanaba, Mich. – NAHillSheepShow.com. 27-28 – South Dakota Sheep Growers Association Annual Conven tion – Holiday Inn in Rapid City, S.D. – SDSheepGrowers.org. 28 – New River Valley Sheep and Goat Club's G.O.A.T. Sheep & Goat Festival – New River Alley Fairgrounds in Dublin, Va. – NRVSheepandGoatClub.com. 28-29 – Pennsylvania Sheep & Wool Growers Shearing School – Turning Point Land and Livestock in Herndon, Penn. – PASheep.com. OCTOBER 2024 4-5 – National Ram Sale – Wasatch Events Center in Heber City, Utah – NationalRamSale.com. 5-6 – Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival – Tunbridge (Vt.) Fair grounds – VTSheepandWoolFest.com. 9 – IU-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat Monthly Webinar – uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw. 19 – Pennsylvania Sheep & Wool Growers Symposium and Annual Meeting – Lebanon County (Penn.) Fairgrounds – PASheep.com. 31-Nov. 2 – West Central States Wool Growers Convention – Boise, Idaho – IdahoWoolGrowers.org.

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