Sheep Industry News October 2023

Breeders’ Directory

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.

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.

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

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

OCTOBER 2023 4-8 – Trailing of the Sheep – Hailey, Idaho – TrailingoftheSheep.org. 6-7 – National Ram Sale – Wasatch Event Center in Heber City, Utah – NationalRamSale.com. 7-8 – Lambtown Festival – Dixon, Calif. – Lambtown.org. 7-9 – South Dakota State University Shearing School – Brookings, S.D. – Extension.sdstate.edu/event/sdsu-sheep-shearing-school. 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. 13-15 – Advanced Shearing School – Dublin, Va. – Tom Stanley at 540-588-0241 or stanleyt@vt.edu. 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. 3-4 – Ozark Fiber Fling – Steelville, Mo. – OzarkFiberFling.com. 3-4 – Fiber Flurry – Sikes Venue in Leonardville, Kan. – Fiber Flurry.com. 8 – UI-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep and Goat Monthly Webinar – Online – UIdaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2

dx3AJnWotNw. 18 – North American Shetland Sheepbreeders Association Annual General Meeting – Online – Shetland-Sheep.org/2023-agm. 18-20 – North Dakota State University Shearing School – Hettinger, N.D. – Dr. Christopher Schauer at christopher.schauer@ndsu.edu. 30-Dec. 2 – Montana Wool Growers Association Annual Conven tion – Billings, Mont. – MTSheep.org. DECEMBER 2023 13 – UI-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep and Goat Monthly Webinar – Online – UIdaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2 dx3AJnWotNw. JANUARY 2024 5-7 – Michigan Sheep Producers Association Shepherds Weekend – Lansing, Mich. – Samantha Ludlam at samaludl@gmail.com. 10-13 – ASI Annual Convention – Sheraton Denver Downtown – SheepUSA.org. 18-20 – Utah State University Shearing School – Details TBA. MARCH 2024 6-7 – Missouri Extension Shearing School – Jefferson City, Mo. – Jody Bruemmer at BruemmerJ@LincolnU.edu. 22-23 – Ozark Highlands Sheep & Fiber Festival – Glenallen, Mo. – MestaMeadows.com. APRIL 2024 22-27 – Washington State Shearing School – Moses Lake, Wash. – Sarah Smith at smithsm@wsu.edu or 509-754-2011, ext. 4363.

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