F.Y.I. CONTINUED Continued from page 12 there were 5,572 entries in the junior, open and market shows making 2007 another record setting year for entries. More are expected this year. Shows will be conducted for twenty-one breeds, and seventeen of those will have shows for junior breeding sheep. Junior breeding sheep shows and showmanship classes take place on Sunday, Nov. 16. A junior show supreme champion ewe title will be awarded. The winner earns a $1,000 premium. The Junior Wether Sheep show is scheduled for Nov 15th. The Grand and Reserve wether champions will be auctioned at the sale of Champions on Thursday, Nov 20. Farm Credit Services of Mid-America returns as the sponsor of the sheep, swine, meat goat, and cattle divisions’ junior market shows. Open shows start Monday, Nov 17th and continue through Nov 21st. Other division events include the Lead Line and the Wool Show. Once again all Sheep Division Shows in the main show ring can be watched live on the NAILE website at www.livestockexpo.org. The shows are video streamed and anyone can log onto the Expo’s home page and view the shows in progress at no charge. ASI SUBMITS NOMINATINS FOR THE AMERICAN LAMB BOARD (July 1, 2008) In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer, the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) provided a slate of nominees for consideration for appointment as producer-directors of the American Lamb Board (ALB). David Trotter (Ind.) and Fred Pugh (N.C.) were put forward for the producer category representing 100 head of lambs or less. In the more than 500 head of lambs category for producers, Leo Tammi (Va.), David McEwen (Mont.) and Wesley Cude (Texas) were submitted as nominees for the board. “I believe you will find the slate provides a full opportunity to appoint experienced and dedicated producers who have served their industry at the local, state and national levels and who meet the requirements of the order regarding size of operation,” states Burdell Johnson, ASI president, in his letter to the secretary. Trotter and his wife raise approximately 25 Polled Dorsets and grow 150 acres of alfalfa/alfalfa-grass hay on their farm in Indiana. He has Introducing Ourselves & Our New Stud Ram Top Selling Fall Born Ram purchased at the National Cornbelt Sale Wade Hamil 32364 280th St. Merrill, IA 51038 712-540-6015 Hamil Hamps Held 07-2714 a “Showcase” Son www.freewebs.com/hampshiresheephamilhamps AMPSHIRE HEARTBEAT served as president of the Indiana Sheep Association and represented six eastern states on the ASI executive board. Trotter is being nominated to serve a second term on the board. For the last 20 years, Pugh has fed and sold lambs to the retail trade in North Carolina. He currently runs 40 head, but prior to 2002, he fed 1,400 head a year and sold them to a five-store chain. He has been active in various sheep industry related associations. Tammi and his wife have raised sheep in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia since 1980, but he has been active in the sheep industry most of his life. He has served on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Voluntary Scrapie Certification Program oversight committee since 1990. McEwen’s more than 20 years of experience encompasses wool production, lamb feeding and replacement ewe production. He owns 650 stock ewes as well as 18 registered rams. He serves on many state and county boards. In west Texas, Cude runs approximately 1,500 head of sheep on the range. He has been in the sheep business for 30 years and is president of the American Dorper Sheep Breeders Association as well as other local boards. “These individuals are very capable of making decisions in cooperation with the feeding and packing sectors represented on this diverse, industry-wide board,” concludes Johnson. American Sheep Industry Association, 9785 Maroon Circle, # 360, Englewood,CO 80112-2692, Phone 303-771-3500, Fax 303-771-8200, amy@sheepusa.org, copyright: American Sheep Industry Association, Sheep Industry News, July 2008, Volume 12, Issue 7, http://sheepindustrynews.org/ MID-YEAR SHEEP AND GOAT REPORT RELEASED (July 25, 2008) The Sheep and Goat mid-year inventory report was released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) which indicated that the number of sheep and lambs as of July 1, 2008, totaled 7.35 million head, down 3 percent from July 1, 2007. "It is not a surprise to the industry that sheep and lamb inventories are slightly lower for this period," stated Burdell Johnson, American Sheep Industry Association president. "May is the peak of range lambing and this year it coincided with heavy snow and rain from Colorado and Utah through the northern plains. Cold temperatures slowed grass growth in many areas, and in New Mexico and Texas, poor lambing percentages have been reported from several sources." The breeding herd consists of 3.62 million ewes one year old and older, 180,000 rams one year old and older and 620,000 replacement lambs (including newborn lambs). Market lamb inventory at 2.86 million head was comprised of 1.67 million lambs lighter than 65 pounds, 595,000 lambs 65 pounds to 84 pounds, 340,000 lambs 85 pounds to 105 pounds and 250,000 lambs heavier than 105 pounds. Market sheep inventory was 75,000 head. It is projected that the 2008 lamb crop in the United States will total 3.97 million head, down 2 percent from the 2007 lamb crop of 4.05 million head. Lambs born during January through June 2008 totaled 3.48 million head or 88 percent of the yearly total. An additional 490,000 head are expected to be born during the period July through December 2008. The entire report can be viewed at www.nass.usda.gov/publications. American Sheep Industry Association, 9785 Maroon Circle, # 360, Englewood,CO 80112-2692, Phone 303-771-3500, Fax 303-771-8200, judym@sheepusa.org, copyright: American Sheep Industry Association, ASI Weekly, Writer/Editor:Judy Malone, July 2008, http://sheepindustrynews.org/ PAGE 14 - Summer 2008
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