FARGO, ND – North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension and University of Minnesota (UMN) Extension will host a real-world sheep and goat marketing webinar starting at 6:30 p.m. CDT on March 29. Sheep and goat farmers/ranchers, 4-H and FFA members, and consumers of lamb and goat meat are invited to attend to learn more about […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Every year, the Black Hills Stock Show highlights the American sheep industry’s valuable role in providing the world with high-quality food and fiber. North American Sheep Day is being held Thurs., February 3, 2022, in the James Kjerstad Event Center on the Central States Fairgrounds. Events start at 10:00 A.M. The […]
BROOKINGS, SD – The SDSU Department of Animal Science, alongside the South Dakota Sheep Growers Association and the SDSU Athletics Department, will be hosting the 30th Annual SDSU Lamb Bonanza at 2 p.m. on Jan. 15. The event will be held in conjunction with the SDSU men’s basketball game against the University of Denver at […]
STURGIS, SD – Bringing rural and community interests together, the 11th Annual Art in the Barn Fleece & Fiber Festival will open Friday, June 4 at the Meade County Fair Building on the fairgrounds. Event founder and chairman Barb Uhrig of Newell, SD, has raised purebred Cheviot sheep for over 36 years. To provide a […]
DENVER, CO – The American Sheep Industry Association joined more than 100 others groups in calling on the U.S. Senate and House agriculture committees to support funding for the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development program. These funds have been crucial to the American sheep industry since the late 1990s. Funding for the […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The South Dakota State University Wool Judging Team won high overall team at the first Black Hills Stock Show Collegiate Wool Judging Contest held Feb. 5. The team also placed first in placings and reasons, second in grading and third in the value-based divisions. The team consisted of Emily Nold, an […]