Sheep Genetics USA Plans May 11 Webinar
Thursday Apr 22nd, 2021 Sheep Genetics USA will offer a webinar on Improving Genetic Tools to Enhance Profitability on May 11 at 8 p.m. eastern daylight time. The webinar is part of a series of webinars sponsored by the American Sheep Industry Association.
Utah sheep producer Tom Boyer will be the lead presenter, while Montana’s Ben Lehfeldt, Wyoming’s Brad Boner and Rusty Burgett of the National Sheep Improvement Program will participate as panelists for the webinar. As always, Dr. Jay Parsons of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will serve as host.
One of the production inputs producers have control over is the genetics they choose for their flocks. Sheep Genetics USA is a proactive and collaborative initiative focused on improving genetic tools to enhance profitability. It is designed with action committees representing all industry stakeholders, thereby unifying the industry in an effort to maximize demand for American l
Lamb Sales Rose During Pandemic
Thursday Apr 15th, 2021 While shoppers used to be wary due to its higher price tag, store sales of lamb jumped 28% year-over-year as of last month, according to Nielsen. Meanwhile, beef sales rose 25.6% and pork sales increased 20.5% over the same period, reported The Seattle Times. Lamb has had a tremendous 2020 and continues to track far ahead of prior year sales levels in 2021, said 210 Analytics Anne-Marie Roerink in an interview with The Food Institute. When the supply for beef, chicken and pork was tight . out-of-stocks drove people to experiment with other proteins, including lamb.
Adventurous millennial eaters and home chefs have fueled a good portion of retail demand, but there s another factor that s been boosting lamb s popularity in recent years-growing demand among first-generation Americans from the Middle East and southern Europe, where lamb is a staple.
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Montana Ag Network: Montana sheep producer elected to national office
Montana Ag Network: Montana sheep producer elected to national office
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BILLINGS â Over the years, Montanaâs agriculture industry has been well represented on the national level. And that trend will continue with the recent election of a sheep producer from Lavina to the officer team of the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI).
âI ve always been proud to be a sheep producer,â said ASI Secretary/Treasurer Ben Lehfeldt. âOur sheep have allowed us to add more cattle and add more opportunities to our ranch. And I want to make sure the next generation has those same opportunities and not just here, but in the Midwest and the East. There s opportunities abound with targeted grazing and other things that the sheep really offer. So, I want to try to give back and promote those things and enhance those opportunities as an officer.â
The road to growing wool sales may lead through breeding or marketing, but it begins with tidiness.
âOne of the biggest things our buyers ask for is clean wool,â said Heather Pearce, a wool production consultant at the American Sheep Industry Association.
From hand spinners to big processors, no one wants wool contaminated with urine, manure, soil, sticks or stray hairs from different colored sheep, Pearce said March 15 during the Empire Sheep Producers Associationâs annual meeting.
Makers of yarn and fabric spend time and money removing contaminants from wool. But by the time wool gets to the processor, that task can be next to impossible.