The American sheep industry came together to honor its own during the Awards Luncheon at the 2024 American Sheep Industry Association Annual Convention in Denver on Jan. 12, recognizing sheep producers, researchers and wool warehousemen.
Louis “Spud” Lemmel has lived for eighty of his 94 years on the same place, a ranch near Maurine, South Dakota. He owned sheep for roughly 78 years—from the time his step-dad traded him.
Larry Prager has spent a lifetime involved in the sheep and wool industries. A recipient of the 2022 University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources Outstanding Alumni Award. He calls himself.