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The Indiana Sheep Association (ISA) will be hosting a shearing school Saturday March 20, at the Ken McMichael Farm in Scott County.
The statewide workshop, also sponsored by the Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program, will take place at 2259 W. Craig Rd., Underwood, and run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST. Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, participation will be restricted to 10 individuals.
Anyone is welcome to register, regardless of experience level, to learn the skills and methods required to successfully shear a sheep. All instructors present will be master shearers, including lead organizer and professional shearer Steve Kennedy. Kennedy’s family have been great instructors for shearing schools going back to Kennedy’s grandfather, Don, who helped instruct many shearing schools at Purdue with other professionals.
By Ashley Langreck
December 11, 2020 at 11:25 am CST
WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. â Despite having to do virtual meetings and events for most of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Council is moving forward and funding new projects that will promote the stateâs lamb and wool industries.
Meredith Cobb, a research administration specialist at Purdue University who works with the council, said the council recently had a meeting where it decided how sheep checkoff funding wound be spent.
She said the Indiana Sheep Association decided to upgrade its website with Indiana Sheep and Wool to make one website.