Marty Stewart â Sheep Basics/Choosing Your Flock
Rhonda McClure â All About Wool
Ivan Rush â Feeding the Flock
Randy Saner â Grazing a Flerd
Rachel Gibb -Beginning Flock Health
Michael Littlefield – Shearing Demonstration
Sheep Producer Panel & Hoof Trimming Demonstration
The program will be held at the Pierce County Fairgrounds at the Veggie Palace/4-H Livestock area in Pierce Nebraska. Registration will start at 8:30 am.
Pre-registration will save you $10. To preregister contact Mellisa Nicholson at (308) 386-8378 or www.ne.sheep.goat@gmail.com.
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Feb 8, 2021 9:36 AM
The SDSU Extension Small Ruminant Team is seeking input from sheep and goat producers across the United States to identify producer interests and enhance future Extension efforts. Responses collected from the voluntary survey will be complied into a Sheep and Goat Producers Needs Assessment.
“Across the nation many producers have adapted to the ever-changing dynamics of today’s world. As Extension professionals we have also experienced significant transformations in educational programming and find it is critical to remain in sync with our producers and colleagues around the United States,” says Kelly Froehlich, Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Specialist in Small Ruminant Production. “This year provides a timely opportunity to gather producer preferences on production and management topics and program delivery as well as identify challenges to raising and marketing these animals and products, and finally to learn more a
The Nebraska Sheep and Goat Producers held its annual conference on Oct. 17, 2020.
The organization honored Ivan and Doris Rush of Scottsbluff for their many contributions to the sheep and wool industry with the Ted and Alice Doane Outstanding Contribution Award.
“Ivan has done a tremendous job of working with the association helping promote it, he served on the board a number of years, and as he stepped down from the board he served on an education committee,” said Al Weeder, board member and past NSGP president.
Doris has a long history of working with 4-H in using wool to make garments as District Director for the Make it With Wool Contest for many years. Their daughter Angela made and exhibited wool outfits and competed in the Make It With Wool Contest in Washington D.C., Nashville, and Albuquerque.
Curt Arens
HONORING SERVICE: Ivan and Doris Rush were honored by the Nebraska Sheep and Goat Producers with the Ted and Alice Doane Outstanding Contribution Award for their longtime service to the sheep and wool industry. Nebraska Digest: Soybean Board seeks directors in three districts; dry edible bean and field pea variety trial results are available.
Jan 29, 2021
The Nebraska Sheep and Goat Producers honored Ivan and Doris Rush with the Ted and Alice Doane Outstanding Contribution Award for their many contributions to the sheep and wool industry. Al Weeder, past NSGP president, presented the Rushes with a plaque at the annual conference held in Alliance.