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Quarterly Newsletter of Katahdin Hair Sheep International
The Katahdin Hairald
Winter 2019www.katahdins.orgVolume 31, No. 4 Winter 2019www.katahdins.orgVolume 31, No. 4
Mid-June — October 2019Welcome New Members
New Youth MembersZoey Stracener of Stracener Katahdin Farm ........................Heber Springs, ARTenley Wood ............Mountain Home, ARKendra Hulsey of KH Farm ......Alpena, ARClaire Prondzinski of Pocahontas FFA Farm ............................Pocahontas, ARJustin DeJournett of Pocahontas FFA Farm ............................Pocahontas, ARAbbie Lamb .........................Nashville, ARGrady Callahan of Callahan Club Lambs ............................................Osteen, FLJosiah Jantzi of Treasured Sunrise Acres .............................................Parma, IDKenni Dillie of DD Farms ................. Joy, ILAlyssa Johnson of A&B Katahdins ............ ......................................... Pearl City, ILGrant Fitzmorris & Katherine Ramage of Fitzmorris Farms ......... Lafayette, INAustin David Kelly of Austin Katahdin’s ... ..................................... Springfield, KYMyles Pence of Triple P Ranch ................. ........................................DeRidder, LALivi Briscoe of Briscoe Farms ................... ............................................Eunice, LASarah Kennedy of Kennedy Dorpers ........ ........................................... Folsom, LAWalter Raber of Bar K Katahdins ............. ....................................... Sabattus, MEWilliam Lee of Lee Farms, LLC ................. ........................................ Truxton, MO
Rielly & Avery Glidden of Star Farm ....... .................................... Rollinsford, NHW Hudson Weisend of TRC Farms ........... ........................................Caldwell, OHCash Snyder ............... Milford Center, OHDonald Andrew & Mary Elizabeth Sherman of Shermans’ Hilltop Farm ... ........................................ Minford, OHEllie Francke .........................Hubbard, ORMorgan Riehle .......................Molalla, ORJillian Prescott of Berning Farm ............... ............................................ Salem, ORKimber Cook ....................... Wartrace, TNHunter Robbins of Robbins Farms ........... ..................................... Westpoint, TNLaurel Cox of Heartland Ranch ................ .....................................Bell Buckle, TNAndrew Scott Belcher of Cedar Hill Farm ............................................ Emory, VAVanessa Hicks of Shady Brook Farm ........ ........................................Romney, WV
New Voting MembersLori & Clint Bagley of Sandflat Cattle ....... ................................... Thomasville, ALClay & Hannah Lemons of C&H Farms..... ............................................. Joppa, ALMary Margaret Eberle of Crestani Farms .......................................... Harvest, ALScott Heartquist of Heartquist Hollow Farm ................................... Gilbert, AZ
Demitrius & Carrie Daniels of Dp Ranch 11 LLC .................................Calhan, COMark & Diana Byers of Timbuktooo Farm .............................. Edgewater, FLBilal Romman of Southern Nature Farm ........................................ Elberton, GAMark Beard-Witherup & Maggie Bodwell of Laughing Dog Wranch ........................................... Cobden, ILJeremy Blades of Blades Katahdins ......... ................................West Frankfort, ILCarol S Larson ........................... Altona, ILSally Thieme of Hoosier Heritage Farm ..................................... Noblesville, INRusty Flannery of Flannery Farm ............. ............................................McKee, KYDonald & Rebecca Baker of Bakers Farm ...................................... Greenville, KYRicky & Kimberly Kirby of Hillview Farms ......................................... Glasgow, KYChase Emmert of MC Farm ..................... .................................... Owensboro, KYMaureen & Alan Aulson of Great Rock Farm .........................Georgetown, MAIan Wright of Baa Basics .......................... ...................................Grand Blanc, MIPeter Salzano of Acres of Abundance ...... ................................... Manchester, MIJonathan & Rochella Gardner of Gardner Katahdins .....................Sleepy Eye, MNRandall Garnett ....................Protem, MO
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address. To receive additional mailed copies for youth members at the same address, $5 must be paid for each one-year youth subscription.
Please note: During the transfer of membership data to the KHSI Reg-istry in Kansas, it was not possible to transfer all the data for e-mail delivery of KHSI information chosen by each member. Here’s what is currently done: All paid members receive a postal mailed copy of the Hairald. When you renew, you can also choose an email delivery option: 1) Send Hairald and other KHSI information by email-you get postal mailed copy PLUS electronic copy of Hairald. OR 2) Only send KHSI information (re-newal mailings, Expo registration, etc) by e-mail-you do not receive electronic copy of Hairald OR 3)I do not want any KHSI info by email. Email options
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We encourage each member to update their electronic mailing status. We also encourage members to update the information about their flock so that KHSI can accurately list whether they have registered and/or commer-cial stock, what months they lamb and other information about their stock. We receive several comments a month from buyers using that database. But it won’t work for you unless you update your information.
Don’t forget. Renew on time and update your membership informa-tion!
Winter 2019VOLUME 31 ISSUE 4
Cover: "White Christmas", 2018 KHSI Photo Contest, Johanna Kerns, Montana Pictured Above: "Nakoada our LGD is on the job", 2018 KHSI Photo Contest, Karen Kenagy, Oregon
Jim Morgan & Teresa Maurer, [email protected]
Gail Hardy, Graphic [email protected]
KHSI OperationsAlan Culham
717-335-8280 ext 1 • 717-335-8279 (fax) PO Box 739 Fowlerville, MI 48836
[email protected] • www.katahdins.orgKHSI Education
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[email protected] Registry
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www.katahdins.org/register-sheep/KHSI Board of Directors
President ........................................... Jane SmithVice President ...................................Ron YoungSecretary ...................................Lynn FahrmeierTreasurer .....................................Robert WalkerDirector ..................................Michelle CanfieldDirector ............................................... John DyerDirector ...............................Howard Covington
AdvertisingDisplay Ad Rates: 2019 rates on page 2. Contact Education for ad specifications at 717-335-8280 ext 2 or [email protected]
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ArticlesDirectors Corner ............................................................................................................2Ideas for Advertising Performance Sheep ....................................................................3Ewe Lamb Right: Getting the Infrastructure and Genetics Right .................................5Lamb Industry Requires Further Change, says American Lamb Summit .....................9Ewe Lamb Right: Shep Leads to 200 Ewes ...............................................................14The Proof is in the Poop! .............................................................................................20Limerick Farms: A start-from-scratch sheep farm finds success in southwest
Oklahoma ...............................................................................................................24
Regular FeaturesWelcome New Members ........................................................inside front & back coversFocus on Ewe-th: Larkin Williams Scholarship Esssay ...............................................33Focus on Ewe-th: Hannah Walker Scholarship Esssay...............................................33Katahdin Recipe Forum ...............................................................................................38Classified Ads ..............................................................................................................42KHSI Member’s Guide .................................................................................................43Advertisers Index (listed alphabetically) ......................................................................44Focus on- Eweth – KHSI Awards 4 Youth Scholarships in 2019 .................back cover
KHSI Business2020 Katahdin Hairald Display Ad Prices & Publication Schedule ...............................2KHSI Board Approves New Logo Design ....................................................................13KHSI Board of Directors Conference Call, June 13, 2019 ...........................................32KHSI Board of Directors Conference Call, July 18 2019 .............................................372019 Board of Directors Election Results ....................................................................39Regional Katahdin Groups ..........................................................................................45
Coming EventsCatch the Early Bird Dues Rate: Pay by Jan 31, 2020 ........................ inside front cover2020 KHSI Expo & National Sale in Elizabethtown KY July 16-18 ................................2Educational Events Calendar ......................................................................................22Important Dates ...........................................................................................................222020 Katahdin Consignment Deadlines ......................................................................22Events Calendar ..........................................................................................................22Katahdin Sale Roundup...............................................................................................23ASI to Meet January 22-25 in Arizona ....................................................................... 31
Past Events2019 Midwest Stud Sale Report .................................................................................. 122019 SCKA Membership Meeting and Private Treaty Sale ......................................... 17Demand for Performance Tested Rams Remains High at 8th Annual SWAREC Forage
Based Ram Test .....................................................................................................19
Inside This Issue
2019 Expo and 2nd International CongressGuard the Legacy - Second International Katahdin Congress 8/16/19 .......................252019 KHSI Expo Information Valued by Producers .....................................................262019 Katahdin National Expo Sale Report: Highest Number of Katahdins Ever Sold ....
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Directors Corner
Jane Smith, KHSI PresidentA year of challenges has been the
story for many of us in 2019. Too much rain, not enough rain, unusual stretches of hotter than normal weather, winter coming too soon, all have been players this past year.
So, as we are wrapping up our fall lambing, I am reminded why I have fallen in love with this breed of sheep. Despite abnormal stresses, they continue to adapt and produce. Katahdins the adaptable breed. Strictly grass, supplemented grass, dry lot, confinement, you will find Katahdins fulfilling the need. Pacific Northwest, High Plains, Midwest, Hill Country, Ozarks, Deep South, rolling hills of Tennessee and Kentucky, Georgia, Virginia, New England: all across the nation, there you will find Katahdins. I encourage you to find the system that works for your operation. Go to the National Katahdin Expo, and to the regional group functions such as the South Central Katahdin Association, the MoKats Group in Missouri, Pacific Northwest Katahdin Association, and the Rocky Mountain Katahdin Association. Take in their educational opportunities. Talk to people! There is so much to learn via so many different platforms.
Your KHSI staff and board of directors are determined to help you
succeed in your sheep production. If you have ideas of how we can serve you better let us know. We are excited about some of the new things we have happening. You will start to see the new logo in more applications. The new search tools for specific sheep brings a great deal of information quickly right to your computer. You can now register your sheep online, and pay with a credit card or PayPal, also with a few clicks of the keys. We are working on developing new educational and promotional items, as well as looking for new avenues and strategies for advertising.
It is still a great time to be in the sheep business. It is even better to be in the Katahdin sheep business. Take this time now to prepare for the upcoming lambing season. How can you make your 2020 year the best yet for you and your fellow Katahdin breeders?
Charles Bedinger 9743 N 1130 E • Caitlin, IL 61817
217-427-2341 • [email protected]
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2020 Katahdin Hairald Display Ad Prices & Publication Schedule
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Member Commercial Sheep Ads AdvertisersAd Size Cost-Color Ad Cost-Color Adfull page ..........................................$250 .................... $3301/2 page ..........................................$130 .................... $1751/4 page ...........................................$70 ...................... $901/8 page (business card) ..................$45 ...................... $55
Tentative 2020 Hairald Publication Schedule Winter Spring Summer FallArticle Deadline/Display Ad commitment deadline (inc. ad size) ...... 12/16/19 .....3/15/20 .... 5/15/20 ... 10/1/20Display Ad content due to Xpressions ...... 12/21/19 .....3/21/20 .... 5/21/20 ... 10/7/20Classified Ads due to Operations .............. 12/21/19 .....3/21/20 .... 5/21/20 ... 10/7/20Mailing date (Bulk Mail) ............................ 1/27/20 ......4/17/20 .... 6/17/20 ... 11/1/20
Happy Holidays
from KHSI
The KHSI Board of Directors has announced that the 2020 KHSI Expo & National Sale will be in Elizabethtown Kentucky July 16-18. KHSI is excited to be at a brand n e w f a c i l i t y . KHSI will be one of the first groups to use the Hardin County Kentucky Extension Center.
S a v e t h e Dates!! Plan to join us for anoth-er great educa-tional event and National Sale.
2020 KHSI Expo & National Sale in Elizabethtown KY
July 16-18
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By Alan Culham, KHSI Operations Manager
(& 33 year Suffolk NSIP breeder)Recent discussions about the “Ka-
tahdin Hairald” advertising brought up the feeling that the majority of the advertising was done by breeders who raised primarily show sheep. If you feel that is the case, it is even more important that you promote the type of sheep you have to offer rather than legislate away your competition. Hav-ing raised Suffolks with an emphasis on selecting for those traits financially important to commercial sheep pro-duction for over 30 years, I can share some methods that have worked for our flock in attracting a following. While the examples I cite will focus on those traits our Suffolks had to offer, you can easily substitute those traits that your sheep have which are unique to your flock.
Develop a BrandWhen taking a course in animal
Ideas for Advertising Performance Sheepbreeding and selection one of the first truths you are taught is: the more traits you select for, the less progress you make. With that being so, you have to prioritize the traits you select for, ranking them from most important to least. I am not promoting single trait selection, but I am promoting targeted trait selection on a group of important traits you want to feature.
Look critically at what your breed has to offer the commercial sheep industry. The breeds that are truly rel-evant to commercial sheep production are those with unique traits that other breeds lack. Avoid spending time selecting for traits that your breed is not known to excel in. Commercially these can be obtained much more ef-ficiently through crossbreeding. Often when trying to make our breed into something it is not, we end up losing the very traits that were valuable.
Within our Suffolk flock we pri-oritized growth and carcass merit as those traits the breed had to offer.
While NSIP (National Sheep Improvement Program) allowed us to select for maternal and wool traits we chose not to do so. Most commer-cial customers we sell to seek terminal sires. In addition we made sure our flock was free of the “Spider” gene and we worked toward increas-ing the frequency of the “R” gene at codon 171.
While determining your brand you also
Relative economic values of post weaning weight EBVs
(Estimated Breeding Value)
PWW EBV (kg)
PWW EPD (lbs)
Lamb value/lb
Extra Value Per Lamb
Sired16 17.6 $1.60 $28.1615 16.5 $1.60 $26.4014 15.4 $1.60 $24.6413 14.3 $1.60 $22.8812 13.2 $1.60 $21.1211 12.1 $1.60 $19.3610 11 $1.60 $17.609 9.9 $1.60 $15.848 8.8 $1.60 $14.087 7.7 $1.60 $12.326 6.6 $1.60 $10.565 5.5 $1.60 $8.804 4.4 $1.60 $7.043 3.3 $1.60 $5.282 2.2 $1.60 $3.521 1.1 $1.60 $1.760 0 $1.60 $0.00-1 -1.1 $1.60 ($1.76)-2 -2.2 $1.60 ($3.52)-3 -3.3 $1.60 ($5.28)
must evaluate your market. It is extremely important to understand the genetic needs of your customers. What traits are they most interested in obtaining from your genetics? Make sure they get it! Do not sell them what you don’t have, even if it makes them go elsewhere!
An effective advertising campaign requires that you have to develop the product before you can sell it. I have seen flocks advertised as being NSIP flocks, yet list no breeding values of the stock they offer. NSIP alone does not mean your sheep are better, it just allows people to know what their genetic merit is. It is up to you to dif-ferentiate your flock from the others.
Advertising is EducationLike a company selling a new
technology, education is a major part of merchandizing. Often you must inform your potential customers why they need your product. Keep it simple! Often we get bogged down in the science. A customer does not need to know how a breeding value is calculated. They just need to know how to use it and how it can make them money. Often I have found if you can make a graph or diagram of the concept it has more impact than trying to explain it.
If You Have it, Flaunt it!I have talked to some breeders who
feel NSIP is a selection tool and should not be used for merchandising. My response is “Why not?” In fact the old saying “It’s not bragging if it’s fact” has never more true than when you have NSIP data.
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Great Pyrenees Guard Dogs
James LovelaceCircle L Ranch • Troy, [email protected] • 573-384-5398
Some of my boldest claims:• Home of the World’s Fastest Grow-
ing Sheep! – based on flock having highest post weaning weight aver-age EBV.
• Sired by the premier growth sire in the history of the Suffolk breed – Used NSIP database search to rank all proven sires for post-wean-ing and weaning weight.
• Top ranked ram lamb for post-weaning in the 2019 Suffolk NSIP lamb crop (604 head) – Used NSIP database search to rank 2019 Suf-folk ram lambs with EBVs listed.You get the idea. It does create some
excitement and controversy! Often you will be contacted by someone outside NSIP who says I can’t make that claim because not all of the Suffolks are in NSIP. I respond, “It is no different than claiming to have a national champion ram when not all the rams are at the show.” If you get their attention, it is good advertising!
Once again it is all about differen-tiating your genetics from everyone else’s. You need to show that you have something special to offer.
Trendlines can be used to show how your flock has improved.
Ideas for advertIsIng Performance sheeP, contInued from Page �
One thing I would caution about is advertising high sale prices. While it is gratifying to have a high sale aver-age or high selling individual, say it without giving the amount. With your primary market being commercial producers you may scare away more than you attract!
Put Your Best Foot ForwardOne of the challenges with promot-
ing performance sheep is the com-monly held belief by some that the sheep are not good to look at. Do not feed that myth! When taking photos of your sheep make sure they are photos that represent your sheep in a positive manner. Take the time to get a good photo. Loose shots (sheep not held or on a lead) seem to work the best but are hardest to take.
A trick I have used is to shoot video of the sheep and then use the capture frame feature to get the animal in that perfect moment. The cropping feature can be used to eliminate other sheep and items in the background that may be undesirable.
SummaryPromoting performance sheep
through advertising can be effective and rewarding if you have a consistent message that is reinforced regularly. Tell the story of your flock and stress what traits your sheep offer and how they will make your customers money. Don’t be afraid to stress your flock’s attributes as long you have the data to support your claims. If you are not excited by your sheep why should anyone else be?
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Editors' Note: This article is the result of an interview with the Turners and summarizes key points of their approach and operation. They wrote additional reflections about their sheep experience which we also enjoyed. See page 14 for more about their start. The Turner’s farm, Ewe Lamb Right is located in Shippens-burg, Pennsylvania. They have been members of KHSI since 2013.
1) How did you start raising sheep? Why Katahdins?
I started raising sheep totally by accident. It is the ole, “I had this Border Collie…” with a twist. I had this farmette of about 25 acres and a Border Collie named Shep. A friend of mine, who trained Border Collies, let me use his sheep for Shep to learn on. Shep soon became incredibly, intensely fond of sheep, though we traveled to Nathan’s a couple times a week so Shep could get his sheep fix. After a few months, we entered a novice trial and I told Shep that if he won, he could get his own sheep. Sure enough, he earned a blue ribbon the first weekend we went to a trial. We had a few Scottish Highland cattle and I thought a complimentary sheep to them would be Icelandics.
After a few months of these same sheep, Shep needed some fresh mate-rial to work with, and my buddy Na-than said he knew a guy in Hanover, PA with three Katahdin wethers. I had no idea what Katahdins were, but it really didn’t matter as long as they added some variety in Shep’s routine. Shep turned out to be a great herding dog with more blue ribbons in higher classes, and I allowed his flock to continue to grow naturally; which means a lot of “line breeding” – OK, yes, inbreeding. I didn’t purchase a new ram very often and really tried to spend as little as I could for one. I had no idea how to find good sheep. There was no Facebook or any online forums that I knew of. I wasn’t a seri-ous breeder and knew of no one else breeding Katahdins.
We did some research and deter-mined since we were mostly Katah-din, and Jan feared for my life when shearing sheep, that we would pursue becoming Katahdin breeders. I took the Penn State small ruminant online course and learned a lot about how
Ewe Lamb Right: Getting the Infrastructure and Genetics Right
much I didn’t know about raising sheep. We joined KHSI and ASI as I am a strong believer in support-ing the organizations that support my interests, and that you get out of them what you put in. Paying dues is fine, participating is exponentially rewarding.
We bought a ram from the Whit-more Farm in Maryland, that we found by accident. When we went to pick him out, Kent sat us down and wanted to talk about the data. What? I just wanted a ram. After our 15-minute Intro to Genetics 101, we picked out our first registered ram. We attended a KHSI Expo in Indiana, PA and were exposed to nutrition, forage analyses, copper toxicity, fecal egg sampling and a bunch of other topics that were way over our heads. It might have been at this expo where we sat in on an NSIP introductory program. There were terms like EBV, MWWT, PFEC and the sort being thrown about. Whoa, another over-my-head seminar. We weren’t able to stay for the auction, though we got the free ice cream and saw many rams and ewes that got us thinking about what we needed to do with our program.
At our second expo, we bought a ram from Waldoview Farm, based on the NSIP EBV information that we had begun digesting. I was able to
corner Rusty Burgett, NSIP Pro-gram Director, for a bit as I was wanting to be convinced that we should do the NSIP thing. One of our big hesitations was that we had very little pedigree informa-tion on our sheep since we had just started tagging about 2 years earlier. Most of our ewes were mostly Katahdin, though there was also a mix of Icelandic, St. Croix and Finnsheep, but we now had 2 registered Katahdin rams. Somewhere along we learned about Codon 171 and scrapie tags and we got with the program. We bought a scale kit and I made a scale platform and set it inside a couple of panels.
2) How many sheep do you currently raise? What is your goal in terms of sheep num-bers?
We have increased the number of ewes that we breed every year until this breeding season, as we
over-sold proven ewes. We have used NSIP to select the ewes and ewe lambs that we want to keep each year. Last year we bred about 225 ewes and this year will be a few less. Since we both work off the farm as well, 200 is as much as we need to handle. That is now the sheep number goal, as more sheep is not necessarily more profit and our resources are tapped out.
Rather than increasing flock size, our goal is to increase the average dol-lar per head sale price. We do mostly pasture grazing and the 60 plus acres fenced in is just about right for this number. I make round bales in the early summer, but we still have to buy some hay to get us through until spring.
3) What excites you the most about raising sheep?
To answer this, we first want to ex-plain our roles. Jan is the CLO (Chief Lambing Officer) and I am the CFO (Chief Forage Officer). We split the duties up pretty much across those lines. Jan does most of the breeding and culling decisions. She records the lamb and ewe data and directs me when it comes to sorting for breeding groups. The pedigree & NSIP data submission is her work. As CFO, I do what it takes to harvest, buy, store,
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and dispense the feeds; as well as play vet, funeral director, marketer and salesman. The CFO is subordinate to the CLO in culling decisions
a. Jan Says: I am in it to support Dan and his dream, helping him gear towards his second career. I end up out of my comfort zone but it is for Dan. The most exciting part of the whole process is the NSIP. I pick the breeding groups and participate in all the data collection, ram ac-quisitions and culling. Being an accountant by trade, the challenge of increasing the NSIP scores year after year is like a game to me.
b. Dan says: I’ve always liked animals. I’ve always wanted to be a farmer and I had hundreds of rabbits through high school and college and built all the cages and rabbit shed. When this farm came up for sale it was an op-portunity to see if we could make a go of it. At first it was exciting though daunting. Having to buy all the equipment and learn how to produce profitable sheep. All of this has been a new experience for us. Everything is challenging and that is a major driver. I am now challenged to: 1. Raise bet-ter quality Katahdins and expand our markets. 2. Continue to make the process as efficient as economically feasible, so all aspects can be more enjoyable.
Raising sheep is also a novelty for us. The farm lifestyle is unique and our friends just soak up the stories. And with this many sheep, the com-munity knows us as The Sheep Farm-ers. I like being a farmer.
4) What equipment, fencing and structures has Ewe Lamb Right in-vested in?
We’ve bought the tractor, mower, round baler, a few miles of poly wire & electro-net & hundreds of posts, wooden post driver (Robert Walker made fun of me because it doesn’t have hydraulic tilt), all the fencing materials, Lamb Tram, Prima Tech drench & vaccination guns, electric fence charges with remotes, handling chutes, lots of gates and panels, un-derground water to paddocks, Shear-well EID (Electronic ID) system with
TruTest scale, Advantage 3 in 1 “lick” feeder, Kubota 2 & 4 seater ATV, 5-ton feed silo, 40’ x 100’ equipment shed, 92’ x 156’ barn (with underground water to several waterers, bathroom, office and “meat” room, and powered side curtains and camera system)
We fenced in 40 acres the first year
and 20 more the next. The 3rd year I put in divider fencing through the 20 acres, splitting it into 7 paddocks. The next year I split the 40 acres into 8 paddocks. We also ran under-ground water and electric lines through the fields to strategic watering locations. I estimate that 50% of our cost for fencing and water was reimbursed by NRCS programs.
a. How have these investments increased the efficiency of your op-eration? Most every step we have taken has helped us become more ef-ficient – either in doing things faster or by helping us do things that we just couldn’t before. Being able to do things that you know should be done helps keep your morale up… which is very important. One of our first in-vestments was a golf cart so Jan didn’t have to wheelbarrow the 50 pound feed bags down the hill anymore.
b. Which one to two investments have been the most important to allowing your flock to increase in size?
Fencing and chutes allowed us to increase in size. But we didn’t want to just increase our flock size--we wanted to also increase quality and to do that we needed data. The barn, the EID system and our ability to hire helpers are the biggest factors that allow us to have this many sheep and collect all the data on them.
Jan and I do not do all of the work ourselves, and we hire a few part-time helpers. Recently we hired our daughter-in-law, who previously had zero sheep/farm experience. She does the daily chores and moving of flocks and informs us of non-expected activity. We have another who is a
senior in college and helps on Sundays, when we often do major sorting, weighing, vaccinating or weaning. We also have a veterinarian friend who helped last year during lambing in exchange for a little pay and free ac-cess to sheep for her Border Collies. Since lambing is the most labor-intensive time, we are all hands-on deck in that time period.
c. Which investments have increased profitability the most? The Shearwell EID system with scale has
probably had the most influence. We can collect more data on more animals, sort and vaccinate animals much quicker. Quicker means we can collect more data on more animals and Jan does not have to type it into a spreadsheet. It saves her many hours for almost every run that we do. With-out it we would have half the data or half the sheep.
d. Which investments have de-creased labor the most? The barn. The struggle of sorting, mud on our boots & bodies, sunburn, going to the house for everything & back again--has mostly been eliminated.
e. What is your next investment? And what needs to happen before you invest? Maybe more Advantage feeders. We have one so far and what we notice is that when we flush, the group with the feeder stays calm as we replenish it, even if we do it every day as we check on them. The groups that get feed in a trough go into mob mode once they see the bucket. The Advan-tage feeder takes maintenance, but it saves knees and being trampled.
5) What do you consider the two to three most important genetic traits that you select for? Do these increase your profitability? We have learned a lot on this one. Using NSIP we go for
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the Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) for Number Lambs Born (NLB) & Number Lambs Weaned (NLW) and weaning weights. We have added the Postweaning Fecal Egg Count (PFEC) to our requirements for rams, and have been very happy with the level of Parasite Resistance (PR) we have been able to achieve. We use the NSIP Hair Index as a major influence for all of our decisions.
a. Have sheep with these traits been hard to identify? And how do you identify these traits in your flock and when you buy breeding stock? NSIP provides 90% of all the data that we need. We also pull fecal samples on all of our lambs, which gives us first hand data on how well the PFEC EBV is on our sire and dam. This all feeds back into NSIP and updates these EBVs. We have gotten pretty picky as we learn more about genetics. Buying at the SW Virginia Pasture Ram Test sale was a good experience.
6) What are your main goals of your operation? Do you expect these goals to change as the Katah-
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din breed matures or as your flock matures? We want to achieve a maxi-mum profitability to effort ratio, while continuing to enjoy the challenge of finding and breeding higher scoring NSIP animals.
7) Any final comments?We have found NSIP to be fascinat-
ing. Like fantasy football for sheep. It adds a whole new dimension to breed-ing selection. And it puts your data out there for any breeder to look at. It is also fun trading info and genetics between NSIP farms. I am fortunate that Jan manages all the data for us.
An article would not be complete without how/where we market. We sell a lot of market lambs to indepen-dents who buy quantities and take towards New York city for the ethnic market. We sell almost a third of our proven ewes every year, often as bred ewes. This allows us to improve our genetics quicker and it allows our cus-tomer to get our “2-year-old genetics” bred to one of our best rams. We sell a few ewe lambs, but mostly proven ewes. We sell some animals to butcher
shops and we make meat sticks out of cull animals.
And finally, a few pithy quotes from Dan to sum up his experience:1. Every year Jan lets me invest this
year and next year’s predicted profits. Next year is going to be a great year!
2. If you are farmin you’re fixin. I do a lot of fixin.
3. I can out-dumb sheep in seconds.
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Outcomes from the inaugural American Lamb Summit were clear: all segments of the industry need to further improve lamb quality to keep and attract new customers and become more efficient to recapture market share from imported lamb. Yet, it was just as clear that production technologies and product research make industry success within grasp.
“I have never been so enthusiastic about our industry’s opportunities, but we just can’t allow ourselves to be complacent or accept status quo,” said Dale Thorne, American Lamb Board chairman, a sheep producer and feeder from Michigan. Thorne stressed the “end-game is profitability for all aspects of our industry.”
The Summit, sponsored by the American Lamb Board (ALB) and Pre-mier 1 Supplies, brought together 200
Lamb Industry Requires Further Change, says American Lamb Summitsheep producers, feeders and packers from all over the country to Colorado State University (CSU) in Ft. Collins, CO, August 27-28, 2019.
The conference included in-depth, challenging discussions ranging from consumer expectations, business man-agement tools, realistic production practices to improve productivity and American Lamb quality and consis-tency, to assessing lamb carcasses. Sessions were carefully planned so that attendees would gain tools for immediate implementation.
“We can’t keep saying ‘I’ll think about;’ we have to realize that change is required for industry profitability,” Thorne emphasized.
The Lamb Checkoff Facebook page features summary videos from the sessions and additional resources. The Lamb Resource Center is the hub for all Lamb Summit information, as it be-comes available. (The Lamb Resource Center is sponsored by ALB and is a great source of information that the Katahdin Hairald has noted in the past https://lambresourcecenter.com/ )
Consumers redefine quality“Consumers are ours to win or
lose,” said Michael Uetz, managing principal of Midan Marketing. His extensive research with meat consum-ers shows that the definition of quality now goes beyond product character-istics, especially for Millennials and Generation Z’s. “It now includes how the animal was raised, what it was fed, or not fed, impact on sustainabil-ity, and influence on human health,” Uetz said.
“Your power is in your story. You have a great one to tell about Ameri-can Lamb,” he advised.
lamb produCtion toolsIncreasing flock productivity, us-
ing genetic selection, and collecting then using production and financial data were stressed as critical steps for on-farm improvements. “The best way to improve productivity is to increase the number of lambs per ewe,” said Reid Redden, PhD, sheep and goat specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Exten-
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Vixen Hill FarmMy ram, Branson, QUA 251 and I
wish to congratulate the MacDonald/Horman Family on the purchase of
our yearling ewe "Theresa" VHO8-18 on her record-breaking win at the Great Frederick
Fair in September in Frederick, MD, besting over 53 yearlings and 7 grand champion yearling ewes for
Supreme Grand Champion Meat Ewe.
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sion. “Pregnancy testing your ewes should be part of a producer’s routine. Not only can open ewes be culled, but ewes can be segmented for the number of lambs they are carrying for better allocation of feed,” he said.
While genetic selection is now com-mon in beef, pork and both Australian and New Zealand sheep, the Ameri-can lamb industry’s slow adoption is hindering flock improvement and giving competition a definite advan-tage, said Rusty Burgett, Program Di-rector, National Sheep Improvement Program. He pointed to how the cattle industry uses EPD’s (expected prog-eny differences) to select for traits. “We can do the same with our tools, but we must get more sheep enrolled into the program,” said Tom Boyer, Utah sheep producer.
CarCass and meat qualityUnderstanding what leads to qual-
ity American Lamb on the plate means looking beyond the live animal to carcass quality, stressed Lamb Summit speakers involved in processing and foodservice.
Individual animal traceability is
ultimately what is required to give consumers the transparency they are demanding, said Henry Zerby, PhD, Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Co-op, Inc. A lamb producer himself, Zerby was straight-forward to the Summit participants: “Being able to track animals individually to know if they were ever given antibiotics, how they were raised, through the packer is on the horizon. We need to realize and prepare for that.” US lamb processors are implementing systems at various levels and offer programs for sheep producers.
Lamb flavor has been an industry topic for decades. Dale Woerner, PhD, Texas Tech University meat scientist, has been conducting research funded by the Lamb Board. He explained that flavor is a very complex topic, influenced by characteristics such as texture, aroma, cooking and handling of the product, and even emotional experience. “Lamb has more than one flavor profile, affected by feeding and other practices,” he explained. Summit participants tasted four different lamb samples, which illustrated Woerner’s
points about various preferences and profiles.
“By grouping carcasses or cuts into flavor profile groups, we can direct that product to the best market,” he said. The Lamb Board research is cur-rently in the final phase of research on using technology to identify flavor profiles in the processing plant.
What’s nextThe Summit was designed to instill
relevant, meaningful knowledge that can be implemented immediately to address both current and future needs. It also sought to inspire collaboration, networking and information sharing across all segments and geographic regions of the American Lamb in-dustry.
“If we work together to imple-ment progressive production changes throughout our supply chain, we can regain market share from imported product and supply our country with more great tasting American Lamb,” concluded ALB Chairman Thorne. ALB hopes that attendees left the Summit with multiple ideas to do just that.
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Alan Culham, KHSI OperationsLightning struck twice at the 2019
Midwest Stud Ram Sale resulting in two historic Katahdin moments. The Champion Katahdin Ram, Lot 125, a yearling consigned by Riviera Katahdins from Cable, Ohio was se-lected Supreme Champion Ram over all breeds, a first for the breed in the storied history of this premier sale. The next morning, history was writ-ten again as this ram sold for a new record price for a Katahdin ram at public auction of $17,000 purchased by Lauden Acres located in Dalmatia, Pennsylvania.
Five High Selling RamsLot #, ID, Class Consignor Price Buyer
Yearling Ram Mike & Leslie Nelsh Riviera Farm, Ohio $17,000
Lynn Laudenslager Lauden Acres, Pennsylvania
Yearling RamLeslie Raber Salmon Run Farms LLC, Maine
$3,750John & Sandra Coward Round House Farm, Tennessee
Yearling RamMaria & Tom Dosch Dosch TMD Katahdins South Dakota
$2,750Ed & Cindy DeOrnellis, Keith & Megan Markway Luzon Farm, Missouri
Yearling Ram Ron & Carla Young Buckeye Acres, Ohio $2,600
Karen & Gerrit Voshel Rowdy Mountain Farm, Missouri
Fall Ram LambHenry & Becky Shultz Prairie Lane Farms, Missouri
$2,100 Douglas & Betsy Brewer BH Farm, Maryland
68 Katahdin Rams averaged: $994.12
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Supreme Overall Champion Ram All Breeds
2019 Midwest Stud Ram SaleMike & Leslie Nelsh, Riviera Farm, Ohio
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Hillcrest KatahdinsDavid & Jodi Redwine
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Five High Selling EwesLot #, ID , Class Consignor Price Buyer
Yearling EweMaria & Tom Dosch Dosch TMD Katahdins, South Dakota
$3,100Todd & Renee Bauer Rack of Lamb Corral, Kansas
Yearling EweTodd & Renee Bauer Rack of Lamb Corral, Kansas
$2,250David & Jane Smith D & J Smith Katahdins, Indiana
Fall Ewe LambTodd & Renee Bauer Rack of Lamb Corral, Kansas
$1,900Snyder Katahdins Kansas
Fall Ewe LambMike & Leslie Nelsh Riviera, Ohio
$1,750Brayden Burbrink BMB Farm, Indiana
Yearling EweMaria & Tom Dosch Dosch TMD Katahdins, South Dakota
$1,100Charles Gastineau Missouri
100 Katahdin Ewes averaged: $ 610.25
Katahdin - 168 Total Sold $128,625 TOTAL $765.63 Katahdin Average
The KHSI Board of Directors has approved a new logo. The Promo-tions Committee evaluated the past Katahdin ram head logo and wanted to use a design that reflected traits that shepherds value in the Katahdin.
KHSI Board Approves New Logo DesignThese include maternal behavior and twinning. Check out the new design. The new logo will be added to let-terhead, clothing and other products in 2020.
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Lynn & Donna Fahrmeier13305 Flournoy School Road
Wellington, MO 64097816-517-5049 • [email protected]
Thank you to all our customers in 2019.
We appreciate your trust in our breeding program.
At Fahrmeier Katahdins we combine visual appraisal with the power of multigenerational EBVs to select the best replacement
lambs for our flock.
Why use only one selection method when
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By Dan and Jan TurnerEditors' Note: The personal reflections
that the Turners shared in their original introduction to their interview (pg 5) added an interesting story. This intro-duction was added as a separate piece to complement the details of their operation in the main interview.
I started raising sheep totally by accident. It is the ole, “I had this Border Collie…” with a twist. I had this farmette of about 25 acres and a Border Collie named Shep. We bought 3 Icelandics, 2 wethers and a ewe with an abdominal hernia that I promised the breeder that I would never breed. After a few months of these same sheep, Shep needed some fresh material to work with, and my buddy Nathan said he knew a guy in Hanover, PA with three Katahdin wethers. They served the purpose, though about 6 months later added more variety than we had expected.
Shep and I went to the field one morning and the old ewe did not want to play. She stuck tight to the tree line. As I walked up to see what
Ewe Lamb Right: Shep Leads to 200 Ewesher issue was, I was stunned to find a pair of lambs. LAMBS! What? Lambs? But how? Well, obviously one of the wethers was not as much under the weather as we expected, and maybe farmers in Hanover can’t count as well as I thought. (the rule when band-ing is to count to two…one nut, two nuts…good)
Shep turned out to be a great herd-ing dog with more blue ribbons in higher classes in competition, and I allowed his flock to continue to grow naturally. I ended up moving from the 25 acres to a house in the middle of 80 acres and I was able to bor-row some fields (from the 80) if we wanted to fence them in. Jan and I drove T-posts and pulled box fencing around several acres. Our rag-tag flock continued to naturally grow though we had no handling facilities. We used some cattle and hog panels for catch pens and used the dog to round them up. One shearing day Jan found me out back laying on my back with a ewe clamped on top of me. I explained that I was just catching my
breath after quite the wrestling match and that I would get a reversal on her once I caught my breath. She didn’t leave the area in case I needed medical attention and murmured out loud a few times that this can’t be how other people do this.
Since we didn’t own the land, I didn’t want to make a large invest-ment in equipment. This all ended the last day of 2013 when we were able to buy the 80-acre farm that bordered us on 3 sides. We determined that we were going to do something on the farm to try and pay for the mortgage, and all I knew was sheep. We soon discovered that I really didn’t even know that. We did some research and determined since we were mostly Katahdin, and Jan feared for my life when shearing sheep, that we would pursue becoming Katahdin breeders. We joined ASI and KHSI and I started reading every article I could, and Jan was buying me how-to books… with an emphasis on handling facilities.
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We found suppliers for all sorts of stuff and especially liked the lamb net with a 6’ handle… I no longer had to dive to catch them!
We bought a ram from the Whit-more Farm in Maryland, that we found by accident. When we went to pick him out, Kent sat us down and wanted to talk about the data. What? I just wanted a ram. After our 15-min-ute Intro to Genetics 101, we picked out our first registered ram. That breeding season was a total mess, as I had mis-tagged a ram lamb as a ewe, and we had 75% of our lamb crop sired by the infamous Y5. So now I was the guy who couldn’t count… at all! That was a brutal lambing season, our first of trying to do it right. We were lambing in the fields and going out every morning, scooping up lambs, weighing them, and then spraying them and the mom with 1 blue dot or 2 blue dots, or 1 dot and 1 stripe, 3 dots. Yeah, it was a mess. 2 weeks later we would sort through the group and tag the lambs and write down the info. (Before buying the farm we never used ear tags)
Lambing that year started in De-cember, due to Y5, and it was a cold, wet, icy nasty winter. Our lamb flock had a mix of pneumonia, pink eye, and death. We were out of control in vet bills and lamb burials. We made it through, though we vowed that this was not going to be how we raised sheep; and I was thinking that raising rabbits sounded pretty good. Jan realized that I really didn’t know how to raise sheep - that I had just had sheep for many years. She was constantly helping, out in the cold and wet, medicating lambs and ewes. She knew that she needed to have a
bit more oversight of my actions or I would put us out of business.
I bought a scale kit from A&A and we started keeping data on our lambs. We would run them into a small, t-post & wire catch pen and through a box-wire chute. We could then grab one at a time and weigh and/or vac-cinate it. Jan would have a pre-printed spreadsheet printed out so she could just fill in the data. The next year we bought a handling system from Sydell and put a 10’ x 20’ pop-up over our work area. We also planned our lamb-ing properly and it started in March. Life was good. Somewhere along we learned about Codon 171 and scrapie tags and we got with the program. We bought a scale kit and I made a scale platform and set it inside a couple of panels.
Some people like to have as little machinery as possible, but I like ma-chinery and enjoy harvesting hay. Making round bales is challenging and rewarding, though can also be quite frustrating. Planning to make hay around the weather and my work schedule is difficult.
An old MF65 tractor came with the farm purchase and we bought a Kencove hydrau-lic post driver that we put on the 3-point hitch. With the driver, several hundred posts and some fixed-knot fencing, we were ready to be-gin our perimeter fencing. After having the farm
surveyed and finding out that we paid for 4 more acres than we got, I began driving posts and stretching fence. I wasn’t exactly sure how to do this, but Google and YouTube had enough answers. Field by field we were able to keep ahead of our expanding flock’s needs. For the larger fields we had the neighbor plant and harvest corn then kill all the weeds and seed in a pasture mix for us. That gave us the best chance at a weed-free start to our pasture-based management system.
Every year we set our sights on at least one major project. After our perimeter fencing was complete, we built the equipment shed in 2017 and the barn in 2018. 2019 was finishing up all of the barn rooms and the completion of all of the paddock divisions. 2020 will hopefully be tying up loose ends and concentrating more on our management program.
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DOYLE WEAVER KATAHDINSDoyle & Judy Weaver
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At the Midwest Stud Ram Sale - • H W Farms bought DW 1922 & DW
1917 At the KHSI EXPO - • Brad Buttrey bought DW 1938• Lawrence Calvert bought DW 1951• Phillip Stewart bought DW 1952
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Three M Farm KatahdinsWe would like to thank all of our customers for
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The South Central Katahdin Asso-ciation held its Membership Meeting and Private Treaty Sale June 7-8. The meeting was held at the Silver Creek Equestrian Club in Vicksburg, Mis-sissippi and 50 people representing eight states attended. Over 40 head of Katahdin sheep, as well as livestock guard dogs, were available at the Pri-vate Treaty Sale.
Action began on Friday with the arrival and display of Private Treaty animals. A Dutch treat supper at the Beechwood Steakhouse followed.
On Saturday morning activities kicked off with coffee and donuts. Members had the opportunity to visit and network with other produc-ers. Darrell Adams, president of the SCKA, opened the meeting with the welcome. Allen Culham, the new Operations Manager for the KHSI, introduced himself and gave an up-date on the Operations Office. Next, Promotions Manager Kathy Kieffer explained how to promote and ad-vertise on the SCKA website. Kathy reported on number of visitors, time spent and different patterns associated
2019 SCKA Membership Meeting and Private Treaty Salewith our web page.
Keynote speaker Dr. Kenneth Mc-Millin from Louisiana State University discussed the value associated with purchasing productive replacement ewes and rams. This educational presentation was well-rounded and benefited producers from all regions, as well as commercial and registered breeders.
Clifford Spraberry gave a short presentation on Sourcing Quality Information. Wrapping up the morn-ing, an open forum panel consisting of Howard Covington, Dwayne Keiffer and Mark Dennis took questions from producers. Everyone was able to ask questions on any topic.
We would like to give a special thanks to Howard and Susian Cov-ington on their time and efforts in providing a great noon meal.
The business meeting, presided over by President Darrell Adams, was held immediately after the meal. New officers elected for the upcoming year are Clifford Spraberry, Presi-dent; Mark Dennis, Vice-President; Jean Adams, Treasurer; and Jennifer
Brown, Acting Secretary. Mistie Lee was elected to the Board of Directors and Howard Covington was reelected as a Director for a second term. Mickey Sue Dennis will be taking over the Promotions position for the upcom-ing year.
Each year the SCKA commits to a Membership/Educational meeting and Private Treaty sale. Make plans to join us again in Vicksburg, Mississippi for our 2020 meeting, scheduled for June 12-13.
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Thank you to all our Buyers in 2019!
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By Lee Wright, Superintendent SWAREC, Virginia
The 8th Annual Field Day and Forage-based Ram Sale at the VA Tech Southwest Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SWAREC) was held September 20, 2019, with 46 outstanding rams being sold. This test differs from any other in the U.S., in that rams are in a forage-based setting, and evaluated for post weaning rate of gain, as well as the ability to resist and/or tolerate internal parasites.
Rams were delivered at the end of May to the SWAREC, which this year accepted 112 head from 29 producers coming from 9 different states. To start the test, rams are drenched with 5000 Barberpole worm larvae, and allocated to test paddocks based on age and weight. The rams are on test pastures for 70 days with moderate supplementation, and evaluated every two weeks for weight gain, FAMACHA score and fecal egg count (FEC). At the end of test a final weight, average daily gain, average FEC, loin eye depth, backfat thickness,
Five High Selling RamsLot # Consignor Price Buyer
19-032 Rolling Spring Farm Lee & Cindy Wright, Virginia $4,200 Dan Turner, Pennsylvania
19-021 Hound River Farm Roxanne & Milledge Newton, Georgia $3,600 Robert Phillips, Virginia
19-112 Chastain Brothers Kent Chastain, Tennessee $2,900 Charlie Hurt, Virginia
19-024 Hound River Farm Roxanne & Milledge Newton, Georgia $2,600 Joe Gingerich, Virginia
19-094 Fahrmeier Katahdins Lynn & Donna Fahrmier, Missouri $2,200 Charlie Hurt, Virginia
Ram Average: 46 Head at $1055, Total Sale $48,550
Demand for Performance Tested Rams Remains High at 8th Annual SWAREC Forage Based Ram Test
and scrotal circumference are recorded for compilation of test data and sale information for potential buyers. All rams selected for the sale must not only pass the parasite challenge and perform on test, but also pass a breeding soundness exam. Consignors are only allowed to sell a maximum of half of their consignments that pass the test, so many of them may have additional rams at home to market themselves, or utilize within their own flocks.
The 46 rams sold averaged $1055 and the range of prices were from $300 to $4,200. Rams also having NSIP data in addition to test data tended to command higher prices at the sale, as has been the trend for the past several years. Complete results are posted at www.katahdins.org under the Results Tab. For more information contact Dr. Scott Greiner, Virginia Tech, [email protected], 540-231-9159, OR Lee Wright, VT SWAREC, [email protected], 276-944-2200.
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Jim Morgan, KHSI EducationEditors' Note: Jim Morgan is a member
of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control that provides education about management and control of parasites.
The focus of this article is to pro-vide a guide for producers interested in selecting parasite resistant sheep and are not in the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP). NSIP provides Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) for parasite resistance. It also provides background for shepherds to evaluate claims of selec-tion for parasite resistance in other flocks.
There are four major requirements for effective within flock selection of para-site resistance: 1) a group of lambs of similar age managed together, 2) a significant exposure to parasites, 3) fecal egg counts (FEC) from all lambs, and 4) large spread in FECs to separate more resistant lambs from susceptible lambs. Other methods of determining worm load have limitations: lamb survival, growth, outward appearance and even FAMA-CHA (Table 2). These indicate worm infestation but the “Proof is in the Poop”. Key point: Collection and evaluation of Fecal Egg Counts is the most effective method to differentiate resistant from susceptible lambs.
What is the problem? The biggest economic loss and serious health risk for all sheep raised on pasture is the Barberpole worm, (Haemonchus contortus). The Barberpole worm
Table 1. Comparing Selection Traits for ResistancePossible Range
of ValuesResistance or
ResilienceFAMACHA® 1 to 5 ResilienceBottle jaw (mandibular edema) 2 (yes/no) Resilience
Quantitative fecal egg count 0-30,000 epg Resistance
The Proof is in the Poop!Selecting Resistant Lambs
decreases rate of gain and can cause death by feasting on blood in the abomasum, the 4th chamber of the stomach. This loss of blood causes life threatening anemia.
Who does it affect? Lambs and lac-tating ewes are most at risk due to an immature or stressed immune system. Even mature rams during breeding season can be affected. Feedlot sheep have little to no risk of infestation due
to lack of expo-sure.
Where does it occur? The Bar-berpole worm is present in all regions of the United States but thrives in ar-eas with warm,
moist environments. Northern re-gions may have a shorter “worm” season, 3-4 months, whereas southern regions are affected year-round. In addition, areas with higher rainfall or irrigated pastures are more affected than dry regions.
Why fecal egg counts? Why can’t we just cull lambs with bottle jaw (mandibular edema) and have a resis-tant flock? Culling lambs or ewes with bottle jaw will only remove the bottom 1 0 % p e r -cent or less of suscep-tible sheep. Many lambs, espe-cially those with good nutrition,
can carry a high load of worms with-out any outward signs of infestation. These are the ones contaminating the pastures and are difficult to identify. Fecal egg counts are by far the best method of separating resistant lambs from more susceptible ones. Lambs raised together can have for example a range of 0-30,000 epg (eggs/gram of fecal) and the counts are a powerful tool for identification. All other meth-ods have a small range and thus less accuracy in differentiating resistant and susceptible lambs. Note, FAMA-CHA (eyelid color) and bottle jaw have much smaller ranges (Table 1).
How to identify resistant lambs. First, lambs need to be of a similar age. The immune system’s ability to fight off worms changes from when a lamb begins grazing to 6-8 months of age and beyond. Second, lambs need to be raised together so that the exposure to parasites is the same for each lamb in the group. If on different pastures or if some lambs are fed more grain, there is different exposure to worms and it is not possible to accurately compare the groups. Third, there needs to be significant exposure. This is key.
If less than 10-20% of the lambs
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Table 2. Requirements for Selection for Resistance
Lambs, similar age & raised to-gether
Born within approximately 35 days of age and managed together in the same pasture
Significant exposure to worms. a) grazing at a time of the year in which there are worms b) graze for at least 30-45 days c) lambs need to be ingesting significant amount of forage. If mostly on grain and hay, there will be minimal exposure to worms
Average lamb FEC of > 500 epg (preferably > 1000 epg)
Significant Range in Fecal Egg Count (FEC) of the group
e.g group range of zero to several thousand epg
Quantitative Fecal Egg Count
McMasters is the standard. McMasters provides a number for each fecal sample in eggs/gram of feces (EPG)
Table 3.Group A Group B Group C
A1 0 epg B1 0 epg C1 750 epg
A2 0 B2 250 C2 2250
A3 100 B3 500 C3 2500
A4 150 B4 750 C4 2750
A5 200 B5 1100 C5 3750
A6 250 B6 2500 C6 4500
A7 250 B7 3000 C7 6500
A8 450 B8 3500 C8 8000
Avg 175 Avg 1325 Avg 3875
require deworming at the time of fecal sample collection, there is a significant chance that there has not been enough exposure. Research by Dr Dave Notter and others have found that a mini-mum group average of 500 epg fecal egg count is needed to ensure that basically all lambs have been exposed to worms. Thus, it’s important that the difference in fecal egg counts seen is due to the lamb’s level of resistance and not due to inadequate exposure.
To use FEC effectively for identi-fication of resistant and susceptible lambs, lambs need to be of similar age, raised together in the same pasture and have adequate exposure with a significant fecal egg count range. (Table 2).
How do we interpret fecal egg count results? In Table 3, let’s look at examples of fecal egg counts taken from three groups of lambs (ideally each lamb group would have at least 20 lambs). Group A has a small range of eggs/gram and a low average epg. These fecal egg counts have very limited value. First the lambs don’t have a significant challenge since average FEC is below 500 epg and second, the spread between the top and bottom lambs is not enough to show differences in infection. With a small spread it is like comparing the wean weights of three lambs that vary between 60 and 62 lbs. Not very useful
or accurate.Group B does have
a high enough average (1325 epg) and a spread to select on. B1, B2 and B3 have enough spread in FEC epg to identify these 3 lambs as more resistant than the others. B4 and B5 are in the middle and care should be taken on how to use results. Statistically, B1 with 0 epg is not considered to be significantly different from B2 and B3, but is significantly different than B6, B7 and B8.
Group C has a distribution of FEC that also allows more accurate selec-tion. C1 has a very different FEC than the other 7 lambs and very different from C8. These examples should provide guidance on how to use fecal egg counts.
Since they are in different groups, it is impossible to say that B1 is better than C1, since the C group probably had much more exposure. In fact, it is very possible that a lamb with 750 epg would have a lower FEC in a less contaminated pasture group.
How do I tell if a ram from another flock is more resistant than rams I have raised? This is difficult, if not impos-sible to do with on farm data evalu-
ation. The exposure to and number of worms on pasture varies greatly between farms and thus, comparison is an apples and oranges situation. But there is help. Katahdin flocks that have submitted fecal egg counts to the National Sheep Improvement Program and have Estimated Breed Values (EBVs) enable producers to compare resistance between flocks. EBVs factor in the performance of both the lamb and its relatives and mini-mize the impact of nutrition, manage-ment and pasture infestation.
In summary, resistant lambs are best identified from more susceptible lambs by using fecal egg counts. But the lambs must be of similar age, raised together and have exposure to worms with a significant range of dif-ferences in fecal egg counts. The Proof is in the Poop.
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Events CalendarJune 21-26, 2020 Midwest Stud Ram Sale. Missouri
State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO. Typically, Leroy Boyd Memorial Katahdin Youth Show on Monday, Katahdin Open Show on Tuesday, KHSI Educational Program and Ice Cream Social on Wednesday. International Katahdin Sale on Thursday. More information later. www.midwestsale.com or [email protected] or [email protected]
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Annual KHSI Expo & National Sale. Annual Membership meeting on July 17th. Hardin County Extension Center, Eliza-bethtown, KY. www.katahdins.org/expo/ More info soon at our website, Facebook and 2020 Katahdin Hairalds.
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Silver Creek Equestrian Center, Vicksburg, MS. https://hair-sheep.com/ July 16-18, 2020. KHSI 16th Annual KHSI Expo & National Sale. Hardin County Extension
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State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO. Typically, Leroy Boyd Memorial Katahdin Youth Show on Monday, Katahdin Open Show on Tuesday, KHSI Educational Program and Ice Cream Social on Wednesday. International Katahdin Sale on Thursday. More information later. www.midwestsale.com or [email protected] or [email protected]
Katahdin Sale RoundupDates of sales are preliminary. 2020 issues of Katahdin Hairald will publish sale dates
as they become available.June 25, 2020 Midwest Stud Ram Sale. International Katahdin Sale. Missouri State Fairgrounds,
Sedalia, MO.Date and time not set yet. Katahdins Sale has been Thursday, for several years More information later. www.midwestsale.com or [email protected] or [email protected]
July 18, 2020. 16th Annual Katahdin National/Expo Sale Hardin County Extension Center, Elizabethtown, KY. www.katahdins.org/expo/ More info soon at our website, Facebook and 2020 Katahdin Hairalds.
October 3, 2020. Midwest Hair Sheep Sale. Salem IN. Dave Embree for more information. 812-216-7151 [email protected]
May 2020. Big Ohio Sale, Eaton Ohio. Usually 2nd weekend. Banner Sales Management. http://www.bannersheepmagazine.com/
July 25, 2020. 15th Annual Center of the Nation NSIP Sale. Spencer, IA. Clay County Fair-grounds. More information http://nsip.org/home/events/center-of-the-nation-nsip-sale/ or Rusty Burgett 515-708-8850.
September, 2020. Virginia Tech/SWAREC Field Day & Ram Sale. SWAREC Research Station. Glade Springs, VA. Usually 3rd or 4th Friday of the month. Lee Wright [email protected], 276-944-2200 or Dr Scott Greiner [email protected], 540-231-9159
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By Gail Banzet-EllisEditors' Note: Mistie and John Lee of
Limerick Farms live in Tipton, OK. We reprinted the text from an article first published in Oklahoma Living, a publi-cation of Oklahoma Rural Electric Coop-eratives in October 2019. https://www.qgdigitalpublishing.com/publication/?i=623194#{%22issue_id%22:623194,%22page%22:20}
Sheep farms are less common these days across the country, but in 2012 John and Mistie Lee relocated to Oklahoma to build one from scratch. John, a software developer, and Mistie, a registered nurse, lived in North Canton, Ohio, and wanted to find a piece of land that would work best for their planned operation. After some searching in other states, the rolling hills and native grasses of Till-man County, Oklahoma, called their names. Today, the husband and wife team are members of Southwest Rural Electric Cooperative and raise primar-ily Katahdin sheep for breeding stock and meat outside Tipton.
“We were complete novices,” John said about those first few years on the farm. “When we came here, basically all we had was an RV and the barn. Like anything when you start a new business, it’s a lot of trial and error.”
John and Mistie rebuilt the fences, divided up their one large pasture into smaller paddocks for rotational graz-ing and added doors to the existing barn. Mistie researched the potential sheep they would raise and initially chose the Dorper and Katahdin breeds for their maternal skills.
“We got the 20 hardiest ewes you could ever start with,” she explained. “We were lucky in that regard because our ewes are some of the best moms taking care of their babies—they have lambed on pastureland. It’s pretty amazing.”
That small flock, which has grown to 116 ewes and three rams, is now made up of mostly Katahdin sheep except for a couple of Dorper ewes. They are closely managed by Mistie who enlists John’s help when needed. Over time, the Lees decided to expand their herd with Katahdins because of the breed’s parasite resistance and larger size.
“We want a larger-sized lamb
Limerick FarmsA start-from-scratch sheep farm finds success in southwest Oklahoma
than a typical market lamb, and the Katahdin ram lamb will hit our 140-pound goal for slaughter as early as 5 months,” Mistie explained.
A farm girl at heart, Mistie has returned to her rural roots with Lim-erick Farms. She grew up on a swine operation in Kansas and cherished her childhood surrounded by animal ag-riculture. When she and John moved to Oklahoma and established their operation, she also worked as a nurse until three years ago when she turned her sole focus to the flock. Mistie suf-fers from Parkinson’s disease and when the demands of her health and two careers became overwhelming, she chose the farm.
“Limerick was the name of the street we lived on in Ohio,” Mistie said. “We wanted to bring the old with the new, and when I was a kid, I always wanted to raise sheep.”
The availability of high-speed in-ternet in remote areas gives John the freedom to work from anywhere, and his employer understands the unex-pected demands of life on the farm.
“Sometimes, I’ll be in a conversa-tion with my boss and say, ‘Oh wait, I have to go deliver a lamb, I’ll call you back,’” he said.
Fortunately, very few Limerick Farms ewes need any help delivering their babies. Most of the operation’s original ewes are still lambing, and the Lees have found some innovative ways to combine their herdsman skills with data mining technology from the livestock management program Ranch Manager.
John devised an algorithm that provides insight into which ewes and rams will produce the best lambs, but Mistie’s management style also con-tributes to the flock’s productivity. She knows the bloodline of each lamb born on the farm and is fascinated at how genetic traits strengthen the herd.
“I like studying the different genet-ics and seeing how they combine to make some of the best ewes for our flock,” she said. “It’s exciting to see how they improve.”
Some Katahdin rams can exceed 300 pounds, siring large, healthy lambs. John said Limerick Farms is primarily a breeding stock business with Mistie traveling year-round to
parts of the Midwest and South. She attends major shows and sells sheep to customers in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Selling meat is a smaller portion of their enterprise but has re-sulted in happy customers. Limerick Farms lambs are processed at 5 to 7 months of age and result in what the Lees describe as a rich and tender cut of meat. John sells lamb at the Lawton Farmers Market every Saturday and encounters a lot of return customers who say they love the farm-raised product.
“Our lamb meat is incredible and great tasting,” he said. “Customers obviously have cheaper alternatives, so I want them to enjoy our product and say it’s the best lamb they’ve ever had and know they got their money’s worth.”
Like all business owners, John and Mistie hope their operation thrives and turns a profit, but more than any-thing they are focused on customer satisfaction—whether that involves a breeding stock buyer or someone buy-ing lamb chops for a fancy dinner.
“Our goal is to see our customers succeed,” John said. “Mistie is con-stantly in contact with former and current customers because she wants those ewes or rams we sold to them to be the best and highest quality for their farm.”
Between John, Mistie and the help of one hired hand, everyone at Lim-erick Farms endures their fair share of hard work. Successful livestock man-agement requires careful planning, an open mind, basic knowledge, a lot of determination and a little luck, but raising a quality product that custom-ers prefer is worth all of the sacrifice, Mistie said. Returning to the rural livelihood is a dream realized and a way to revisit her fond childhood memories of life on the farm.
“I can’t imagine living in the city,” she said.
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KHSI hosted the 2nd International Katahdin Congress in Cookeville Tennessee on August 16 during the KHSI 2019 Expo. The 1st Interna-tional Katahdin Congress was held in Tepatitlán de Morenos in the state of Jalisco in Mexico April 26-30, 2017. Our hosts in Mexico were members of the Katahdin breed association in Mexico. During that gathering, KHSI agreed to host the 2nd International Congress in 2019.
Speakers in the International Pro-gram came from four countries and one US Territory: Dr Lynn Tait of Canada (KHSI member since 1995) Ricardo Zapater of Puerto Rico (KHSI member since 2013) Alfonso Gomez of Mexico, (KHSI member since 2018), Helmut Bethancourt of the Dominican Republic (KHSI member since 2016) and Laura Fortmeyer representing the US. Laura helped to found KHSI in 1985 and is one of two Honorary KHSI Members.
Dr Lynn Tait, DVM, was the first speaker on the program. She raises sheep in the province of Alberta and was an early importer and adopter of Katahdins in Canada. In Canada, Ka-tahdins are valued as a maternal breed and are in the top 10 registered breeds. Dr Tait pointed out that, through her veterinary practice and reproductive services, she has exported Katahdin genetics into the United Kingdom, Chile, Mexico, Mongolia, Colombia and Jamaica.
Ricardo Zapater of Puerto Rico (a US Territory/Commonwealth) showed pictures of the impact of Hurricane Maria on sheep production in Puerto
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Rico in September 2017. There has been significant rebui lding. Ricardo pointed out that only a small part of the lamb eaten in Puerto Rico is raised on the island and it is the most expensive meat there. He is working with other breeders to create a sustained year round market of lamb. Ricardo said that their breeders need a moderate-sized
Katahdin, with parasite resistance, that raises twins and does not rely on a dry lot system with huge ewes.
Helmut Bethancourt of the Univer-sidad Nacional Evangelic in Domini-can Republic (DR) shared information about sheep production in their coun-try and went on to talk about research to aid improvement of sheep produc-tivity. The Dominican Republic has
between 300,000 and 500,000 head of sheep in a country the size of the state of Texas. Their last agricultural census was over 15 years ago. Their records indicate that registered Katahdins were first imported in the early 1990s and imports continued into the early 2000s. He explained that those sheep are currently considered to be local Katahdins and are not registered. In recent years, Fernando Hued has imported registered Katahdins from Mexico. The commercial hair ewes of the country are lambing every 8-10 months and they need to increase twinning and raise the average litter size, which is now less than 1.5 lambs per litter. Twinning with moderate nu-tritional inputs are the key to helping the DR shepherds. Using a grant, they
have imported the Booroola (FecB) gene to increase lambing percentage of their sheep. Tracking the Booroola gene is an accurate way of improving lambing percentages.
Alfonso Esquivias Gómez from the state of Jalisco represented Mexico. Katahdins are very popular in Mexico. The numbers of Katahdins registered per year has increased from 1556 in 2001 to 7450 head in 2018. In Mexico, more Katahdins have been registered than any other breed since 2005. In the USA, it was 2012 before Katahdins registered more head than any other breed. Research on Katahdins has identified several genomic markers important for reproduction, health and productivity. With more work, these markers will enable Katahdin breeders to more accurately identify Katahdins with increased value to use as breeding stock. Mexico is also evaluating efficiency of growth by doing Residual Feed Intake (RFI). RFI can be used to identify lambs that are more efficient at converting feed to pounds.
KHSI was pleased to have a founder of KHSI, Laura Fortmeyer, to represent Katahdins in the US. Laura outlined the history of Katahdins by first presenting the vision of Michael Piel. She followed with the visions of Heifer International and Dr Charles Parker, then reviewed goals of the founders of KHSI and goals from the 1993 KHSI Annual Meeting. While visions differed, there were many common themes. These include a shedding sheep, profitable sheep, acceptable carcass, prolific, adaptive and very productive in grazing systems. Based on initial and continuing visions and goals for Katahdins within the US and on what she heard from the international speakers in the session, in her final slide Laura Fortmeyer summed up three important traits for the breed to continue to focus on: Guard the Legacy: Productive, Adaptable and Easy Care.
Slides of the international session presentations are available at the “Expo Tab” at www.katahdins.org.
2nd International Katahdin Congress Presenters (L-R) Dr Lynn Tait (CA), Alfonso Gomez (MX). Ely Valdez
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Once again, Katahdin Hair Sheep International put on a stellar infor-mational program starting on Thurs-day evening and going through the Annual Membership meeting late Friday afternoon. Many folks came up to us and told KHSI staff that they enjoyed the program, learned from the presentations and en-joyed meeting Katahdin raisers from around the country.
Definitely a highlight of the program was the talk by Dr Temple Gran-din, a world-renowned expert on humane ani-mal handling. She spoke about many aspects of animal handling and mentioned that many countries continue to implement stress reduc-tion and more humane harvesting of animal
2019 KHSI Expo Information Valued by Producersproducts. The room was packed with KHSI Expo participants, and fifty more folks showed up just for her presentation on Friday afternoon. Dr Grandin also provided several point-ers for humane handling of sheep.
Thursday evening began with sandwiches and a presentation by Henry Shultz on preparing sheep for showing. Henry gave this presenta-tion last year and several members wanted to hear Henry again.
Two National Sheep Improve-ment Program (NSIP) presentations on Thurs-day evening offered opportunities for those familiar with NSIP as well as those in the early stages of learning about it. Breeders who wanted to know more about NSIP and how to en-ter data benefited from Rusty Burgett’s intro-duction to submitting data to NSIP. In another session held at the same time, Dr Ron Lewis
presented information on Katahdin data and EBVs (estimated breeding value) in NSIP. He provided Katahdin breeders with information on how to improve genetic connections and make better use of the EBVs. Both talks generated discussion for hours afterwards.
Current work on Katahdins was highlighted the next day during a talk by Dr Joan Burke. Dr Burke pre-sented some of her work with parasite resistance in Katahdins. She pointed out that Katahdins were starting to use genomics. The US Sheep Indus-try lags a little behind Australia and New Zealand’s work with correlating DNA markers to traits important for commercial production. However, Katahdins are leading the US Sheep Industry with Dr Joan Burke’s grant, whose collaborators include Dr Ron Lewis. This grant includes data col-lection from 20 flocks. Data includes traits important for commercial pro-duction including growth, reproduc-tion and parasite resistance.Dr Temple Grandin -
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Alan Culham, KHSI Operations ManagerOn August 17, 2019, 146 head of Katahdins sold under the gavel of auctioneer Steve George at the Hyder-Burks Ag
Pavilion on the campus of Tennessee Tech University. Wall to wall buyers crowded the arena to bid on the diverse offering of Katahdins. This is the highest number of Katahdins ever sold at the KHSI Expo selling one more than in
2017. A big thanks to our consigners, buyers and bidders! Complete results available at www.katahdins.org/expo/.
Five High Selling RamsLot #, ID , Class Consignor Price Buyer
70 HRS 19-200. Ram Lamb
Raymond & Cheryl Smith Hunt Road Katahdins, Georgia
$2,800David Gleaves Gleaves Farm, Tennessee
21 USD 18274 Fall Ram Lamb
USDA-ARS Small Farm Research Center, Arkansas
$2,500Matt Nolt & Leon Gehman, Pennsylvania
88 TRB 1206 Ram Lamb
Todd & Renee Bauer, Rack of Lamb Corral, Kansas
$1,900 Robert Bonnet, Antietam's Edge Katahdins, Maryland
61 SHU 4169 Fall Ram Lamb
Henry & Becky Shultz Prairie Lane Farms, Missouri
$1,700Luke Lillehaugen Lillehaugen Farms, North Dakota
77 MSF 8140 Fall Ram Lamb
Zach Meinders Meinders Livestock, Iowa
$1,600Melissa Owenby Tennessee
Ram Average: 49 Head at $800
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He was the 2015 High Selling Ram at the MWSRS and has produced multiple show
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TRB 1237 She was crowned the Jr Reserve Champion Ewe this year at the
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Our 2nd place Fall Ram @ the 2018 MWSRS and new record selling Fall Katahdin. He sold for $4,300.00 breaking his full
brother’s record from last year that sold for $4,200.00
"Kansas Chrome"Stud Ram @ Rack of Lamb Corral. He was a record selling February
Katahdin @ the 2018 MWSRS
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TRB 1238 He was crowned the Reserve
Grand Champion and the Jr Grand Champion Ram this year at the MWSRS, making
him the youngest Kathadin in history to achieve this goal.
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Thank You to our 2019 Buyers!
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From November 2019 Sheep Industry News
It is not too early to make plans for the next ASI (American Sheep Industry) Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona from January 22-25, 2020. Scottsdale is a desert city in Arizona east of the state capital Phoenix. During breaks in convention activities, visitors can explore trails through McDowell Sonoran Preserve, a desertscape of hills, rock forma-
tions and cacti. Nearby is Taliesin West, architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s former home and studio. Old Town Scottsdale has 1920s buildings and 19th-century olive trees. The weather is quite beautiful that time of year.
ASI staff and committees have been working hard on all the arrangements in Arizona, getting plans worked out for the many informational and edu-cational sessions that will be held to benefit the industry.
The complete schedule of the ASI 2020 Convention is available at the link at the ASI website, www.sheepusa.org . The Convention link will direct you to Hotel reservations and to meeting reervations. If you don’t have access to the internet call Zahrah at 303-771-3500 ext 108.
ASI to Meet January 22-25 in ArizonaOn Friday morning Rusty Burgett
was back in front of the microphone with a talk on Nutrition 101. We brought Dr Ron Lewis back for another presentation on Genomics 101. Both of these presentations were well received. Nick Forrest processed a lamb while talking about meat cuts and cooking. In a room nearby, Dan Persons demon-strated Shearwell’s data collecting sys-tem, hand held ear tag scanner and the FarmWorks Software. Several Katahdin breeders have bought this system and can scan ear tags and record weights in lambs and ewes as they stand on the scales. Another highlight was the Producer Panel with Jim Malooley (TN), Roxanne Newton (GA) and Joe Hamp-ton (NC). Jim Malooley had video and slides of his grazing operation that generated many questions.
We mustn’t forget the meals on Fri-day. Both lunch and dinner featured lamb donated by Superior Farms, the largest lamb meat processor in the coun-try. There are a few Katahdin breeders who market to Superior. The food was very good and well-cooked lamb is always a treat!
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Jane Smith, Recording SecretaryThe KHSI Board of Directors, Op-
eration Manager, and Education Man-agers met on a conference call on June 13, 2019 at 8 PM CDT. In attendance were Alan Culham, Jim Morgan, Te-resa Maurer, Michelle Canfield, John Dyer, Lynn Fahrmeier, Henry Shultz, Jane Smith, Robert Walker, and Ron Young.
President, Henry Shultz called the meeting to order. Minutes of the last conference call were submitted for approval. John moved to approve the minutes with seconds from Robert and Michelle. Motion passed.
The Expo planning Committee gave their report. Alan told us that a representative from the National Lamb Board would be attending the Expo and would speak about the checkoff. Tennessee Cattleman are helping promote the event. We will make available a ticket that is just for the presentation by Dr. Temple Gran-din. Ads have been placed in “The Shepherd”, “sheep”, “The Banner”, “Hoofprints” and “The Grass Farm-er.” Robert and Jim have contacts for potential veterinarians for the event.
KHSI Board of Directors Conference Call, June 13, 2019The registration form for the expo will be ready soon.
Financials are going well. We have had another good month of registra-tions and transfers. Full payment of Alan’s salary due was authorized. Round Mountain Consulting met benchmark goals for Hairald respon-sibilities and Education Management, but did not meet the goal in Scope of Work Section A. Therefore, pay was authorized for the 2 requirements that were filled.
The board has been made aware of some issues concerning the naming of rams. We have had a couple of names appear twice and we have also had some issues of the renaming rams af-ter they were already christened. The registry committee met in a conference call and made a recommendation to the board. Robert made a motion and Michelle gave the second to accept the committee’s recommendation. This motion passed unanimously. The KHSI BOD has established the follow-ing policy.
sheep namingA sheep can be formally named
(christened) on its registration certifi-
cate for a fee. Use the work order form to specify and pay for the service of recording a name. Policies regarding the naming of sheep:
The current owner of the sheep may formally name the sheep. The current owner need not get permis-sion from any previous owner or the breeder of the sheep. 1. Names are limited in length and
must fit in the allotted space on the certificate (generally up to 35 char-acters). The Registry will inform owners naming a sheep if name needs to be shortened.
2. Once taken, a name cannot be re-used on another sheep.
3. Once named, a sheep cannot be re-named, or the name modified or removed from its record.
4. Generally, any name can be used. But, any owner other than the breeder (at time of lambing) can-not include a flock prefix, a farm name, personal initials, or any other personal identifiers as part of the sheep’s name. It is acceptable for the breeder (at time of lambing)
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Lone Oak Katahdins
Mervin and Linda Mae MiLLer
MunfordviLLe, KY270-537-3308 or 270-531-2999www.LoneoaKKatahdins.coM
Registered Stock for Meat Gain & Productivity
LOK
Lambing every 8 months
LOK 1812twin, pictured at 10 months at 220 lbs.
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Focus on Ewe-th: Larkin Williams Scholarship Esssay
Hannah Walker, IndianaIn October of 2015, my family and
I purchased our first registered Ka-tahdins from the annual Washington County Sheep Association Hair Sheep Auction. I look back on this as the day that I uncovered a passion for the sheep industry and specifically the Katahdin breed. My knowledge has significantly grown since that October day.
Our flock started with five ewes and has grown to sixty-two regis-tered and commercial ewes as well as a registered Katahdin ram. We are continuing to grow and learn every day. We have made several changes to our operation such as develop-
Larkin Williams, KentuckyMy sheep have been a huge part of
my life. I purchased my first flock six years ago. I purchased 13 ewes from a local producer, and a month later I at-tended the National Katahdin Sale to buy a ram. When I first began raising lambs that winter, I had to work with my father to renovate an old barn. I was inexperienced with livestock, so it was a rough couple of months. I had to wake up early to feed and water, then I had to check on them every night in case of new lambs. My entire schedule had to change to fit in this new part of my life.
Since the purchase of those first few ewes, a lot has changed. I moved from a small town in Western Kentucky, to the city of Bloomfield in Central Ken-tucky. I have purchased sheep from Missouri and from Howard Brown in Oklahoma. At one point, I had a total of 36 breeding ewes. Currently I have 29 breeding ewes and a ram. I
produce 55-60 lambs on average per year. I breed my ewes in two separate groups because my barn does not have enough capacity to hold all of my ewes and lambs at the same time. The majority of my lambs are sold as breeding stock to local producers, but I take some of my rams to a graded sale in Springfield. The cream of the crop I have marketed at the National Katahdin Sale.
I still remember the first time I attended the sale as a seller. I took 3 rams and two ewes to the sale in Tennessee. You can only imagine my excitement when I made a total of $1950 and I was also announced as the youngest producer at the sale. During my time there, I visited with other producers and learned so much. I intended to attend the sale this past summer, but due to my acceptance to the Kentucky Governor Scholar pro-gram at Morehead State University, I was unable to do so.
I feel that I am qualified to receive a KHSI scholarship because I have been a producer and member for six years. I have attended the National Katahdin Sale and Expo to market and purchase livestock since middle school. I have dedicated my entire teenage life to raising and producing quality sheep. I did not purchase my sheep to just make money, I raised them because I enjoy spending time in the field working to accomplish something. I have been able to impact the lives of other people and spark a desire to raise sheep of their own. I have met many people, visited new places, and experienced things I never would have been able to do without my sheep. They have been a huge part of my life. I am hoping that through my dedication and hard work both physically and academically, I would earn this scholarship to help me ad-vance my education at the University of Kentucky and support my flock of sheep for many years to come.
Focus on Ewe-th: Hannah Walker Scholarship Esssaying a better feed ration for our flock, purchasing a working system and turntable, and improving upon our lambing practices.
Things haven’t been perfect for us, in fact, a lot seems to go wrong. For example, we lost my Grand Cham-pion Katahdin ewe after she aborted her lambs and they became toxic in her body, or when my Dorset show weather broke his leg four days before 4-H ID Day. There have been other mishaps along the way, but these were two of the most impactful to me. When I think of the obstacles that have popped up along the way, I am thank-ful for them because of how much we have learned from them. A quote from
Nei l deGrasse Tyson comes to mind, “Passion is what gets you through the hard-es t t imes tha t otherwise might make strong men weak, or make you give up”, and it is so incredibly true. We love our Katahdins and the sheep indus-try as a whole and wouldn’t trade
what we have for the world.In June of 2016, I showed for the
first time at the Washington County Open Sheep Show. The minute I en-tered the ring, I knew that I loved it and I haven’t looked back since that day. Although I was a little late to the game and only had four years in 4-H, I have made the most of the time that I’ve had. Over the years I have showed at my county fair, several open shows, the Indiana State Fair, the All-American Junior Sheep Show and NAILE. We don’t always win but we always have a great time. My show-ing experiences have taught me the value of hard work. My own flock has grown over the years as well. In 2017, I purchased four of my own Katahdin ewes and our flock has grown to ap-proximately ten ewes. I was recently named Section IV STAR Farmer for my work in my Sheep Production Proficiency. I am extremely honored to be awarded this title. I will compete at the state level at the Indiana FFA Convention this coming June.
Despite the fact that I only have four years of experience with the Katahdin breed and sheep in general, I have worked very hard to learn as much as I can. I feel that because of my dedication to the Katahdin breed, I am a good candidate for the Katahdin Hair Sheep International Scholarship.
SPRABERRY ACRESKatahdin Hair Sheep Breeding Stock
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Our sheep are pasture-raised and exposed to parasites year-round.Contact us to reserve your next herd sire.
www.houndriverfarm.comRoxanne & Milledge Newton, Hahira, Georgia. (229)-740-0017
Our ewe flock has been carefully selected for excellent mothering ability, longevity, solid twinning genetics, ample milk production, ability to maintain good condition on pasture and parasite resistance. Our farm has participated in parasite resistance research studies since 2007. We have been selecting for parasite resistance genetics for over 10 years using on-farm fecal egg analysis on lambs from weaning and throughout the summer. Current fecal egg counts and parasite resistance EBVs are available on all sheep. Parasite resistance is one of the most heritable traits available to Katahdin breeders. Measurable worm reduction in your flock begins by using herd sires that have been carefully selected for parasite resistance over generations. 2019 Ewe Lambs
to use such identifiers in a name which the breeder pays for.
5. Names must not be offensive in nature. The Registrar may refer for review to the KHSI Board of Direc-tors or Registrar Policy Committee any name in question that may vio-late this policy. KHSI reserves the right to refuse a name request if it is deemed offensive or prejudicial to the reputation of the Katahdin breed; or if it is a duplicate of a name already used. The board also requested the regis-
trar provide a list of names that have been used and these names will be made available to the membership to help them avoid applying for a name that has already been used.
Alan reported on the SCKA event that he attended. It was a very nice event and was educational. An item of discussion is what ways can KHSI help promote the regional groups. Robert made a motion to designate a ½ page in each edition of “The Hairald” to the regional groups to use in pro-moting their organizations at no cost. Jane gave the second and the motion
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was approved.The next item up for discussion was
the billing of ads in the case of an ac-celerated schedule of “The Hairald”. After discussion, Ron moved to change our policy concerning ad pay-ment to the following-- The Opera-tions Manager will be in charge of Ac-counts Receivable for Hairald Ads. If an advertiser is behind in ad payments for two or more past Hairald issues, the advertiser cannot run another ad until payment in full is made for all past-due items. The Registry Office has also requested a policy statement on credit held by the association for members accounts. We are requesting that Ben do a date check on accounts receivables and accounts holding credit. We will then come up with a policy concerning those funds.
Jim reported on the activities of the Education Managers. There has been a great deal of work with the accelerated magazine schedule. He has been working on the International component of the Expo and has been in contact with Katahdin breeders in Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Domini-
can Republic. He also prepared a re-port on past Hairald policy, schedule and publication. They have uploaded some documents to the “cloud”. Lynn, Jim, and Robert are going to get some more training on Docuware so that they can index items and articles, making them easier to search in the program. Ron has received a request that board members and their terms be information added to the magazine.
The board discussed at length the merits of putting “The Hairald” on a fixed schedule, finding other ways to promote show/sale results, or add another edition. It was the board decision to send this topic to the Publication Committee for recom-mendations. They will look at main-taining a balance of advertising and educational/informative content, as well as ways to use social media more efficiently to distribute information about current events.
The next conference call will be held July 18, 2019 at 8 PM CDT. Find-ing no other items of business, the meeting was adjourned.
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Henry & Becky Shultz Prairie Lane Farm KatahdinsCooper Gehring, Junior ShepherdSarah Gehring, Flock Consultant
6219 Audrain Road 125 • Centralia, MO 65240 • 573-682-7127 [email protected] • www.prairielanefarm.net
or contact Sarah 573-819-0806 • [email protected]
Member NSIP
“Falcon” Grand Champion Ram at the 2018 NAILE Show
“Stetson” Reserve Junior Champion at the 2018 NAILE Show
I would like to thank all the buyers from 2019
We have an impressive set of fall lambs on the ground that are sired by these two herd sires. We will be posting pictures of our lambs on our website and
on our facebook page titled Prairie Lane Farms Katahdin Sheep.
We will be attending the Big Ohio Sale in May and can arrange transportation to that sale.
Feel free to contact us.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MEAT
Please contact us for both registered and commercial breeding stock.502-565-8817 • [email protected]
www.freedomrunfarm.org
COR 17-10 "Tankster" Valhalla Sheep (FRF)
Valerie Samutin • 502-565-8817Louisville, KY
COR 17-50 Fancy View Farm (JON)
Johnny Miller • 270-528-1239Horse Cave, KY
LOK 1812 Lone Oak Katahdins (LOK)
Mervin Miller • 270-537-3308Munfordville, KY
KDJ 1526 "Heza Wild One"Bramblett Katahdins (BKY)
Jim Bramblett • 270-234-3797Blake Bramblett • 270-765-0119
Vine Grove, KY
Happy Holidays!
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Jane Smith, Recording SecretaryPresident, Henry Shultz called the
meeting to order at 8 PM CDT. Those participating on the call were Michelle Canfield, John Dyer, Lynn Fahrmeier, Henry Shultz, Jane Smith, Robert Walker, Alan Culham, Jim Morgan and Teresa Maurer.
The minutes of the June Conference call were presented for approval. John made a motion to approve, Lynn gave the second, motion passed.
Jane gave a report on the upcom-ing Expo sale. Entries were due on July 15. We have approximately 166 head consigned. We are confirming that consignors meet the correct ram to ewe ratio. Cataloging is being up-dated daily. They are adding NSIP ID numbers and links. Consignors need to get their pictures uploaded and updated information that has not yet been added.
Lynn, Robert, Jim and Alan gave a report on the schedule for the Expo presentations and speakers. Speakers have been contacted, rooms reserved for those speakers, registrations and
KHSI Board of Directors Conference Call, July 18 2019ballots are starting to come in. Trans-fer pens will be $3 per head per day.
Alan gave a financial report and finances are looking very good. Reg-istrations are steady and transfers are ahead of last year.
Jim reported that the Fall Hairald is out and contains 2 interviews with producers, which was one of the ar-ticles we want to see more of in the Hairald. Jim and Teresa have had a couple more trainings in Docuware and are starting to get more docu-ments uploaded. Requests for info packet have been sent out and several video haircoat inspections have been done.
Discussion was held about the scheduling of The Hairald. John spoke about the discussions he had with members attending the Midwest Stud Ram Sale. Members feel we have a good magazine with good balance between ads and education, but they would like to see a regular publishing date. John made a motion to keep the balance of the ads to education as is, but to publish it on a set schedule.
Ron gave the second and the motion passed. Leslie Raber has been added to the Publications and Hairald com-mittee.
The Scholarship committee met and went over the candidates. Robert made a motion to fund 4 scholar-ships at $500 each. Michelle gave the second. The motion passed. We will need to get pictures of each of the recipients for The Hairald.
We had a short report about the Midwest Stud Ram Sale. The Katah-dins were honored to have won the Supreme Champion Ram over all breeds at the 2019 sale.
Robert reported that the Search capability for sheep pedigrees, etc. is about ready to go. Online registra-tion is also done being developed. Michelle made a motion to launch these programs. If errors are found in pedigrees those errors should be reported to the registry. Robert and Michelle will also receive notification so that we can keep abreast of the time
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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MEAT
Please contact us for both registered and commercial breeding stock.502-565-8817 • [email protected]
www.freedomrunfarm.org
COR 17-10 "Tankster" Valhalla Sheep (FRF)
Valerie Samutin • 502-565-8817Louisville, KY
COR 17-50 Fancy View Farm (JON)
Johnny Miller • 270-528-1239Horse Cave, KY
LOK 1812 Lone Oak Katahdins (LOK)
Mervin Miller • 270-537-3308Munfordville, KY
KDJ 1526 "Heza Wild One"Bramblett Katahdins (BKY)
Jim Bramblett • 270-234-3797Blake Bramblett • 270-765-0119
Vine Grove, KY
Happy Holidays!
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²Productivity ²Aseasonal Breeding ²Forage-Based Ewes
301 Luzon Lane, Bonnots Mill, MO 65016Ed & Cindy DeOrnellis 573-291-0591(c) Keith & Megan Markway 573-291-4787
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year
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of fall lambs - give us a call!
Looking forward to 2020 and lambs out of TMD 1864 Legacy
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Katahdin Recipe ForumEdited by Jim Morgan & Teresa Maurer
If you have a recipe that you and your family like, send it to KHSI Education at [email protected] or call 717-335-8280 ext 2.
We look forward to your recipes. If your recipe is based on (or copied from) a published recipe, please provide the proper credit.
Rustic Lamb Piehttps://www.americanlamb.com/consumer/rustic-lamb-pie/
Holly Erickson, who writes at themodernproper.com introduces the recipe:
“This Rustic Lamb Pie is a great way to introduce your friends and family to a new flavorful dish using an ingredient they might not be familiar with- ground lamb. Last week, Natalie and I had the opportunity to gather a few of our friends and family around a table full of beautiful autumnal dishes. There were seasonal cheese boards and a variety of fresh apple pies, but by far the star of the dinner was this Rustic Lamb Pie. The ground lamb was incorporated into the perfect mixture of curried seasoning and savory vegetables for a dish that perfectly encapsulates everything we love about fall. This rustic lamb pie was a dish we had never made before and can’t wait to make again, because it showcased just how fun, flavorful and versatile lamb can be.“
Ingredients:2 lbs American Lamb, ground 4 cloves garlic, minced2 celery ribs, finely diced 2 carrots, finely diced 2 tbsp olive oil 3 cups small leeks, cut in thin rings (or 1 large onion) 1 cup peas 3 russet potatoes, peeled and diced into ½” pieces 3 cups beef or chicken stock 1 cup peas 1 tbsp curry powder 2 tsp salt½ cup water ¼ cup corn starch 1 sheet puff pastry 1 egg, whisked
Directions:1. Heat oven to 400°F.2. In a large cast iron skillet heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add ground lamb to the skillet and
cook until browned, breaking it up with a wood spoon as it cooks. Remove from skillet and set aside.3. Using the same skillet heat remaining olive oil. Add in celery, carrots and leeks. Cook until vegetables start to
soften, stirring often. Add in garlic and continue cooking for 1 more minute. 4. Add cooked lamb, potatoes, stock, curry and salt and stir until all ingredients are combined. Bring mixture to
a simmer and cook until potatoes are tender.5. Add in peas and cook for another minute.6. In a small bowl whisk together cornstarch and water until a murky liquid is achieved. This is your slurry. Add
it to the prepared lamb mixture and stir over medium low heat until everything thickens, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
7. On a well floured cutting board roll out puff pastry until it’s large enough to cover the skillet. Set pastry over the skillet pressing it down on edges. Give the pastry 3 or 4 slits in the top with a sharp knife. Using a pastry brush, brush the top of the pastry with the egg.
8. Set prepared pie in skillet on a large rimmed baking sheet and place in center of the oven. Bake for 20 min-utes, or until pastry is golden brown. Serve warm.
Send all Operations mail to PO Box 739, Fowlersville, MI 48836.
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Fall born ewe lambs Commercial and Registered available for sale
Chad and Julie Yoder Family Harleysville PA 215-896-6942
[email protected] www.farmonthehill99.com
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Reserve your spring ewe lambs coming January 2020
Merry Christmas from the
Yoder Family
Merry Christmas from the
Yoder Family
KHSI offers its heartfelt thanks and deepest gratitude to retiring Board Member Henry Shultz of Centralia, Missouri. Henry served two terms on the Board from Fall of 2011 to 2014 and from Fall of 2016 to 2019. Henry served as President during 2018 to 2019 and chaired the Show Commit-tee, was an active member of the Expo Sale committee and since 2011 has been chair of the Youth Committee.
KHSI thanks Brad Carothers of Mt Vernon Ohio for running for the Board of Directors.
Re-elected to the Board is Robert Walker of Alpine Tennessee. Robert has been active on the Board as Trea-surer, and provides valuable contribu-tions to the Registry, Transition and Promotions Committees. Newly elect-ed to the board is long time member, Howard Covington. To re-introduce Howard, we have reprinted portions of his candidate statement.
hoWard Covington, livingston, texas
My wife Susian and I have been raising registered Katahdin sheep
2019 Board of Directors Election Resultssince 1999. I grew up on a ranch located in central Texas where my family and I maintained a large flock of wool sheep. With this experience it provided me with early basic knowl-edge of raising sheep for profit and how to maintain them.
I knew when we decided to get back into the sheep business it was not going to be wool sheep. We felt that there had to be a better breed for our grandkids to be involved with that was docile. We researched Katahdins at that time, which led us to Robert Elliott whom we bought our starter sheep from.
When we got our Katahdin sheep we learned about a smaller group of Katahdin breeders known as the South Central Katahdin Association that had just started up. We jumped in with both feet to help get it up and going. As time progressed, I became a board member and later served as president of the association. Presently I am an SCKA board member again as we continue to grow.
My strong belief in the economic future of the Katahdin breed has led
me to become a long time member of several organizations (KHSI, SCKA). I was also a board member of North American Hair Sheep Association in San Angelo, Texas for several years where we displayed the Katahdin sheep for promotion. As Board Mem-ber of several sheep organizations, I have been responsible for promotion of Katahdins at educational and sale events in various states.
My past commitments and experi-ence in promoting Katahdin sheep have made me aware of the many pos-itive economic opportunities available for present and future breeders of this great sheep breed. It has also made me aware of what is involved in serving in this capacity. I am willing to take all new ideas, suggestions, and criticisms seriously for the association’s benefit. This group has a place for everyone: large breeders, small breeders and commercial breeders. That is what makes KHSI such a great group.
I have the experience and desire to serve and work for you (KHSI mem-bers) to advance our Katahdin breed of sheep.
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Country Oak Ranch
2019 Fall Breeding Program will have a variety of Genetics
available by June 2020. Two COR Rams were utilized
and we added a total out-cross Ram to our genetics.
Genetics make the Difference
Remember: "If it's in the Ram,
it will be in the Lambs"
We want to take this opportunity to thank all those that purchased Country Oak Ranch (COR) genetics this year:
Country Oak RanchMark & Mickey Sue Dennis
New Iberia, LA • [email protected] • www.countryoakranch.com
Dustin Crawford Crawford Ranch Oakdale, LA
Dennis and Melanie McLendonPlatinum Farms Meansville, GA
Ely and Elvia Valdez EVA RanchSan Antonio, TX
Michael and Amy Moody Kittrell Katahdin FarmReadyville, TN
Mistie LeeLimerick Farms Tipton, OK
Stephen and Donna RicoS&R Farms Moreauville, LA
Benjamin and Susan BylerByler Family Farm Munfordville, KY
Kenneth and Lorelle ZimmermanFox Valley Katahdins Cantril, IA
John and Katie Mullet Mullet KatahdinsHorse Cave, KY
Roberta McKowen Jackson, LA
Mervin and Linda Mae Miller Lone Oak KatahdinsMunfordville, KY
Robert and Sue Stewart Lighting Oak Ranch Kaplan, LA
2018 Christmas Season is near and we want to wish all those in the Katahdin Family a Merry Christmas and a Very Prosperous New Year.
2019 Christmas Season is near and we want to wish our Katahdin Family a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Bob & Amanda Nusbaum
6373 Red Dog Rd.Potosi, WI 53820
Member NSIP
Generations of selection for:
- Maternal Ability- Fertility
- Parasite Resistance
608-348-3284 or 608-778-3140
BREEDInG FunCTIOnAL KATAhDInS SInCE 1992
it takes to deal with errors that might come to light. We are still waiting for a list of all ram names that have been issued, a query on prefixes that might be able to be reused, and the amounts of credit on accounts that registry is holding.
The issue of rams having duplicate names that we are aware of has been resolved and the recommendations of the registry committee on what is allowable in naming of rams has been implemented.
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The new Katahdin logo has been developed and will be launched at the 2019 Expo.
Lynn reported on the KatPlus program. The program has been sus-pended for now pending some pos-sible restructuring of the program. We still are striving to towards producing great commercial oriented ewes and rams.
Finding no other business, Ron moved to adjourn the meeting, John gave the second the meeting was ad-journed, motion passed.
New KHSI Logo!
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James LovelaceCircle L Ranch • Troy, [email protected] • 573-384-5398
Commercial Ewe Lambs/Rams
Gail M. [email protected] • www.xpressionsonline.us
Since 1992
Websites • Ads • Media Marketing• Banner design
Designing Katahdin ads for 10+ years
To all my Katahdin customers
Merry Christmas All!
Thank You
Flying V FarmsDonna Savoie • Lafayette, LA
337-654-7679 • [email protected]
Registered breeding stock
FFV
Small FarmGreat Genetics
Our Ram is a son of Wildmanwww.ariseandshinefarm.com
Bill & Peggy GrayFarmington, AR 479-521-3024
Lambs & lamb meat for sale at the farm
Dennis & Melanie McLendon
Meansville, Georgia770.314.9851 770.314.8659
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platinumfarms
Registered Katahdin Breeding Stock
Round Mountain Katahdins
Selecting stock with balanced EBVs, superior Lbs Lamb Weaned and Parasite Resistance
Jim Morgan & Teresa MaurerNW Arkansas • 479-236-9569 • [email protected]
Member NSIP19 years using EBVs,
22 years of data
Performance Selection on PaSturePerformance Selection on PaSture
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Classified AdsClassified sale ads for Katahdin or Katahdin-cross sheep are free to all KHSI members in the Katahdin Hairald and at the KHSI website. For the Hairald, please limit length to 40 words. Sheep Wanted Ads can be placed for free for non-KHSI members. Classified Ad Content due December 21, 2019 to KHSI Education Office for the Winter 2020 Hairald. Contact KHSI Education, 717-335-8280 ext. 2 or [email protected].
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Need to sell sheep? Place a free sheep for sale ad at www.katahdins.org
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INDIANASW IN. Registered Yearling Ram. Registered Ewes . Registered Yearling. Ram, $250, 2 yr old proven momma ewes exposed to ram. Registered Yearling $175. Raynie Schnell, Celestine IN. (812) 309-4702, [email protected]
KANSASEast Central KS. Registered Year-ling Ram. Born Jan 2018. (BPG 447 TW). Great grandson of ‘Wildman’. Proven breeder to over 20 ewes this year. Want to sell this fall $450. Call Jim at (785) 746-8805. Jim & Patty Risch, New Song Farm, Quenemo, KS [email protected].
KENTUCKYEastern KY. Registered/Commercial Ram & Ewe Lambs. Born Feb 2019, registered parents. Grass fed only. RR Sire from VA Tech ram sale. Lambs have EBV’S from NSIP. No sheep sold that we would not breed. $275 ea. Rebecca Beal, R & R Katahdin Farm, Wellington, KY. (606) 768-3847 [email protected] Central KY. Commercial Ewe Lambs. Grass-based flock. 90 April born. Low maintenance, great parasite resistance, mothering ability. Registered sires from flocks averaging over 200% lambing rates. 90 to choose from, 60+ would make great ewes. Your pick, minimum lot size of 10, Discounts for 25. Dan Hardin, Brandenburg, KY. (270) 925-2857 or [email protected]
MARYLANDNorth Central MD. Registered Ram Lambs. Born Mar/Apr Sire from VA Tech parasite resistance program. Dams from well-known Whitmore Farm lines that are no longer available. Very easy to work with pasture raised. $350/ Lamb. Contact [email protected] or 301-693-3379 Steve Steinberg, Stony Branch Farm, Emmittsburg, MDCentral MD. Registered & Recorded Rams, Ewes, Lambs & Yearlings. 2019 lambs born Apr-May. $225-$275. Katherine Neilson, Justifiable Acres Ranch. Lisbon, MD. 410-489-5123 or 301-676-2179. [email protected]
MISSOURISW MO. Registered Mature Proven Ram. $500 Sand Mtn Katadins, Ala-bama bred ram. SMK 1647, NSIP # 6401572016161647. Contact Doyle Weaver, Nevada, MO (417) 667-5294 or [email protected]
OHIONorth Central OH. Registered Flock Dispersal. 23 ewes (2+ yrs old), 1 ram. RR/QR sheep. Good bags, good feet, very productive flock. $220 straight thru for entire flock. Individual to $500 Randy Garner, TRG Farm. New London, OH. 419-706-9247
OKLAHOMASE OK. Flock Dispersal. 100% white Katahdin. Will send pics on request. Original ram & ewes all, but have not registered progeny. Reduced price for whole flock. Registered Ram $400, 9 Registered Ewes - $175, Commercial Ewes $165- $175, Commercial Year-ling Rams- $165. Henry Bierman, Windy Hill Farm, McAlester OK. 918-424-8844
PENNSYLVANIACentral PA. Registered Ewe Lambs. 12 March born registerable ewe lambs. Healthy lambs, have never had any foot problems on our farm. Raised primarily on grass with minimal grain. $300 (Can sell without papers for $250). Caroline McMillen, Olde McMillen Homestead, Loysville, PA (717) 582-6942. [email protected]
TENNESSEESouthern TN. Registered/Commer-cial Ram Lambs. Registered Exposed Mature Ewes. Three March born all grass-fed rams. Flock has never had a major parasite problem. no foot prob-lems. Heavy culling of foundation stock. $275. Registered exposed ewes, $400. Jonathan Hickerson, Hickerson Farms, Culleoka, TN. 931-212-1098.
TEXASCentral TX. Commercial Ewes, Rams & Lambs. Pure-bred commercial Ka-tahdins, 100% grass-fed. Selected for parasite resistance, quality meat pro-duction on pasture. Low-maintenance. Ewes (exposed): $275. Breeding rams: $375. Lambs from last winter lambing: $250. Discounts for quantity. Mike McGeary, McGeary Ranch, Cameron, TX. 512-633-2624 or [email protected]
VIRGINIACentral VA. Registered Proven RR Ram. 3 yr old twin born from Sta-blerock Katahdins, Ky (Hunt Road sire, Lazy D Ranch dam). 260 lbs in Aug. Structurally sound & passes along quality genetics. Retained many of his ewe lambs. Brenda Kettlewell, Stephens City, VA. (540) 533-8025 or [email protected] or https://www.madkettlefarm.com/
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The Katahdin Hairald is the official publication of Katahdin Hair Sheep International, which provides education about:• registering individual Katahdin sheep and recording performance• maintaining the distinct identity of the Katahdin breed• approaches to promotion and marketing• summaries of research and development related to the breed
2019-2020 Board of DirectorsPresident: Jane Smith, [email protected], 219-474-3216, IndianaVice President: Ron Young, [email protected], 419-495-2993 or 419-203-6389, Ohio Secretary: Lynn Fahrmeier, [email protected], 816-517-5049, MissouriTreasurer: Robert Walker, [email protected], 931-510-1322, TennesseeDirector: Michelle Canfield, [email protected], 360-770-0615, WashingtonDirector: John Dyer, [email protected], 812-362-8012, IndianaDirector: Howard Covington [email protected], 936- 520-2689, Texas
Honorary MembersHonorary Member: Charles Parker, [email protected], OhioHonorary Member: Laura Fortmeyer, [email protected], 785-467-8041, Kansas
KHSI Registry: effective January 1, 2018 • Jeff Ebert, KHSI Registry, PO Box 231, 420A Lincoln St., Wamego, KS 66547 Phone – 717-335-8280, ext 3; Fax – 785-456-8599; Email – [email protected]• Contact the Registry with questions about registration and transfer procedures. • Send the following to the Registry: - completed forms for registering, recording, transferring and naming Katahdins - completed Membership Forms, Renewal Forms, Address Changes and Dues. Note: new memberships and renewals can be paid online using credit/debit cards at the KHSI website via PayPal. - Address changes or other corrections for print or web• Office Hours (Central time): Monday to Friday 8 am- 4:30 pm. KHSI Committees: Call 717-335-8280, ext 1 to volunteer; Committee Chairs listed with committee
Publishing/Hairald: Lynn Fahrmeier – 816-517-5049Registry Liaison: Michelle Canfield – 360-770-0615Registry Policy: Michelle Canfield – 360-770-0615Show: Ron Young – 419-495-2993Video Hair Coat Inspections:
Michelle Canfield – 360-770-0615Website, Social Media: Michelle Canfield – 360-770-0615
Commercial Programs: Lynn Fahrmeier – 816-517-5049Promotions: Robert Walker – 931-510-1322Youth: John Dyer – 812-362-8032Expo Programs: Lynn Fahrmeier – 816-517-5049Expo Sale: Jane Smith – 219-474-3216Finance: Robert Walker – 931-510-1322NSIP: Lynn Fahrmeier – 816-517-5049
KHSI Member’s Guide 11/19
KHSI Operations:• Alan Culham, PO Box 739, Fowlerville, MI 48836 [email protected], 717-335-8280 ext 1, 717-335-8279 (fax)• Primary responsibilities of the Operations Office are:
KHSI Education:• Jim Morgan & Teresa Maurer 717-335-8280 ext 2, [email protected]• Primary responsibilities of the KHSI Education Office are:
- Answers questions about KHSI, processes and Katahdins- Manages finances, budgets, payments- Implements KHSI promotions plans- Coordinates KHSI Expo, Annual Meeting, Expo Sale- Updates KHSI website and social media- Works with KHSI Board and Committees on above- Attends industry events and all KHSI Events as directed by
the KHSI Board of Directors
- Responds to calls, emails on Katahdin sheep and manage-ment
- Organizes, writes, edits articles and other content for The Katahdin Hairald
- Distributes KHSI educational materials to members, public, events
- Organizes hair coat inspections and training- Assists Operations Manager with educational activities- Works with KHSI Board and Committees on above
• Office Hours (Eastern time): Monday - Friday (9 am - 5 pm). • Voicemail and email: available for messages 24 hours per day.
Board Term2018-20212017-20202017-20202019-20222017-20202018-20212019-2022
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Arise and Shine Farm, Bill & Peggy Gray, Arkansas .................................................................41BoNus Angus Farm, Bob & Amanda Nusbaum, Wisconsin .......................................................40Bramblett Katahdins, Jim & Blake Bramblett, Kentucky ............................................................11 Caney Creek Farms, Dwayne & Kathy Kieffer, Tennessee .........................................................19Canfield Farms, Kirk & Michelle Canfield, Washington ..............................................................9Circle L Ranch, James Lovelace, Missouri ..........................................................................4 & 41Circle S Katahdins, Sidney & Shari Hostetler, Missouri .............................................................18Country Oak Ranch, Mark Dennis, Louisiana ..................................................................19 & 40Crooked River Katahdins, Stuart & Amy Olinger, Missouri ........................................................29Doyle Weaver Katahdins, Doyle & Judy Weaver, Missouri ........................................................17Dyer Family Katahdins, John, Judy & Scott Dyer, Indiana .........................................................20Ewe Lamb Right, Dan & Jan Turner, Pennsylvania ......................................................................4Fahrmeier Katahdins, Lynn & Donna Fahrmeier, Missouri ........................................................14Farm on the Hill, Chad & Julie Yoder, Pennsylvania .................................................................39Finder's Katahdins & Maremmas, Warren & Pam Finder, Kansas ..............................................40Flying V Farm, Donna Savoie, Louisiana .................................................................................41Freedom Run Farms, Valerie Samutin, Kentucky ......................................................................36Gingerich Family Katahdins, Joe Gingerich .............................................................................20Glenbrook Farm, Matt Nolt, Pennsylvania ...............................................................................39Hancock Katahdins, Ray & Pam Hancock, Illinois .....................................................................21Hillcrest Katahdins, Dr David & Jodi Redwine, Virginia ............................................................13Hound River Farm, Roxanne & Milledge Newton, Georgia .......................................................34Kiefer Sheep Farm, Chad & Elizabeth Kiefer, Missouri .............................................................41KRK Katahdins, Karen Kenagy, Oregon ...................................................................................26Lazy B Livestock, Howard & Lavonne Brown, Oklahoma ..........................................................15 LC Ranch, Leon & Christine Gehman, Pennsylvania .................................................................31Lillehaugen Farms, Luke & Maynard Lillehaugen, North Dakota ..............................................16Lone Oak Katahdins, Mervin & Linda Mae Miller, Kentucky ......................................................32Luzon Fam, Ed & Cindy DeOrnellis, Missouri ...........................................................................37Misty Oaks Farm, Jeff & Kathy Bielek, Ohio .............................................................................19Moonshine Katahdins, Charles Bedinger, Illinois .......................................................................2OW Farm Katahdins, Pete Odle, Virginia ................................................................................16Platinum Farms, Dennis & Melanie McLendon, Georgia ..........................................................41Prairie Lane Farm, Henry & Becky Shultz, Missouri ..................................................................35Rack of Lamb Corral, Todd & Renee Bauer, Kansas ..................................................................30Ricochet Farms, Joey & Rhonda Kelmer, Alabama ...................................................................12Round Mountain Farm, Jim Morgan & Teresa Maurer, Arkansas ...............................................41Sand Mountain Katahdins, Frankie & Michelle Stiefel, Alabama.................................................8Salmon Run Farms, Leslie Raber, Maine ....................................................................................7Serenity Hill Farms, Claude Demster, Missouri ..........................................................................2Smohalla Acres, Timothy Rhodes, Ohio ...................................................................................28South Central Katahdin Association (SCKA) ............................................................................32Spraberry Acres, Clifford Spraberry, Texas ...............................................................................33Sturdy Post Ranch, Justin & Crissa Fruechte, South Dakota .....................................................12Thousand Oaks Ranch, Kevin & Toni Beatty, Missouri ...............................................................27Three M Farm Katahdins, Brad, Melissa & Elizabeth Mullins, Virginia .......................................17Vixen Hill Farm, Michele Phillips, Maryland .............................................................................10Waldoview Farm, Tom, Lindsay & Natalie Hodgman, Maine ....................................................31Xpressions, Gail Hardy, Arkansas ............................................................................................41
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Regional Katahdin GroupsSCKA RMKA MOKATS
South Central Katahdin Association
Rocky Mountain Katahdin Association Missouri Katahdin Breeders
• Provide a marketing alliance for all members of SCKA
• Provide fellowship• Assist breeders of Katahdin sheep
in the sale & promotion of the breed
• Formed 1999 in New Iberia, LA
• RMKA is an agricultural non-profit organization dedicated to the pro-motion of the Katahdin Hair Sheep in the Rocky Mountain region.
• The Missouri Katahdin Breeders Association is a group of breeders that have purebred and commercial breeding stock and market lambs for sale. We work in a cooperative effort to achieve increased sales of our product and educate new or prospective buyers.
http://hair-sheep.com/contact: Mickey Sue Dennis 337-519-9280 [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/ RockyMountainKatahdinAssociation/contact: Babette Fief 719-384-4000 [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 473747909310079/ contact: Becky Shultz 573-682-7127 [email protected]
President – Clifford Spraberry - TXVice Pres – Mark Dennis - LASec – Jennifer Brown - OKTreas – Jean Adams - LAPromotions – Mickey Sue Dennis - LA
President – Babette Fief - COVice Pres – Richard Blosser - COSec-Treas– Dan Meister - CO
President – Cindy DeOrnellis - MOVice Pres – Clay Winder - MOSec-Treas – Becky Shultz - MO
Next Meeting: June 12-13, 2020 Vicksburg, MS
Next meeting: 2020 Dubois, ID
Next meeting: 2020 — To Be Announced
Information about regional Katahdin groups is provided as a service. They are separate organizations from KHSI, provide great networking opportunities and require separate membership.
Michael & Patty Carr of Mud Creek Katahdins ............................. Cairo, MOMichael & Areatha Mahan of Mahan Farms ..............................Hartville, MOJohn & Linda Bee of Rafter JL Land and Livestock ............................Bolivar, MOJason Fosnow of Fosnow Livestock ......... ....................................... Windsor, MOCaleb & Evelyn Yoder of Cedar Lane Farm ..............................LaRussell, MOKaren & Ron Berg ...Round Mountain, NVOlesya Haze of TIM Farms, LLC ................ .................................. Spencerport, NYMark & Terri Kohler of Kohler Farm ........ ..................................... Bloomville, NYJason Overcash of Triple O Sheep Farm ........................... Mooresville, NCAlex Stephenson of New Dawn Homestead .................. Henderson, NCRhett Griffith of Griffith Livestock, LLC .... ........................................... Sparks, OKLisa Boyll of Barefoot Acres ......Jones, OKKellan Cook of Broadleaf Acres ............... ..................................Mercersburg, PAAlbert Kanaan of Willow Brook Farm ...... ........................................ Titusville, PA
Jesse Gehman of Cedar Valley Farms ...... ....................................... Manheim, PANathan Young of Young’s Farm ................ ...................................... McKenzie, TNDerek Bilbrey of Wooded Oak Farms ...... ....................................Deer Lodge, TNDanielle Montooth of Montooth Farms ......................................Cookeville, TNBobby & Janet Potts of Valley Home Farm ............................... Wartrace, TNScott & Tina Keeler of Scissontail Farm ... .......................................Columbia, TNMark Clark of Friends and Family LLC ...... .....................................Greenback, TNMatt Merrick of Merrick Farms ............... ...................................... McKenzie, TNRandy & Holly Prosise of Rainy Knob Ranch ................................ Loudon, TNDennis Fennewald of The Fennewald Ranch ............................Cookeville, TNHeidi Barber of Hay Ewe Ranch ............... ...............................Copperas Cove, TXBrad, Jeri & Ty Muncie of MSF Katahdins ...................................... Pilot Point, TXDana Mackenzie ........... Breckenridge, TXBen & Nancy Haning ..................Lucas, TX
Jacob & Charles Tindell of Aquilla Valley Farm ......................................Waco, TXDouglas Crawford of Sleepy Bear Farm ... .................................... Beaverdam, VARobert & Mollie Whitlock of Whitlock Farms .....................................Floyd, VAJonathan & Andrea Troyer of Barterbrook Farm ..........................Stuarts Draft, VAJonah, Shirley & Daniel Lee of Jessee Branch Farm ................ Nickelsville, VATerry & Belinda Batchelder of Breath of the Cascades ............... Ellensburg, WAKevin Morrison of Fo Sgail Seudair .......... ............................................... Roy, WARobert & Janet Ellis of Mill Creek Farm ... .......................................... Toledo, WAGene R & Kathryn P Glover of Overlook Farm ................................ Oak Hill, WVLarry Burns of Burns Farm .....Horner, WVJenny & Darrin Neuendorf of Hilly Haven Farm ...........................Loyal, WINicki Wetter of Log Kabin Katahdins ....... ............................................ Stitzer, WIBrett Heeney of Fox Crossing Farms, LLC . ......................................... Neenah, WIBrian & Raegan Dexter of Corner 40 Farm ............................. Burlington, WI
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Four deserving youth were awarded $500 Youth Scholarships in 2019. We thank them for their work and accom-plishments. Recipients were: Alyssa Francis of Paris, Missouri; Caleb Pirc of Meridian, Idaho; Hannah Walker of Salem, Indiana and Larkin Williams of Bloomfield, Kentucky. Check out two scholarship essays on page 33. Two more will be published in the next Hairald.
KHSI thanks all members who have donated to the Youth Scholarship Program over the years, and especially in 2019. Celebrate our recipients! The 2020 Youth Scholarship details will be found in the first 2020 issue of the Katahdin Hairald. Early in 2020, the new application and deadline information will be available on the KHSI website katahdins.org.
Focus on- Eweth – KHSI Awards 4 Youth Scholarships in 2019
Alyssa FrancisParis, Missouri
Caleb PircMeridian, Idaho
Hannah WalkerSalem, Indiana
Larkin WilliamsBloomfield, Kentucky
2019 KHSI Youth
Scholarship Recipients