OSU Sheep Team

The Ohio Sheep Improvement Association is once again offering the Ralph Grimshaw Memorial Scholarship to young college-age sheep producers in 2009. The $1,000.00 scholarship that has been made available to our young people involved in sheep production and management. Contributions for the scholarship have been provided by Ohio Sheep Improvement Association member contributions [...]

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Steve Boyles, OSU Extension Beef Specialist
Livestock producers, medical researchers, pet owners and others who practice Animal Husbandry are continually questioned about the care they provide their animals. Certain groups may be targeting Ohio in regards to the elimination of gestation stalls for sows, veal crates and cages for layers through legislation or a ballot initiative. [...]

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April 6, 15, and 20-Montgomery County Grazing School. For more information and to register, go to http://montgomery.osu.edu
April 14, 16, 21, and 25-Athens County Grazing School. For more information and to register, go to http://athens.osu.edu
May 23-24-Great Lakes Fiber Show and Sheep Show and Sale, Wooster. For more information, visit their website at http://www.greatlakesfibershow.com
May [...]

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Dr. Bill Shulaw, OSU Extension Veterinarian
A FAMACHA training session will be held at the Great Lakes Fiber Show at
the Wayne County fairgrounds in Wooster, OH, on May 23. The schedule and
more information about the event can be found at
http://www.greatlakesfibershow.com/shows-sales.htm
For information about registering for the FAMACHA training contact Marlene & Carl Gruetter: 740-256-1866 or e-mail at [...]

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Curt Cline, Director for Commercial Flock Owners, Co-Chairman of Membership Services Ohio Sheep Improvement Association and Daryl Clark, Director for Lamb Feeders, Co-Chairman of Membership Services Ohio Sheep Improvement Association
As I begin to embark on this subject, I can’t help but think I should have changed the title to, “Where are the resources available to [...]

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Tim Fine, Extension Program Assistant, Miami County, Bob Hendershot, NRCS Grazing Specialist
There are two grazing schools coming up in April for graziers in different areas of Ohio. The first series of classes will be held April 6, 15, and 20 in Montgomery County and the second series will be held in Athens County on [...]

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Roger High, Ohio Sheep Extension Program Specialist and Rory Lewandowski, Athens County Extension Educator
Plans are underway for the third Ohio Forage and Grasslands Sheep Farm Bus Tour to be held on Friday, July 10, 2009 in the Noble County area. This is of course the day before the Ohio Sheep Day event. The [...]

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Roger High, Ohio Sheep Extension Program Specialist and Rory Lewandowski, Athens County Extension Educator
What: Ohio Sheep Day
When: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Where: Eastern Agricultural Research Station (EARS)
16870 TR 126
Caldwell, OH 43724
The 2009 Ohio Sheep Day is scheduled for Saturday, July 11, 2009. It will be held on the Eastern Agricultural Research Station, located just [...]

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Bill and Susan Shultz, Logan County Sheep Producers
Bill and Susan Shultz will be scanning their 2009 lamb crop on Friday, June 20, 2009 at their farm in DeGraff, Ohio. They have contracted with Bonnie Bradford, a skilled technician, to do the scanning of loin eye and back fat as she has done the past three [...]

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Mark Landefeld, Extension Educator, Monroe County
The time of year is quickly approaching when keeping pasture plants in a vegetative state is probably the hardest for forage producers. Managing pasture growth early in the growing season is important to maintain high quality and high quantity forage production throughout the spring, summer and fall. A “spring flush” [...]

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