OSU Sheep Team

It is soon time for the 2009 Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium. This year’s Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium is being held in conjunction with the Small Ruminant Health Symposium, a program has been developed for both sheep and goat farmers. It will be on Saturday December 12, 2009 at the Ohio Department of Agriculture, Bromfield Building, 8995 East [...]

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On Tuesday November 17, 2009 Ohio Heartland Sheep Improvement Association (OHSIA) is sponsoring a “Sheep Mini-Course” from 7 – 9 PM in the Applewood Village Community Center on the campus of OSU/ATI, 1328 Dover Road, Wooster.   Dr. Steve Loerch of OSU/OARDC Department of Animal Science will make a presentation on sheep nutrition [...]

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Ohio Heartland Sheep Improvement Association is sponsoring a fall tour to the Knox Co. area on Saturday October 24, 2009.   The first stop will be at the Frank Stahl farm of Frazeysburg where they raise Shorthorn cattle, Percheron draft horses, goats, and Katahdin hair sheep.  Mixed species grazing along with rotational [...]

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Tim Fine, Extension Program Assistant, Miami County
The Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) will be holding their annual conference on December 13-16 in Reno, Nevada.  For more information about the conference, including agenda and registration information, visit http://www.glci.org.

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Roger A. High, OSIA Executive Director
The 2009 Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium is once again going to hit the road!  After four years on the road and back into Columbus for the 2008 Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium, the 2009 Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium will once again hit the road for this annual shepherd’s event!  This year’s Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium [...]

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Roger A. High, Executive Director, Ohio Sheep Improvement Association and Susan Schultz, President OSIA
OARDC Eastern Research Station in Caldwell, OH hosted the 2009 Ohio Sheep Day
The weather was absolutely gorgeous, with a glint of rain in the air all day, and finally it rained near the end of the program, which was very much appreciated [...]

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Rory Lewandowski, Athens County Extension Educator
An Athens area grazing council meeting/pasture walk is scheduled for Thursday, July 23 beginning at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be hosted by Curt Cline at a Meigs County property he plans to develop into a grazing system. The land currently has no fence or water and has [...]

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We invite you to join us for the Sheep Grazing tour on July 10, 2009 in Noble County. For the past two years, Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council have sponsored a pre-Sheep Day tour with Small Farm Institute, OSU Extension, OSU Sheep and Forage Teams, NRCS and Ohio Sheep Improvement Association. The cost [...]

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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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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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