We have several upcoming sheep
events in Virginia.
1) The
40th Annual Virginia Performance
Tested Ram Sale, Ewe Lamb Sale, and Sheep Field Day will be held Sat, Aug 29 at
the Shenandoah Valley AREC near Raphine, VA. The educational program starts at
10:30 am, with the ram and ewe lamb sale starting at 1 pm. Attached is flier
and the sale catalog. This information also on our VT Sheep Extension site http://www.apsc.vt.edu/extension/sheep/index.html
2) The
Virginia Tech Sheep Center will be hosting our 16th annual Production Sale on
Saturday, Sept 5 at our Alphin-Stuart Livestock Arena here on campus. We will
be offering approximately 50 head of Suffolk and Dorset ram lambs and ewe
lambs. Attached is catalog with details. Additional information can be found on
our web page http://www.apsc.vt.edu/facilities/sheep/production-sale/index.html
3)
On Sat, Sept 26 we will be hosting a Sheep Field Day and Katahdin Ram
Sale at the Southwest AREC at Glade Spring, VA. This is our third year for this
forage-based hair sheep ram performance test which includes evaluation of
parasite resistance. The educational program will center around this activity, and
the top end of the rams will be sold. The Field Day will be in the morning with
sale to follow. Attached is flier, and more details and information will also
be forthcoming on our VT Sheep Extension site.
4)
Lastly, we are planning to host a Lambing
School here on campus on Nov 6-7 (Friday-Saturday). We have a set of
fall-lambing ewes which will be lambing at that time and will provide hands-on
opportunity for the course. For this reason, we will be limited in number of
attendees we can accommodate. Registration flier is attached.
