The Nebraska Sheep & Goat Producers will be holding two Lambing and kidding clinics for producers. On January 30th the clinic will be held in Seward, NE. That day will start with registration at 9:00 am CT at Burch Livestock,... Continue Reading →
Mark your calendars now, as the deadline for the 2021 NS&GP Photo Contest is February 15th. All entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. mountain time on that date. The top finishers in each category will receive a prize and... Continue Reading →
Nebraska Sheep & Goat Producers The Nebraska Sheep and Goat Producers Association honored Ivan and Doris Rush for their many contributions to the sheep and wool industry at the annual conference held in Alliance, Nebraska. The award named the Ted... Continue Reading →
HUNKE, HERRARTE, BRENNEMANN & BRENNEMANN STATE WOOL CONTEST DIVISION WINNERS Andrea Nisley, UNL Extension Educator Karla Herrarte of Lexington, in the Junior Division, and Aretta Brennemann of Curtis, in the Senior Division and Delores Brennemann of Hyannis in the Adult... Continue Reading →
The Michigan State University Small Ruminant Extension team is offering a four-part webinar series on birth management for sheep and goats that will lead producers through a host of topics. Each weekly session will last approximately 90 minutes, will be recorded... Continue Reading →
RINGENBERG, SORIA, HORST & GALSTER STATE WOOL CONTEST DIVISION WINNERS Saidi Ringenberg of Lexington, in the Junior Division, and Arlene Soria of Kearney, in the Senior Division will be Nebraska’s delegates to the National Finals of the Make It With... Continue Reading →
Saidi Ringenberg of Lexington, and Abigail Olson of Sargent, represented Nebraska at the National Make It With Wool competition held in conjunction with the American Sheep Industry Association Convention, January 24-26, in New Orleans, Louisiana, according to Andrea Nisley, State... Continue Reading →
Please take a minute and take our sheep shearing survey. We are trying to gather more data about our association members so we can properly serve you! The survey will take one to two minutes to complete and other responses are... Continue Reading →
Weekly National Market Prices for Wool The U.S. Department of Agriculture's prices for wool can be accessed at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_EPAS_Reports/wamrpt011717.pdf. The effective repayment rate is the lower of either the 30-day average or weekly rate. Category 2016 Loan Rate Effective Repayment... Continue Reading →