D4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 3,1984
DENVER, Colo. Unity was the
theme of the 31st Annual Meeting
of the American Sheep Producers
Council Oct. 16-18 in Denver.
Ninety-eight directors and
delegates, representing the
nation’s 120,000 sheep producers,
gathered for the event. Besides
electing new officers, the sheep
men gave preliminary approval to
a $4.85 million budget and plan of
work for the 1985-86 fiscal year.
“The next couple of years will be
very challenging for us," ASPC
President P.J.Cook of Belle
Fourche, S.D., said in opening
Md. Sheep
Festival scheduled
WEST FRIENDSHIP, Md. - A
unique opportunity to show, sell or
buy wool sheep will be afforded
sheep breeders at the 12th annual
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
May 4 and 5,1985, Howard County
Fairgrounds, West Friendship,
Md. Billed as the “sale with a
difference”, wool sheep will be
offered in three categories
purebred Romney, white wool
sheep and natural colored sheep.
In the latter two divisions,
registered sheep may be included
along with crossbreds, which will
allow breeders of long wool sheep
breeds other than Romney to
participate. Sheep must have a 2-
inch minimum fleece length.
White wool sheep will show at
9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at
Romneys at 2:30 p.m. the same
day. Natural colored sheep will
take the ring at 8:30 a.m. Sunday,
May 5, with the sale of all sheep
Am. Sheep Producers approve promotion plans
remarks. Since weather has
taken its toll and we’ve lost sheep
numbers, we’re going to be hard
pressed to defend our market
share.
"Lamb consumption will decline
next year, and American wool
consumption will also decline,
simply because of declining
production. So, we’ll have to be
more aggressive than ever to
maintain good demand for our
products
"We’ll have tough competition
from imported products, and it will
take our best efforts-our united
efforts-to deal with these
and Wool
scheduled for 2:30 p.m. the same
day.
Sheep will be divided into three
divisions by wool grade: fine,
medium and long. All animals
offered for sale must be entered in
the show. Entry fee for each show
will be $4 per animal. If the sheep
is to be sold, an additional fee of $lO
will be required. Standard health
requirements will apply. Entries
are due March 15. A catalog will be
prepared
The judge will place the animals
in blue, red and white categories.
Only blue placing rams will sell,
while both blue and red ewes will
be offered.
Additional information may be
obtained from Bambi Prigel, sale
chairman, 2015 Frazer Rd.,
Knoxville, Md. 21758 (301-834-9711),
or Ernest E. Hall, sheep coor
dinator, 13140 Hiney Rd., Keymar,
Md. 21757 (301-845-8^44)
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Cook also encouraged more
cooperative action among the
three national sheep organizations
"The ASPC Strategic Planning
Committee proposed that the
National Wool Growers
Association, National Lamb
Feeders Association and ASPC
work regularly and closely as a
sheep industry coordinating
council to address issues of con
cern to the total sheep industry,"
he said "This is the one area that
we have not really fulfilled We do
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communicate, we do work
together; but there are even
greater opportunities for us to
support each other. We all need to
look for ways to pull this industry
together "
The three ASPC officers were
unanimously reelected Cook as
president, Tim Indart of Clovis,
Calif., as vice president; and
Edgar Olson of Fosston, Minn , as
secretary/treasurer
The Executive Committee
selected Sonny Watts of Pinon,
N.M., to chair the Wool Advisory
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Committee, and Maurice Guerry
of Buhl, Idaho, was chosen as the
new Ijamb Advisory Committee
chairman
The 1985-86 plan of work,
scheduled to go into effect July 1,
1985, stresses a regional marketing
approach, with programs designed
for each level of the lamb and wool
industries. Producer involvement
is also emphasized, with more than
$170,000 earmarked for a matching
funds program which supports
producer initiated promotion
projects
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