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Cornell Program Strengthens Northeast Sheep/Goat Industries
ITHACA. N.Y. The North
east Sheep and Goat Marketing
Program at Cornell University
was established in January 2001
to improve the marketing infra
structure for sheep and goats in
the 12 northeastern states: Con
necticut, Delaware, Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Ver
mont, and West Virginia. The
program is funded by the Lamb
Meat Adjustment Assistance Pro
gram, which resulted from legal
actions taken by the American
Sheep Industry Association to
limit cheap lamb imports to the
U.S.
Bob Melchior was highly effec
tive in the marketing coordinator
position for the program until his
unexpected death in early Au
gust.
To continue to serve producers
in the Northeast and fulfill the
obligations of the grant, Cornell
University elected to fill the mar
keting coordinator position.
Susan Schoenian. a University of
Maryland (small ruminant) Ex
tension Agent and sheep and
goat producer assumed 50 per
cent of the responsibilities of the
position and concentrates her ef
forts in the southern half of the
12-state region.
Chris Parsons, a goat producer
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of the duties and focuses his ef
forts on the northern half of the
region. Susan can be reached at
(301) 432-2767 ext. 343 or
ssBo@umail.umd.edu. Chris can
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The Northeast Sheep and Goaf
Marketing Program has accom
plished many of its stated objec
tives. Regional Marketing Sum
mits were held in the northern,
middle, and southern parts of the
region at the beginning of the
granting period to publicize the
program and get feedback on
methods to improve marketing
infrastructure in our region.
Program staff and an advisory
board with representatives from
each of the 12 states have imple
mented several pilot marketing
projects. Graded tele-auctions
have been organized at various
locations in New York State.
A successful marketing pool
has been established whereby a
group of a half dozen producers,
representing 1,200 ewes on accel
erated lambing programs, is sup
plying 10 to 20 “premium quali
ty” lambs per week to a retail
market in New York City.
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Development of a Kosher/
Halal kill floor for small and me
dium sized plants has also been a
goal. A safer slaughter knife for
Halal slaughter successfully un
derwent testing at several sites
and a “humane" restraining sys
tem for ritual slaughter (Kosher
and Halal) was also successfully
tested at a plant in southeastern
Pennsylvania.
One of the primary accom
plishments of the Northeast
Sheep and Goat Marketing Pro
gram is the establishment of a
sheep and goat marketing Web
site at www.sheepgoatmarke
ting.org.
The site includes program in
formation, news, links, calendar
of events, links to regional auc
tion prices, an ethnic calendar,
articles on marketing, and a di
rectory of producers, feeders,
dealers, buyers, sellers, auction
houses, retailers, wholesalers, and
processors.
The grant providing funding
for the Northeast Sheep and
Goat Marketing Program will ex
pire on January 21, 2003. Re
gional Marketing Summits are
planned in FaU’o2/Winter’o3 to
determine how the program can
continue to serve producers in
the Northeast region and discuss
the formation of a Northeast
Sheep and Goat Marketing
Association.
Additional funding is
being sought to continue
funding for a marketing
coordinator. Producers can
help extend the efforts of the
program by participat
ing in the Regional
Marketing Summits,
by adding their names
to the program mail
ing list, and by provid
ing input to Cornell
University, Susan and
Chris, and/or the advi
sory board, all of
which have contacts
on the Website.
The dates and loca
tions for the Regional
Marketing Summits
are as follows:
• Satuiday, Dec.
14, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the Chichester,
New Hampshire,
Town Hall. For more
information contact
Bruce Clement at bru
ce.clement@unh.edu
or Mike Thonney at
(607) 255-2851 or
mlt2@cornell.edu.
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• Friday, Jan. 10, 2003 at
Harrisonburg, Virginia in con
junction with the Virginia North
Carolina (Mid Atlantic) Shep
herd's Symposium. The market
ing summit will consist of a mar
keting panel followed by an open
discussion with the NESGMP as
the focal point. Both sheep and
goat producers are urged to at
tend. For more info contact
Susan Schoenian at
(301)432-2767 ext. 343 or
ssBo@umail.edu.
• Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003 at
the Cornell Sheep Farm, Har
ford, New York in conjunction
with the Quinterly Cornell Sheep
Farm Field Day. Both sheep and
goat producers welcomed. For
more info contact Dr. Michael
Thonney at (607)255-2851 or
mlt2@cornell.edu.
For more information about
the Northeast Sheep and Goat
Marketing Program contact Dr.
Michael Thonney, Cornell Ani
mal Sciences Department,
(607)255-2851 or visit the Web
site at www.sheepgoatmarke
ting.org. Additional information
about sheep, goats and many
other topics can be found at Cor-
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