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Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association

18^th Annual Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association

Shepherd’s Clinic and Trade Show

Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association will hold its 18th Annual Shepherd’s Clinic and Trade Show on Saturday, February 4th, 2011 at the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Conference Center in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The clinic has been a highly successful educational, promotional and social event with over 200 in attendance last year. The all-day event features concurrent educational sessions for beginning to experience shepherds on a wide variety of topics, a trade show, a silent auction, a beginner and youth program, and a roast lamb and baked chicken luncheon program including a live auction, awards and scholarship presentation.

The 2012 keynote speaker will be Dr. Mike Thonney, professor and Director of the Cornell Sheep Program, Dr. Thonney grew up on a farm in the Palouse Hills of Washington were he had a small flock of Hampshire sheep. He graduated in animal science from Washington State University in 1971 and received his M.S. (1973) and Ph.D. (1975) degrees in nutrition at the University of Minnesota. Mike joined the Cornell Animal Science facility in 1975. He conducts research in growth, nutrition, and management of cattle and sheep and teaches Animal Science 380—Sheep—in spring semesters of odd-numbered years and Animal Science 360—Beef Cattle—in spring semesters of even-numbered years. Mike as taken sabbatical leaves in Scotland (1984), California (1992), and New Zealand (2003). In 1998 he began directing the Cornell Sheep Program.

Other speakers include, but are not limited to:

· Pearse Ward, President of the Wisconsin Working Stock Dog Association, will speak about stock dogs.

· Ron Role from ASI will be talking about their 2+2+2 program along with a wool topic (details tbd)

· Justin Luther, UW-River Falls, will be giving a talk on Reproductive Technology.

· Claire Mikolayunas, UW-Madison, will be talking about facilities.

· David Thomas, UW-Madison, will speak about economics of feeding out lambs vs. selling light lambs.

· Sandi Bombard, Goldenrod Web Design, will talk about website and social media usage for your business

· A producer panel discussion including Bob Leder, DVM

· An “Ask a Vet” session with Cindy Wolfe, DVM

In addition to the advanced educational program, a concurrent youth and beginner session will cover raising a market lamb for the fair, from selection to feeding and showing. All youth attendee’s names will be submitted to win a $50 voucher towards an ISBA Spring Sale Lamb.

Preregistration fees are $30 for ISBA members, $40 for non-members, and $15 for youth ($45 max youth charge per family). Late registration fee after January 31 and at the door is an additional $10 for adults and $5 for youth. Fees include continental breakfast, refreshments and lunch.

Discounted rooms are available at the nearby Rice Lake Best Western for Friday night. Reserve by calling 715-234-7017 and mention the Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association Shepherd’s Clinic.

Additional information, pre-registration, sponsorship opportunities or trade show reservation information is available on-line by clicking the link below or by contacting Craig Johnson at

715-667-3499.

To access the on-line registration, please clink on below link:

http://barron.uwex.edu/ (Now available!)

Or if you prefer a paper-version of registration:

Download the 2012 Clinic Registration