the washington state sheep producer volume...
TRANSCRIPT
Inside this issue:
President’s Message 1
Classified Ads 1
WWGA President Message 2
2013 Board & Officers 2
Scrapie Link 2
Scrapie News 3
New Members 3
Associate Members 3
Lambing School Info 4
MIWW Results 5
Scrapie News Cont. 6
Corporate Sponsors 6
Sheep News 7
Corporate Sponsors 7
Upcoming Events 8
February 25, 2013
A Letter From Moxee...
Volume 27, Issue 1 THE WASHINGTON STATE SHEEP PRODUCER
PO Box 2145, Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-888-3003, [email protected]
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WASHINGTON WOOL GROWERS
AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORING THIS NEWSLETTER
Greetings WSSP Members,
Here it is almost March and the March winds are a little ear-ly. Hopefully those April showers will be a little early too. It has been a busy month February 2 thru the 4th. Wen-dy and I headed to Oklahoma City to The Society of Range Manage-ment Conven-tion. S. Martinez Livestock was nominated for the National Award of Outstanding Achievement in Rangeland Management. By Maura Laverty, who is the Forest Range Program Manager in Wenatchee. It was quite an honor!! Un-fortunately Nick wasn't able to go. He stayed behind to keep everything running smooth at the Lambing Camp. Lambing has been productive and we are getting to the half way point quick. Ready to turn the first group out on sagebrush if the darn cheat grass would grow. Sure would be nice to get a little precipitation... Hopefully all of you are having a great lambing season. God Bless.
Mark Martinez
WSSP President
WSSP Board Meetings: Bar 14 Restaurant, Ellensburg unless noted
April 27, 2013
September 28, 2013
October 23, 2013 in Ritzville
CCCLASSIFIEDLASSIFIEDLASSIFIED AAADSDSDS $.20 per word. Send payment with your ad to P.O. Box 2145, Leaven-worth, WA 98826, (509) 888-3003.
Each year, hundreds of new consumer products are introduced to the meat, poultry and seafood market. The National Provisioner magazine whittled last year's crop down to an innovative dozen. It is now up to consum-ers to vote to decide on the winning product. The Superior Farms' line of Lamb Slow Cookers has been selected as one of the 12 best new products of 2012. This lamb product was inspired by world flavors and was designed for today's at-home foodie.
"Lamb Slow Cookers were meant to really show the versatility of lamb, which is a protein enjoyed world-wide," said Angela Gentry, marketing director. "With three flavors to choose from, (Baracoa, Masala and Moroccan), busy home cooks can enjoy these easy-to-prepare en-trees." Go online to www.provisioneronline.com and place your vote for the best new consumer product of 2012.
Superior Farms Asks for Your Vote
Pictured left to right: Charles Richmond, Director of Rangeland Management, Mark and Wendy Martinez, Jim Pena, NFS Associate Deputy Chief.
Hot Links American Sheep Industry:
www.sheepusa.org
www.americanlambboard.org
Market Reports:
www.ams.usda.gov
USDA/Scrapie:
www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/
scrapie.htm, OR
www.animalagriculture.org/
scrapie
USDA News Releases:
www.usda.gov/news/releases
FSA Wool & Mohair details:
ftp://ftp.fsa.usda.gov/public/
notices/LP_1891.pdf
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/
psd/mohair.htm
NASS Sheep/Goat Statistics
http://www.nass.usda.gov/
QuickStats/Create_Federal_All.jsp
Washington State Legislative
Hotline: 1-800-562-6000.
Greetings from Appel Valley Farm,
We have our first lamb so maybe lambing season has started. It’s sup-posed to snow this weekend so of course it’s time to lamb. Dick and I attended the ASI convention in San Antonio the end of January. It was foggy in the morning and 80 by afternoon. Certainly not what we northerners were used to. We should all be proud of our Make It With Wool contestants. Johanna Svensson of Indiano-la our Senior contestant was sixth runner up and our Junior contestant Danny But-ler of Walla Walla placed in the top 13. There were three gentlemen in the national contest this year. They designed their own dance routine to start off the style show. They were great. More congratulations are due Loveta Boyce. She was elected the new ASIW Vice-President. She will do a wonderful job. Next state con-vention look her up and buy some big bucks tickets. They help fund the Make It With Wool contest and she is responsible for them the next two years. Dick asked me to relay to you that the Whitman, Spokane and Columbia
Basin Wool Pools have sold their wool. White face is $1.40 and black face is $.85 I am going to lecture a few of you ladies. Get your mammogram. At my regular mam-mogram in November they found breast cancer. I have been undergoing test since the lumpectomy in December and am now starting radiation. No breast cancer in my family so this was a surprise. Go get tested.
Love,
Helen and Dick
Page 2 THE WASHINGTON STATE SHEEP PRODUCER
2013 Board of Directors:
District 1:
Greg Hordyk, Arlington
Al Schwider, Maple Valley
District 2:
Teri Blankinship, Winlock
Pete Bowman, Chehalis
District 3:
Jerry Richardson, Moses Lake
Pat Thoren, Moses Lake
District 4:
Sam Hays, Prosser
A. Gene Fernandez, Sunnyside
District 5:
Les Boian, Springdale
Andy Pille, Espanola
District 6:
Dick Appel, Endicott
Jerry Kjack, Walla Walla
At Large:
Jim Acuff, Post Falls
Todd Barth, Ephrata
Gene Champion, Moses Lake
Ross Merker, Rainier
Shearing School Coordinator:
Sarah M. Smith, Moses Lake
WSSP 2013 Officers
President—Mark Martinez, Moxee, 509-574-4249
1st Vice-President— Nick Martinez, Moxee, 509-453-6289
2nd Vice-President — Julie Dashiell, Hunters, 509-528-1293
Past President—Art Swannack, Lamont, 509-257-2683
Auxiliary President—Helen Appel, Endicott, 509-397-3253
ASI Representative—Art Swannack, Lamont
Executive Secretary/Editor—Marcia Parrish, Leavenworth, 509-888-3003,
The January 2013 report for the National Scra-
pie Eradication Program has been
released. The report is available at
www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/
animal_diseases/scrapie/downloads/
monthly_scrapie_rpt.pdf.
Volume 27, Issue 1 Page 3 Volume 27, Issue 1
The National Scrapie Eradication Program (NSEP) has stated there has been a 96% decrease in the percent positive sheep sampled at slaughter adjusted for face color since the start of Scrapie Slaughter Surveil-lance in FY 2003. It further states there were 47% fewer newly identified infected and source flocks in FY2012 compared to the same date in FY2011. In FY2012, there were 21 cases of classical scrapie identified in sheep in the United States. No cases of classical scrapie in goats were identified and no cases of Nor98 scrapie were identi-fied in FY2012. From FY2003 to FY2012, about 2,510 sheep and 31 goats have tested positive for classical scrapie in the USA. At the current rate of progress, the NSEP expects the prevalence of scrapie to be at or near zero by FY 2017. In Washington State, USDA APHIS Veterinary Services is actively collecting scrapie slaughter surveil-lance samples. During FY2012 approximately 382 sheep samples and 32 goat samples were collected that had Washington scrapie tags. No scrapie cases were discov-ered in Washington in FY2012. There are several ways producers can help the scrapie eradication effort: 1. With sheep, use RR rams to pass on genetic re-
sistance to scrapie to the lambs.
2. Keep a closed flock/herd. Select replacement ewes
and does from lambs and kids born in your flock.
This eliminates the risk of purchasing a ewe or doe
that may be infected with scrapie. Scrapie is usually
transmitted by females during lambing/kidding.
3. Obtain replacement ewes and does from Scrapie
Flock Certification Program (SFCP) certified flocks
and herds which have taken measures to lower the
risk for scrapie infection.
4. Keep confined lambing and kidding areas as clean as possible by discarding placenta, birth fluids, and con-taminated bedding. Use household bleach (6 ¼ cups bleach mixed with 9 ¾ cups water) to disinfect clean, dry, solid surfaces and equipment.
5. When at fairs prevent physical contact especially with any female sheep or goats that have a vaginal dis-charge, have recently lambed or kidded or aborted. Separate by a vacant pen, barn alley, or solid barrier.
6. Recognize the signs of scrapie in sheep and goats.
Infected sheep and goats usually show signs of scra-
pie from 2-5 years of age or older caused by damage
to the nerve cells in the brain. Early signs include be-
havioral changes, tremor (especially of head and
Eradicating Scrapie: How Sheep Producers Can Help
Associate Members
Columbia Basin Sheep Producers
719 S. Poplar
Moses Lake, WA 98837
509-765-7974
Kittitas County Sheep Producers 440 Robinson Canyon Rd.
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-925-2620
Spokane Area Sheep Producers
16413 W. Stoughton Rd.
Cheney, WA 99004
509-299-3706
Southwest Washington Sheep Producers
173 Bay Road
Winlock, WA 98596
360-785-3892
Whitman County Woolgrowers
752 Lanky Road
Colfax, WA 99111
Utah Wool Marketing Assoc.
55 S. Iron St., Suite 2, Bldg. 657
Tooele, UT 84074
435-842-4234
Membership Information
We welcome the following new members:
Gerry & Kathleen Kaufman, Kaufman Show
Lambs, Carlsborg
Robin & Stafford-Ames Morse II & III, Bankside Farm, Duvall
Annual dues for regular or associate members are $50.00. Junior members $25.00. WSSP, P.O. Box 2145, Leavenworth, WA 98826, 509-888-3003, [email protected]
SCRAPIE Continued on Page 6
Page 4 THE WASHINGTON STATE SHEEP PRODUCER
Volume 27, Issue 1 Page 5 Volume 27, Issue 1
WA State Make It With Wool Results By Susan Parr
The state Make It With Wool competition was held on October 27 in Yakima, in conjunction with the annual convention of the Washington State Sheep Producers Association. The contest and fashion show involved 16 contestants who modeled garments they had sewn with fabric that was at least 60% wool. The Junior winner was 16-year-old Danny Butler of Walla Walla. He tailored a brown wool suit and tweed vest. He will proceed to the national level of competition in San Antonio, Texas, in January. Alternate Junior winner was 14-year-old Mia Suhrbier of Winlock. She machine embroidered her black wool crepe sheath dress and received a Viking sewing machine. The Senior winner was 19-year-old Johanna Svensson of Indi-anola. Her electric blue wool melton jacket pairs with black wool slacks and a white wool top to win a trip to the national level. Also receiving a sewing machine was Senior alternate, 17-year-old Michaela Nordheim of Waitsburg. She tailored a plum jacket and skirt. The Adult winner, and recipi-ent of a serger, was Eileen Moebius of Kapowsin. She sewed a black and white checked jacket and black wool slacks. Eileen’s picture, video and garment will proceed to National Make It With Wool to be judged. One adult national winner will go to San Antonio. Alternate Adult winner was Dorothy Fish of Federal Way. She sewed a blue wool jersey dress and hand-woven coat ensemble and received a cash award. The Washington Make It With Wool contest is sponsored by the Washington Wool Growers Auxiliary and the Washington State Sheep Pro-ducers. The national contest is spon-sored by the American Sheep Industry and the American Sheep Industry Women. All ages are encouraged to
make, model and enter fashionable wool garments. District contests are held throughout the state during Octo-ber of each year. Qualified district win-ners proceed to the state contest. For national MIWW results, please see Helen Appel’s letter on page 2. For more information, please contact State Director, Susan Parr, of Tacoma, WA (253) 922-5403.
Adults winners Dorothy Fish and Eileen Moebius.
Junior winners Mia Suhrbier and Danny Butler.
Senior winners Johanna Svensson and Michaela Nordheim.
Page 6 THE WASHINGTON STATE SHEEP PRODUCER
Let our grower-owned consignment
Warehouse market your wool to the world.
Will Hart Griggs, Manager (435) 843-4284 ~ Fax: (435) 843-4286
55 S. Iron St., Suite 2-Building 657, Tooele, UT 84074
neck), scratching and rubbing against fixed objects
(apparently to relieve itching), loss of coordination, weak-
ness, weight loss despite retention of appetite, biting of feet
and limbs, lip smacking, gait abnormalities, including high
stepping of the forelegs, hopping like a rabbit, and swaying
of the back end. Have your veterinarian evaluate sheep/
goats showing these clinical signs or call the Washington
State Veterinarian’s office at (360) 902-1878 or the USDA
Veterinary Services Office in Tumwater, WA at (360) 753-
9430 to report scrapie suspects.
7. Make sure your sheep and goats have scrapie ear tags be-
fore leaving the farm. Call 1-866-USDA Tag (1-866-873-
2824) or Millie Chopic directly at 360-864-6320 to obtain
free scrapie ear tags and pliers and obtain specific require-
ments for the identification of sheep and goats. Keep tag-
ging, purchase, and sales records for at least 5 years.
8. Participate in scrapie surveillance by submitting samples
from sheep or goats that have died or are slaughtered on
your farm. Categories of on-farm sheep and goats to sam-
ple can include:
A. Sheep or goats older than 18 months of age that have died on your farm.
B. Sheep or goats of any age that show clinical signs of scrapie. (Please read item #6 to review the signs of scrapie.)
C. Sheep or goats that are slaughtered on your farm as follows:
1. Black faced or Southdown or Montadale sheep older than
18 months of age with no up per age limit.
2. White face or mottled face sheep 2 – 5 years of age.
3. Goats 2 – 5 years of age.
Please call or email Millie Chopic at (360) 864-6320 or [email protected] to obtain free scrapie ear tags or free shipping boxes that include a pre-paid air bill to submit sheep and goat heads for scrapie surveillance. Instructions and further guidance will also be provided.
SCRAPIE Continued from Page 3
The U.S. lamb prices are expected to re-bound in 2013 encouraged by stable demand and reduced supplies. This is according to an analysis of the sheep industry that was made by the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture's, Economic Research Ser-vice in its Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook. "In 2012, sheep inventory registered a small-er decline than in the previous two years. Despite the drought conditions in most of the sheep-producing areas, the "grow our flock" program by the sheep in-dustry appeared to slow the decline. The National Agriculture Statistics Service's Sheep and Goats re-port estimated the inventory of all sheep and lamb in
the United States on Jan. 1, 2013, as 5.34 million head, down 1 percent and a 30,000-head decline from 2012. Breeding sheep inventory decreased to 3.98 million head on Jan. 1, 2013, down 1 percent from 4.0 million head on Jan. 1, 2012. A 2-percent decline was seen in the 2012 lamb crop and is ex-pected to result in further production declines during 2013, with production at around 152 million pounds. As a result, slaughter lamb prices, which declined significantly in 2012, are expected to show strength in 2013." The full report is available at www.ers.usda.gov/media/1023120/ldpm224.pdf.
Volume 27, Issue 1 Page 7 Volume 27, Issue 1
U.S. Lamb Prices to Recover in 2013
Washington State Sheep Producers
P.O. Box 2145
Leavenworth, WA 98826
Page 8 THE WASHINGTON STATE SHEEP PRODUCER
2013 Calendar of Events
NCWA Jr. Livestock Show -- March 28-30, Moses Lake
WSSP Lambing School -- March 30, Lamont
WSSP Shearing School -- April 1-6, Moses Lake
Shepherds Extravaganza -- April 18-21, Puyallup
NW Jr. Livestock Show -- April 19-20, Puyallup
WSSP Board Meeting -- April 27, Ellensburg
Puget Sound Jr. Livestock Show -- June 1-2, Mount Vernon
NW Jr. Sheep Expo -- July 19-20, Moses Lake
WSSP Ram & Ewe Sale -- July 19-20, Moses Lake
Palouse Empire Fair -- Sept. 6-9, Colfax
WSSP Annual Convention -- Oct. 25-26, Ritzville