ASI Weekly Newsletter
December 2003
December 19, 2003
Feeder Prices, Medium and Large 1-2, San Angelo, 90-95 lbs. for 100-105 $/cwt.
Slaughter Prices - Negotiated, Live, wooled and shorn 88.57-95 $/cwt. for 120-150 lbs., 86.75-90 $/cwt. for 145-17...
December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture?s prices for wool the week beginning Dec. 17, 2003, can be accessed at: Wool Prices.
These rates are used to determine the loan repayment ra...
December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- Legend has it that candy canes trace back more than 350 years to a straight stick used to pacify babies. In the mid-1600?s, the choirmaster of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany us...
December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- Scientists in Australia have embarked on a project to identify the gene that causes black sheep.
Dark fibers in the wool clip are costly for farmers, who often have to cull s...
December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration (GIPSA) announced last week the availability of a Request for Proposal. Outside contractors are being solicited to cond...
December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced on Dec. 18, 2003, that $103 million in payments for the Livestock Assistance Program (LAP) would begin on this day.
?This progr...
December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI)?has nominated two individuals to fill?two?director seats on the board of the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center (NSIIC).
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December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- Responding to a request from the United States Animal Identification Team for the development of a species-specific component to the national animal identification plan, the Amer...
December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- In a teleconference meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 10, the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI)?executive board approved the submission of comments to the U.S. Department of Agr...
December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) office will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year?s Day. The ASI Weekly will not be published on Dec. 26. The next edi...