ASI Weekly Newsletter
December 2009
December 31, 2009
As we move into the new year, it seems appropriate to review and reflect on the events from 2009 that helped to shape the sheep industry. Although it is difficult to choose just 10 top stories, the...
December 31, 2009
Convention Early Registration Deadline Approaches Jan. 5 is the last day for attendees to the 2010 American Sheep Industry Association/National Lamb Feeders Association Convention to take advantage...
December 31, 2009
The efforts of those producers who have completed the industry survey sponsored by the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) is greatly appreciated.
December 31, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is gearing up for the Sheep and Goat Inventory Survey. Conducted each year in January and July, this survey prov...
December 31, 2009
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has implemented the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program (SURE) in accordance with the 200...
December 31, 2009
The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI), the Montana Wool Growers Association, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the Public Lands Council wrote to the leadership of the Senate Com...
December 31, 2009
Oprah Winfrey was raised in Nashville by her father, Vernon Winfrey. While a sophomore at Tennessee State University, she was hired as a news anchor at WTVF-TV/News Channel 5, making her the first ...
December 18, 2009
The details of the 2010 American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) / National Lamb Feeders Association Convention have been released.
December 18, 2009
Despite an early morning fire that burned a portion of the Sonora wool and mohair warehouse in Sonora, Texas, the warehouse is still in business.
December 18, 2009
Numerous sheep producers have already completed the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) industry survey sponsored by the Re-building the Sheep Industry Taskforce to collect production and pur...