Have you read the latest edition of American Sheep Industry News? I placed second in the Scenic category for the 2011 Photo Contest. The results and other winning photos can also be viewed here on the web.

The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) launched an initiative encouraging U.S. sheep producers to grow their flocks to meet increasing demands for lamb and wool production. Their Let's Grow campaign has three goals:

  
I was so excited to bring this ewe back to the 2010 Minnesota FFA State Fair! As a ewe lamb, she was named the 2009 Grand Champion Polypay Ewe and I knew that as a yearling she definitely grew into an eye appealing, functional and productive ewe.

April 3rd-9th 2011 was the week of the the 95th annual Minnesota Royal! The event attracts hundreds of students in the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences to compete in a week full of events and ultimately build a stronger sense of tradition and community. On the final day I competed in the Professional Lamb Lead competition representing my fraternity, Alpha Gamma Rho, and was named Champion! Lamb Lead is a contest designed to test a showman's knowledge of the wool industry, skills with handling sheep and complementing their animal by wearing a wool outfit. (Sheep are from the U of M).