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Welcome to the Official website of the
Wyoming Wool Growers Association
The mission of the WWGA is to assist or support its members in any
appropriate activity that would benefit them in the business of sheep, lamb
and wool, goat or livestock production in the state of Wyoming and in the
management and enhancement of Wyoming’s natural resource base. In
furtherance of this mission, the following are the stated objectives of the
WWGA:
a) To protect, preserve, promote and enhance the sheep, lamb, wool, goat and
livestock industries
of Wyoming, as well as the ranching communities and
lifestyle of Wyoming and the West.
b) To care for, enhance and add value to the natural resources of the state
of Wyoming.
c)To promote beneficial legislation in the interests of sheep, goat and/or
livestock producers and their associated industries, and to endeavor to
prevent the enactment of any legislation harmful to them.
d) To promote policies that are beneficial to members and their associated
industries in areas of public lands, wildlife damage, import/export, water,
animal care and husbandry, and other relevant issues.
d) To prevent unfair and unjust discrimination in the enforcement of laws
affecting sheep, goat and/or livestock producers and their associated
industries.
e) To develop and secure optimum markets for sheep and other livestock,
and
their products, and to promote and improve marketing opportunities or
systems.
f) To work in cooperation with other state and national organizations,
agencies, and institutions on any issues and programs beneficial to the
members of WWGA as well as the health, welfare and advancement of the sheep,
goat and livestock business and the animals which are vital to it.
URGENT---Producers
who have experienced losses to the recent series of storms should
read this information from FSA.
USDA Livestock Disaster Program Requires
Documentation of Loss
Eligible Producers Urged to Begin Compiling Proof of Loss
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Kathy Knox Stockdog Handling
Clinic - Sponsored by the Wyoming Wool Growers Association and
Warren Ranch Company- Doug & Susan Samuelson, Cheyenne, WY.
We are pleased to announce that we have been able to arrange
to bring a Kathy Knox Stock Dog Clinic to Wyoming this summer, which
will be the only opportunity we are aware of to attend one of
Kathy’s tremendously exciting and informative clinics in the state
in 2009. Register Today!
June 27-28, 2009--- Historic Warren Ranch, Cheyenne, WY
Wyoming Wool
Growers Association
Mountain States Lamb Cooperative/UW Ram Sire Test
Applications are now being accepted for the Eighth Annual
“Ram Sire Test”, jointly sponsored by the WWGA and the Mountain
States Lamb Cooperative. The 60- day test, held in cooperation with
the UW Department of Animal Science, is conducted at the UW Animal
Science Research facility located
5 miles west of Laramie.
The Ram Sire Test has been designated a high priority by the
leadership of both the WWGA and MSLC. Identification of superior
genetics important to the lamb meat industry combined with
translation and distribution of those genetics out into the industry
is seen as one of the keys to the success of the domestic lamb
industry, and in particular the Mountain States/Rosen marketing
entity.
To read the initial press release on this year’s Test,
click here.
To download a copy of the Rules, Test Procedures, and Entry
Applications,
click here.
EPA REJECTS ANIMAL RIGHTS’ GROUPS
PETITIONON PREDATOR CONTROL
Efforts by animal rights’ groups to eliminate livestock protection
tools fails Click
here for more Info
SHEEP WAGON WANTED
The WWGA is in search, and need, of a sheep wagon for our efforts to
promote, and educate about, the Wyoming sheep industry. If anyone
has a serviceable sheep wagon that they would be willing to donate
to the WWGA, please contact Bryce at
b_reece@wyowool.org, or at 307-265-5250.
c)To promote beneficial legislation in the interests of sheep, goat and/or
livestock producers and their associated industries, and to endeavor to
prevent the enactment of any legislation harmful to them.
Wyoming Wool
Growers Association
