Links

General Resources

• • Alberta Agriculture Website
  • Agriculture Online
  • AgriNet (Texas A&M)
  • AgriSeek – Buy/ Sell Livestock
  • American Milksheep Organization
  • American Sheep Industry

Annual Conference Presentations: 2016, 2015, 2014

• APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)
• Breeders’ World
• Building a Sustainable Business
• College Degrees for Working with Animals (Affordable Colleges Online)
• Cornell Sheep Program
• Dead Animal Disposal
• Electronic Zoo
• Guard Llamas  (IA State, pdf)
• Maryland Small Ruminant Page
• Milking Sheep Breed Info and Directory
• NJ Fibershed
• Northeast Sheep & Goat Marketing
• Pipestone Lamb and Wool Management Program (Online courses offered by Minn. State Comm. & Techn. College)
• Ranch Manager: Sheep Management software
• Sheep Breeds (Oklahoma State)
• Sheep Breeds List/ Photos (RaisingSheep.net)
• Sheep Book, The by Ron Parker
• Sheep @ Purdue
• Sheep & Goats – Sheepnet – Illinois Livestock Trail  (Univ. Illinois Ext.)
• Sheep Links (from Deer Run Farm)
• Small Farm Business Resources (Univ. of Minn.)
• OSU Sheep Team (Ohio State Univ. Ext.)
• US Animal Health Association
• US Sheep Breeders Online Directory
• Veterinary Technician Schools Guide
• Veterinary and Animal Health Resources (from VetTechnicians.org)
• Virginia Tech Ext Sheep Resources
• Yocom-McColl Testing Laboratories (fiber diameter)

Breed Associations

• American Angora Goat Breeders Association
• America Coopworth Registry
• American Cormo Sheep Association
• American Corriedale Sheep Association
• American Finnsheep Breeders Association
• American Hampshire Sheep Association
• American Karakul Sheep Registry
• American North Country Cheviot Sheep Association
• American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association
• American Romney Breeders Association
• American Southdown Breeders Association
• Barbados Blackbelly Sheep Association International
• Bluefaced Leicester Union of North America
• Breed Organizations List
• Breedersworld Directory
• Colored Angora Goat Breeders Association
• Columbia Sheep Breeders Association of America
• Continental Dorset Club
• Eastern Cashmere Association
• Icelandic Sheep Breeders of North America
• Jacob Sheep Breeders Association
• Jacob Sheep Conservancy
• Katahdin Hair Sheep International
• Livestock Conservancy
  (previously American Livestock Breeds Conservancy – ALBC)
• Miniature Cheviot Sheep Breeders Cooperative
• Montadale Sheep Breeders Association
• National Lincoln Sheep Breeders Association
• National Tunis Sheep Registry
• National Colored Wool Growers Association
• Navajo-Churro Sheep Association
• North American Babydoll Southdown Association
• North American Clun Forest Association
• North American Shetland Sheepbreeders Association
• North American Wensleydale Sheep Association
• Pygora Breeders Association
• St. Croix Sheep Breeders Association
• US Targhee Sheep Association
• United Suffolk Sheep Association

Equipment & Supplies

• Caprine Supply
• Nasco
• Farm and Fleet
• FarmTek
• Gempler’s
• Hemp’s Clipper Repair
• Jeffers Livestock
• Midstates Wool Growers
• Nelson Livestock Waterers
• Pipestone Veterinary Supply
• Premier
• Santa Cruz Animal Health Products
• Sheepman Supply Company
• Sydell Equipment
• Tractor Supply
• Walts Tractor Parts

Health Management

• American Consortium For Small Ruminant Parasite Control – Excellent resource; includes FAMACHA certification information
• ASI Educational Webinars (Grow Your Flock Program) – covers many health and production topics.
• FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
• International Wool Textile Organization’s (IWTO) Guidelines for Wool Sheep Welfare
• NetVet (Veterinary
  Resources – Univ. of WA) VEIN Sheep Health & Production
  (A course for Veterinary Science V students by KA Abbott and WMC
  Maxwell Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney,
  2002).
• US Sheep Care Guide.   Developed to serve as a reference
  for US sheep producer and has been written in recognition of
  an ethical responsibility for the humane care of animals

Knitting & Crocheting

• Brioche Stitch
• Crocheting in the Car
• Learn to Crochet (Lion Yarns)
• Learn to Knit (Lion Yarns)
• Pattern Finder (Lion Yarns)
• Ravelry
• Stitchfinder (Lion Yarns)
• Stitch Tutorials (Stitch Diva)

Pasture Management

• Electric Fencing Mistakes
• Forage Testing
• Haying Frequently Asked Questions (Ronald Florence)
• Hay, Pasture and Silage
• Internet Hay Exchange
• Our Pastures, they deserve better care
• Pasture Frequently Asked Questions (Ronald Florence)
• Penn State Forages
• Poisonous Plants and Flowers (Seranata Flowers) – Scroll Down to “Poisonous Plants for Animals”
• Poisonous Plants (Cornell University)
• Poisonous Plants (Rutgers University)
• Poisonous Plants Electronic Resources (University of Illinois)
• Poisonous Plants (University of Montana)
• Poisonous Plants in Canada
• Poisonous Plants in North Carolina
• Poisonous Plants in Nova Scotia
• US Drought Monitor
• Weeds in Montana
• Weeds in New Jersey

Sheep & Fiber Festivals

• Connecticut Sheep and Wool Festival
• Convergence (Handweavers Guild)
• Creative Strands Conference
• Eastern States Expo
• Garden State Sheep Breeders Festival
• Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival
• MidAtlantic Fiber Association (MAFA)
• Maryland Sheep & Fiber Festival
• Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair
• New York Sheep & Fiber Festival
• North American International Livestock Exposition
• World Sheep & Wool Congress

Spinning

• Capricorn Cashmere
• FabricLink
• Handweavers Guild of America
• Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association (MAFA)
• North American Felters’ Network
• SpinOff Magazine
• Spinning with dog fur
• Spring Housecleaning – Used Spinning Equipment
• Wool Assessment for Handspinning
• Wool Works Knitting Compendium
• Wool Eating Insects

State Sheep Associations

• Connecticut Sheep Breeders Association
• Michigan Sheep Breeders Association
• Montana Wool Growers
• Garden State Sheep Breeders (web site) or on Facebook
• Vermont Sheep Breeders Association

Weaving

• Handweaving Drafts (Handweaving.net)
• On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics
  (Univ. of Arizona, Computer Science Dept.)
• Weaving 101 (Weavolution)

Wool Color Genetics

• Color Genetics Primer
• Color Genetics in Angora Goats
• Color Genetics in Icelandic Sheep
• Color Genetics in Spaelsau Sheep

Wool Mills

• A+ Alpaca Fiber Mill ( Jordan NY)
• Battenkill Fibers (Greenwich NY)
• Blackberry Ridge Woolen Mill (Mount Horeb WI)
• Fingerlakes Yarns Mill (Genoa NY)
• Frankenmuth Wool Mill (Frankenmuth MI)
• Green Mountain Spinnery (Putney VT)
• Gurdy Run Mill (Halifax PA)
• MacAuslands Woolen Mills (Prince Edward Island, Canada)
• Mill at Meadowlands (Randallstown, MD)
• Round Barn Fiber Mill (Durand IL)
• Shepherd’s Mill (Kansas)
• Spinderella’s Creations Carding Mill (Salt Lake City UT)
• Still River Mill (Eastford CT)
• Stonehedge Fiber Mill (East Jordan MI)
• Sweitzer’s Fiber Mill (Seven Valleys PA)
• Zeilinger Wool Company(Frankenmuth MI)