Below are the findings of the Science Advisory Panel explaining the science behind brown versus black color and how brown could have remained hidden in the Romney population. As the field of genetics is evolving from studying abstract alleles to knowing the specific DNA code responsible for various differences, breed associations must adapt to this […]
2017 Howard Wyman Sheep Industry Leadership School enrollment deadline January 6 Participants interested in all aspects of sheep production and marketing Oregon-style have until January 6, 2017, to register for the March 12 – 15, Howard Wyman Sheep Industry Leadership School. The intense three-day program features close examination of year-round lambing, grass fed operations, and […]
President, Chris Posbergh, called the meeting of the newly seated ARBA Board to order November 13, 2016 at 9:12 a.m. EST in conference room B-109 of the livestock complex housing the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in Louisville, Kentucky. In attendance were Posbergh, Randy Thompson, Charlene Carlisle, Anne McIntyre Lahner, Allison Seyfert, Katherine Moore, […]
The annual membership meeting of the American Romney Breeders Association was called to order by Chris Posbergh, president, at 8:10 p.m. EST, November 12, 2016. The meeting was held in conjunction with dinner at the Bristol Bar and Grill in the Sheraton Louisville hotel in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Board members attending included Posbergh, Randy Thompson, Charlene […]
The meeting of the board of the American Romney Breeders Association was called to order at 5:15 p.m. EST, November 11, 2016 by Chris Posbergh, president. Members in attendance included Posbergh, Randy Thompson, Charlene Carlisle, Anne McIntyre-Lahner, Allison Seyfert, Katherine Moore, Don Burgess, Betsy McPherson and ARBA secretary/treasurer JoAnn Mast. Board members unable to attend […]
