White Ewe Lambs 1st Place Callie Burgess, OH Little Hooves 527 Little Hooves Romneys, NJ 2nd Place Ellora Chapin, NH Morton 0113 Emma Morton, RI Natural Colored Ewe Lambs 1st Place Callie Burgess, OH AF1335NC Anchorage Farms, NY 2nd Place Ethan Kennedy, NY Little Hooves 5112 Little Hooves Romneys, NJ
By Don Burgess The Romney breed originated in the Kent region of southeastern England. This region, with its harsh winds, heavy rainfall, and wet soils provided abundant forage, but also required sheep that could withstand this environment. The Romney, often referred to as the Romney Marsh, was developed and selected for its strong, foot rot […]
Sorting Grading Classing Creating Standardization Across the USA SGC: an exciting collaboration of Fiber Experts We are pleased to announce our recent collaboration of Certified Sorted Systems and Wini Labreque of Starweaver Farm. The new entity is called “Sorting, Grading, Classing” (SGC). We are joining forces to standardize fiber sorting from a unified position. Our […]
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Picture the farmhouse, the barn, and a few sheep in the field. Inside, great grandmother is spinning the last of the wool from this year’s flock. She has washed it, dried it and combed the fibers so they lay in one direction to make her wool ready to spin into yarn. When she finishes, she […]
