The Board has adopted a one breed; one standard approach. This initial version, approved on 11/11/16, focuses on the White Romney. The Education Committee of the Board is currently working on language to incorporate natural colored (black) Romneys, followed by Moorit (brown) Romneys. The Board anticipates this work will be completed during the spring of […]
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 […]
Friday, November 11 at 5:00 p.m. current board will meet in conference room B-108 in the South Wing Conference Center. Saturday, November 12 at 6:00 p.m. the annual meeting and dinner will be held in the restaurant at the Sheraton Hotel on the river in Indiana. Sunday, November 13 at 9:00 a.m. the newly elected […]
ARBA’s annual meeting will be held at NAILE this year in Louisville, KY. The annual dinner and meeting will be on Saturday, November 12th, 2016 at 6 pm. The dinner/meeting will be held at The Bristol on the River (AKA Bristol Bar and Grill) in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Costs for dinner tickets will be $26 per […]