As the end of the month approaches, the Halloween decorations are out, there are pumpkins everywhere and the breeding groups are all set with rams in with the ewes. Somebody remind me in four months to get ready for lambing please.
The Big-E is over, Topsfield and Harrisburg are in the books, Louisville is just around the corner and we are off and running towards finishing up breeding for spring lambs. I know, a lot of you finished some time ago, but us "old timers" don't like being in the barn that much in January.
For those of you who do not follow the Big-E results, you should go to thebige.com and under the agriculture drop down, find show results. You will see the pictures of a lot of our members. We are raising a good bunch of award winning stock here in Massachusetts.
It is time to plan for attending the 2012 ASI convention in Scottsdale, AZ in January. If you have never attended the annual convention, you are missing out on a great learning opportunity. The schedule of events is crammed full of seminars, presentations and discussions about our sheep and their care. You will have the opportunity to meet producers from all over the country and find out how they approach their profession and also find out how curious they are about how we approach the same issues. My experience in the ASI organization is that while they have always known that our management challenges are different, they never really understood how to help us solve them. The schedule should be posted on the ASI web site at sheepusa.org very soon. Come join us in Scottsdale!
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