Sheep and wool checkoff holding public meeting

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Agriculture’s Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program (Indiana S&W) will consider new funding projects at their fall meeting, November 13.

Indiana S&W, administered by the Office of Agricultural Research at Purdue, will meet at the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) held in Louisville, Kentucky, for the upcoming bi-annual meeting. Six funding projects were accepted at the spring meeting, and the S&W Council will be accepting funding requests up until the fall meeting date, which will run 12 to 2:30.

The S&W Council will also be starting the process of elections for the 9th and 3rd district representatives. Anyone interested in taking over these positions may contact Dawn Parks, contact administrator for the Council at indianasheepandwool@purdue.edu, or contact their 9th or 3rd district reps. Such districts include the counties of (district 3) Miami, Wabash, Whitley, Allen, Huntington, Wells, Adams and (district 9) Perry, Orange, Lawrence, Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Scott, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Switzerland, Ripley, Dearborn, Franklin, Crawford, Brown, Bartholomew and Decatur.

Anyone with project ideas for consideration by the checkoff may fill out and submit a funding application, found on the program website.

“The mission of the Indiana Sheep and Wool council is to promote the industry,” Parks said. “Many checkoff projects are designed to engage the general public who may not be aware of the products coming from Indiana sheep farms. We encourage anyone passionate about the industry to consider joining the Council in some capacity. Becoming a district representative is one way to do that.”

The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program was created to support educational, promotional and research efforts involving sheep in Indiana. Funds for the council are collected from the sale of all sheep in Indiana - 0.5 percent of the net market price of each sheep sold. All funds collected by stockyards, sale managers, producers and others should be sent to the council’s business office at Purdue. More information is on the program’s website https://iswcheckoff.wixsite.com/indianasheepandwool.