Purdue's Sheep Checkoff Funds Projects For 2021, Welcomes New Board Members
November 23, 2020 at 10:45 p.m.
By Staff Report-
At the checkoff’s biannual meeting in early November, Indiana S&W board members voted to accept four new projects for funding.
Those projects include a small ruminant workshop in Washington County; Washington County 4-H sheep meeting activities; upgrades to the Indiana Sheep Association’s website and the merging of the IN S&W current webite; and funding for the 2021 statewide ISA Shearing School that is planned to be held in March.
Indiana S&W asks that producers and others continue to submit funding requests for projects involving the promotion of or research for the Indiana Sheep Industry.
More information can be found atiswcheckoff.wixsite.com/indianasheepandwool.
Indiana S&W also welcomed three new board members for districts 2, 5 and 8.
District 2 will now be represented by Kim Martin, who will oversee Kosciusko, Elkhart, LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb counties.
District 5 will now be represented by Bill Zwyers, overseeing Cass, Carroll, Howard, Clinton, Boone, Tipton, Hamilton, Grant and Madison counties.
And District 8 welcomed Justin Rexing, overseeing Sullivan, Knox, Daviess, Marten, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Posey, Vandenburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Clay, Owen, Monroe and Greene counties.
Anyone with questions or interest in learning more about the program can contact Purdue program advisor Meredith Cobb at 765-426-1195, or visit the checkoff website.
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% of the net market price of each sheep sold.
At the checkoff’s biannual meeting in early November, Indiana S&W board members voted to accept four new projects for funding.
Those projects include a small ruminant workshop in Washington County; Washington County 4-H sheep meeting activities; upgrades to the Indiana Sheep Association’s website and the merging of the IN S&W current webite; and funding for the 2021 statewide ISA Shearing School that is planned to be held in March.
Indiana S&W asks that producers and others continue to submit funding requests for projects involving the promotion of or research for the Indiana Sheep Industry.
More information can be found atiswcheckoff.wixsite.com/indianasheepandwool.
Indiana S&W also welcomed three new board members for districts 2, 5 and 8.
District 2 will now be represented by Kim Martin, who will oversee Kosciusko, Elkhart, LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb counties.
District 5 will now be represented by Bill Zwyers, overseeing Cass, Carroll, Howard, Clinton, Boone, Tipton, Hamilton, Grant and Madison counties.
And District 8 welcomed Justin Rexing, overseeing Sullivan, Knox, Daviess, Marten, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Posey, Vandenburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Clay, Owen, Monroe and Greene counties.
Anyone with questions or interest in learning more about the program can contact Purdue program advisor Meredith Cobb at 765-426-1195, or visit the checkoff website.
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% of the net market price of each sheep sold.
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