ASI Sheep Cast: Spring DC Trip by American Sheep Industry Association

This week, ASI and over 200 stakeholders urge appropriations support for USDA Wildlife Services, legislation is introduced to roll back unintended regulatory overreach and ASI members prepare to take to Washington, D.C. to visit with agencies and their Congressional representatives.

Wrapping up the 2018 Sheep Industry Convention with major announcements on policy priorities and directives for the upcoming year.

ASI Sheep Cast: Sage Grouse Comments, ELD and Convention around the corner by American Sheep Industry Association

This week, we talk about the upcoming ASI convention, highlighting the Young Entrepreneur program for young and beginning sheep producers.

As 2017 comes to a close, we look at updates on some key priorities for the sheep industry including the status of electronic logging for livestock haulers, ongoing litigation threatening the industry and the tax reform package.

This week, ASI sits down with Indiana Director Dr. Stan Poe, as ASI officers travel to Washington, D.C. to discuss priorities for the Sheep Industry including trade, scrapie and Wildlife Services predator control.

This week, the American Sheep Industry visits with Peter Ackroyd, President of the International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO) at the mid-year meeting in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

This week, ASI submits comments to postpone enforcement of the Electronic Logging Device rule and pushes back against lawsuits aimed at preventing grazing on Federal lands.

This week, the American Sheep Industry looks at the Agricultural Guestworker Act, discusses tax reform priorities and comments on the upcoming BLM Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting.