ASI Wraps Out Convention with Priorities for the Future by American Sheep Industry Association

This week on the ASI SheepCast, we talk with President Benny Cox about why sheep producers from across the nation should be making plans now to join the industry January 22-25 in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona.

This week’s ASI SheepCast looks at our end of year priorities with passage of the Appropriations bill and the first step toward final passage of USMCA.

On this week’s ASI SheepCast we take a look at the Farm Workforce Modernization Act which just passed the U.S. House of Representatives, paying special attention to provisions for the sheep industry. We also congratulate Fish and Wildlife Services Director Skipwith on her confirmation and preview the Sheep Industry Convention.

This week, the ASI SheepCast looks at EPA’s announcement on additional label use restrictions for sodium cyanide as used in the M-44 device. ASI worked closely with USDA/APHIS and EPA to ensure livestock producers had access to these critical predator control tools. We also preview the annual Sheep Industry Convention, January 22-25th in Scottsdale.

On this week’s ASI SheepCast, we talk with President Benny Cox about the industry priorities he shared at the West Texas Legislative Summit in San Angelo, Texas.

This week, ASI President Benny Cox joins to discuss the ongoing trade disruption with China and what ASI is doing to ensure sheep and wool producers can weather the challenge of retaliatory tariffs, as well as looking at funding to ensure American producers have access to key technologies.

This week, the ASI SheepCast looks at the trade implications for the U.S. wool industry, the extended comment period on the proposed rule to de-list the gray wolf and sets the record straight on the industry’s actions to preserve the range.

On this week’s ASI SheepCast, we talk with Amy Hendrickson of ASI about the final Scrapie Rule that went into effect this week and the impact it will have on the industry.

This week on the ASI SheepCast, we review the Secure Sheep and Wool Supply Plan, outline the need for comment on recovery of the gray wolf, and ASI files comments in support of the EPA’s revised WOTUS rule.