The annual Pennsylvania Sheep and Goat Field Day and Consignment Breeding Stock Sale will be held this year on Thursday, August 11, 2022
– Field Day Begins 1:00 PM
– Breeding Stock Sale Begins 6:00 PM Held in conjunction with Penn State’s Ag Progress Days
The sale and field day will be held at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Evaluation Center on the grounds of the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center where Ag Progress Days is held every August. Both events are free and open to the public.
Ag Progress Days draws more than 400 U.S. and Canadian exhibitors and crowds of tens of thousands of farm families connecting with each other and exploring the latest research, technology, equipment and farm management practices.
Beginning at 1:00 PM, the Sheep and Goat Field Day will include presentations on:
- Small Ruminant Quality Assurance by William Fritz, Ph.D., of Delaware Valley University
- Veterinary Client-Patient Relationships by Roselle Busch, D.V.M., of University of California- Davis
- Selecting Your Way Out of Parasite Problems and Potential Consequences by Scott A. Bowdridge, Ph.D., of West Virginia University
- Marketing Lambs and Kids in Pennsylvania by Camren Maierle of Penn State Extension and a panel of sheep and goat buyers
Consignments of breeding meat bucks, rams, does and ewes, born between September 1, 2020 and March 31, 2022 are invited. Purebred stock must have registration certificates. Each animal must have Scrapie Identification and a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection signed by an accredited veterinarian. The attending veterinarian will inspect consignments upon delivery to the Livestock Evaluation Center.
Details available on the PA Dept of Agriculture website.
Visit agriculture.pa.gov for more information on the sale and a full schedule of the Sheep and Goat Field Day, or contact Livestock Evaluation Center Manager Greg Hubbard at 814-238-2527 or ghubbard@pa.gov.