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Winter 2018 Tomorrow’s Sheep Today

View from the Great Lakes StateBrett Pharo, APSA President

As is the case with virtually everyone in the U.S. this year, we’ve had some much colder than average weather in Northern Michigan. On top of that our snowfall has been considerably above average, too. By the end of December, we were nearly two feet above average for that point in the winter. All of that can make caring for sheep a challenge. Even more so for those that choose to lamb this time of year, I sup-pose.

Look through this newsletter for some changes that have been made and are being made, as well as opportunities. Among those are a new webmaster and web address, annual meeting place and date, sale op-portunities, and opportunities to serve.

It’s a great time to be a Polypay breeder and mem-ber of the APSA. It seems that every year the interest in Polypays is high, is spreading, and is growing. I’m sure many of us could share stories, but for me, just in the first week of January, which is typically not a time when I get requests, I had calls from a producer in KY wanting up to 50 ewes/ewe lambs, and a call from a producer in PA looking for 500-700. I think I

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APSA Board of Directors

Brett Pharo, President 2020-212266 Cherry Ave.Rapid City, MI 49676brettpharo@gmail.com 231-322-2017

Mark Meurer, Vice-President 2018-21869 Midway Rd.Ashton, IL 61006meurer66@gmail.com 815-973-5576

John Anderson, Secretary 2019-110131 Munson Rd.Shreve, OH 44676johnwallaceanderson@gmail.com 330-749-9053

Chris Kaeb, Treasurer 2018-1639 N. 1000 E Rd.Buckley, IL 60918cakfarm@localline2.com 815-457-2618

Jeremy Refshaw 2018-11339 290th St.Waubun, MN 56589refshawranch@yahoo.com 218-230-5383

Bryce Freking 2019-1924 35th St.Ceylon, MN 56121frekingpolypay@gmail.com 605-310-0733

Kathy Ewert 2019-120009 62nd St.McLouth, KS 66054kmewert@embarqmail.com 913-796-6044

Mark Van Roekel 2020-13891 390th St.Orange City, IA 51041mandbvr@gmail.com 712-737-8205

found enough for the fella from PA, and haven’t heard back from the KY people. The KY contact was for an Amish family. The Amish communities have become big customers, at least in Michigan and neighboring states, as they see the potiential of sheep in general and Polypays in particular.

In addition to those two, in the first week of Janu-ary I’ve had contacts from two young local families looking to get started in sheep. The interest is also coming from areas where Polypays are not as en-trenched. In the last few months, I’ve had calls from TX, OK, and NC that I can think of right now.

What’s behind the interest in Polypays? We are the premier maternal breed, while maintaining a great carcass. What could be better? OK, looking at my wool check, the wool could be better. We aren’t bad with our medium wool, but unfortunately the only wool in high demand right now is the fine wools. We have the tools available, through NSIP or even just by getting micron measurements on rams, to make fo-cused improvement in that area, but it’s hard to justify the costs involved when we aren’t going to get to the fiber diameter that will bring the high dollars.

With so much of the conversation around the coun-try focusing on parasites, Polypays are part of most conversations. Our program of developing EBV’s for parasite resistance is touted most everywhere one goes. Several times last weekend at the Michi-gan Sheep Producers annual gathering, the ability to use EBV’s to improve genetic parasite resistance by Polypays and Katahdins was mentioned and promot-ed. We are very appreciative of the work Dr. Chris Schauer and Jerry Sorensen have put into this project. Thanks, guys.

Interest nationwide in quantitative genetic analysis through EBV’s has been on a rapidly rising curve. As one of the most involved breeds in the US, Polypays have been a headliner breed. We should be proud of our work and of our breed, but not rest on our laurels.

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Registrations1595 sheep were newly registered with the APSA

in 2017. That’s a 9% increase over 2016. Excluding US MARC, which didn’t register any this year, the increase is 30%.

The five states with the most registrations were MN - 338, WI - 266, IL - 153, OH - 148. and ND - 124. These five states accounted for 65% of the regis-trations. The member with the most registrations was the University of Wisconsin with 144 registrations.

66% of the sheep registered in 2017 were from flocks enrolled in NSIP.

Registration numbers for the last six years:2012 - 13542013 - 14112014 - 12952015 - 14952016 - 14642017 - 1595

New Web MasterAPSA member, Pat Schloss has volunteered to

take over the APSA website. He’s done a great job and as this goes to print, the new website is up and running. This will save the organization several hun-dred dollars.

The web address is www.polypay.org. Note: If you have a link on your farm web page

to countrylovin.com/polypay, you should change that link to polypay.org.

2018 Annual Membership Meeting

The 2018 American Polypay Sheep Association Annual Memebership Meeting will be held at the Clay County Fairgrounds in Spencer, IA on Friday, July 27, 2018. Details on the time and place are yet to be de-termined, but it will be held in concert with the Center of the Nation Sale.

In looking for a location and date for the meeting in the absence of a national sale, the board considered where the most APSA members were likely to be in attendance and distance for the most members. The Spencer, IA event filled the bill on both accounts.

Start making plans to attend and join together with fellow APSA members.

2018 Sales of InterestGiven the poor prices that have been the rule

at APSA national sales for the last several years in Sedalia, Springfield, and Berrien Springs, espcially when compared to prices at other sales and at the farm gate, the APSA Board has decided to suspend having a national sale in 2018. Other sales featuring APSA sheep continue to bring good prices. Some of those are listed below. Consider consigning.

June 25-30 Midwest Stud Ram Sale, Sedalia, MO

July 27-28 Center of the Nation NSIP Sale, Spencer, IA

August 10-11 Eastern NSIP Sale, Wooster, OH

Director NominationsIn this newsletter is a nomination form for the

APSA Board of Directors. Consider whether you might be willing to serve and help guide the future of the American Polypay Sheep Association, or if you know someone that you feel would serve well. We need your input.

Candidates need to be nominated by three mem-bers and the form returned by March 31 along with a short resume to Brett Pharo, 12266 Cherry Ave., Rapid City, MI 49676

Financial PositionThe APSA ended the calendar year 2017 in excel-

lent financial condition. Like every other organiza-tion, costs continue to rise. For the first time in many years, the board did raise fees for transfers from $5.00 to $7.00 in August this year.

Net gain for 2017 was $1392.53.

Bank Balance $25028.80Accts Rec. from members $ 1692.00Total Assets $26720.80

The association has the following liabilities:Accts Pay. to Assoc. Registries $ 146.82Accts. Pay. to members $ 404.00Director Credits $ 2908.50Remaining Grant Funds $ 1833.78Total Liabilities $ 5293.10

Net Worth $21427.70

2018PolypayBreedersDirectoryThismembershipdirectoryincludesmemberswhoseduesarepaidupasof1/1/18.

CALIFORNIAKariRoseRosePolypays37396OakViewSt.Burney96013530-356-6498kkrose@frontiernet.netCOLORADOBilly&HelenHardmanUncompahgrePolypays7401325Rd.,Delta81416970-901-5045UPFDelta@aol.comwww.polypays4u.comDavid&CindyNapierBlackSheepFarmHudson24508Hwy52Hudson,80642303-912-8701blacksheepfarmhudson@yahoo.comNick&JanaeParsonsBellRingerRanch18563WardCreekRd.Cedaredge,81413530-510-1864nparsons@deltaschools.comDanielShapiroShapiroFamilyFarms6420BurrowsRd.,ColoradoSprings80908719-495-7340GEORGIAGeorge&JuliaLyonsLyonsFarm,Inc.2732Hwy9SDawsonville30534706-265-3328lyonsfarm@windstream.netIDAHORobinWylie1425S.McDermottRd.Nampa,83687208-250-6456robin@sweethillsfarm.comILLINOISJohnCarlsonJCCPolypays13525N.1050Rd.,MaComb61455309-333-9798jccarlson@logonix.nethttp://jccpolypays.my.logonix.net

Hoffmann&Murphy1254GallRd.,Waterloo62298618-939-7954cewe2@hotmail.comBobby&HeidiHoodClearCreekSheep1044Buffalo-MechRd,Dawson62520217-836-4664clearcreekpolypay@hotmail.comwww.clearcreekpolypays.comChris&AnnaKaebCAKPolypays639N1000ERd,Buckley60918815-457-2618cakfarm@localline2.comMark,Lindsey,Logan,Lane,&LaurenMeurerBigPrairiePolypays1869MidwayRd.,Ashton61006815-973-5576815-453-2257meurer66@gmail.comwww.bigprairiepolypays.comGordon&AnneSammonsSammonsPolypay17295Hwy82,Geneseo61254309-944-3692sammons@theinter.comLinda&RandyWolfWolfarmPolypays2205E2300Ave.St.Elmo,62458INDIANAGlen&ChrisJonesHiddenValleyPolypays4750N450E,Rochester46975574-204-3442glenjones1948@gmail.comJoeRobertson&Family6293S.SR231Cloverdale46120765-301-0299JasonWerling&Family1234W.1200NDecatur46733260-414-9865

IOWAKevin&DianeHermannShadyLawnPolypays1850SScottParkRd,Eldridge52748563-285-8926563-320-2746shadylawn1@gmail.comTomKnapperUticaRidgeFarm22850UticaRidgeRd.Davenport52807563-676-6762uticaboergoats@csteldridge.comHowardLindamanSandPrairiePolypays2041180thSt,Marshalltown50158641-752-3490celindaman@aol.comZachMeinders MeindersStockFarm3605230thAve.BuffaloCenter50424515-320-3835meinders2@hotmail.comBenjaminMurphy1254GallRoadWaterloo62298618-939-7954cewe2@hotmail.comJerry&MarySorensenWestCycloneFarm*HonoraryMember*11481100thSt,Harlan51537712-755-7250712-579-1511wclones@harlannet.comwestcyclonefarm.homestead.comMark&BrendaVanRoekel3891390thSt.OrangeCity,51041712-737-8205mandbvr@gmail.comKANSASKathleenEwert,PresidentNotkwytaRanch,Inc.2000962ndSt,McLouth66054913-796-6044kmewert@embarqmail.comwww.notkwyta.com

Dathan&JamieJamisonJamisonPolypays6850CountyRd.AAQuinter67752785-769-3361dathanjamison@gmail.comKENTUCKYClarkCoyle1374QuirksRunRd.Danville,40422859-583-08161503@medicineshoppe.comUniversityofKentucky1171MidwayRd,Versailles40383859-559-7756endre.fink@uky.eduMARYLANDKinsingerHomer5790GarrettHwyOakland21550301-616-4381hslukraine@gmail.comMICHIGANKendall&VickiNash10751BeecherRd.Pittsford49271517-523-3179vknash@frontier.comBrett&DebPharoPharoPolypay*LifetimeMember*12266CherryAv,RapidCity49676231-322-2017231-564-1540brettpharo@gmail.comwww.backacrefarmmi.comPatrickSchlossNKidsFarm5420FarrellRoadDexter48130734-424-0331pdschloss@gmail.com

MINNESOTAEleseAndol800CynthiaSt.Maynard56260MikeBervenRiverdaleFarm903040thSt.,NWMilan56262320-269-8749riverdale@mvtvwireless.comLarryBremerElmCreekPolypay1948StateHwy15,Truman56088507-236-4175elmcreekpolypay@yahoo.comwww.elmcreekpolypay.comChrisFagernessPatriotPolypay428100thAve.Steen56173507-855-2112cfagerness@hotmail.comBryce&BobbieFrekingFrekingPolypayGenetics92435thSt.Ceylon56121605-310-0733frekingpolypay@gmail.comNicoleJessen&MarkGieseShadyLaneFarms2655190thSt,Canby56220507-829-8748nljessen87@gmail.comDanny&LoriKromeDakotaKromePOA&Polypays2116150thSt,Fairmont56031507-236-3174l.krome@netzero.netHollyNeaton11549Hwy25SW,Watertown55388952-955-2596952-240-2192hjneaton@gmail.comJeremy&RenitaRefshawRefshawRanchPolypays1339290thSt,Waubun56589218-473-2236218-230-5383refshawranch@yahoo.comwww.refshawranch.comCarolineScheffert51253StateHwy13Warseca56093507-461-6088horsechic30@gmail.com

Lila,Dale,Bobbi&KirbySchmidtGrandviewPolypays2834CoRd5,Marshall56258507-532-7564lilalamb@starpoint.netwww.grandviewpolypay.comRussellSmith17360PerkinsValleyDr.Houston,55943507-458-8688rsmith@winona.eduSteve&JanineSpessardJ&SPolypays32706RobertsAve,Worthington56187507-372-5956jspolypays@frontiernet.netBlakeThoreson14304CR12Blvd.Zumbrota55992507-732-5950507-202-0936jimthoreson@netzero.netJennifer&JessicaWillegalNordhillPolypays31406633Ave,Gibbon55355507-276-4908507-834-6814strawberry103@hotmail.comScottWollin1151470thAve.Karlstad56732218-686-5513swollin@wiktel.comMISSOURIJoeFergusonRR6,Box75Marquand64655573-866-2376HenkeFarmsRt.3,Box253,Princeton64673660-748-5742660-748-4283amh55a@yahoo.comhenkefarms@gmail.comNEBRASKACharlesReppertReppertPolypays1311MAve.,Pender68047402-385-2790creppertfarm@wildblue.net

NEWYORKDavid&CarlaCummingsPicassoSheepFarm850WellmanRd.Ashville,14710716-397-3025dacummings56@hotmail.comNORTHDAKOTAJeromeBeckman971645StreetSEYpsilanti,58497701-269-1951Leonard&CarolPage17027thAveNW,Reeder58649701-853-2489carol_page@live.comChristopher&RondaSchauerSchauerSheepCo.POBox205,Hettinger58639104Hwy12West701-567-5374701-567-3582chris_schauer@yahoo.comOHIOJohnAndersonLambshirePolypays10131MunsonRd,Shreve44676330-749-9053info@lambshirepolypays.comwww.lambshirepolypays.comKaylaFlinn&LukeInbodyL&KSheepCo.6563TwpRd28,Jenera45841419-306-2451flinn_13@hotmail.comBrandon&DevonGrosjeanDBFarms2589ColumbusRd,Wooster44691330-347-6033tribefan2011@gmail.comRobertHastings535SpringSt.Wooster,44691330-264-9065annalbucher@gmail.comHaroldHeidlebaughEastViewFarm5760PeltierRd.Delphos,45833419-695-8696

David&VeldaLimbachMistyHollow14950StanwoodSt.Dalton44618330-604-6040330-605-1856Martin,Myra,StevenSniderSniderPolypayFarmP.O.Box941Sunbury,43074614-554-1295sniderpolypayfarm@gmail.comDon&MetaVanNostranWill-O-WoodSheepFarm2871LaddRidgeRd.Athens,45701740-856-2151wowlamb@gmail.comPENNSYLVANIAJanMotter&EdO’SheaLane’sEndFarm12211WRt973,JerseyShore17740570-398-2078SOUTHDAKOTAJoe&BevCassady1029CircleDr.Brookings,57006605-651-7034jpcassad@gmail.comJim&RhondiHanssenHanssenPolypays43014260thSt.Emery57332605-449-4659rjhanssen@triotel.netDoug&RoseMarieHoiten44674256thSt.,Montrose57048605-769-0807605-363-3211hoitens@goldenwest.netVicVanWellVanWellPolypays110418thSt.NEWatertown57201605-881-6574vcvanwell@iw.netwww.vanwellsheepfarm.com

TENNESSEEElijahDurbin1515BrianSt,Lebanon37087615-444-3032rtanner@wilsoncoop.comLaDonnaTanner1515BrianSt,Lebanon37087615-957-8812615-444-3032rtanner@wilsoncoop.comWASHINGTONLauraRayShearVistaPolypays5254HatteryOwens,DeerPark99006509-276-9298509-995-3256ljr2057@gmail.comArthur&JillSwannackFeustelFarms,Inc.1201CreeRd.Lamont,99017509-257-2683dvm@feustelfarms.comSallyTibbitsSleepyHollowFiberFarmsP.O.Box537GraniteFalls,98252206-245-7593stockdogs@comcast.netWISCONSINRobertAllenW.11456McDonaldDr.Merrimac,53561608-754-4603aggienbob@yahoo.comThomas&SharonBartmerBearValleyFarm19914107thSt.,Bristol53104847-372-8996tombartmer@hotmail.comwww.bearvalleyfarm.netRick,Barb,&KristineGruwellGru-WellFarmN2001WHarmonRd,Lodi53555608-370-3572rgruwell@merr.comDonald&MaryHausserHausserPolypaysS67W38381HwyZZ,Eagle53119262-495-2692d.mhausser@gmail.com

Brandon&MichelleKnutsonDiamondKSheepCo.8605KemmererRdClinton53525608-732-4955diamond.clublambs@yahoo.comEricLarsen5720OakParkRd.Marshall53559608-655-4035jlcelloplayer76@gmail.comWarrenO’BrionIrishAcresW4050PalmerRdRio53960920-992-3747irishacres@centurytel.netDale&JanetPatterson9587StateRd133,GlenHaven53810608-994-2390jndfarms@tds.netUniversityofWisconsinW4857MeekRdArlington53911608-846-5858608-322-4914toddtaylor@wiscmail.wisc.edu

Dues ReminderRemember, APSA dues are now due for 2018.

The year you are paid up through is on your mailing label.

News MakersThe January 2018 issue of the Sheep Industry

News features articles by or about three APSA mem-bers - Chris Schauer, Zach Meinders, and Holly Neaton. It’s always good to open an industry magazine and see familiar names and faces.

Show YourselfWe are always looking for articles and pictures

for the newsletter. All the photos in this newsletter are again from the Pharo farm. We’d like to see some pictures from around your farm. If you have some-thing positive or educational you’d like to write about involving the sheep industry, Polypays, or the associa-tion, that would be great, too. Send to Brett Pharo, brettpharo@gmail.com.

APSA Director Nomination Form

We, the undersigned members of the American Polypay Sheep Association,

nominate ______________________________________________to serve as a Director on the Board of Directors of the American Polypay Sheep Association.

Name ________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________________________________________

Name ________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________________________________________

Name ________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________________________________________

Three separate voting active memberships must sign this form for it to be accepted as official.

I, _____________________________________________, desire to, and will, serve to the best of my ability on the Board of Directors of the American Polypay Sheep Association, for a three-year term if elected. Attached is my resume (not to exceed 200 words), which may be mailed to all APSA members so that they may judge as to my qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors of the APSA.

I certify that I am a breeder of purebred Polypay sheep registered with the American Polypay Sheep Association, and I pledge myself to support and obey the Articles of Incorporationa nnd Bylaws of this association, and the Breeder’s Guidelines as contained thereing, and to advance the production objectives of the Polypay breed.

Nominee’s Signature:_____________________________________________Date:_______________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________________________

Return completed nomination form and accompanying resume by March 31, 2018 to:

Brett Pharo, APSA President12266 Cherry Ave.Rapid City, MI 49676