Report from the Southeast
Tunis Breeders
2008 Tunis Field Day
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Submitted
by Barbara Cassell
We
had a great day here in VA. +- 20 of us enjoyed a beautiful day of tips on
sheep judging, a picnic lunch, lots of good conversation, old friends and
new friends, and selling some good sheep. Over half the sheep offered
sold. The states of NC, VA, TN and GA were represented by new breeders and
"old hands" and sheep sold to all 4 states! Thank you to all who
supported the Southeast Tunis Breeders Field Day.
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Report from the Southeast
Tunis Breeders
2007 Tunis Field Day
Saturday, May 12, 2007
May 12 was a day for good information, good fellowship, and good Tunis!
Report
from Louise Dunham:
The
Cassell family had everything ready for us...coffee, donuts and a nice
lunch and lots of facilities to pen, display and handle the sheep. It
takes guts to allow a bunch of strangers to go thru every animal on your
farm...or it should be pride because we saw a lot of good animals.
Some
brief notes...Paul Cassell talked about marketing strategy regardless of
your market...consistency, a complete package, honest presentation, and a
plan. Several questions were asked about marketing wool and the ethnic
meat market.
Don
Schrider, a former NTSRI director, and now the communications director of
American Livestock Breed Conservancy, discussed his part in the creation
of the Tunis brochure. He explained that the committee had decided what
Tunis traits were the most prized and those were listed as
"ideal"; what traits weren't going to be tolerated and those
were labeled "disqualifications" and the remainder of the traits
were simply listed as faults and up to the breeder to accept or breed out
of their flock with no judgment from the committee about these faults.
This committee used the longer version of the standard as a source and
their many years of raising Tunis. Don also talked about the added value
of Tunis meat being sold to restaurants and individuals. I hope others in
attendance will add their impressions and what they remember. I,
personally, enjoyed meeting new people and discussing new ideas and
opinions...
Thanks
to Barb, Leon, Paul and Maryann Cassell for their hospitality.
This lamb was sold to Zach Ulbig of Baltimore, Maryland!
A February ewe lamb...one of many consigned by Darling Tunis of Ohio,
Randy & Lynette Powley of TN, Niese's Big Time Tunis of Ohio and Mom's
Tunis of VA.
Paul Cassell spoke on "Marketing Sheep" and other
sheep topics
Evaluating Tunis Lambs - Leon
and Barb Cassell had lots of ways for the sheep to be displayed and
handled...it was an easy time for all!
The Wilmoth family of NC
looking at sheep.
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