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Tennessee Sheep Producers Educational Program and Annual Meeting

April 25-26, 2025
Clyde M York 4-H Training Center
62 4-H Center Dr, Crossville, TN 38572 

Friday April 25, 2025
4:00 Registration, venders set up
5:00 Welcome reception, meet and greet, Charcuterie appetizers
6:00 Welcome- Dee Wolters, TSPA president Presentation- LMU Veterinarian-bio security
6:45 TN Dept of Agriculture updates Ryan
7:00 break
7:14 Presentation- Solar Grazing Silicon Ranch
8:00 Presentation- LMU Vet Scrapie eradication/ Scrapie Video #1
8:45 Close session/ announcements

Saturday April 26, 2025
7:30 Registration
8:15 Welcome
8:30 Presentation – Jessy Shanks- lambing
9:30 Break with refreshments
10:00 Presentation- Hannah Thiesen- Fiber Shed / Woolbridge
11:00 Vendor introductions
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Presentation -Thomas Greenlee- emerging technology
1:45 Industry updates- Dee Wolters- ASI Convention, MIWW Callie Smith, Scrapie video #2
2:30 Annual meeting and awards presentation- Dee Wolters
3:00 Auction ends, closing remarks
3:45 Close session

 

New Producers
Saturday April 26, 2025
7:30 Registration
8:15 Welcome
8:30 LMU Vet- getting started with sheep
9:30 Break with refreshments
10:00 Debbie Joines- How and where to obtain sheep
10:20 Dwight Loveday- Lamb meat cuts
10:40 Rod Barnes- Forages and feeds
11:00 Emily Nave- year round ewe/ lamb management
11:30 Q and A
12:00 lunch

Saturday April 26, 2025
Youth Track
7:30 Registration
8:15 Session #1 with Aaron Fisher
9:30 break with refreshments
10:00 Session #2 with Aaron Fisher
11:00 Wool education with Hannah Theisen- Fibershed/ Woolbridge project
12:00 lunch

Educational Program Sign up

Motel Options

There are several hotel options in the Crossville area.  Here are some to contact for more information.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites

560 Peavine Rd

Crossville, TN 38571

(931) 707-1035

Hampton Inn Crossville

64 Hospitality Dr,

Crossville, TN 38555

(931) 707-7170

Super 8 by Wyndham

2543 E 1st St,

Crossville, TN 38555

(931) 707-7660

Comfort Suites

2581 E 1st St

Crossville, TN 38555

(931) 707-8638

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About TSPA

Gestation in sheep varies from 142 to 152 days with the average being 147 days. Just like people, individual pregnancies can vary,  gestation periods of 138 to 159 days are not unheard of. Ewes carrying multiple lambs tend to have shorter gestations while male lambs (and heavy birth weight lambs) are usually carried for longer than female lambs. The form above calculates the lambing date based on a 147 day gestation period.

Lambing Due-Date Calculator: 
Enter Date of Breeding:   
(MM/DD/YYYY format)  
Expected Lambing Date:   
Range of Lambing Dates:

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