{"id":75828,"date":"2024-04-24T07:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanagnetwork.com\/?p=75828"},"modified":"2024-04-24T07:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:01:38","slug":"ndsu-romanov-sheep-offer-genetic-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanagnetwork.com\/2024\/04\/ndsu-romanov-sheep-offer-genetic-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"NDSU Romanov Sheep Offer Genetic Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spring lamb prices are holding strong, and the new crop lambs are growing. As NDSU continues to evolve with the sheep research, teaching, and extension program, an opportunity exists to add quality sheep genetics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Dakota State University Department of Animal Sciences will offer a public auction of Romanov ewes and select Romanov and EasyCare rams. Interested buyers can bid on a total of 44 ewes and seven rams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ewes consist of:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16, fall 2023 ewes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8, 2-year-old ewes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12, 3-year-old ewes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8, mature ewes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The herd sires consist of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 EasyCare rams<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 Romanov rams<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romanov sheep have been a longstanding part of research at NDSU. They have served as a model for developmental programming for fetal growth. These prolific ewes have been key in learning the role of placenta and early pregnancy development that has led to advances in sheep reproduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cProduction economics suggest that the largest driver of profitability is number of lambs born,\u201d says Travis Hoffman, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension sheep specialist. \u201cThe Romanov breed sets the standard for increasing lambing percentage in commercial operations, similar to productivity of Finnsheep. With the increased merchandising of ethnic lambs in the spring, these prolific ewes fit the model for profit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NDSU ewes have an average lamb crop born of around 250% in the spring and 220% in fall, Hoffman says. The half-blood Romanov lambs grow quickly at a rate of about 0.7 pounds per day prior to market, reaching 80 to 100 pounds at five months old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested sheep producers can look at sheep and bid on the event page: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsu.edu\/agriculture\/academics\/events\/ndsu-market-romanov-sheep-flock\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ndsu.ag\/romanovsheep<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Check the NDSU Animal Science website <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsu.edu\/agriculture\/academics\/academic-units\/animal-sciences\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.ndsu.edu\/agriculture\/academics\/academic-units\/animal-sciences<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or NDSU Sheep Extension Facebook page for photos and videos. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bids are due via the online closed bid form on May 6 by 5:00 pm, central time. Bid off will happen the evening of May 6, with ewes and rams sold to highest bidders. Buyers must arrange transportation and pick up their sheep prior to May 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NDSU Sheep Unit continues to serve the University mission with registered Hampshire and Columbia and commercial Dorset and White Dorper\/Royal White ewes. Also, NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center maintains registered Columbia sheep and a large Rambouillet range flock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, contact Hoffman at 701-231-2222 or\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:Travis.W.Hoffman@ndsu.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">travis.w.hoffman@ndsu.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0or the Animal Sciences department via email at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:ndsu.ansc@ndsu.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ndsu.ansc@ndsu.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring lamb prices are holding strong, and the new crop lambs are growing. As NDSU continues to evolve with the sheep research, teaching, and extension program, an opportunity exists to add quality sheep genetics. 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