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Annual Ram Performance Test Field Day, Sale set for March 14Texas The annual Ram Performance Test Field Day and Sale is set for March 14 at the Texas AgriLife Research Station at Sonora. The event will be conducted by AgriLife Research and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service at the station, which is located 28 miles south of Sonora on U.S. Highway 55. The day's events start with an informal morning inspection of Rambouillet rams. A catered lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. An educational program will follow at 1 p.m., and the auction of eligible rams that have completed the test will start at 2 p.m. Program topics will include a wool market outlook, the proper management of rams following the test, comments about the test and selection objectives for sheep breeders when grain is expensive. The afternoon program will be directed by Dr. Frank Craddock, AgriLife Extension sheep and goat specialist at San Angelo. Burk Lattimore, secretary of the Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association, will award the certified ram certificates to the owners of the qualifying rams. For further information, contact Dr. Dan Waldron or Craddock at 325-653-4576, or call the AgriLife Research facility at 325-387-3168. Or visit the test's website at http://sanangelo.tamu.edu/genetics/ramtest.htm.
Date: 3/13/08
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