South Carolina
Sheep Association
Educating, encouraging, and empowering sheep and goat owners across South Carolina.
Welcome to the South Carolina Sheep Industries Association!
Our goal is educate, encourage and empower our members to raise, show, market or just enjoy their sheep, lambs and goats.
We offer programs to help beginning and existing Sheep (and Goat owners) raise healthy and productive small ruminants. We have quite a diverse group - sheep for dairy and some goats for wool and everything else you can imagine!
Whether you're thinking about getting a couple of goats as family pets or working into a microdairy, our classes and members can help you along the way. There's a growing interest in family farms to raise their own meat and milk as well as an interest in wool.
Our membership fee is $25 and renewals are due. Use the link at the bottom of this page to join or renew. A PayPal link is available for your convience. You will receive the ASI Magazine, newsletter and discounts on conferences and classes.
Our Parent Association is the American Sheep Industry. Many of the state associations are including goats (as we have always done in the past) because both species are small ruminants.
To help with internet searches, we will use the name South Carolina Sheep and Goat.
Meetings
Everyone has a busy schedule. Our meetings are usually during the events that our leaders (and members) have on their farm locations.
We try to have the meetings evenly placed in the Upstate and south of Columbia, SC for convenience of members. You're welcome to attend both area events.
Some have reduced admission fees or free to members. Please keep checking this page for dates and details of events.
We would love to have you. If you join, we will send you emails to update and keep you informed on our State as well as the National meetings for the Sheep Industry!
Members
Red Creek Farm
Carol Anne Bailey
1394 Ramage Rd.
Townville, SC 29689
864-376-5158
Katahdin Hair Sheep & Herding Border Collies
Whispering Pines
Alan & Debbie Webster
681 Campbell Bridge rd.
Seneca, SC 29678
Cell 864-360-3222
Registered Tunis, East Fresian Dairy sheep, Icelandic
Livestock Guardian Dogs
Grade A Raw Sheep Milk and Cheeses
Ebenezer Farm
Eddie Martin
3740 Hwy 413
Anderson, SC 29621
864-296-0454
Registered St. Croix hair sheep, commercial and freezer lamb
Collins’ Farm
Wilmer Collins
1751 Reedy Branch Rd.
Blacksville, Sc 29817
803-259-1325 803-571-1522
cll480@aol.com
Katahdin mixed for meat
Moss Hollowe Farms
Lynn Hurst
141 Dug Hill Road
Landrum, SC 29356
864-457-5120
Gotland sheep- fiber, yarn, felted clothing
and accessories; can provide information on spinning
The Graham Farm
Ryan Graham
327 Old Conway Road
Marion, SC 29571
843-245-2560
Dorper/Katahdin cross
Fletcher Place Farm, LLC
Rick & Peggy Anthony
125 Ivey Hayes Rd.
Pickens, SC 29671
864-878-3981 Home
864-770-3119 Cell
White Dorpers – Registered and Freezer Lamb
Chapple's Micro Farm
Theresa A Chapple
6016 Claybar Court
Clover, SC 29710
Wool Flock of Jacob, Romney, Border Leicester, Cotswold Mix.
Offering long staple wool for spinners and crafters. Lambs
Team Brick Farm
Jeremy & Sarah Brick
PO Box 4388
Anderson, SC 29622
864-207-2798
jeremy@teambrick.farm
www.teambrick.farm
Katahdin
Pecan Dale Farm
Kirsten Robertson
3627 W. Georgia Rd
Pelzer, SC 29669
864-907-5534
kirsten@pecandale.com
www.pecandale.com
Katahdin cross meat
Red Fern Farm, Inc.
Katherine and Clark Mizell
2031 Harris Grove Church Road
Gray Court, SC 29645
864-710-1239
Tunis sheep
Officers
President:
Debbie Webster
681 Campbell Bridge road
Seneca, SC 29678
864-360-3222
dairysheepdeb@gmail.com
Vice President:
Carol Anne Bailey
1394 Ramage Rd.
Townville, SC 29689
864-376-5158
Treasurer/Secretary:
Karen Marshall
SC Executive Director:
Debbie Webster
Whispering Pines
681 Campbell Bridge road
Seneca, SC 29678
864-360-3222
dairysheepdeb@gmail.com
Mentor and Wool Outreach Chairperson:
Debbie Webster
681 Campbell Bridge road
Seneca, SC 29678
864-360-3222
Scrapie Eradication Chairperson:
Patty Scharko, DVM, MPH, Diplomate ACVPM
Field/Extension Veterinarian
Clemson University Livestock Poultry Health
PO Box 102406, Columbia, SC 29224-2406
Shipping: 500 Clemson Road, Columbia, SC 29229
Office: 803-726-7803
Cell: 803-422-6998
Fax: 803-736-0885
Join Us!
Our membership is open to anyone! Dues are $25 per year. Members receive discounts on Seminars and classes.
Join our Association by paying $25 for membership.
Use the Pay Pal link below!
Scrapie Information
Scrapie is a fatal, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats. It is among a number of diseases classified as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). Infected flocks can experience significant production losses.
Scrapie is the oldest known TSE, and under natural conditions only sheep and goats are known to be affected by scrapie. Once infected, the animal remains infected for life. Transmission of the classical scrapie agent is not completely understood, and apparently healthy sheep infected with the agent can transmit disease. Sheep and goats are typically infected as young lambs or kids, though adult sheep and goats can become infected.
For more information about Scrapie, check out the links below:
ASI (American Sheep Industry Association) website information
http://www.sheepusa.org/ResearchEducation_AnimalHealth_Scrapie
Sheep and Goat Identification order information
USDA National Scrapie Eradication Program
