2009 HOWARD WYMAN SHEEP INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
The Howard Wyman Sheep Industry Leadership School is an educational program designed to enhance the understanding and ability of domestic sheep and goat producers to address the challenges of efficiently producing and competitively marketing sheep and goat products. The program accepts a limited number of participants who are actively involved in the industry. The objective is to educate and assist producers with long-term goals for the industry. Educators and successful industry leaders serve as instructors for the program. The program has an intensely focused curriculum, which is developed by the individual chosen to coordinate the annual program. The school is held in a different sheep producing part of the country each year, which enables producers from different sheep/goat producing regions to experience areas they are unfamiliar with and to compare successful operations within differing sheep/goat producing regions. The primary goal is to provide a stimulating environment and bring together a highly motivated group of producers to learn from experts, educators, and from each other in order to foster new and innovative solutions to industry problems. In addition, the program encourages this group of participants to utilize the information gained within their own state or regional area, to influence other producers to develop new and innovative solutions that ultimately will improve the production and marketing for the U.S. sheep/goat industries.