2024 winners Where are they now? JON ETHAN ALTHOFF, INDIANA
ANDREW FREIDENSTINE, NEW YORK By winning the Suffolk Ewe Grant, this has allowed me to have another breed of sheep for my sheep production with high quality standards. I am planning on breeding her this summer for the start of next year’s crop of lambs as I grow my herd of registered sheep and offer market lambs to local farmer markets. In the meantime, I am looking forward to showing her as a yearling at various shows. JOANNE KILLEEN, WASHINGTON I am thankful for my Suffolk ewe Daphne. She is such a friendly ewe and I really enjoy working with her. She was popular at the Washington State Fair FFA Show as she liked to greet the visitors. I plan to breed her in the fall of 2025 after the Summer fair season. Last Summer, I was brand new to showing a fitted ewe. I am looking forward to the upcoming fair season so I can continue to practice my fitting skills.
The Ewe Grant Program is a wonderful program for youth who want to become active in a breed of sheep. My sister helped encourage me to apply for the Ewe Grant. Through this grant, I purchased my Suffolk ewe named “Stomp” from Clements Club Lambs. Stomp and I have learned how to bond with each other. Through his bond we have formed a friendship and love, in and out of the show ring. In 2024, we had a setback. Stomp got sick and was unable to show at some really big shows. She’s all better with the help of my breeder and our local vet. Stomp and I have been class winners, breed champions, reserve breed champions, reserve showmanship winners, and even placed 6th in a tough February class at NAILE. My future plans are to exhibit Stomp as a yearling. I would like to thank everyone who made the Ewe Grant possible and for believing in me and young exhibitors. Thank you!
RICHARD & HAZEL BARTH MEMORIAL FUND
CORTLAND GREEN, PENNSYLVANIA Because of the Suffolk Ewe Grant program, I was able to find a quality ewe to bring home to my backyard flock. I had been looking for a Suffolk in my area where I live and had not found anything right that I was excited about purchasing. After receiving notice that I was a winner, I began to browse through some of the breeders listed on the website and was connected with the MacCauley’s. My ewe is named Onyx. She is beautiful, strong and healthy. This winter, she gave me a beautiful set of twin lambs. I am proud to be part of this program. I would like to say thank you to everyone who is involved in making this program possible.
The Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Richard and Hazel Barth Memorial Fund. This new source of funding will allow the Foundation to develop new programs and expand existing programs with a focus on youth and young producer education and development. Thank you to the family of Richard and Hazel Barth for establishing this fund. Dick Barth was a longtime sheep enthusiast who acquired his first Suffolk sheep in 1959. He was the sheep superintendent of the Clay County Fair in Iowa beginning in the late 1960s and serving for 35 years. During his tenure, the Suffolk show numbers reached 300 head. He also introduced and managed a sale as part of this show. His faithful companion Hazel was there to assist in many ways. She was most active during the years the grandkids were showing sheep—packing lunches, mending sheep blankets, helping at National Junior Suffolk Shows.
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