Attention all NSIP members and potential members.
As we continue the restructure of NSIP operations we are appreciative of your understanding, I am confident that we will have a better product as we move forward. The Executive Board is working at responding to all communication in a timely manner. If you are not getting a response, please call or email me. To the new members that have joined this year thank you for your commitment and interest in genetic progress. Please reach out to your breed representative or a board member to get your questions answered. If you have any questions, please give me call or email.
Remember the Michigan address is no longer valid.
Curt Stanley, Chair
701 333-8009
curtssheep@gmail.com
Center of the Nation Sale
The NSIP Center of the Nation Sale will take place on Saturday, July 25th at 11 a.m. Central Time at the Clay County Fairgrounds in Spencer, Iowa. This sale is specifically for sheep currently enrolled in the National Sheep Improvement Program. Estimated Breeding Values will be available for all sale sheep. The sale will be managed by Bret Oelke with Heartland Livestock Services. This is a live sale, but online bidding will be available through DVAuction.com. The sale auctioneer will be Ryan Livermont from Pipestone, Minnesota. The sale catalog can be viewed on the Production Livestock Auction site at https://plauctions.live/auction/33492. There will be many options for transportation of sheep across the country. Contact Brett Oelke, Sale Manager, at 218-770-2428 or Todd Taylor, Sale Committee Chair, at 608-332-4914. Approximately 150 sheep are expected to be consigned to the sale with Dorset, Hampshire, Polypay, Suffolk, Katahdin, and Texel rams and ewes. Sale sheep will be available for viewing beginning on Friday evening. Producers are invited to participate in the weekend program with a farm tour on Friday morning, July 24, followed by an educational program in the Clay County Fairgrounds 4-H Center. These activities are free, but preregistration is required and can be made at https://go.ncsu.edu/nsipeducationalprogram26
Be patient, a new updated NSIP site is being updated! Check back often as things are added back.
The Calendar and Searchable Database being the most commonly used pages within the site are working and accessed above in the menu.
You can still join below and soon will be able to join and renew online.
To obtain EBVs on your sheep for the first time, join NSIP today 2026-Enrollment-Form. With EBVs, purebred and seedstock producers can identify genetics that excel in their flocks and greatly accelerates genetic progress within a breed. A flock with any breed type or multiple breed types can submit data for evaluation through NSIP. The data is calculated on the performance of individual animals, related animals in the same flock and related animals in other flocks when possible.
Your NSIP membership includes:
- Free software for flock data management and submission.
- Free training and mentoring support from a like-minded sheep breeder.
- Advanced genetic evaluation calculations using proven technology.
- Comprehensive reports on both individual animals and breeds.
- Listing on NSIP website.
- News and updates via email.
Associate memberships are available for supporters of NSIP that do not submit data (i.e., breed associations, meat companies, industry affiliates, individuals and flocks generating EBVs and EPDs via other programs).
Associate members do not have voting privileges, but will be listed on the NSIP website and receive correspondence sent to all NSIP members.