MISSION STATEMENT

  The North American Hair Sheep Association is an organization made up of highly qualified individuals with lifetime experience, who are intent on the expansion of hair sheep herds by optimizing hair sheep business productivity.  The Association wishes to have an effective production system, which will allow hair sheep businesses to achieve maximum profitability through education, market studies, promotion, and the existing infrastructure.

Goals:

  1. Develop high-value, niche-markets for both the meat and hides from hair sheep.

  2. Build a strong and effective producer cooperative that will serve the unique needs of its members.

  3. Compile a sheep industry database and hair sheep literature collection for its members.

  4. Sponsor special events such as production sales and educational forums for the promotion of the hair sheep industry.

  5. Support highly profitable producers through expanding markets, national influence, and products that are healthy, viable, diverse, and profitable.

Vision Statement:

The North American Hair Sheep Association recognizes these facts to be essential to the future of the industry:

  1. In the sheep market, hair-bearing, meat-based animals offer superior business potential
  2. Both the meat and leather products are premium-quality, ideally-suited for high-value markets
  3. The absence of an effective production system prevents hair sheep businesses from achieving maximum profitability and returning wealth to agricultural businesses and the ag communities, and
  4. A true production system will evolve from the increasing success of product and market development. 

 

   The North American Hair Sheep Association wishes to:

  1. Define the genetic contributions to the key marketable phenotypic characteristics of the meat and hides of hair sheep

  2. Establish appropriate animal husbandry and harvest guidelines that will ensure maximum value-added-return to producers

  3. Determine supply chain details, market size and profitability for target meat and hide/leather markets, and

  4. Prepare the Association Board to be leaders and facilitators for their members and businesses as these new markets are realized.