KSWPA Mentors
Whether you are new to sheep or a long time producer, it helps to have someone to call when you have questions.
Below are a list of producers from different types of operations and locations. Feel free to contact them!​
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If you have been a sheep producer for at least 5 years and you would like to be a mentor, please enroll here.
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Rebecca Abbot
Farm: Walnut Cliff Farm
County: Shelby
Operation: Commercial and purebred Royal White
Years in business: 6
Email: barefootbecca79@yahoo.com
Rebecca also has experience with other meat sheep breeds and market lambs for show
Warren Adcock
Farm: Adcock Acre Farm
County: Henry County
Operation: Commercial
Email: wadcock6307@hotmail.com
Years in business: 29 years
Matthew Chadwick
Farm Name: Chadwick Sheep Company
County: Calloway
Type of Operation: Purebred
Years in Business: 5-10 years
Email: Chadwicksheepcompany@gmail.com
Phone: 270-227-8731
Breeds: Polypay
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Grew up raising show goats, after marriage switched to Polypays for their maternal instincts and abilities. I have a passion for the sheep industry and helping others succeed. I am a UK Extension Agent so open and available to talk sheep on most days.
Sue Churchill
Farm: Thistle End Farm
County: Woodford
Operation: Commercial Kathadin
Year in business: 5-10 years
Email: thistlesend@gmail.com
I am so grateful for the two remarkable mentors I had when just starting out, and I would be pleased to be able to help others in the same way.
Sarah Collins
Farm: R and S Farm
County: Logan
Operation: Commercial Dorper and Kathadin
Year in business: 25
Email: scollins@logantele.com
BP Davis
Farm: Davis Club Lamb
Location: Montgomery County
Operation: Black face cross ewes and rams
Years in business: Raised sheep for 10 years
Website: clublambpage.com
Email: davisclublambs@yahoo.com
Diane Evans
Farm: Briar Patch
County: Fayette
Operation: Hampshire, Suffolk and PolyPay
​Year in business: 8
Email: dsevan53@gmail.com
Sara Evans
Farm: Point Pleasant Farm
County: Clark
Operation: Hampshire/Suffolk cross
Years in business: 7 years
Email: parisstockyard@yahoo.com
Lance Filiatreau
Farm: Winding Ridge Farm
Location: Washington County
Operation: Commercial and Purebred
Year in business: 7
Email: winding.ridge@aol.com
Phone: 502-507-3361
We have 200 ewes that are pasture based and grain supplemented depending on production stage. We are spring and fall seasons.
Debbie Gish
Farm: Windfell Farm
Location: Henry County
Operation: Commercial and Purebred
Year in business: 15+
Email: windfell@gmail.com
Phone: 5026495564
Dianne & Mike Hellwig
Location: Garrard
Email: diannehellwig1@gmail.com
Phone: 859-200-2294
Years in Business: 15 years plus
Type of Operation: Commercial, Purebred, Fiber
List breeds you raise: Rambouillets, meat goats
We like to remind new producers that it is important to do your homework about small ruminants.
Rick Lawson
Farm: Winding Ridge Farms
Location: Washington County
Operation: Commercial and Purebred
Year in business: 12
Email: lisalawsonrick@hotmail.com
Phone: 502-507-3865
Best way to reach me is by phone.
Bob Leer
Farm: Knott Ewe Farm
Location: Bourbon County
Operation: Club lambs
Year in business: 12
Email: boblear@bellsouth.net
Jim Mansfield
Farm: Four Hills Farm, LLC
Location: Woodford County
Operation: commercial with Katahdin sheep; also buy market lambs from other farms
Years in business: 12
Website: Fourhillsfarm.com
Email: jim@fourhillsfarm.com
Lindsey Merchant
County: Shelby
Operation: Commercial
Years in business: 10-15 years
Email: lindsaymerchant93@gmail.com
Lindsey is in her 20s but has been raising sheep most of her life. She has a degree in animal science from the University of Kentucky. She says she has made plenty of mistakes but has learned from each of those to have a successful flock of 200 PolyPay and Hampshire ewes and is still growing her flock.
Kathy Meyer
Farm: Final Frontier Farm
County: Bourbon
Operation: commercial, Texel crossbreds
Years in business: 37
Email: tonym243@bellsouth.net
Kathy sells freezer lambs, hand spinning fleeces, 250 finished lambs
Richard Popham
Email: richard@circlepkatahdin.com
Phone: (270)945-0747
Farm Name: Circle P Katahdin
County: Meade
Type of Operation: Purebred
List Breeds of Goats and/or Sheep: Katahdins
Years in Business: 5-10 years
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I was raised on a cattle and grain farm but was away from it for a few years. When I decided to raise sheep, I didn’t know much about them or anybody who raised them. It was definitely a learning experience. I am happy to pass on any do’s and don’ts I learned along the way. Getting off on the right foot can make a lot of difference.
Madeline Rosenberg
Farm: Ballyhoo Farm
County: Shelby
Operation: Fiber- Shetland, Icelandic, Finn/Cormo
Years in Business: 10
Scott VanSickle
Farm: Antiquity Ridge Farm
Operation: Purebred and club lambs Hampshires
County: Logan
Year in business: 23
Website: antiquityridgefarm.com