Roger Regehr got his start showing sheep at age 9 with a Hampshire ewe as a 4-H project. It was 1953, the same decade a new sheep barn was built at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Huron.
Roger Regehr opens a gate to his sheep yard. Now 81, he has been showing sheep since age 9.
The Andersons’ great-granddaughter, Oaklynn, helps with pen chores during lambing this spring.
Fall breeding ewes graze at the Anderson farm near Highmore, S.D.
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Roger Regehr showed two ewe lambs at the Ohio Showcase Sale this spring. Three of their half-sisters will be trucked to Huron for the national show and sale this month.
At her kitchen table, Lois Regehr looks through a photo book of family sheep show photos from the 1990s. The family has been showing sheep for generations. Now Regehr’s great-grandchildren are involved.
A pair of rams stand in a pen a Regehr Farms. The Regehrs had the supreme champion ram at last year’s South Dakota State Fair.
Raised in small town South Dakota, Janelle is enjoying her time as editor of Tri-State Neighbor and Midwest Messenger while raising kids, chickens and no till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.
Janelle Atyeo
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