Lamb-a-Year: Real-World Learning, Industry Impact
Each year, regional producers donate lambs that fuel hands-on learning, support applied research, and generate critical funds for outreach. Students gain real-world experience in animal management, nutrition, marketing, and carcass evaluation—connecting the classroom to the rangeland. Donated lambs are tracked from pasture to processor using advanced tools like GrowSafe feeders, generating performance data that informs producers and powers innovation.
Top-performing lambs are recognized annually, and donors are honored at the Sheepherders
Come Bye banquet.
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Insights in Action: Tools, Impact, & Teams
Explore essential topics such as nutrition, reproduction and gentics, flock health, and more.
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Students develop wool evaluation skills and mentor youth through UW’s competitive, hands-on wool judging program.
The UW Blanket Project: Tradition Woven with Innovation
Launched in 2021, the UW Blanket Project transforms wool from the university’s Rambouillet flock into limited-edition throws that fund teaching, research, and outreach in the sheep and wool industry. Each blanket begins on the Laramie plains, where our flock—certified at the highest level of American Wool Assurance—provides premium fiber for this one-of-a-kind product.
The Blanket Project is more than a fundraiser—it’s a research platform. Graduate students and partners track every step of production, from shearing to spinning, to study blockchain-based traceability. This work supports value-added innovation and builds new market opportunities for Wyoming producers.
Every blanket purchased supports students, honors ranching heritage, and helps shape the future of Wyoming wool.
WYOMING WOOL SHIRTS
Sourced from the range for everyday living. From Wyoming’s open range to the clothes we wear—this shirt represents the potential of our land, sheep, and stewardship to shape traceable, premium wool garments.
RESEARCH IN EVERY THREAD
Each shirt is the product of research in wool traceability—from shearing and scouring to dyeing and knitting—led by UW students and industry partners.
DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH
Wyoming wool has the potential to support our state’s economy through sustainability and value-added processing—from the range to everyday products.
SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION
In partnership with Mountain Meadow Wool, Ferrara, and American Woolen, the UW Sheep Program is advancing traceable supply chains that link consumers directly to Wyoming-grown, sustainably raised wool—building trust, transparency, and added value.
The Wyoming Woolen Shirt project explores the future of value-added wool—from rangeland to garment—through student-led research and industry collaboration. Your feedback guides our next steps.
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