Sheep and Goat Production

Sheep and Goat Production

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OMAFRA’s Sheep Management Journal

Posted on Author Delma KennedyPosted in BusinessLeave a Reply

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has a new sheep management journal. Designed after the popular lambing diary, it is pocket sized and spiral bound. The book is designed to collect information generated on the farm throughout the sheep management cycle. Producers can collect information about things like: on sheep and feed inventories, ram in and out dates, total numbers of lambs weaned and marketed, numbers of animals and days on pasture and health treatments. The book is divided into four main sections: animal management, health management, stored feed management and pasture management. This book provides a low tech method of recording much of the basic information needed to do a basic evaluation of sheep farm…

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Marketing Your Lambs

Posted on Author Delma KennedyPosted in BusinessLeave a Reply

The Alberta Lamb Producers have added a new module to their management modules called Marketing your Lambs.  Although the publication is focused on Alberta, there is good information on lamb quality and marketing options that can be applied in Ontario.  Click on the cover photo below to access the manual.