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Smart deworming starts with individualized fecal egg counts
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Smart deworming starts with individualized fecal egg counts

Ontario Sheep Farmers’ hands-on workshop equips producers with fecal egg count skills to manage resistance, reduce costs, and improve flock health

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Ontario Sheep Farmers’ hands-on workshop equips producers with fecal egg count skills to manage sheep parasite load, minimize potential resistance, reduce costs, and improve flock health
Outstanding young farmer winners offer ewe-nique perspective on sheep industry
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Outstanding young farmer winners offer ewe-nique perspective on sheep industry

Romy and Ryan Schill have turned their passion for sheep farming into two thriving businesses

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In an era when many young people choose to move away from the farm to pursue other career opportunities, Romy and Ryan Schill chose to embrace farming. The duo purchased their 100-acre Wallenstein-area farm 17 years ago and have since grown their small sheep operation into a large-scale meat, breed stock, and wool-producing operation.
Sheep producer Drew Tyler says the decision to go with accelerated or yearly lambing isn’t about pitting one system against the other, but about “figuring out where you want to be and committing to that.”
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Deciding between annual or accelerated lambing

Individual needs will dictate which management system will be successful for an individual operation

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When it comes to which breeding system a sheep producer chooses, it’s individual to a particular operation, according to panelists at the recent Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week Sheep Day. “It is a complex decision; there is a lot of moving parts. A lot of things that are different for each farm and each individual,” said […] Read more
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StatsCan sees higher cattle, hog inventories at July 1

Full impacts of West's drought not yet counted

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Nationwide head counts of livestock from the “early stages” of Western Canada’s ongoing drought won’t yet show the weather’s full impact, but showed slightly larger herds heading into this summer compared to last year. Statistics Canada on Monday reported the first year-over-year increase in the size of the country’s cattle herd as of July 1 […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
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Canada’s year-end cattle herd continues shrinking

Slaughter beat pre-pandemic pace in second half, StatsCan says

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Year-over-year contraction continued for Canada’s cattle herd at the start of 2021, while newborn piglet counts kept Canada’s hog herd on the rise during the same period, according to Statistics Canada. StatsCan on Monday reported 11.2 million cattle on Canadian farms at Jan, 1, 2021 — down one per cent from the year-earlier date and […] Read more
Too little floor space for ewes and lambs may be causing increased occurrences of mastitis. Photo:
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Production system, shearing status and lamb numbers are important factors in barn decisions

Floor and bunk space play a vital role in sheep health

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Within the sheep industry there isn’t one ideal design when building or retro-fitting a facility. This leads to an array of facilities, ideas and layouts in production systems across the province, although, there are factors to keep in mind to allow for efficiency and improved health of the flock. Why it matters: Barn layouts affect […] Read more
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Condition scoring added to COFS sheep handling demo

The new demonstration will showcase how the practice can help farmers manage flock condition

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Sheep body condition scoring (BCS) has been added to handling system demonstrations at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) this year to emphasize the importance of the practice. Delma Kennedy, sheep specialist genetics and reproduction with OMAFRA, will be leading the demonstration for farmers at the Ontario Sheep Farmers’ exhibit during the three-day show in September. […] Read more

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