Award winnng fleece on display at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, November, 11, 2024.

Canadian wool innovation contest opens application window

$10,000 prize champions creative, commercially viable Canadian wool projects, including apparel, interiors, agriculture, science, and other fields

The Second Annual Canadian Wool Innovation Prize (CWIP), worth $10,000, is accepting applications for commercially viable innovation projects or businesses until October 31, 2025.The Campaign for Wool Canada / Canadian Wool Council, with support from the Worshipful Company of Woolmen are sponsoring the contest that bridges the Canadian and British wool industry.

 James Clark, Gallagher Animal Management’s Ontario territory manager, explains the versatility and ease of deploying Gallagher's SmartFence at the Ontario Sheep Field Day in Orono, July 24, 2025. Photo Diana Martin

Sheep producers weigh mobile fencing options at Ontario Sheep Field Day

Rappa’s ATV four-strand system and Gallagher’s SmartFence offer faster setup, labour savings, and flexibility for grazing management.

At the Ontario Sheep Field Day, farmers compared Rappa’s ATV fencing system and Gallagher’s SmartFence. Both aim to cut labour, speed up grazing moves, and expand access to pasture while working with solar energizers.





Smart deworming starts with individualized fecal egg counts

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

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

$10 million gift funds new animal education centre at Lakehead University

$10 million gift funds new animal education centre at Lakehead University

Facility’s Anishinaabemowin name, Gakina Awesiinyag, “All Animals (Place For),” honours Indigenous lands

Lakehead University’s Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (CDVM) program receives $10 million investment. The new animal education facility will be named Gakina Awesiinyag, from the Anishinaabemowin language, which translates to “All Animals (Place For).”




Outstanding young farmer winners offer ewe-nique perspective on sheep industry

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

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.