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.



Rob Flack, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, left, flanked by ag-sector representatives, announces a $100 million increase to the Risk Management Program over three years. Photo by Kristy Nudds

Ontario pledges $100 million increase to Risk Management Program

Farm groups have been calling for the increase as they considered the program underfunded

The Risk Management Program (RMP) is getting a $100 million boost over three years from the Ontario government. “Our government promised farmers we would continue to expand and enhance RMP, and with this historic investment, we have delivered,” said Rob Flack, minister of Agriculture Food and Agribusiness at VanQuaethem Farms Ltd. in Eden, Ont., January […] Read more

Mark Ferguson, founder and CEO of neXgen Agri in New Zealand, provides insights for a pathway to profit in Ontario’s sheep sector through measurement and incremental change.

Raising sheep by the numbers

Embracing incremental change and increased measurement can increase sheep production profit, says expert

Measurement and data analysis in sheep production are critical tools for deciphering the per-pound production costs and increasing efficiency and profit.