SHEPHERD’S HOLIDAY

22 Nov
November 22, 2016
Lamb Cooking Demonstrations and wine tasting...

Lamb Cooking Demonstrations and wine tasting…

 

Don’t Miss the Shepherd’s Holiday!

Enjoy lamb cooking demos from Chef Virgil Emmert, wine tasting (from Sovereign Estates), and sheep cheese samples (from Shepherd’s Way Farm) at the Celebrate Lamb Social, Friday, Dec. 2 at the Oak Ridge Conference Center.

Saturday, Dec. 3 includes a full day of educational seminars (and updated agenda found on this site), the Make It With Wool contest and fashion show, Silver Bell Awards luncheon, and annual banquet and fundraiser auction.

Reserve your room by calling 877-874-6772. For more information contact MLWPA Secretary, Jeremy Geske at jeremy.geske@gmail.com

Refer to index bar at right on this page under SHEPHERD’s HOLIDAY to reveiw a complete conference agenda.

 

 

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Fall Management Considerations

17 Oct
October 17, 2016
  • Lambing in January?
    • Time to pull the rams out?
    • Time to give the ewes their mid-gestation booster shot?
  • Lambing in Spring?
    • How are the rams looking?
    • Have they been sheared and are the feet trimmed?
    • Are they in good condition or should you up their feed quantity or quality a little before you put them to work?
  • Hay tends to lose its vitamins after a few months.  Adding a vitamin mix to your ewe ration this time of year can have good results.
  • Feeds you might not think of feeding your sheep but that they’ll probably love
    • Windfall apples – many days in the fall our ewes get 10-12 apples each
    • Waste pumpkins and squash.  Throw the ones you can’t use in the sheep pen so they break up.  Pretty soon the sheep will be breaking them up.

 

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1st Annual Wool Conference

05 Oct
October 5, 2016

WHEN
October 07, 2016 at 10am – 4pm

WHERE
1st ANNUAL WOOL CONFERENCE
1991 Upper Buford Cir
306 Borlaug Hall
ST. Paul, MN 55108

CONTACT
Jean Mueller · muellerjean669@gmail.com · 507.254.1737

Website Info

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Come see us at the State Fair!

24 Aug
August 24, 2016

The Baa Booth

The Baa Booth is open the first eight days of the fair (Aug. 25 – Sept. 1, 2016) and is located inside the Sheep Barn at the south end off Judson Avenue, L29 on the State Fair map. It is an educational exhibit for lamb, sheep, and wool products, and recipes too!

CHS Miracle of Birth Center

The CHS Miracle of Birth Center, a one-of-a-kind agricultural education exhibit. Come see live births and newborn baby lambs, and other farm animals, all 12 days of the fair.

Minnesota Lamb & Wool Producers Commercial booth

Our booth offers: sheep skin pelt products, handcrafted wool products, wool yarns, sheep soaps & lanolin lotion, miscellaneous sheep paper and ornamental products, and information regarding lamb and wool production and recipes.
This booth is located in the Dairy Building, west wall, map site R31.

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Summer is in full swing

30 Jun
June 30, 2016

First crop hay is under our belt and many are already starting the second cut thanks to the rains some have received. Lambs are being marketed and most ewe flocks are on pasture resting up before the rams are turned in. The show season is well under way and the kids are working on their 4-H sheep projects.  Be sure to offer a helping hand to these young shepherds not only showing their sheep, but educating them on the care, feeding and healthcare of their projects. Let’s help our future shepherds get started on the right foot!

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