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Sheep Unit
Final Presentation
The Team
Josh DriedgerLeader & Finance Manager
Myrnam, AB
Keven KitchenPublic Relations &
Marketing ManagerYellow Grass, SK
Hope Buswell Sustainability &
Stewardship Manager
Smoky Lake, AB
Tara SturgesPurebred &
Genetics ManagerSt. Albert, AB
Theresa Smith Nutrition Manager
Eyebrow, SK
Megan Jones Health
Manager Lumby, BC
Rebecca HooverShow Manager &
Standard Operating Procedure AdviserHines Creek, AB
Marisa MoeAdvisor
Saskatoon, Sk
Jo DicksonFarm Staff
ExtraordinaireVermillion, AB
SWOT Analysis Strengths• Communication • Lambing facility • Strong Interpersonal Relationship
Weaknesses • Financial Standing • Purebred Marketing • Outdoor pen layout
SWOT Analysis Opportunities • Purebred Canadian Arcott Market• Orphan Management Strategy • Culling Strategy
Threats • Feed Prices • Lamb Market • Pasture
Flock Inventory• Purebred Dorset
- 40 Ewes, 54 Lambs & 1 Ram• Purebred Canadian Arcott
- 15 Ewes, 20 Lambs & 2 Rams• Commercial Arcott
- 114 Ewes, 187 Lambs & 1 Suffolk Ram
Recommendations from 2014/2015
• Find cheaper feed & pasture • Increase biosecurity • Increase breeding stock
Long Term Goals• Annual Profits• Feed security for year in advance• Marketing security• Genetics• Summer plan
Measuring Success of the EnterpriseCurrent• Lambing Percentage• Health of Flock
-Body Condition Scoring & Weighing
Measuring Success of the Enterprise
Future• Percentage of lambs weaned/sold• Revenue from expansion of purebred
flock
Key Performance Indicators• Lambing Percentage
- Litter size• Mortality
- Lamb- Ewe
Lambing Percentage
Litter Size Dispersion
Lamb Mortality
Ewe Mortality
Financial Outlook
Total Expenses
Feed Costs
Cost of ProductionTotal Expenses: $51,300
Number of live lambs: 261Break-even per lamb: $201
Income
Profit/Loss
Income: $33,754Expense: $51,300
Profit/Loss: -$17,546
Budget 2016/2017
Progress Report
Dorset Dispersal Proposal• Focus on Canadian Arcott• New Market Opportunities• Increased Prolificacy
- Lambing percentages
Partial Budget for 4 Years
Selling Dorset Rams
• Advertised on Kijiji
• Rams - 103Z & 75X
• Buyers- Moonshine Dorset,
Corey and Raelyn Warren, Red Deer County, AB
Selling Dorset Ewes • Lots of interest• Advertising on Kijiji, Facebook, Ropin the
Web, Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board
Ram Selection
• Diversifying genetics • Age • Health Protocols
- Scrapie Resistant - Quarantine period
Ewe Lamb Selection• Uniformity • Registered Canadian Arcott• Proven genetics in current flock
Orphan Trial• Comparing Jersey milk to powdered milk
replacer • Data for producers • Ongoing
Orphans born as
Early Data
Pregnancy Metabolites Trial
• Pre-trial for Alberta Ag Research Project
• Goal- Separate ewes for feeding • Contracted to complete trial for
2016/2017
Shearing Clinic• April 8th and 9th • We will be having four
shearers to come teach - Chris Eddy, Russel
Eddy, Ampie Esterhuyse & Cordell Young
NutritionReese Smith
Nutrition• Creep Feed Rations/Lactation Diet
-Saved $20/day
Late Gestation BCS
• Body Condition Scoring - 1-9 scale to coincide with
Farmworks
• Separated to customize feeding strategies
HealthMegan Jones
Flock Health• Pink Eye
- Appeared in January -Treated and controlled
• Lamb Scours - Scours outbreak - Biosecurity key in
prevention • Future Projects
-Clostridial vaccine
Purebred & Genetics
Tara Sturges
Ongoing Tasks• GenOvis
- Genetics Data - Management tool
• Flock transition • Replacement Selection
- Score, genetics & visual
MarketingKeven Kitchen
Marketing • Replacements
- Retaining, selling commercial genetics • SunGold Specialty Meats
-Lambs weighing 110lbs-120lbs • Beaver Hill Auction Mart
Public Relations
Keven Kitchen
PR Opportunities• Beaver Hill Auction Mart • Alberta Sheep Breeders
Symposium • Agribition • Upcoming field trip
- Albers Feedlot- Stony Plain, AB
- Dry Lake Farm • Selling Dorsets • Viewing rams/ewelambs
Sustainability & Stewardship
Hope Buswell
Sustainability and Stewardship New protocols that have been put in place • Boot wash stations • Proper medication • Needle disposal
Scours Outbreak
• Management - Trimidox treatment 0.25ml/day for 3 days starting at birth
• Prevention- Biosecurity, boot wash, signs• Death loss-0%
Summary
Recommendations for Next Year
• Secure long term pasture- Multi-species grazing
• Increase purebred flock
Recommendations for Next Year
• Consistent and reliable marketing- Build contact list- Explore other marketing options
• Increase awareness of Lakeland’s Sheep program
Thank you! Marisa Moe Jo Dickson
Pete Wilkinson New Holland
Denise Martin Tracy Quinton
Janet KerrCrystal Mullen
Darrell Hickman Peter Walsh
Josie Van Lent Morgan Sangster
Blair Dow And Everyone else who has supported
us!
Questions