December 12-13, 2008 – Buckeye Shepherds Symposium, University Plaza and Conference Center, Columbus, OH. For more information, go to http://ohiosheep.org
Various dates in December, January, and February- OSIA’s District Programs. A variety of topics will be covered at locations all across the state. For more information, visit http://ohiosheep.org, or http://sheep.osu.edu.
January 15, 22, 29, [...]
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The Ohio Heartland Sheep Improvement Association invites all sheep and goat producers to a two evening Record-keeping for Better Management workshop on Wednesday November 12 and Wednesday November 19, 2008 at OSU/ATI, 1328 Dover Road, Wooster OH in SKOU Hall room 30. The program will run from 7:00 9:00 PM both evenings. Jeff McCutcheon [...]
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Although dates were not confirmed at the time the Sheep Team newsletter was printed, the Extension Sheep Team and the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association are planning several district programs focusing on various aspects of sheep production. These programs will take place all over the state of Ohio between the months of December and February. For [...]
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As a long time sheep producer, and one that loves the sheep industry and the people involved in it, it was a fabulous, once in a lifetime experience for me. I have never been to “sheep country” so to speak in all of my years of raising and producing sheep, but this area of the [...]
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In January 2009 the OSU Extension Sheep Team will be teaching a Sheep Production Short Course. This seven week series will start Thursday, January 15, 2009, at the Knox County Agricultural Center, and continue on subsequent Thursdays until February 26, 2009. Each session will run from 7-10 p.m.
This comprehensive program will focus on systems of [...]
Thirteen members of the OSU Extension Sheep Team traveled to the states of Idaho and Utah during the October 5 –10 period to learn about sheep production in the western ranch model. Before anything else, many thanks should be given to Paul Kuber, OSU Extension meat science specialist, and Troy Cooper, OSU Extension Educator in [...]
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1. From highest to lowest concentrations: sorghum, Sudax (sorghum-sudan hybrids), and sudangrass (as does wild cherry tree leaves) contain prussic acid that can be converted into cyanide. Pearl millet does not contain this compound
2. The highest concentrations of prussic acid occurs in the leaves of immature plants and the lowest concentrations are in the [...]
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To survive the current feed economy livestock producers need to graze their livestock as long as they can. Every day livestock are meeting their nutritional needs through grazing they are being fed as economically as possible. Typically cattle producers utilize corn residue as a feed source but, in Ohio, sheep producers need to consider [...]
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Fall is an excellent time to complete several pasture related tasks. There are activities a livestock producer should be doing to help the pastures survive winter and remain productive next year.
The first and most important activity is good grazing management. Specifically, keep from overgrazing. Overgrazing in the fall could ruin next years forage production. [...]
The experienced grazier knows that how grass pastures are managed in the fall of the year determines what they have to manage in the spring of the year. While we tend to think of fall as bringing an end to pasture growth, it turns out that this is a critical time for the grass plant. [...]