1. SHEEP SMF 2011-2012
Year-end presentation

2. General Introduction
 Team Leader  Communications Officer
Shawneen Esson Amy Knowles
 Purebred Production Manager  Research
Stephanie Brawn Brianna Bagshaw
Carolynne Vallee
 Commercial Production Manager April Warrilow
Tyler Davis
 Faculty Advisor
Blair Dow
 Marketing Manager
Rebecca Joseph
 Farm Staff
Joanne Dickson
 Orphan Managers
Thea Reed
Madison Werner

3. Unit Overview
Number of Ewes and Ewe Lambs
Breed Number of Ewes/Ewe Lambs
Registered Purebred Arcott 4
Registered Purebred Dorset 38
Commercial 139
Total 181

4. Unit Overview
Number of Rams
Breed Number of Rams
Registered Purebred Arcott 2
Registered Purebred Dorset 1
Purebred Arcott 2
Purebred Canadian Suffolk 1
Purebred British Suffolk 1
Total 7

5. Sheep Facility

6. Outdoor Sheep Pens

7. Indoor Sheep Barn

8. Sheep Handling Facility

9. Indoor Lambing Pens

10. Goals
 Goals from 2010-2011
 Market for meat or as replacement to maximize profit
 Keep superior ewe lambs as replacements
 Create purebred position
 Host open house to promote sheep at Lakeland
College
 Register purebred sheep
 Semen test new rams
 Lakeland College goal: maintain the purebred
Canadian Arcott flock
 Lambing death loss under 10%

11. Our Orphans
 23 orphans to date
 Milk replacer adjustments

12. Our Orphans
 Record keeping

13. Forest The Orphan
Before After

14. Industry Benchmarks
College Excellent Target Needs
Improvement
Lambing Percent 179% 195% 175% 155%
Lambs Weaned 0% 175% 155% 135%
Lamb Mortality 4.5% 11% 10% 13%
Ewe Mortality 1.6% 3.87% 4% 5%
Ram Mortality 0% 4% 5% 6%

15. Economic Benchmarks
College Excellent Target Needs
Improvement
Feed Cost / $88.00 $80.00 $90.00 $100.00
Lamb Marketed
Average Income / $200.00 $160.00 $150.00 $140.00
Lamb Marketed

16. Strengths
 Faculty & Staff
 Large SMF team
 Alberta Agriculture
 FarmWorks training
 Handling facility

17. Drafting Unit

18. Weaknesses
 Consistency
 Biosecurity
 Scours

19. Opportunities
 Achieve better longevity from our flock
 Reduce age of flock
 Easier parturition
 Increased body condition scores
 Will improve genetics
 Applied Research
 Grow safe
 SheepBytes

20. Threats
 Hay that is not uniform
 Weak lambs due to pregnancy toxemia
 Inverted eyelids
 Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA)

21. Financial Statements
Expense April 2011-March 2012 Budget 2012-2013
Feed expenses $25,329.50 $25,000.00
Medication expenses $540.41 $550.00
Corral Cleaning $994.50 $1,000.00
Purchase of Rams $1,050.00 $2,000.00
Farm Supplies $664.65 $700.00
Custom Trucking $1,496.50 $1,500.00
Memberships $255.00 $0.00
Miscellaneous $1,225.90 $ 1,250.00
TOTAL $32,556.46 $32,000.00

22. Financial Statements
Income April 2011-March 2012 Budget 2012-2013
Sale of Replacement Ewes $6,089.85 $29,425.00
Sale of Feeder Lambs $16,594.02 $24,000.00
Sale of Ram Lambs $3,556.00 $2,000.00
Sale of Orphan Lambs $1,275.00 $1,050.00
Wool Sales $342.75 $350.00
TOTAL $27,857.62 $56,825.00

23. Financial Statement
 Total Income $ 27,857.62
- Total Expenses $ 32,556.46
=Net Income -$ 4,698.84

24. Marketing
Facebook Page

25. Marketing
Wool Growers Ad

26. Marketing
Sheep SMF Clothing

27. Purebred Accomplishments
 Dorsets
 Mature Ewes Lambed- 24/43
 Ewe Lambs Lambed- 4/4
 Total lambing %- 47 Lambs / 28 Ewes = 167%
 Total death loss– 2/47 = 4.2%
 Orphan Total– 6 Lambs

28. Purebred Accomplishments
 Arcotts
 Mature Ewes Lambed- 3/6
 Ewe Lambs Lambed- 0
 Total Lambing %- 6 lambs / 3 Ewes =200%
 Total Death Loss- 1/6 = 16%
 Orphan Total- 1 Lamb

29. Purebred Accomplishments
 Grant for Scrapie Resistant Rams
 “QR” or “RR”
 Medicine Ridge Farms - superior Canadian
Arcott genetics
 2 Rams to be purchased

30. Purebred Recommendations
 Continue culling protocol
 Tattoo and register all ewe lambs kept as
replacements
 Keep flock size maintained
 Get EPD’s on new purebred Arcott rams

31. Commercial Accomplishments
 Mature Ewes Lambed- 86 / 173
 Ewe Lambs Lambed- 41 / 57
 Total lambing %- 230 lambs/ 132 ewes = 174%
 Total death loss – 11 / 230 = 4.8%
 Orphan Total = 16 Orphans

32. Commercial Recommendations
 Continue culling protocol
 Outdoor lamb sheds

33. Research
 Grow Safe Research
 Convert the bunks
 Build a platform
 Build a ramp
 Consider fencing alternatives
 Appropriate RFID tags

34. Research
 Total Costs
 Plywood
 $44.82
 2” x 4” x 16’
 $57.48
 Chicken Wire
 $92.97
 TOTAL
 $195.27

35. Research
 Sheep Using Grow Safe at Wyoming University

36. Research
 Beef Grow Safe at Lakeland College

37. Research
 Rough sketch of our Grow Safe converted for sheep use

38. Research
 How many animals would we feed?
 Use 1 pen with 4 Grow Safe bunks
 Test trial with approximately 30 lambs
 What would we feed?
 Complete pellet ration with fibre

39. General Accomplishments
 Facility Clean-Up

40. General Accomplishments
 Feed Tests

41. General Accomplishments
 Established lambing supervisor shifts
 Registration of ewe lambs
 Elk Point 4-H Club tour
 U of A students and instructors tour

42. General Accomplishments
 Eliminating over use of spray paint
2010-2011 Orphan Lambs 2011-2012 Orphan Lambs

43. General Accomplishments
 Secondary clean up

44. General Accomplishments
 Updating records for culling program
 Separating open ewes

45. General Accomplishments
 Shearing

46. Goals
 Suggested goals for next years team
 Eliminatescours
 Ultrasound Ewes
 FarmWorks Training in September
 Monitor nutritional intake
 Make orphan manager a permanent position
 Monitor biosecurity

47. Goals
 Suggested lambing goals for next year
 Death loss under 8%
 Provide excellent care for bottle fed lambs
 Eliminate inverted eyelid

48. Faculty Advisor

49. Farm Staff

50. Thank you
 Alberta Agriculture
 Tracey Hagedorn
 Susan Marcus
 Colleen Sawyer
 Dow Family Farms
 Bernadette Nichols
 Marilyn Dow
 Mannville Colony

51. SMF Sheep Team 2011/2012