Please share this webinar information.
To register for this FREE webinar:
Send an email to Nathan Eason at [email protected] to request the link to join the session. In your email, write Small Ruminant Webinar, April 16 in the subject line.
Thank you,
David
David R. Wise, President
Poplar View Farm, LLC
606 Allen Rosen Rd, Dillwyn, VA 23936
Phone: (434) 983-8780
Join us online from the comfort of your home as we take our originally planned conference schedule and move it to a webinar series! The series will take place on Tuesday evenings starting at 6:30 p.m. and will feature the speakers and topics from our conference (the only session that will not be held will be the shearing demo, we will move that to 2021). You can choose to register for one or multiple sessions. The entire webinar series is FREE!
Webinar Schedule (Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.):
April 21: Small Ruminant First Aid & Being Prepared for Lambing or Kidding Season
April 28: Livestock Guardian Animals
May 5: Hoof Health (including hoof trimming)
May 12: Grazing Management to Promote Small Ruminant Health
Register Online: https://go.ncsu.edu/
2020 Piedmont Regional Goat & Sheep Conference Webinar Series Flyer
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.
About Zoom (Online Platform Being Used):
This webinar series will be delivered through Zoom, which is an online video communications platform that is free for users. You can download the free app to your phone or you can join by computer. If you cannot join by smart phone or computer, you can call in and listen from any phone.
Once registered, you will be provided with the information needed to join the webinar session(s).
Questions? Contact Lauren Langley at 336.266.0702 or [email protected]
*Please note that Extension has moved to using Eventbrite for registration. This will become the new norm for all events. Let us know if you have any questions!
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Carolina Farm Stewardship Association posted an article about COVID-19 Relief Funds Available to Farmers Starting April 3. Click here to find out more.
RAFI-USA will be issuing emergency mini-grants to North Carolina farmers impacted by COVID-19. Click here to get more information.
American Farmland Trust has set up a Farmer Relief Fund.
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) has a new mini-grant program for livestock and poultry producers.
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
919.542.8244
[email protected]
Good evening,
I am working with 7 other institutions (representing 8 states in the southeast) in seeking USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) support/funding to conduct critical research and to develop outreach programs to limit risks in goat production. Simply stated, funds will be used to:
Support/conduct research and develop recommendations on reducing the high cost of goat production for high quality meat and milk products (cost-effective feeds, increased reproductive management etc.)
Support/Conduct research and develop recommendations on effective parasite control strategies in the wake of increasing drug resistance, including the best use of Livamol with Bioworma on farms.
Support/conduct marketing surveys (producers, processors, farmers markets, consumers) to determine needs and current limitations.
Develop marketing strategies/recommendations based on survey results.
It is extremely important that we get producer input in the development, implementation and evaluation of this large systems project. We want to make sure we are including and addressing their needs. Therefore, I am seeking input from 3 – 4 commercial goat producers (meat or dairy) in the state. Ideally, this would be an individual with >30 breeding females, selling products in multiple outlets, looking to increase production and profitability from their operation and most importantly want to see US goat production increase and be sustainable. This individual could be someone selected by their association to serve as a representative.
If you are interested or want more information, please reach out to me via email or phone call so we can discuss the project and your role moving forward. Also, please forward to any producer/groups you believe might be interested. This is a way to influence the direction of future goat research in the Southeast and make sure that its challenges are adequately addressed.
Thanks!
“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” – Bob Marley
Dahlia O’Brien, Ph.D
Professor and Small Ruminant Specialist
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Virginia State University
1 Hayden Drive,
Petersburg, VA 23806
(804) 524-6963
[email protected]
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2020 Piedmont Regional Goat & Sheep Conference
We are excited to announce the Piedmont Regional Goat & Sheep Conference will be on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Guilford County Center, 3309 Burlington Rd. Greensboro, NC. This conference is an informative event for beginners and advanced alike with a focus on sheep and goat management. Registration starts at 9 a.m. with the program starting at 9:30 a.m. and ending by 3:45 p.m.
New for 2020 – we will be adding a trade show! You will be able to visit with various businesses and agency partners throughout the entire day.
Topics to include: first aid/working with a veterinarian, lambing/kidding, shearing with demo, hoof trimming with demo, livestock guardian animals, and pasture/grazing management.
Please check out the flyer for the agenda and speaker bios.
Registration fee is $20 (includes lunch) and due by April 15. Everyone must pre-register this year – NO on-site/walk-ins will be accepted.
Register online here: https://go.ncsu.edu/
*Please note that Extension has moved to using Eventbrite for registration. This will become the new norm for all events. Let us know if you have any questions!
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The Winter 2020 issue of Wild & Woolly has been published.
Wild & Woolly is a quarterly newsletter for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in small ruminants.
Sheep & Goat Specialist
University of Maryland Extension
