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Saturday, November 3, Executive Royal Hotel, Leduc
Alberta Lamb Producers will be hosting our first centralized Annual General Meeting (AGM) and industry reception entitled “Shepherding Together and AGM” on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Executive Royal Hotel, 8450 Sparrow Drive, Leduc. The trade show and registration open at 10:30 a.m. View all the details including our speaker list.
*Sponsorship opportunities available until Oct 1, 2018!* - Contact ALP for details.
With poor pastures and possible feed shortages in various regions of the province, the question that specialists at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre hear most often is, “what is my best option?”. The September 4th Agri-News offered some solutions:
Shearwell paired Canadian Sheep Identification Program ear tags are now sold as a yellow RFID tag and black non-RFID. Previously the non-RFID portion was also yellow. Canadian Sheep Breeders Association members may use a paired tagging system as an alternative for tattooing registered sheep. All animals moved off farm must be tagged with the RFID portion of the set. Learn more about CSIP.
Many areas of the province have had below average levels of precipitation this summer. There are many informative resources available to producers to help them deal with the affects of dry conditions.
Canada Gold Beef Ltd, owners of the Innisfail Alberta based SunGold Specialty Meats Ltd. (SunGold) and the Canada Gold Lamb Lot near Iron Springs Alberta, wish to announce the merger of their lamb operations with that of Fresh Canada Meats Ltd, the majority shareholder of Manitoba based Canada Sheep and Lamb Farms Ltd. Fresh Canada Meats is a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of Integrated Foods Ltd, an integrated lamb producer and processor in New Zealand.
Canada’s AgGrowth Coalition and our members thank Federal Provincial Territorial (FPT) Agriculture Ministers for their continued commitment to improving national Business Risk Management (BRM) programs - in partnership with the agriculture sector.
Facilitated by Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) this collaborative project aims to support an accurate understanding of the animal welfare landscape in the province from the livestock industry's perspective. Click here to participate now: Livestock Welfare Engagement Project Survey.
Beef and forage specialists at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre look at some feed and forage options for livestock producers to consider as localized feed shortages could be possible in many areas of the province.
On June 11th, Merck Animal Health announced that the Pest Management Regulatory Agency approved the use of Boss® Pour-On (Permethrin 5.0% w/w) in sheep.
Participate in these research studies and contribute to a better understanding of flock health in the Alberta sheep industry.
Sheep Lameness Study: Incidence and characterization of feedlot lamb and ewe flock lameness in Alberta. Read more.
Sheep Gastro-intestinal Parasite Study. Read more.