Updated Business Tools - A Learning Session
October 22 at 1pm - Join us Online or in Airdrie
Alberta Lamb Producers was able to secure research grant funding through Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) through Sustainable CAP Program funding to update some of our key business and extension materials.
The specific materials included business tools that were originally developed in 2012 by the Alberta Lamb Producers, Alberta Agriculture, and SWC Consulting. These tools included a detailed, sheep-specific business guide, an advanced cost of production computer program, and a comprehensive sheep producer resource guide that links to over 100 extension documents.
We are pleased to announce that the business tools are in their final stages of being updated and that we are now ready to demonstrate these tools to Alberta sheep producers.
Learning how to use any new tool is hard when you have not used them before, and business tools are no different. By adopting a hands-on approach to teaching business tool use, this training demonstration will showcase how to use these tools to increase your sheep operation efficiency and profitability. Likewise, these tools will be useful helping new producers become profitable as they enter the industry.
The long-term goal for this project is to increase the size of the Alberta flock, thereby reducing Alberta’s reliance on imported lamb. We believe we can do this by giving producers the tools they need to expand their operations and to help new producers as they enter the business. In this era of political instability, tariffs, and trade uncertainty, Canadian consumers now, more than ever, want to buy Canadian made products. This is the right time for Alberta to expand its flock!
As mentioned last in our last update, every project needs a “big hairy goal”. The goal for this project is to engage about 10% of the approximately 1,700 lamb producers we have here in Alberta. We hope that these tools will help existing producers lower their costs and/or start or expand their production to achieve a 10% improvement.
If we can achieve this admittedly ambitious goal, it would mean the Alberta flock could grow from it’s current (roughly) 100,000 ewes and 130,000 lambs, to 110,000 ewes and 143,000 lambs! This increase, if realized, would be worth $5 million dollars for the ewes, plus up to another $3.9 million dollars for the lambs at today's market prices. We are keeping our fingers crossed!
How to attend this demonstration
- When - 1 PM, Wednesday, October 22nd at 1 PM
- Where
- On-line Zoom Registration (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/W0OHlrS0TJudeJHY2XQ8kA
- In-person – Airdrie Agriculture Centre - 97 East Lake Ramp Northeast, Airdrie, AB
- In-person – Producer sites (Alberta) - Depending on demand, we will also be setting up producer sites for this webinar for those who prefer to attend this session as a group exercise!
- Register – Please call (403-948-8533) or email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) the Alberta Lamb Producers to register for this event and let us know how you would like to attend (in-person or on-line).
