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Sheep and Goat Program
Within the past few years, more
Colorado residents are turning to
sheep and goats to keep their agriculture
status as well as to manage and
suppress weed control. But…they
aren't the only ones turning to
these small ruminant's, 4-Hers and
youth in FFA have found a niche
in the once less often thought of
livestock market. Recent trends
in purchasing locally grown meats
are causing more consumers and producers
to look toward sheep and goats as
a viable agriculture production.
Saturday, December 8th, the Archuleta
County Extension Office will be
holding a Sheep and Goat Symposium
to educate the San Juan Basin Area
on best practices with small ruminants.
Registration and refreshments will
begin at 8:30AM with the symposium
topics beginning at 9:00AM and ending
at 2:30PM. Topics to be presented
include: Feeding During the Last
Trimester to Optimize Lambing and
Kidding; Shearing Management and
Wool Care; Alternative Feeds for
Small Ruminants; Feeding Show Goats
and Lambs; Making Your Small Ruminant
Enterprise Profitable; Caseous Lymphadenitis
in Small Ruminants; and Hands-On:
Injections, Worming, Body Condition
Scoring, Handling Sheep and Goats.
Registration fees paid before November
30th are $10 for Adults and $7 for
Youth. Registration fees paid after
November 30th will be $15 for Adults
and $10 for Youth. The cost of the
program includes lunch and refreshments.
The mission of Extension is to
provide information and education,
and encourage the application of
research-based knowledge in response
to local, state, and national issues
affecting individuals, youth, families,
agriculture enterprises, and communities.
For more information about this
or other Extension programs in the
San Juan Basin area contact Archuleta
County Extension at 264-5931.
Free Beef Business Directory
Available
The 2007 edition of the Beef Business
Directory is free and available
to the public. The Directory includes
146 pages of easy-to-find information
on a wide range of topics including:
breed associations, brand inspectors,
seed stock sellers, Colorado legislators,
state fairs, cattle shows and much
more. Plus, the directory includes
service providers to help farmers
and ranchers who are in the market
for livestock semen, sprayers or
feed trucks. To receive a free copy
of the Beef Business Directory,
call toll free (800) 748-1997 or
send a request via mail to Beef
Business, P.O. Box 500, La Junta,
Colo., 81050.
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