N'ewesletter January 2016
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u N’ewesletter Table of Contents Alberta Lamb Producers 2015 Zone Meetings, Welcome to the New Board 1 Around the Zones 2 Highlights From the 2015 Zone Meetings 4 Your Check Off Dollars at Work 6 Producer Resources Feeding Your Flock When Hay Is Limited 7 Free ALP Webinar with Dr. Lynn Tait 7 You’re Invited! Meet the Board in Lethbridge 8 ALP Photo Contest 8 Cash Flow and Your Sheep Business 9 Lamb Market Update 11 Ewe Nutrition During Early Lactation 12 Ewe Nutrition During Late Gestation 14 Alberta Lamb Brand 16 New! On SheepCentralAlberta 16 Got Questions? 16 2016 Calgary Stampede Sheep Showcase 17 Shearing School 2016 17 Canadian Sheep Federation 18 Industry Information Small Ruminant Import Policy to Change 18 Kolodychuk Re-acclaimed as CSF Chairman 18 CSF: Sheep Value Chain Round Table 19 CSBA: 34th Canadian Sheep Classic 20 Peace River Lamb Association Scholarship 20 Changes to Animal Health Legislation 21 Farm and Ranch Workplace Legislation Changes 21 Chops and Crops 2015 22 Sheep Handling Demonstration 22 Global Sheep – The Short Story 23 Classifieds 25 Sheep Calendar 27 What’s missing? ALP Contacts 28 Your flock! ALP’s first photo contest is underway. See page 8 for details. January 2016 EWES EXPOSED TO: WINDING LANE 4Z MASTINE JACKHAMMER 43B SECOND CHANCE 84B CLYDE, AB H: 780-348-5790 C: 780-307-3385 E-MAIL: [email protected] VJV Westlock LAMB PRODUCERS Vold Jones Vold in Westlock is the Marketing Headquarters Sale Dates: for all your sheep and lamb For More Information marketing needs. Monday, January 18 With one sale scheduled Contact VJV Westlock per month, until Fall, Monday, February 15 780-349-3153 you have the option of choosing when to market your lambs Monday, March 21 in one of the finest facilities in the Province. (only 1 sale date scheduled Field Rep per month until Fall) Field Rep CORY POLAK www.vjvwestlock.com TRENT EWASIW 780-712-5749 email: [email protected] 780-349-0239 Alberta Lamb Producers . Phone: 403-948-8533 Email: [email protected] Websites: www.ablamb.ca and www.albertalamb.ca 2015 Zone Meetings and Welcome to the New Board ALP’s annual fall meetings took place October 24 to November 7 in Grande Prairie, Barrhead, Red Deer, and Lethbridge. These meetings are required by our Regulations in order to present the Annual Report. The Annual Report, which includes the financial statements, is available from www.ablamb.ca or by contacting the office. This year, there were also elections in Zones 1, 2, 3 and 6. No nominations were received in time for Zone 1 meeting. However, the appointment of Ray Nolan as Zone 1 Director by the ALP Board is currently pending approval by the Marketing Council. Introducing the 2015-2016 ALP Board of Directors: Zone 1 – Ray Nolan Zone 5 – Erin Yaremko Zone 2 – Phil Zaugg Zone 6 – Darlene Stein Zone 3 – Cindy Armstrong Zone 7 – Virginia Glover Cover photo Credits: istock Zone 4 – Bill Gibson N'ewesletter is published by the Alberta Lamb Producers. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of Alberta Lamb Producers, the Board of Directors or its offic- ers. When reprinting articles from New directors, from L to R: Ray Nolan, Darlene Stein, Cindy Armstrong and N'ewesletter, credit must be given to the ALP and/or Phil Zaugg the author, if applicable. No changes may be made with- As the 2015 Vice Chair, Erin Yaremko is the Acting Chair until the full board meets to elect the out ALP’s, or the author’s, writ- ten permission. Chair, Vice-Chair, and Financial Director at the next board meeting. Alberta Lamb Producers does In recent years, we have added value to the fall meetings by inviting speakers to give presenta- not endorse or promote any of tions on topics you have asked for or that are particularly relevant at that time. The presentations the advertisements or adver- this year were on animal welfare (Isabelle Girard, Kristin Hall), feeding when hay is limited (Dale tisers in the N’ewesletter. Engstrom, Dr. Gary Chang, Dr. Kim Stanford), and zoonotic diseases (Dr. Madhu Ravi). Thanks to all For full Advertising Terms and Conditions see the Media Kit at of the speakers for sharing their expertise at our meetings! ALP looks forward to working with the http://ablamb.ca/docu- new directors to grow the sheep industry in Alberta. ments/MediaKit.pdf. More information from the Zone Meetings is on page 4, with highlights of your check off dollars at work on page 6. For the full presentations and Annual Report, please visit www.ablamb.ca. January 2016 1 Alberta Lamb Producers some stormy days, we might need a bit more motivation to get out there and look after our animals. For many of us it was a tough year, dealing with a low Around the Zones yield on our hay crop to no crop at all. Having to buy feed Zone 1 that was three times as expensive as in previous years made things hard. But all things considered, we got good Born and raised in Co. Carlow Ireland, I grew up on a money for our lambs this year and the feed prices actu- sheep farm which my parents still run and operate. They ally came down a bit again. I hope everybody has the run a flock of 300 Texel cross ewes. The family farm has feed they need to get through this winter. been in operation for four generations and is still going. This is an exciting time to be a lamb producer. There is Just over a decade of my life was spent in the hospitali- a lot of room to grow, and you can certainly be proud to ty trade. I was lucky enough to work in some great hotels be a part of this great industry. As Alberta Lamb Produc- and restaurants, where I met and worked with some ers we want to work together in growing our industry, great people over the years. During my culinary travels of share ideas and pass on our knowledge to one another. Ireland, England and Canada, I had the privilege to cook Remember, we are not competitors, we are partners! for H.R.H. Queen of England at a state banquet in Lon- I hope to see you all at the upcoming “Meet the Board” don, England. Over the course of my career we served meeting in Lethbridge. The meeting will be held at the many celebrities and heads of state: Tom Cruise, Russel Sandman Hotel on January 30th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Crowe and Ozzy Osbourne to mention a few. Probably (see page 8). As your new director, I’m looking forward to the most memorable was Nelson Mandela. But more meeting all of you at some point. I also want to hear from importantly I also met my future wife, a chef also, which you. I am your voice in the industry and want to repre- brought us to Canada. We stayed in Toronto at first then sent you the best I can. Please feel free to call me or write were Calgary bound and finally back to a small town me an email and share your thoughts with me. 6,503 km away from where it all started. Have a great winter! Nowadays we call Vulcan, AB home, where we have two future shepherds, Brayden (four) and Charless (two). Phil Zaugg We also own a grain farm with my wife’s parents which is Phone: 403-548-3939 E-mail: [email protected] great to be a part of. Zone 3 Lambtastic farms was born about five years ago when ALP welcomes Cindy Armstrong to the Board as the we decided to stop cooking and move to Nancy’s family Zone 3 Director. run farm. We mainly run it as a “farm to fork” operation. Cindy Armstrong is an accountant by training, a per- As chefs we always wanted to know where our food sonal coach by preference, and a country girl at heart. came from so now we produce it. The last few years have She was born in Manitoba and travelled to Europe, Que- been a great and big learning curve for us. We run a flock bec and Winnipeg because her father was in the Armed of 350 Suffolk cross ewes; we started out with 50 ewes Forces. and grew over the years. We enjoy the daily challenges that a farm brings and we hope to keep producing and She is an Albertan by transplant and loves calling the promoting lamb in the coming years. Our farm was family’s farm home. Cindy and her husband, Larry Sirr, featured on an episode of Salt Fresh and Field which was own a quarter section which is located kilometres from aired on TELUS optic TV, another great experience. Our Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, off of Hwy 21. ewes also did a guest appearance at Calgary Stampede Over three years ago they purchased Black Belly ewes for the world championship stock dog trials, the best to “clean up our pastures.” They believe there is a market show on earth. for small farm lamb, raised on pasture as much as possi- Thank you, ble, and have been growing their flock since then. Ray Nolan Cindy states, “My desire to represent Zone 3 and Al- Phone: 403-681-0276 E-mail: [email protected] berta Lamb Producers is about learning, communicating, asking questions, and learning LOTS more. And I am very Zone 2 excited to be a part of a growing opportunity.” Hi, my fellow lamb producers, Cindy Armstrong The white stuff is back again and with it the challenges Phone: 403-773-2407 E-mail: [email protected] winter brings.