Producers Attending Biosecurity and Food Safety Workshops

Feb 12, 2016

Cattlemen are learning more about Biosecurity and Food Safety as part of Canada’s on farm food safety program known as Verified Beef Production .

Producers have been attending workshops learning how to identify and deal with potential disease risks.

Coy Schellenberg is the Provincial Co-ordinator for the Program and says funding is also available through the program to help producers with their risk identification.

"As a producer attends our workshop, then they are elegible for funding which is 50% up to $1000 to work with their vet and this includes a consultation visit where the vet would go through the risks and what kind of things they can add or improve to mitigate those risks."

Schellenberg also says the goal of the Biosecurity component focuses on dealing with disease risks and how to manage them.

Source : Discoverestevan

Video: WARNING! Rough Start To Breeding Season!!

WARNING! Sheep Breeding Season Begins With A Bang! Breeding season is officially underway at Ewetopia Farms, but it didn’t exactly start the way we planned!

This vlog begins with us sorting through our rams to find the perfect match for a customer’s breeding program. What should have been routine quickly turned dangerous when one of our more nervous rams panicked. In seconds, Arnie’s knee was injured, and then I was slammed hard onto the concrete floor — both of us taken down by one ram!

Thankfully, it was just bruises, but it’s a reminder of how unpredictable and powerful mature rams can be. Once we recovered, it was time to get back to the real work — the start of breeding season.

We sorted the ewes into four breeding groups (two Suffolk and two Dorset), checking parentage as they ran through the chute, deworming those that needed it, and setting aside thinner ewes for session two of breeding season in a month’s time.This staggered approach keeps lambing organized and prevents overcrowding in the barns.

From rogue rams to the excitement of new breeding groups, this episode is full of action. Stay tuned for the next vlog, where we’ll share how we chose the rams for each group!