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The Shepherd’s Bulletin
Representing the
Counties of:
Ashland, Barron, Burnett,
Bayfield, Buffalo,
Chippewa, Clark,
Douglas, Dunn, Eau
Claire, Iron, Jackson,
Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price,
Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix,
Taylor, Trempealeau, &
Washburn
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF
THE INDIANHEAD SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
VOLUME 20, ISSUE 3 FALL 2014
Scholarship
Application
Deadline Dec. 31
The Indianhead Sheep
Breeders Association
offers one scholarship
annually in the amount of
$500 to be presented at
the 2015 Shepherd’s
Clinic and Trade Show.
Visit the ISBA Website www.indianheadsheep.com
or contact any board
member (listed on page
2) for details.
Get the latest up-to-date
information at
www.indianheadsheep.com
“Like” us on Facebook!
The Fall ISBA Shearing School is scheduled for September
13, 2014. Contact Duane Klindworth at 715-286-4157 for details.
Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association was well represented at the 2014 Wisconsin State Fair Junior Sheep Show in West Allis. The following ISBA youth exhibited sheep at the fair: Victoria Arnevik of Rice Lake, Joshua Bohn of Amery, Nicole Dittbrenner of Cumberland, Carissa Haffenbredl of Chili, RaeAnna and Reese Johnston of Milltown, Shelby, Alex and Megan Liddle of Roberts, Brook Peterson of Brantwood, Emily Pintens of Dallas, Joshua Rebhahn of Viroqua, Danielle Robinson of Brownsville, Katelyn and Malorie Schmoll of Wausau, Dathan, Kelsi and Kailen Smer-chek of Rosholt and Haley Yunker of St. Croix Falls.
ISBA members receiving 1st place class winners are as follows: Dathan Smerchek – Southdown fall ram lamb, Hampshire market lamb class 2; Kelsi Smerchek – Southdown yearling ewe class 1 and fall ewe lamb; Kailen Smerchek – Southdown spring ewe lamb, Natural Color market lamb class 1; Haley Yunker – Southdown winter ewe lamb. Cham-pion awards included Nicole Dittbrenner – Reserve Champion Suffolk ram, Reserve Champion bred and owned Suffolk ram; Carissa Haffenbredl - Champion bred and owned Dorset ram, Reserve Champion bred and owned Dorset ewe, Reserve Champion Lincoln ewe; Reese Johnston - Reserve Champion bred and owned Shropshire ram; Dathan Smerchek – Champion Southdown ram, Champion bred and owned Southdown ram, Reserve Champion Hampshire market lamb; Kelsi Smerchek – Champion South-down ewe; Kailen Smerchek – Reserve Champion bred and owned Southdown ewe. Dathan Smerchek’s Southdown ram went on to be named Supreme Champion ram and
Growing the sheep industry in Wisconsin will be the theme of the 2015
ISBA Shepherd's Clinic to be held Saturday, January 31 in Rice Lake, WI at the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College. Greg Brickner, DVM will kick off this year's Shepherd's Clinic with his presentation "Managing a Large Sheep Flock While Working Full Time Off the Farm." Greg and his wife Vicki raise sheep on their 160 acre farm near Wonewoc, WI.
Debbie Petzel, Youth Clinic Chairperson, has a great line up of speakers and activities for young shepherds. Shawn Erickson of Pine Island, MN will lead a "Show Clinic" during which youth will learn about selection, feeding, fitting and showing lambs. Also included in this year's Youth Clinic will be a lambing time presentation by Greg Brickner,DVM, a hands-on Sheep Skillathon, and a fiber activity presented by Carol Wagner from Hidden Valley Woolen
Mill in Valders, WI.
Attendees to the 2015 Shepherd's Clinic will also be able to choose from a variety of topics that will help them grow their sheep enterprise. These topics include Low-cost housing and handling systems, Forages for sheep, Fiber Arts, Using NSIP data in a Commercial Flock and much more.
If you have questions about the Shepherd's Clinic or suggestions for improving the program, contact Tim Jergenson, Clinic Chairperson at 715-537-6252.
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ISBA Board of Directors
President Duane Klindworth S12020 County Hwy HH Augusta, WI 54722 715-286-4157 [email protected] Term Expires 2016 Vice President John Govin N6134 670th St Menomonie, WI 54751 715-235-8610 [email protected] Term Expires 2016 Secretary Lynn Peterson W1538 Brantwood Ave Brantwood, WI 54513 715-564-2631 [email protected] Term Expires 2017 Treasurer Jackie Johnson 9977 130th Ave Bloomer, WI 54724 715-568-1186 [email protected] [email protected] Term Expires 2017 Debbie Petzel — “Webmaster” and WSBC Board Member 2037 180th Ave. Centuria, WI 54824 715-646-2640 [email protected] Term Expires 2016 Brian “Beef” Johnston 1363 200th Ave Milltown, WI 54858 715-825-4496 Term Expires 2015 John Peterson 1675 11 1/2 St Barron, WI 54812 715-651-2161 [email protected] Term Expires 2015
Message from the President
Greetings,
I hope you enjoyed showing, growing,
educating and promoting lamb and
sheep products this summer! The
County, Regional and State Fairs offer
great opportunities for this, as well as
Spooner Sheep Day, pasture walks,
and field days.
This year our ISBA Summer Field/Pasture Walk and Picnic was held at David and Sonya Johnson’s Shepherd Valley Farm near Arcadia, WI. David is currently serving as the Grassworks President. His involvement in both organizations made this event possi-ble. Their beautiful, scenic farm was a pleasure to visit and there was a fine educational program including conser-vation practices, forage management and direct marketing advice. Thank you to the Johnsons and Grassworks
for their efforts in promoting sheep production! What a difference a year can make!
We are seeing higher lamb prices and
lower sheep feed costs. Given the
current cost of feed, it may be a good
time to reinvest in other parts of your
operation. The Sheep & Goat Fund
has very favorable lending rates avail-
able for most of your operation’s
needs, be it for breeding stock, ma-
chinery or facilities. The nice thing
about this money is that it comes
from, and is reinvested in, our own
industry.
Have a great and safe fall harvest!
Duane Klindworth
ISBA President
Café Lamb
2 pounds ground lamb
2 eggs
1 small can tomato paste
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 tsp fresh thyme
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
8 oz package mushrooms (any kind)
1 cup chopped white onion
2 cloves garlic minced
1 1/2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
3/4 cup milk
Submitted by Judy Knox - Green Hill Farm
Chop mushrooms and onion, brown in olive oil adding garlic a minute before onions are translucent. Stir in salt and pepper.
Slightly beat eggs, milk, tomato paste and herbs. Mix with breadcrumbs and lamb.
Shape into loaf or place in bread pan. Bake for an hour at 375 degrees.
Let sit 5 minutes before slicing.
Meatloaf and Mushrooms
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Upcoming Sheep Events
September 11 Northwest Graziers Fall Conference, 9:00 – 3:00, LCO College, Hayward, WI. Information: Otto, 715 635-3506.
September 12 Sheep Pasture Walk, 9:00 – 11:30 a.m., Northstar Homestead Farm, 11077N Fullington Road, Hayward, WI. Information: Kara, 715 462-3453.
September 12 Sheep Seminar & Sheep Station Tour, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Spooner Ag Research Station, Spooner, WI, Information: Otto, 715 635-3506.
September 13 Indianhead Sheep Breeders Shearing School, Duane Klindworth Farm, Augusta, WI Information: www.indianheadsheep.com or Duane Klindworth 715 286-4157
September 21 Badger Production Sale. Arlington Ag Research Station, Arlington, WI 608-846-3761
September 27-28 Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, West Branch, MI. www.lambandwoolfestival.com
October 18-19 New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, Dutchess County Fairgrounds,
Rhinebeck, NY. www.sheepandwool.com
November 8-21 North America International Livestock Exposition
November 8 Upper Midwest Fall Fiber Festival, Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN. www.fallfiberfestival.com
December 6-7 Beginning Shearing School, Sheep Unit, Arlington Agricultural Research Station, Arlington, WI. Contact: Todd Taylor, 608 846-5858 or [email protected]
January 15-17 GrassWorks Grazing Conference, Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells. www.grassworks.org
January 31 21st Annual Indianhead Shepherds Clinic & Trade Show, WITC Conference Center, Rice Lake, WI. Info: Tim Jergenson: 715-537-6252
The 62nd Spooner Sheep Day was held August 16, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Spooner Agricul-
tural Research Station. Over 50 attendees listened to presentations on a variety of topics pertaining to sheep production. The featured presenter was Dr. Reid Redden, sheep extension specialist for North Dakota State University. Dr. Redden pre-sented various methods for synchronizing breeding and lambing periods in the ewe flock utilizing natural methods such as the “ram effect” as well as utilizing exogenous hormones such as cidrs as the gain popularity. Rusty Burgett, sheep re-searcher at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station provided producers with methods in order to reduce feeding costs of the ewe flock focusing on reducing forage wastage and utilizing concentrate feedstuffs such as cereal grains and ethanol co-products. The morning presentations were rounded off with talks about genetic improvement in the ewe flock utilizing esti-mated breeding values (EBVs) and the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP). Tom Murphy, PhD student at UW-Madison provided a background on how EBVs are calculated and what traits are used in the calculus. Dr. Reid Redden also presented the benefits of the National Sheep Improvement Program demonstrating how other livestock industries such as beef and dairy cattle have benefited from EBVs and how NSIP can be utilized as a “tool in the toolbox” for sheep producers to make similar genetic progress. Following lunch, producers participated in a commercial market lamb evaluation accompa-nied by ultrasound evaluation of backfat and loin muscle depth. The session invoking the most discussion among producers was about Caseous Lyphadenitis(CL), provided by Hannah Stellrecht, a sophomore student at UW-Madison and 2014 sum-mer intern at the Spooner Ag Research Station. Infection patterns and rates in the Spooner flock, prevention and eradica-tion were all talked about by Ms. Stellrecht followed by lengthy discussions by all present. Proceedings from the event will be available soon on the UW small ruminant extension website at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wisheepandgoat/spooner-sheep-day/
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News From The Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative
ISBA will be partnering with WSBC to improve educational opportunities to our sheep producers and enthusiasts. Wiscon-sin Sheep Breeders Cooperative membership benefits include...
Quarterly Newsletter-The Wisconsin Shepherd
Free Classified Advertising on the WSBC website: www.wisbc.com
Complimentary Link from our Website to Your Website
Support of Legislative Activities
Support of Lamb & Wool Promotional Activities
Support 4-H, FFA, and Other Youth Activities/Scholarships
Representation on Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Association Board
Representation on Wisconsin State Fair Blue Ribbon Sale of Champions Committee
Membership Directory Listing-Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival Catalog
WSBC Activities
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival
Wisconsin Wool Works!
WSBC Stock Exchange
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival Youth Sweepstakes
Annual Used Equipment Sale & Shepherd’s Auction
Wisconsin Sheep Photo Contest
Annual Youth Scholarship Competition
For more information, please see http://www.wisbc.com/ or contact ISBA's representative, Debbie Petzel at [email protected]
The ISBA website will soon be updated to feature a page for ISBA members to advertise sheep, sheep prod-
ucts or sheep related equipment for sale. Please email your text and photos to [email protected]. Your
text and photos will be uploaded to the web exactly as they are provided. We hope that this will provide
our members another tool to successfully market their products.
also Supreme Champion Breeding Sheep of the junior show.
In the performance lamb division, placing in the top 10 in the Carcass division include Emily Pintens 1st, Reese Johnston 7th, Brook Peterson 9th. Placing in the top 10 in the Rate of Gain division include Emily Pintens 3rd. Placing in the top 10 for the Overall Performance Lambs include Emily Pintens 2nd.
Members placing in the top 10 in the Premier Exhibitor division are as follows: Kailen Smerchek 2nd, Haley Yunker 3rd, Dathan Smerchek 5th, Katelyn Schmoll 7th, Malorie Schmoll 8th, Reese Johnston 10th . Top 10 showmanship placing are as follows: 12 yr old – Kailen Smerchek 4th, Brook Peterson 7th; 13 yr old – Malorie Schmoll 4th; 15 yr old – Danielle Robinson 5th; 16 yr old – Katelyn Schmoll 3rd, Victoria Arnevik 8th; 18 yr old – Dathan Smerchek 2nd, Carissa Haffenbredl 5th; 19 yr old – Kelsi Smerchek 3rd, Haley Yunker 4th.
A complete listing of judging results are listed on the Wisconsin State Fair website. Congratulations to all of the Wisconsin State Fair Junior Sheep Show participants, as well as all of the other ISBA youth members that exhibited at the many county fair and regional sheep shows around the state! —Submitted by Corinne Arnevik-Hansen
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Wormers Revisited
By Dr. G.F.Kennedy, DVM
Pipestone Veterinary Services Sheep and Goat Newsletter; April 2014 Used with permission.
All right you have bugged me often enough I will take another shot at it. The questions just keep coming, indi-cating to me there are a lot of unsolved problems.
My sheep are wormy, they have bottle jaw, some are scouring and a few are dying and a whole lot more don’t look that well. My first question is, how did they get this way? Answers vary but almost every time they are lambs running on grass with their mothers east of the Missouri or Mississippi rivers.
Ok, so what’s the problem? A lamb was never designed to utilize our soft wet grasses that are the home of the parasites as well when not in the sheep. For years I observed early born lambs going to grass with their mothers and returning in the fall much thinner than when they went to pasture. Along came the Pipestone Lamb and Wool Program and I watched those lambs weaned at eight weeks full fed grain, never seeing pas-ture, never wormed and gone to market on less than a 4 to 1 concentrate ratio. Same lambs raised under the other protocol ended up going to market same weight in November and December with an 8:1 feed conver-sion ratio and less of them. If you have too much grass, buy more ewes.
Ok, so what’s the answer? I know the answer in my flock. I worm the ewes twice a year whether they need it or not. I use Dectomax when I bring them in in the fall and again when I send them back to pasture in the spring. I worm the replacement ewe lambs with Dectomax sometime after they come off full feed at 80 pounds. That’s it folks, it is that simple. I don’t have a parasite problem and used the same procedure when we had Suffolk’s, Rambouillet’s and Dorper’s and with different wormers and was successful with those breeds as well.With our program I can continuously control coccidiosis, another constant threat to pasture lambs.
Let’s talk about wormers. The organic products are junk and not effective. I would consider using these prod-ucts: Cydectin, Ivermectins, Prohibit, Dectomax, Noromectin, Noromectin Plus and Valbazen. All require rota-tion of pastures after usage to be effective and I am well aware that the farther south you go, the greater the parasite pressure is. Dectomax is the most effective against the
immature forms and Prohibit is effective against resistant worms but only effective against adults so needs to be repeated. Valbazen and Noromectin Plus are effective against flukes and should be used if flukes are a problem, or feeder lambs originating in areas where they are a problem. Valbazen is effective against tape worms which I believe are non pathogenic and will eventually create resistance and be eliminated anyway. All are safe in pregnancy with the exception
of Valbazen. I don’t recommend any procedures for at least 30 days following breeding and prior to breeding as well, but two weeks prior will probably be okay.
I am not into fecals and egg counts, I see little practical value. The FAMACHA thing I find a poor system. Why would you allow an animal to suffer from clinical parasitism before it is treated? Seems to me this is a way to perpetuate parasitism and an animal welfare issue as well.
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