Crane Small Ruminant Consulting

05/30/2023

08/30/2022

Lazy afternoon taking inventory, cleaning gear and putting an order in with Ralph for the upcoming Montana Beginners Wool Harvesting School to be held in Billings October 13-16th. We won't be hosting an Intermediate School this October since we had Mike Pora here this spring, but are planning an Advanced School in early February 2023. Looking forward to having Wade Kopren facilitate as lead instructor with the school again, but going to miss Mike Schuldt's great teaching skills. Email [email protected] for an application.

07/04/2022

For southern followers, a new large animal veterinary service starting up owned by some wonderful people!

https://www.facebook.com/GrauVetServices/

Food animal ambulatory veterinary services in Tallahassee, FL and surrounding areas.

07/03/2022

Opportunity in the sheep industry

06/30/2022

Any sheep producer with less than 10 years of experience looking to improve their sheep knowledge and skills? Apply to the Emerging Sheep Producer Program! This year-long program will be a mix of webinars, SD industry tours and sheep producer tours and will cover a diversity of topics including lambing, nutrition, marketing, finance and more!

Program detail and registration can be found at https://extension.sdstate.edu/emerging-sheep-producers-program #:~:text=The%20program%20is%20open%20to,September%202022%20through%20August%202023.

06/29/2022

Very important regulations to be aware of for the future.

https://www.sheepusa.org/fda-guidance-ending-over-the-counter-antibiotics

06/29/2022

View sample budgets to estimate costs and returns for many livestock enterprises.

06/18/2022

Australia has a robust strategy to minimise the potential trade impacts on the sheep and wool industries if an emergency animal disease (EAD) was to occur in this country. However, the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in sheep in South Africa, and the outbreak of FMD in cattle last month in...

06/02/2022

05/27/2022

With waste wool making up to 20% of the total take from some sheep, Albert Wilde, owner of Wild Valley Farms, and 6th generation sheep rancher in Croydon, Utah thought just maybe it could be put to good use. After working with a host of universities and consultants to validate his suspicion that wool could bring value to any garden, the idea for wool garden pellets just kind of took off.

Click through to our blog for tips on how to use wool in your garden: www.americanwool.org/4-reasons-to-introduce-wool-into-your-garden/