SPANS Annual General Meeting December 29, 2011

Saturday January 21, 2012 at the Windsor Community Centre, Starting at 10:00 am. A $10.00 fee will be charged to cover the cost of lunch and refreshments..

PSBANS Annual General Meeting October 12, 2011

When: Saturday November 26, 2011 at 10:30am
Where: Ruminant Animal Center, NSAC, Truro

For more information please contact Rosemary Wort at (902) 671-2410 or herngate@ns.sympatico.ca

PSBANS Sale Stats ’11 October 4, 2011

The sale stats for 2011 are in!

PSBANS Sale Stats 2011 (PDF)

NS Sheep Breeders’ Directory Form October 4, 2011

PSBANS intends to publish a new issue of its popular Breeders’ Directory in 2012. It will be a small booklet, 8½” x 5” printed in black & white, with color cover. The directory will feature purebred breeders, commercial sheep producers and local sheep related businesses and organizations.

DEADLINE for Submissions: January 31, 2012

PSBANS 2012 Directory Application Form (PDF)

For more information and or to submit this form with payment and advertising materials please contact:

Rosemary Wort,
P.O.Box 31, Upper Stewiacke, NS, BON 2PO
E Mail: hemgatefarm@ns.sympatico.ca
Ph: 902-671-2410
Sheep and Beef Research Field Day October 4, 2011

Nappan Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S.
October 22, 2011

Outline of Agenda:

9:30 Registration and Coffee

10:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks by Chair: Jonathan Wort, AgraPoint

10:10 Review of Pasture Species Selection and Management: Bill Thomas, AgraPoint.

10:30 Significance of Pasture to Sheep and Beef Production: Les Halliday, PEI Dept. of Agriculture

10:50 Questions for Bill and Les

Update on Research Projects at Nappan:

11:00 Lamb performance and carcass composition on diverse pasture types and oil supplements: Kathleen Glover, NSAC

11:20 Lamb reproductive performance on diverse pasture types and oil supplements: Dave Barrett, NSAC

11:40 Finishing Beef Cattle on Different Pasture Types and Effect of Forage Mixtures on Cattle Performance: John Dynesiveld, AAFC

12:00 Lunch ($10.00)

1:00 Field Tour of Sheep and Beef Research Projects

2:00 Casual Conversation with Participants.

 

There is a $10 fee for lunch. To facilitate planning, people interested in attending are encouraged to call AgraPoint at 1-877-710-5210 (toll-free) by October 15, 2011.

2011 NS Provincial Exhibition Sheep Show Results September 13, 2011

Below are the results from the 2011 Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Sheep Show held in Truro Nova Scotia.

Placing Name of Animal Exhibitor
Suffolk – Ewe “Yearling” Oak River 1X Oak River Farm
Suffolk – Ewe “Lamb” Oak River 623Y Oak River Farm
Suffolk – Ram “Lamb” Hilltop Renes 3Y Paul McNutt
Suffolk – Breeders Flock Breckrow Farms Breckrow Farms
Dorset – Ewe “Yearling” Oak River 5X Oak River Farm
Dorset – Ewe “Lamb” Oak River 621Y Oak River Farm
Dorset – Ram “Lamb” Oak River 622Y Oak River Farm
North Country Cheviot – Ewe “Yearling” Woody Acre 6X Wallace McKay
North Country Cheviot – Ewe “Lamb” Breckrow 59Y Breckrow Farms
North Country Cheviot – Ram “Yearling” Upperbrook 37X Ruth and Greta Mathewson
North Country Cheviot – Ram “Lamb” Woody Acre 3Y Wallace McKay
North Country Cheviot – Breeders Flock Wallace McKay Wallace McKay
Southdown – Ewe “Yearling” Driscoll ATC 8X Troy Hiltz
Southdown – Ewe “Lamb” North Brook Blizzard 12X Troy Hiltz
Southdown – Ram “Lamb” Brook Ridge 7Y Rhonda McCarron
Any Other Breed – Ram “Yearling” Island Super Texel 1625X Ryk ter Beek
Any Other Breed – Ram “Lamb” Milferns Dale Fabian Hamilton
Any Other Breed – Breeders Flock Island Super Texels Ryk ter Beek
Supreme Champion Ewe Overall Woody Acre 6X North Brook Farm
Supreme Champion Ram Overall Hilltop Renes 3Y Paul McNutt
Champion Breeders Flock Island Super Texels Ryk ter Beek
Champion Market Lamb Breckrow Farms Breckrow Farms

       

2011 Atlantic Sheep Sale August 15, 2011

The 31st Annual Atlantic Sheep Sale will be held on Saturday, September 3rd 2011, beginning at 11am at the Provincial Exhibition Grounds in Truro, Nova Scotia.

Animals will be on view from 7pm, Friday, September 2nd 2011.

You can view the catalogue, including agenda, consignors and sale entries by downloading the 14 page guide below:

Please note that this is a download friendly version of the catalogue (only 154 KB) for those of you on slower internet connections.

Fleece and Wool Competition 2011 August 15, 2011

Please see the below forms (in either Microsoft Word or ADobe PDF) for the rules and entry form for the 2011 Fleece and Wool Competition at the 2011 NSPE from August 23rd – 27th.

For more information please contact: G. Jones: nantymor9982@ns.sympatico.ca or telephone (902)369-2969

Atlantic Sheep Sale June 27, 2011

Hi Everybody:

Here you will find the information, rules and application forms for the Atlantic Sheep Sale to be held Sept 3/11 in Truro.

Please read all the information as there have ben some changes made this year. I ask that you pay close attention to the attachment titled strike it contains important information about returning your entry forms. If you know of someone who usually enteries and they do not have email could you please pass the information along to them.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank You
Rosemary Wort
902-671-2410

Fleece and Wool Competition May 28, 2011

The 4th Annual Fleece and Wool Competition will be held at the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition grounds this year from August 23-27th.

The NS Exhibition Schedule can be accessed here:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/agri/elibrary/exhibition.shtml

PSBANS Annual Sheep Sale May 26, 2011

A reminder that the PSBANS Annual Sheep Sale will be held on Sat. September 3rd, 2011 at the NSPE Grounds, Truro, NS