YEE Sets Lambing School for November

The American Sheep Industry Association’s Young and Emerging Entrepreneurs are planning an in-person lambing school for Nov. 23 at the Codington County Extension Complex in Watertown, S.D.

The on-day lambing school will focus on the preparation and basics of lambing. The school will educate and empower beginning sheep producers to be confident and successful in the lambing barn, improving lamb survival. The course will cover topics such as nutrition pre- and post-lambing, basic equipment and facility needs, disease, problems, and steps of preparation and action to be taken before, during and after lambing.

Participants will receive hands-on instruction on how to successfully assist ewes when the need arises and will be able to practice their skills on a life-size ewe model designed to demonstrate difficult births. All ages and skill levels are welcome to attend.

ASI’s YEE group received a grant from the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center to develop training – both online and in-person – for beginning sheep producers. The lambing school will be one step in fulfilling the objectives of that grant.

The cost to attend is $10 and is payable by cash or check on the day of the school.

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