American Lamb Board Sheep IQ: Improving Productivity to Meet Demand
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
Michael L. Parson Meat Science Education and Training Laboratory
University of Missouri
Day 1: Producing High Quality American Lamb for All Markets
Theme: Identify end-goals of your lambs, Carcass evaluation 101, Well Bred – Well Fed
Time / Session
- 8:00 AM Registration, refreshments, and pre-workshop assessment
- 8:30 AM Welcome, introductions, and workshop goals
- 9:00 AM Benchmarking: Where’s your flock at, where is it going?
- 10:00 AM Break
- 10:15 AM Nutrition: Lamb feeding for a quality carcass
- 11:15 AM Buyer and Marketing Panel
- 12:15 PM Lunch
- 1:15 PM Meat Lab tour and hands-on afternoon:
- Live Evaluation for Carcass Merit
- Carcass Data Collection and Pricing
- Carcass Fabrication
- Retail Cutting, Packaging, and Market Presentation
- 5:00 PM Questions and closing remarks
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31
Michael L. Parson Meat Science Education and Training Laboratory
University of Missouri
Day 2: Converting Pregnancies into Marketable Lambs
Theme: Implement best management practices, and convert biological gains into profit.
Time / Session
- 8:00 AM Pregnancy detection and ewe nutrition
- 9:00 AM Genetic Selection and Crossbreeding Opportunities
- 10:00 AM Break
- 10:15 AM Co Species grazing opportunity
- 11:15 AM Matching Reproduction to Management Resources
- 12:15 PM Lunch
- 1:15 PM Enterprise Budget Walkthrough
- 2:30 PM Break
- 2:45 PM Producer productivity action plans and enterprise budget
- 4:00 PM Closing remarks and program conclusion