Lambing Time Short Course

Lambing Time Short Course
The Pipestone Lambing Time Short Course & Bus Tour is a premier lambing time management school of the sheep industry. The program’s purpose is to help you improve your management skills during lambing, improve facility and labor efficiency, and form relationships in your business. The program combines lecture, group discussions, and tours of outstanding sheep operations. Program leaders include expert instructors with diverse and practical sheep experience and a highly-qualified veterinarian who enjoys sharing his sheep health knowledge. The farm tours highlight labor-savings management practices including barn layout and flow, raising lambs on milk replacer, lamb processing, and ewe and lamb feeding systems. The program will rotate between virtual and in-person delivery to best serve sheep producers in the area and across the country.

Friday, February 2, 2024

  • 6:30 p.m. - Registration
  • 7:00 p.m. - Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • 7:15 p.m. - Cost Effective Ewe Feed Rations: Philip Berg
  • 8:15 p.m. - Low Labor Lambing: Ryan Knuth
  • 8:45 p.m. - Record Keeping and Benchmarks: Ryan Knuth
  • 9:15 p.m. - Question & Answer Session
  • 9:30 p.m. - End of evening program

Saturday, February 2024

  • 8:00 a.m. - Opening Remarks
  • 8:15 a.m. - Keys for Successful Lambing: Philip Berg
  • 9:15 a.m. - Common Ewe Health Concerns: Dr. J. L. Goelz
  • 10:15 a.m. - Break
  • 10:30 a.m. - Common Lamb Health Concerns: Dr. J. L. Goelz
  • 11:30 a.m. - Flock Biosecurity: Ryan Knuth
  • 12:00 p.m. - Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - Board buses
  • 1:15 p.m. - Tour Andrew and Kiah Berg Farm
    • Lambing Barn Layout
    • Self Feeding Soybean Hulls to Ewes
    • Low-Labor Management Concepts
    • Electronic Record Keeping
  • 2:15 p.m. - Board buses
  • 2:45 p.m. - Tour Brian Winsel & Bryan Kruse Farm
    • Easy Sheep Flow Through Lambing Barn
    • Raising Milk Replacer Lambs
    • Lamb Management Philosophies
    • Lamb Processing
    • Correcting Inverted Eyelids
    • Low-Labor Sheep Feeding
    • Cold Housing Options for Sheep
  • 4:15 p.m. - Board buses 
  • 4:30 p.m. - Program Conclusion

To enroll, print and complete the registration form or contact Sue Lovell.

Register

Space is limited. Register early! The minimum enrollment is 20 people. 

Cost: $115 (includes tuition, bus transportation, and noon meal, and snacks)

Reciprocity: North Dakota and Wisconsin residents will be charged a higher tuition rate unless a reciprocity form is completed. Reciprocity forms must be completed online. 

Lodging Information

Americas Best Value Inn – 605 8th Ave SE (Hwy 75 & 23)  507-690-0091
Arrow Motel – 600 8th Ave. NE (Hwy 75 North)  507-825-3331
GrandStay Hotel & Suites – 915 7th ST. SE (Hwy 75 & 30)  507-562-1100
Historic Calumet Inn – 104 West Main St. 507-825-5871
Pipestone RV Campground – 919 North Hiawatha Ave. 507-825-2455
Split Rock Creek State Park (6 miles South on Hwy 23)  507-348-7908

Additional lodging is available in Luverne, MN, and Flandreau SD (Approximately 30 miles away).

Reciprocity: North Dakota and Wisconsin residents will be charged a higher tuition rate unless a reciprocity form is completed. Reciprocity forms must be completed online. 

North Dakota Reciprocity  Wisconsin Reciprocity