TEXAS SHEEP AND GOAT EXPO FIRST COMMUNITY SPUR ARENA

AUGUST 20-21, 2021 | SAN ANGELO TX

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE:

https://agrilife.org/agrilifesheepandgoat/

DAY 1 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 2012:00 pm Registration, Lunch & View Exhibits (following Sheep and Goat Field Day)

1:15 pm

4:15 pm Break

4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions - A, B, C, D:

6:00 pm Break

6:30 pm Dinner/Guest Speaker

7:30 pm Conference “Practicum” Sessions

• Toxic plants in sheep and goats• Importance of Minerals in sheep and goat health• Parasites and fecal sampling

Session B - Health and Management

• Planning an Aerial Predator Hunt• Feral Hog Trapping Systems

Session A- Business and MarketingToday’s Sheep and Goat Producer: How to Avoid the Bitterweeds of Farm and Ranch Legal Issues

• Basic Business Entity Set Upo Liability & FSA Considerations

• Property Rights/Easements/Condemnation• Fence Law basics

Session C -Wildlife ManagementPredator Management

Session D - Sheep and Goat 1015 things I wish I knew before I started raising sheep!!

Panel Discussion• Dr. Reagan Noland - Extension Agronomist• Chad Rains - Dawson County Producer• Dr. Reid Redden - Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist

1:30 pm

2:15 pm Traditional & Non-traditional marketing Panel Discussion

Ryan Mahoney, President & CEO -Emigh Livestock, Rio Vista, California

Animal Handling Equipment

Welcome - Dr. Dan Hale - Associate Director for Agriculture and Natural Resources

Meeting the Demands of the New Lamb Consumer

Galen Williams - ABDM - Meat Procurement at HEB

Ethnic Market PerspectiveAbdul Chaudhry - Chaudhry Halal Meats, North CarolinaSaffet Kucukkarca - ENA Meat Packing, Texas and New JerseyMustafa Makinzi - Sheep and Goat Order Buyer

Texas Traditional Lamb Harvest/ FabricatorsJeffrey Hasbrouck – Double J Lamb, Inc., San Angelo & Colorado Zach Hagens – Capra Foods, Goldthwaite, Tx

DAY 2 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 217:00 am Registration/Exhibits/Breakfast8:15 am Welcome

8:30 am Concurrent SessionsSEE SCHEDULE BELOW

12:00 pm Lunch/ Closing remarks/door prizes

1:15 pm Youth mock sheep skill-a-thon contest

1:30 pm Texas Lamb Breeders Association Board Meeting

CONCURRENT SESSIONS –SATURDAY, AUGUST 21

Hair Sheep

Club Lambs

Meat Goats

Angora Goats

• Sheep and Goat Skill-a-thon Program/ContestYouth Program

• Flock Health and Genetic Testing• Where are we now• Submitting samples for Genetic Testing

Wool Sheep • Practices to Improve Lambing Rate and Survival• Panel discussion with three producers that have implemented strategies• Revenue Generating Opportunities with Wool Sheep

• Panel discussion with grower and industry to look at systems for Texaswool producers to optimize total return

• Home processing

of

a

dorper

lamb

• Cooking dorper

lamb

at

home

• What do

I feed

my

Hair

Sheep?

• Panel discussion on operational success- Producer's Perspective

• Meat Goat

AI,

ET,

Pregnancy

Detection

(Sonogram/Blood

Testing)

• History of

Meat

Goat

Production

at

the

Sonora

Experiment

Station

• Utilizing Spanish and Boer Genetics for Commercial Production

• American Mohair Assurance Program

• Running Angora

Muttons

• Small

Herd

Shearing • Preparing Your Mohair for Sale

• Selecting Replacement Ewes