• Ontario Sheep Farming: Insights from Dr Mark Ferguson

  • Nov 10 2024
  • Length: 39 mins
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Ontario Sheep Farming: Insights from Dr Mark Ferguson

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  • Sophie and Ferg catch up about Ferg’s recent trip to Ontario, Canada, where he visited 14 different sheep farming enterprises on his 10-day trip with Ontario Sheep Farmers.

    Highlights:

    - The differences in production systems, compared with New Zealand and Australia

    - Feeding strategies

    - Lambing systems

    - Health challenges

    - Market dynamics

    - The potential for genetic improvements in sheep breeding


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