. Agri-news. Agriculture. 00 Alberta sheep fastest growing in the world (cont'd). Reg Marler, of Sherwood Park, left was owner of the top selling 1986 ram, Sherwood 10U, which was bought for $950 by Walt Strand on Lethbridge. There are about 2,000 people in Alberta who own sheep, says Knapp noting this includes hobby farmers with two or three animals, to full time producers with several hundred ewes. About half of the lambs in Alberta are grown out to market weight in the feedlot, while the other half are raised on pasture. Because Alberta producers don't have access to as much grass and are f
. Agri-news. Agriculture. 00 Alberta sheep fastest growing in the world (cont'd). Reg Marler, of Sherwood Park, left was owner of the top selling 1986 ram, Sherwood 10U, which was bought for $950 by Walt Strand on Lethbridge. There are about 2,000 people in Alberta who own sheep, says Knapp noting this includes hobby farmers with two or three animals, to full time producers with several hundred ewes. About half of the lambs in Alberta are grown out to market weight in the feedlot, while the other half are raised on pasture. Because Alberta producers don't have access to as much grass and are faced with a shorter grazing season than sheep farmers in other countries, more animals are provided with supplements or fed year round at home. "A grassland economy is different," says Knapp referring to sheep producing countries such as New Zealand, which has pasture available year round. "In Alberta with the high cost of feed concentrates, every extra day of feeding is expensive. "We also have a longer feeding period in winter than most countries. So there is real economic pressure on Alberta producers to improve growth rate and lambing ; 30 Contact: John Knapp 948-5101 Alberta Agriculture, Print Media Branch, Phone: (403) 427-2121. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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