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September 17-19, 2010
CAPRINE OUTING 2010
4-H Camp Owahta, Solon, NY
Caprine Outing is a 3-day goat workshop held every two years sponsored by the Cornell Department of Animal Science and Cornell Cooperative Extension. We'll have several new speakers as well as old favorites present this year. Brett Chedzoy will talk on silvopasturing , combining tree production with forage and livestock production. He'll focus on what tree crops produce well when planted into an established pasture and how to select and establish forage grasses and legumes under mature trees. Steve Olson will conduct a Barbecuing your Goat workshop that starts with cutting up a carcass and ends up on the grill. Steve raises meat goats and recently retired from the Ag. Marketing Service division of USDA and helped develop the Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications for goat meat. Superior Semen Works will again offer an Intensive Artificial Insemination Course during the outing for $45 per person. Spaces are limited in their workshop so please sign up quickly if you want to attend that workshop. Contact them directly at (603) 512-5546 or superiorsemenworks@yahoo.com if you plan to buy semen straws from them or hope to get a doe inseminated or a buck collected during the outing. Farmers who attend the Integrated Parasite Management workshops and participate in the How to do fecals and FAMACHA scoring practical will be able to obtain FAMACHA certification and charts for $9.00. The facilities at 4-H Camp Owahta are beautiful but rustic. Sleeping arrangements range from large cabins with electricity and sometimes wood heat to covered unheated lean-tos that house 8 to 10 people. Almost all beds are bunk beds. There are a few small rooms with electricity available. Private tents and campers are permitted on the premises. The dining hall is large and warm and our other main workshop room is equipped with wood heat. Bathrooms are modern and showers have hot water. There is a large covered pavilion and two small tent pavilions for activities with live goats, so we should be able to stay dry regardless of weather. However, if you prefer less rustic housing we have blocked rooms at the Ramada Inn (2 River Street, Cortland, Ph: 607-756-4431) for $85/room (singles or doubles) plus tax. To get the blocked rates, you need to make your reservations by August 19th and state that you are with Caprine Outing. You can also call the Cortland Area Innkeepers Association (1-800-314-4667) to see if local Bed and Breakfasts have rooms available. Be sure to bring flashlights, sleeping bags and towels if staying at the camp. Bring rain gear regardless.
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/4H/goats/CaprineOuting.pdf
October 2 and 3, 2010
22nd Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival
Tunbridge, VT, Tunbridge Fairgrounds
The Sheep & Wool Festival brings together over 50 of New England’s fi nest fi ber artisans featuring handcrafted natural fi ber clothing, yarn, wool craft, knitting, spinning, weaving and felting supplies, fencing, sheep supplies, meat and cheese. The festival offers several exciting
courses related to natural fibers and we’re pleased this year to have Beth Brown-Reinsel and Patty Blomgren joining us to teach 3 days of knitting workshops, in addition to our local talent. Additional presentations and demonstrations on sheep and goat health, animal husbandry,
sheep shearing, sheep dog herding, knitting, felting, weaving, and spinning ongoing throughout the weekend.
See our festival web page: www.vtsheepandgoat.org/festival
November 5, 6, & 7, 2010
The Northeast Handspinners Association 2010 Gathering
Grand Summit Resort Hotel & Conference Center at Mount Snow, West Dover, VT
Ten fiber mentors are scheduled to teach at the Gathering; Sara Lamb from California, Deb Menz from Wisconsin, Letty Klein and Amy Tyler from Michigan, Nancy Morey from New York, as well as some New England area instructors. Class topics include: Weaving with Cut Pile; Combs & Hackles; Braid Rugs with Roving; Color Blending at the Wheel; Needle Felting; Natural Dyeing; Knitting/Cutting Without Fear; Wire Knitted Jewelry; and more! There will be a great variety of fiber oriented learning, sensational food, fabulous vendors, and fun! For more information, contact Norma Bromley, 3069 Schoolhouse Rd., Newark, VT, (boreas25@localnet.com) 802-467-3222, or check out updated information on the Northeast Handspinners Association website: www.nehandspinners.org
November 11 - 13, 2010
16th Annual Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The symposium will include presentations by dairy sheep producers, sheep milk processors, university scientists, and industry service personnel on Nov. 11 and 12 followed by a bus tour on Saturday, Nov. 13 of a dairy sheep farm, a sheep milk farmstead cheese operation, and the Spooner Agricultural Research Station. The Spooner Station, operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has the only dairy sheep research farm in North America. The final program and registration information will be available on the Dairy Sheep Association of North America’s web site (www.dsana.org) by the end of July.
November 11 – November 13, 2010
2010 Americana Livestock Breeds Conservancy Annual Conference
White Eagle Conference Center in Hamilton, NY.
The theme of this year’s conference is Healthy Herds – Healthy markets. We will explore the importance of maintaining quality animal husbandry and breeding practices with rare breeds to ensure quality products for market. The full conference program can be seen at: www.albc-usa.org/Conference2010/intro.html
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