Northern Maine Sheep Producers
Annual Sheep & Goat Health Seminar
Saturday, May 12, 2018
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
UMaine Extension Presque Isle office
57 Houlton Rd, Presque Isle, Maine
8:30 AM: Registration
8:45 AM: Reproduction Essentials, Dr. Jim Weber, UMaine, Assessing Breeding Soundness, Preparation, Flushing & Culling
10:00 AM: Break — Coffee & Donuts
10:15 AM: Farm Recordkeeping Tips & Tricks & Methods of Direct Marketing, Donna Coffin, UMaine Extension
12:00 PM: Lunch
12:30 PM: Optimal Nutrition for Reproductive Success, Dr. Colt Knight UMaine Extension
2:00 PM: Regulations Update, Cindy Kilgore, ME Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry
2:45 PM: Livestock Guardian Animals
3:15 PM: Wrap-up & Adjourn
Seminar and lunch are free and open to the public. To help insure an accurate lunch count, please RSVP to
Emily Dow 532.6548 or emily.dow@maine.edu before May 7.