Sheep & Goat Symposium

Pre-registration is required for all demonstration and activities

Registration in the Lobby of Morrison Hall. Advance sign-ups required. We will walk to the 3 pm workshops from the Lobby. 

3:00 PM

Pre-Admission Steps for Necropsy
Dr. Erin Goodrich, DVM, Associate Professor of Practice, Director, Veterinary Support Services 

4:00 PM

Hands-on skills for new farmers 
Dr. tatiana Standon, PhD, Cornell Univ. and Betsy Hodge, Lawrence County CCE

Demonstration Stations:

• Health Evaluations
• Blood Draws
• Lambing/Kidding
• Forage Evaluations

Fecal Egg Counting Roadshow
Rachel Moody, Commercial Livestock Educator 

Come and do your own Fecal Egg counts with your samples. Limited to 2 samples per person.

How to do a field necropsy
Dr. Mason Jager DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

Work in teams of 4 or 5 under the guidance of Dr. Mason Jager, DVM to learn to do field necropsies and collect important information/photos for your veterinarian and yourself.

6:00 PM

Sustainability in the Sheep Industry
Dr. Chris Posbergh, PhD, Montana State University Assistant Professor of Sheep Production

7:00 PM 

Adjourn

8:00 AM

Registration and continental breakfast
Producer and other association displays on the first floor of Morrison Hall throughout the day

8:45 AM

Welcome
Dr. Thomas Overton, Cornell University Animal Science, Department Chair

9:00 AM

Sheep and Goat Genetics and Genomics
Dr. Chris Posbergh, PhD, Montana State University Assistant Professor of Sheep Production

9:50 AM – 12:20 PM

Hands-on skills for new farmers
Dr. tatiana Standon, PhD, Cornell Univ. and Betsy Hodge, Lawrence County CCE

Demonstration Stations:

• Health Evaluations
• Blood Draws
• Lambing/Kidding
• Forage Evaluations

10:10 AM - 5:00 PM

Shear to Finish Demo! Shearing and Skirting, Scouring and Dying, and Spinning
Bruce Berggren-Thomas, Cornell Univ and Jim Baldwin, Foxfire Farms

10:10am - 12:20pm

Beginning Goat Milk Candy making
Michele Kline, Nellie’s Knoll Creamery
Pre-registration required

10:10 - 11:00 AM Concurrent breakout session

Meat Suite: a resource for farmers raising meat and consumers buying meat in New York
Matt LeRoux, Cornell Univ. Extension 

Farmer Panel - Vegetative Management with Goats/Solar Grazing; Contracts with Sheep 
Panelist(s): Jen Zeitler (Lets goat Buffalo), Jenn Balch (Fat and Sassy Goats), John Steele (Genesee Valley Solar Grazing)         

11:10 AM -12:00 PM

Quality Milk Production Systems
Dr. Michele Buckley, DVM., MS., Quality Milk Production Services         

Pasture Management “the Journey” Farmer Panel
Panelist(s): Karen Hoffman (Peaceful by Nature Farm), Isabel Richards (Gibraltar Farm), Rachel Tufunga (Misty Mountain Farm)

NYS Wool Quality Improvement
Abby Henderson, HVTP

12:10 - 1:20 PM

Lunch in 146 Stocking Hall

Organization and Association displays on the first floor of Morrison Hall 

12:50 PM 

Ask the Expert!
Coming soon!

1:30 - 2:20 PM

Dairy Goat Conformation: comparing how we evaluate in the show ring versus in linear appraisals
Jim Vanderlinde

Wool Quality and Markets
Dr. Chris Posbergh, PhD, Montana State University Assistant Professor of Sheep Production

Small Ruminant Respiratory Diseases 
Dr. Jessica Scillieri-Smith, DVM, NYSAGM

2:30 - 4:20 PM

Beginning Goat Milk Candy making
Michele Kline, Nellie’s Knoll Creamery

2:30 - 3:20 PM 

The Scoop on Poop!
Jan Liotta, CVM, Parasitology           

This workshop is for youth and 4-H Club leaders. We’ll dive into parasites and how to check for them in sheep and goats by making poop slides.

Tick Talk – Part 1
Joellen Lampman,  Tick and school IPM coordinator, Cornell Integrated Pest Management Program

On-Farm Biosecurity Practices
Dr. Rebecca Goodale, DVM, NYSAGM

3:20 – 4:00 PM

Tick Talk - Part 2
Kim Cassano

Protecting yourself from ticks: Alpha Gal Syndrome is the latest tick-related threat to farmers in New York.  Learn how to protect yourselves from this life-altering allergy.

3:30 - 4:00 PM

Refreshment break

4:10 - 5:00 PM

Meningeal Worm Risk and Management on Pasture
Dr. Rachel White, PhD, University of Main Cooperative Extension

Small Ruminant Neonatal and Metabolic Diseases
Dr. Jessica Scillieri-Smith, DVM, NYAGM   

5:00 PM 

Adjourn

Pre-registration for workshops is required

8:30 AM – 1:00 PM

FAMACHA Certification Course
Dr. tatiana Stanton, PhD, Cornell Univ. & Jan Liotta, CVM, Parasitology

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

 Goat Artificial Insemination Workshop
Jim Vanderlinde and Jenn Funk