Grass-Fed Lamb & Mutton: Pasture Management & Improvement, Health Issues & Marketing

Join Ulf Kintzel, shepherd and herding dog trainer for a pasture walk and discussion of raising sheep the way they were intended to be raised: on pasture! Drawing on twenty-seven years of sheep herding experience, Ulf will discuss various pasture improvement techniques and preventive health care options for grass-based producers. Marketing strategies for grass-fed products will also be covered. Attendees of this workshop will get a good lesson in preventative health care as soon as they arrive at the farm - to prevent the spread of disease, everyone's shoes will be washed in sanitizer before the walk starts.

Ulf Kintzel manages a herd of 250 ewes with their lambs on 120 acres of pasture at White Clover Sheep Farm and markets his lamb primarily through local distributors like Finger Lakes Family Farms. Ulf also sells White Dorper sheep breeding stock and trains German Shepherd dogs in the German tending style.

Supported by USDA Risk Management Agency, Small Sessions Program.