When: Friday December 5, 2014 5:00pm -9:00 pm Saturday December 6, 2014 8:00am – 1:00pm
Where: Ward Agriculture Center East/West Building, Lebanon, TN
Who: Producers interested in advancing their sheep operations through improved management.
Cost: $20 adults and $5 youth *(Youth = 18 and younger)
Please RSVP to Mark Powell by November 28.
Email: shepherdboy1@yahoo.com Call/Text: 615-519-7796
Dr. Gerald F. Kennedy DVM is the key-note speaker this year.
Dr. Kennedy represents Pipestone Veterinary Services in Pipestone Minnesota
Kennedy is a nationally recognized sheep health and production expert. He started the Pipestone (Minn.) Veterinary Clinic in 1960 after graduating from Iowa State University in Veterinary Medicine. Today, the Pipestone Veterinary Clinic includes 16 veterinarians plus 35 support staff providing care for large animals and companion animals. He also took on the lead role in many issues related to sheep health, including Vitamin E levels, baby lamb health, nutrition and scrapie. He’s developed successful nutritional products for the sheep industry that have allowed sheep operations to thrive. He is known for making his advice practical and straight forward, always with the producer in mind. Kennedy’s personal interests include raising purebred sheep, beginning with Suffolks , Rambouillets , Dorpers and now Katadins. He was honored with the “Camp Tender” Award from the American Sheep Industry Association in 2012.